Esther Alexis
Port Saint Lucie,Florida
Summary
Professional and compassionate Advanced Practiced Registered Nurse seeking a position to perform data/metrics collection on identified program areas, analysis, and trends results, including over and underutilization of healthcare resources. Driven Clinical Instructor with experience in classroom and clinical settings, excited to bring a 23-year background in nursing and education to the growing organization. Highly proficient in developing strong education programs, robust curricula, and engaging lesson plans. I am focused on helping students achieve personal and professional goals while improving patient care.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Adjunct Nursing Faculty
Keiser University Port
07.2022 - Current
- Responsible for leveraging their expertise to deliver education services to students through preparing course plans, exams, and materials
- Deliver courses, Monitor the students’ progress/attendance, and advise students—recording grades and submitting reports
- Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students
- Includes teachers primarily engaged in teaching and combined teaching and research
- Instructed students on the fundamentals of nursing, physical assessments, nursing quality, and safety
- Also, the faculty co-chair of the National Student Nursing Association at Keiser University.
Nursing Faculty
Fortis Institute Port
12.2021 - 07.2022
- Provide students with opportunities to acquire knowledge and practice the skills identified in course objectives using varied and appropriate teaching methods
- They plan learning activities to meet program outcomes based on the standards set by policies, legal and other regulatory requirements, and acceptable practice
- Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students
- Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research
- Provide clinical nursing skills to Associate degree and Licensed Practical nursing students in our laboratory space in the Nursing Center at Fortis Institute, as well as instruct and supervise nursing students in a clinical setting, for select courses, in a clinical affiliate site.
Nurse Care Coordinator
Communities Connected, Kids Port
06.2021 - 12.2021
- Assess, identify, and refer those covered individuals who may need physical or behavioral health care management, health coaching, or care coordination to Sunshine Health
- Participates in the agency's strategic plan & quality improvement processes through HEDIS measures
- Review and interpret medical records and compare against criteria to determine appropriateness and reasonableness of care; apply critical thinking and decision-making skills to determine if the medical record documentation supports the need for service while maintaining production goals and quality standards
- Document decisions and rationale to justify review findings or no findings
- Assist with ongoing management of healthcare needs by tracking additional assessment requests, reviewing individual health records, identifying service needs, maintaining periodic contact, and arranging for home visits as necessary.
Instructed pharmacy technician
Quality Control, State of
09.2020 - 02.2021
- Responsible for reaching out to people (contacts) who have been exposed to COVID-19 and providing health education and guidance to interrupt ongoing disease transmission
- Standard protocols will guide dialogue with contacts to obtain any symptom history and other relevant health information, provide instructions for self-quarantine, and make appropriate referrals to testing, clinical services, and other essential support services
- Analyzes medical referrals/appointments and general hospital procedures and regulations by monitoring specialty care referrals for appropriateness, covered benefits, and authorized surgery/medical procedures, laboratory, radiology, and pharmacy
- Evaluate the quality of patient care
- Monitor compliance with current laws, and process improvements as they pertain to the Department of Health guidelines for COVID-19., students on their roles in the pharmacy as they pertain to the CPhT certification exam
- Instruct pharmacy technician students on drug brands and generic names
- Instructed students on drug dosage calculations
- Contributed to policy changes, goal setting, or making recommendations for improvements in the program
- Maintaining and organizing pharmacy inventory
Registered Nurse Case Manager
Guardian Healthcare Solutions
01.2019 - 01.2019
- This plan should also consider emergency protocols, medical history, and ongoing actions
- Communication should be timely and include follow-up, integration of information, and coordination between primary care and subspecialty providers
- This is especially important during transitions and referrals
- Improving health literacy necessitates efficient communication
- To attain this goal, it is crucial to collaborate with the patient, their family, and the healthcare provider to create a care plan that encompasses shared objectives
- Moreover, this plan should consider emergency procedures, medical background, and ongoing interventions
- Communication should be prompt and entail follow-up, assimilation of data, and coordination between primary and supportive care.
Registered Nurse Case Manager
WellCare/Children's Medical Services
01.2019 - 01.2019
- Evaluate members for case management services and determine the appropriate level of care coordination/ management services for members
- Completes a comprehensive assessment and develops a care plan utilizing clinical expertise to evaluate the member's need for alternative services
- Acts as a primary case manager for members identified as complex as defined by the case management program description
- Develops and monitors members' plan of care, including progress toward meeting established goals and self-management activities
- Performs medical necessity review for planned inpatient and outpatient surgery; and performs concurrent review to include the length of stay (LOS) for the facility's inpatients using appropriate criteria.
Registered Nurse Case Manager Supervisor
Interim Home Care Pt
01.2015 - 01.2019
- Develop and implement staffing plans for shifts based on patient acuity, patient census, and available staff
- Serve as a resource to staff for solving clinical problems
- Outbound calls to assess members' current health status
- Identify gaps or barriers in treatment plans
- Provide patient education to assist with self-management
- Assist staff and efficiently utilize staffing resources to meet patient care requirements and other professional responsibilities
- Provide immediate follow-up, documentation, and communication of incidents to the appropriate director of nursing.
Member Services Registered Nurse
Children’s Medical Services
01.2016 - 01.2018
- Identify the patient's and family's physical, psychosocial, environmental, safety, and developmental needs and individualize the patient's plan of care based on the needs identified
- Document problems, nursing assessments, appropriate goals, care provided, care interventions, and patient and family outcomes achieved from intervention and care provided
- Teach appropriate interventions, medications, effects, and side effects to the patient, caregiver, volunteers, and others as appropriate.
Registered Nurse
Humana at Home SeniorBridge
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Responsible for the service provided to the clients and for supervising the delivery of services, according to the philosophy, standards, and all AHCA Accredited Policies and Procedures of the Agency
- Ensure that all direct care staff provide safe, appropriate, prompt, courteous, and professional service to clients according to the client's plan of care
- Supervise the services provided by all home health aides, certified nursing assistants, LPNs & RNs
- Train and conduct the orientation of all direct care personnel as per relevant policies and procedures
- Training included such as Alzheimer’s disease; OSHA, Domestic violence; Universal precautions; and HIPPA.
Registered Nurse
Recovery Home Care Pt
01.2010 - 01.2015
- Perform expertise in medical review, chart audits, and quality improvement processes
- Monitored patients in the Telehealth program
- Performs the initial evaluation visit and regularly reevaluates the patient’s nursing needs
- Initiates the plan of care and necessary revisions
- Supervise, monitor, and evaluate all employees who provide direct service to Agency clients
- Participate in the selection, training, and discipline of all direct client service employees
- Conduct and supervise Case Management Functions
- Performs services per the plan of care.
Pharmacy Technician Program Director
National School of Technology
01.2004 - 01.2006
- Supervising and assisting pharmacy technician students with their roles in the pharmacy as they pertain to the CPhT certification exam
- Answering any questions pharmacy technicians may have and assisting or performing more specialized procedures
- Scheduling pharmacy technicians’ instructors and ensuring that the program met strict standards of accreditation
- Attending and conducting meetings that ensured that students’ goals were met
- Performing data analysis and sharing updates with staff.
Pharmacy Technician Instructor
01.2004 - 01.2005
Patient Care Technician Instructor
01.2004 - 01.2005
- Instructed students on how to check patients’ blood pressure, heartbeat, and pulse regularly
- Demonstrated to students how to provide compassionate care by listening to patients’ concerns and guiding them by answering any questions or concerns
- Instructed students on how to monitor patients’ conditions and provide updates to the healthcare team.
Education
Master’s Degree - Science Family Nurse
Chamberlain University
Springfield, IL2021
BSN -
Chamberlain University
Springfield, IL2018
Associate - Science of Nursing
Florida Career College
Boynton Beach, FL2011
Skills
- Clinical experience in examining, assessing, and treating patients by using necessary analytical skills to evaluate patients' status, and health care procedures/techniques, and to monitor the quality of patient care
- Knowledgeable in HIPPA, The Joint Commission, Core Measures and Regulations
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Performed as a registered nurse quality assurance in the epidemiology department using HEDIS measures, and Key Performance Indicators
- Mentoring
- Clinical Supervision
- Lecturing
- Quality Control
- Supervising Students
- Curriculum Planning
- Mentoring Proficiency
- Med/surgical Trained
- Completing Physical Assessments
- Patient Care
- Cultural Awareness
- Critical Thinking
- Learning Programs
- Curriculum Development
- Tutoring
- Safety Measures
- Managing Simulation Equipment
- Direct Patient Care
Accomplishments
- Certifications: Clinical Consultant
- Minor office procedures certification.
Affiliations
Haitian American Nurses Association
National Student nurses association
Additional Information
Member of HANA since 2020.
Faculty Co-chair of the National Student Nurses Association since 2022.
Instrumental initiating new chapter of Sigma (National Nursing Honor Society for Nursing students)
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Kreol
Professional Working
Timeline
Adjunct Nursing Faculty
Keiser University Port
07.2022 - Current
Nursing Faculty
Fortis Institute Port
12.2021 - 07.2022
Nurse Care Coordinator
Communities Connected, Kids Port
06.2021 - 12.2021
Instructed pharmacy technician
Quality Control, State of
09.2020 - 02.2021
Registered Nurse Case Manager
Guardian Healthcare Solutions
01.2019 - 01.2019
Registered Nurse Case Manager
WellCare/Children's Medical Services
01.2019 - 01.2019
Member Services Registered Nurse
Children’s Medical Services
01.2016 - 01.2018
Registered Nurse Case Manager Supervisor
Interim Home Care Pt
01.2015 - 01.2019
Registered Nurse
Humana at Home SeniorBridge
01.2014 - 01.2016
Registered Nurse
Recovery Home Care Pt
01.2010 - 01.2015
Pharmacy Technician Program Director
National School of Technology
01.2004 - 01.2006
Pharmacy Technician Instructor
01.2004 - 01.2005
Patient Care Technician Instructor
01.2004 - 01.2005
Master’s Degree - Science Family Nurse
Chamberlain University
BSN -
Chamberlain University
Associate - Science of Nursing
Florida Career College
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