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Holly Brown

Webster City,IA

Summary

I'm a registered nurse with experience in long term care for 14 and 1/2 years doing hands on resident care, management experience including MDS/Care Plan Coordinator, Co-Director of Nursing, Nursing Skilled Case Manager all in the long term care setting, Nursing Case Manager for a Critical Access Hospital for 6 and 1/2 years, Case Manager for United Healthcare for 1 and 1/2 years, direct care RN/lead RN on Medical Telemetry floor at Mary Greeley Medical Center. I have extensive experience with my nursing background in duties in providing excellent patient care by coordinating services with physicians, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home care providers, specialized services such as hospice and ancillary services, provide social service assistance with family counseling, complete advanced directives, insurance/financial assistance, legal issues such as court commitments and utilization review looking at appropriate level of care comparing diagnosis with intensity of services and providing insurance companies with medical information with inpatient and skilled care admissions. While working for United Healthcare I worked from home and had a case load of members and responsibilities were to provide health education, coordinate services with medical providers/specialists, perform assessments according to diagnosis and need, document all aspects of care related to case including medications and care planning with emphasis on high care needs. Gaps in care were addressed to keep member healthy and prevent hospitalizations and unnecessary ER visits.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Registered Nurse Oncology Floor

Mary Greeley Medical Center
Ames, IA
06.2021 - Current
  • Direct patient care RN for 16 bed Oncology Unit

Registered Nurse, Medical Telemetry Unit

Mary Greeley Medical Center
Ames, IA
10.2017 - 06.2021

Lead RN for a 30 bed Medical Telemetry floor with duties including complete patient assessment, medication administration, physician communication with abnormal findings, supervision and resource to peers leading floor for optimal patient delivery of care.

Nursing Case Manager

United Healthcare
Minneapolis, MN
02.2016 - 07.2017
Case management for high health care needs members with goal to a holistic approach and finding any gaps in care to optimize health preventing unnecessary hospitalizations and ER visits.

Nursing Case Manager

Van Diest Medical Center
Webster City, IA
09.2009 - 01.2016

Case management/utilization review/social services at Critical Access Hospital. for all departments of the hospital including medical surgical, OB, ER, and outpatient.

Charge Nurse, MDS/Care Plan Coordinator, Co-Director of Nursing, Skilled Care Nursing Case Manager

Southfield Wellness Community
Webster City, Iowa
07.1995 - 08.2009

Patient assessments, charting, rounds with physicians, medication administration, wound care. MDS completion and transmission, skilled care billing, care conferences. Management of nursing services for 88 bed capacity facility hiring/recruiting qualified nursing staff, employee physicals, disciplinary practices according to facility policy and procedures, screening all admissions/referrals and doing on site screening of potential residents, directing quality and compliance of regulatory nursing practices, closely involved with financial practices to run a financially responsible business. Billing responsibilities for both Medicare Part A and B, private insurance companies and conducting appeals of many levels for multiple payer sources, Integral part of survey process.

Education

Associate of Arts - General

Iowa Central Community College
1993

Associate of Applied Science - Registered Nurse

Iowa Central Community College
1995

Skills

Nursing Management

  • Skilled Nursing
  • Case Management
  • Long Term Care
  • Utilization Review
  • Social Services
  • Billing/Appeals
  • Inpatient Hospital Bedside Nursing
  • Team building
  • Coordination
  • Active listening
  • People skills
  • Flexible
  • Work ethic
  • Relationship building
  • Critical thinking
  • Troubleshooting
  • Communication
  • Team management

Certification

Associate of Arts Degree General Studies

Associate Degree of Nursing

Timeline

Registered Nurse Oncology Floor

Mary Greeley Medical Center
06.2021 - Current

Registered Nurse, Medical Telemetry Unit

Mary Greeley Medical Center
10.2017 - 06.2021

Nursing Case Manager

United Healthcare
02.2016 - 07.2017

Nursing Case Manager

Van Diest Medical Center
09.2009 - 01.2016

Charge Nurse, MDS/Care Plan Coordinator, Co-Director of Nursing, Skilled Care Nursing Case Manager

Southfield Wellness Community
07.1995 - 08.2009

Associate of Arts - General

Iowa Central Community College

Associate of Applied Science - Registered Nurse

Iowa Central Community College
Holly Brown