Farida Karkouch
South Elgin,USA
Summary
I am a compassionate and detail-oriented registered nurse with proven expertise in healthcare protocols and best practices. I am seeking a position in a dynamic environment where I can build long-term professional relationships and enhance my nursing skills while promoting positive patient outcomes. I am focused on providing patient-centered care, applying evidence-based practices, and utilizing informatics effectively. My background includes over a year of experience in the medical-surgical unit, a year in critical care and cardiac telemetry, as well as case management.
Results-driven case management professional with track record of effective client advocacy and support. Experienced in conducting thorough assessments and creating individualized care plans to meet client needs. Collaborates seamlessly with multidisciplinary teams and adapts to dynamic situations to ensure optimal client outcomes.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Case manager RN/Discharge Planner, Case Management Department
Ascension Mercy Medical Center
07.2024 - Current
- Provide discharge planning (DCP) for an average of up to 27 patients each shift.
- Apply extensive clinical knowledge to assess patient needs and develop comprehensive care plans.
- Issue direct care to a caseload of up to 27 patients each shift.
- Reviewed patient cases regularly and updated them to account for changes in patient's care needs.
- Collaborated with patients’ family members to ensure patients received appropriate medical care.
- Developed patient care plans, including assessments on the patient's first day of admission, evaluations, and nursing diagnoses.
- Recorded utilization review using InterQual guidelines.
- Submitted insurance authorization for inpatient payers (EviCore).
- Coordinated home care, home/ outpatient infusion, and durable medical equipment to reduce patient stress and wait time and ensure safe discharge.
- Obtained recommendations for inpatient or outpatient level of care by discussing cases with physician advisors and attending daily MDR meetings.
- Updated and maintained discharge plan of care with the physician, members of the health care team, patients, and families ensuring accuracy of the patient treatment plan.
- Facilitating discharges of observation patients promptly, according to their medical needs, to ensure DCP.
- Developing a comprehensive discharge plan that includes post-hospital care arrangements/ managing complex discharges.
- Educating the patient and their family about their care needs.
- Coordinating with other healthcare professionals to ensure a smooth transition to home or other care settings.
- COMPASS training and certification.
- Submitting PASRR screening.
Inspired Grace Healthcare, nursing agency per diem
04.2024 - Current
- Monitor and provide care to patients with diagnoses including vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
- Ensure each patient’s safety and security at all times.
- Watch for sudden changes in mental status, helping detect ailments such as aspiration pneumonia, urinary tract infections, acute kidney injury (AKI), hypernatremia, hypo/hyperglycemia and other electrolyte abnormalities.
- Balance and prioritize various daily tasks based on firm grasp of each patient assignment.
Critical Care RN, Cardiac Telemetry
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
- 03.2024
- Readied patients for stress testing, echocardiograms, peripheral diagnostic studies, cardiac catheterization procedures, and the operation room.
- Administered blood and blood product transfusions and monitored patients for adverse reactions.
- Monitored chest tubes, JP drains, nephrostomy tubes, and pacer wires.
- Established skills in Telemetry floor Documentation with a care plan for patient diagnosis.
- Participated in a multidisciplinary team of medical professionals to assess, evaluate, and diagnose patients and develop effective treatment plans under the direction of the physician.
- Placed telemetry monitors on patients according to physician orders.
- Admitted and delivered expert care and support for cardiac patients on a telemetry unit from the emergency room, ICU, and other units that require a higher level of care with cardiac complications.
Med-Surg RN
Community First Medical Center
10.2021 - 01.2023
- Established IV access and administer oral, rectal, NG/PEG tubes, SUBQ, IM, IV, PICC/Midlines, and recorded prescribed medications.
- Monitored and recorded input and output in patients with renal failure, gastroenteric, and cardiac conditions.
- Removed secretions and provided trach care using aspiration technique in patients with endotracheal tubing.
- Maintained and managed patients database in EMR software.
- Performed patient’s assessment and management in urinary, catheters, GI, respiratory, orthopedic, neurologic, tracheostomy, and trauma.
- Assisted patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, standing, and walking.
- Educated patients and their families on disease processes, med/surg procedures and medication.
- Educating patients/families on lifestyle changes and ongoing treatments prior to discharge from the hospital.
Education
Associate Degree in Nursing -
Triton College
River Grove, IL01.2020
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - undefined
Benedictine University
Lisle, IL01.2022
Skills
- Patient – centered care
- Critical Care Nursing
- Cardiac Telemetry
- Cardiology
- Electronic Health Records (EHR)
- Post cardiac catheterization nursing care
- Critical Thinking
- Patients and family Advocacy
- Direct Patient Care
- Problem solving
- Patient risk assessment
- Cardiac equipment
- Infection control
- Compassionate and caring
- Time management
- Discharge planning COMPASS
- Advocacy
- Empathetic listening
- PASR screening
- Difficult/complex discharges
- Insurance authorization
- DON score
- Senior services
- Caregiver services
- Placement
- Home Health
- IV home infusion
- Transportation arrangements
- Dialysis transportation arrangements
- DME arrangements
- Organization and multitasking
- Active listening
- Case documentation
- Relationship building
- Documentation and reporting
- Decision-making
- Conflict resolution
- Positive attitude
- Email and telephone etiquette
- Client advocacy
- Care coordination
- Community resources
- Case planning
- Critical thinking
- Documentation proficiency
- Community outreach
- Records management
- Data entry and analysis
- Crisis intervention
- Emotional awareness
- Treatment Planning
- MS office
- Referral coordination
- Resource management
- Case management tracking
- Patient support
- Case needs assessment
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Patient assessment
- Discharge planning
- Patient needs assessment
- HIPAA compliance
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Empathy and compassion
- Written and verbal communication
- Client needs assessments
- Excellent communication
- Multitasking Abilities
- Team building
- Organizational skills
- Risk assessment
Certification
- REGISTERED NURSE – IL LICENSE # 041.509807
- Basic Life Support (BLS) | American Heart Association CPR (CPR AND AED) Program Expiration date 02/2026
- ALS Certification | American Heart Association Expiration date 06/2026
- Compass Training | American Case Management Association January, 2025
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
National Student Nurses’ Association - 2021
Russian – native language, fluent, excellent
English – second language, fluent
Kazakh – native language
Awards
Dr. Quincy Martin III Diversity Excellence Scholarship 2020 – Triton College, Westlake Foundation Health Careers Scholarship 2020-2021 - Funded by a grant from the Westlake Health Foundation at Triton College, Evelyn R. Simmers Nursing Scholarship 2021 – Benedictine University
Timeline
Case manager RN/Discharge Planner, Case Management Department
Ascension Mercy Medical Center
07.2024 - Current
Inspired Grace Healthcare, nursing agency per diem
04.2024 - Current
Med-Surg RN
Community First Medical Center
10.2021 - 01.2023
Critical Care RN, Cardiac Telemetry
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
- 03.2024
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - undefined
Benedictine University
Associate Degree in Nursing -
Triton College
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