Gwendolyn P Brown
Hiram,GA
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse, Bone Marrow Transplant and Oncology
Northside Hospital
Atlanta, GA
08.2022 - Current
- Assist in the care of extremely vulnerable members with the administration of chemotherapy, biotherapy, immunotherapy agents, and blood products.
- Central and Peripheral IV access and care.
- Education and Support of patients and family members.
- Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members in the department and organization to assess, plan, implement, and/or evaluate patient care plans.
Registered Nurse, Oncology Staff RN
WellStar Hospital-Northwest Georgia Oncology
Atlanta, GA
04.2019 - 08.2022
- Provides direct patient care, administering chemotherapy, biotherapy, and immunotherapy agents.
- Central and Peripheral IV access and care.
- Education and Support.
- Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
- Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
Registered Nurse, Care Manager-Elder Care
Kaiser Permanente
Atlanta, GA
07.2016 - 04.2019
- Assist in the care of frail and elderly members, with a primary focus on Special Needs Plan (SNP), and high-risk Medicare Members.
- Participate in the weekly interdisciplinary team (IDT) meeting; based on outcome and findings make telephonic follow-up calls to coordinate any immediate care needs.
- Responsible for contacting SNP and high-risk Medicare Members post-hospital discharge to complete a nursing assessment that will drive the development of a care plan, determine intervention(s) needed, assess educational needs, and assist in coordinating care for optimal outcomes.
- Participate in weekly medical office visits with the IDT when the LPN is not able to attend.
- Conduct home, hospital, and in-patient facility visits for high-risk members.
- Coordinate Clinical Onboarding Calls for new Medicare members. Process includes the initial nursing assessment, scheduling first PCP appointment, scheduling medication reconciliation with the CPS, establishing problem list in health connect based on medical records obtained and member telephonic interview.
- Familiar with Medical Billing and Coding, CPT Codes and HIPPA Compliance.
Education Manager
Interim Home Healthcare
Atlanta, GA
05.2015 - 06.2016
- Education of all field and office staff.
- Coordinate new employee orientation.
- New employee screening and recruitment.
- Coordinates and develops in-service for staff.
Auditor
Interim Home Healthcare
Atlanta, GA
02.2015 - 05.2015
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
- Audit patient charts for accurate documentation.
- Verify completion of charts for discharge.
- Assist compliance with accurate documentation and accountability.
- Abstracted and read over thousands of charts to validate data accuracy and ensure compliance with HEDIS technical specifications.
- Audited medical records, noted issues, and pursued resolutions to facilitate HEDIS processes.
- Obtained daily abstracting quotas of 40-50 charts.
- Resolve issues or report to the appropriate application team.
Charge Nurse, Oncology
Kaiser Permanente
Atlanta, GA
05.2009 - 01.2015
- Coordinate Patient Care.
- Participate in the process of interviewing, hiring, orienting, disciplining, and evaluating staff.
- Prepare schedules for clinical staff.
- Coordinates daily work assignments.
- Coordinates and develops in-services for staff.
- Orders pharmaceutical supplies, while ensuring the proper inventory levels are maintained.
- Assist with the development of the Infectious Disease and Oncology workflow.
- Assist with the Oncology Computer Beacon Program.
- Transferred historical patient information from a paper chart into the appropriate section of the electronic medical record.
- Audited medical records, noted issues, and pursued resolutions to facilitate HEDIS processes.
Staff RN, Oncology
Kaiser Permanente
Atlanta, GA
09.2000 - 03.2009
- Serve as Primary RN/Charge Nurse in an 11-station Oncology/Infectious Disease center, caring for patients with cancer, infections, hypertension, diabetes, anemia, access are IVs, transfusions, antibiotics, Iron/Infed, EKG application/interpretation, and IDPN.
- Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
- Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patient’s responses and conditions.
- Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervise a particular unit.
- Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
- Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Bone Marrow Transplant and Oncology
Northside Hospital
08.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse, Oncology Staff RN
WellStar Hospital-Northwest Georgia Oncology
04.2019 - 08.2022
Registered Nurse, Care Manager-Elder Care
Kaiser Permanente
07.2016 - 04.2019
Education Manager
Interim Home Healthcare
05.2015 - 06.2016
Auditor
Interim Home Healthcare
02.2015 - 05.2015
Charge Nurse, Oncology
Kaiser Permanente
05.2009 - 01.2015
Staff RN, Oncology
Kaiser Permanente
09.2000 - 03.2009