Jennifer Hartigan

Mental Health Inpatient Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program

• Nursing care for patients in treatment for substance abuse and/or PTSD including nursing assessment, administering medications, implementation of medical orders and education, managing care from admission to discharge
• Provides triage for medical concerns
• Functions as RN Case Manager creating individual patient-centered care plans and collaborating with Interdisciplinary Treatment Team regarding treatment and discharge plans
• Facilitates nursing psychoeducational groups
• Milieu management
• Assisted with Covid vaccine clinics
• Detailed to Nurse Manager position 6/4/23 to present
• Experience with process improvement projects including writing SOP's for unit policies and creating checklists for unit practices

Inpatient Acute Psychiatric Unit

• Inpatient nursing care provided for emergency detained, voluntary and committed patients to include nursing assessment, implementation of medical orders, nursing care plans and education
• Audited medical charts and reviewed clinical documentation for accuracy
• Charge nurse responsible for supervising minimum of 4 staff members and maximum of 16 patients
• Experience with CPI (Crisis Prevention Institute) verbal de-escalation and crisis prevention with advanced physical skills training, use of restraint chair, administration of emergency medications, general milieu management
• Responsible for unit nursing schedule
• Process improvement project which included collaborating with ER staff and social workers to improve admission process to Behavioral Health Unit

Wyoming Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

• Triage of multiple daily phone calls made to nurse triage line, performed nurse office visits, rooming of patients, assisted physicians with office procedures, provided pre- and postoperative patient education
• Process improvement project performed which included collection of data for hip and knee joint replacements and analyzing outcomes for physicians to improve practice and outcomes

• Nursing care of 25-50 residents including nursing assessment, implementation of medical orders, nursing care plans and education
• Required creative use of minimal resources to facilitate appropriate patient care
• Supervised LPN's and CNA's during shift

Medical Review and Case Management

• Authorization of services requiring case management coordination, medical review of records and claims, pre-authorization of medical procedures, reconsideration of denied medical services, cross trained to utilization review
• Process improvement project to implement new insurance requirements for under Affordable Care Act law which required collaborating with physician, pharmacist and leadership to create compliant processes

• Triage of multiple daily phone calls made to nurse triage line, performed nurse office visits, rooming of patients, assisted physicians with office procedures, provided education on pre- and postoperative procedures as well as multiple topics concerning women’s health.

Oncology Inpatient Unit

• Inpatient nursing care provided for acute medical/oncology patients including nursing assessment, implementation of medical orders, nursing care plans and education
• Experience with IV pumps, PCA pumps, and blood administration.

• Determine donor eligibility which includes evaluation of medical history and physical examination, obtaining informed consent and providing education
• Quarterly review of medical charts
• Review of lab results and counseling of donors regarding unsuitable results
• Responsible for safety of donors during entire plasmapheresis process
• Maintain employee health records and administration of flu vaccines, monitor employees who experienced exposures to blood or body fluids
• Medical Supervisor Preceptor, also cross-trained to other areas of plasma production
• Member of safety committee
• Process improvement project which included creating training modules for corporate Medical Affairs Department specific to Medical Supervisor training

• Pre- and post-operative care and education, OR circulation for retinal and cataract surgeries with conscious sedation and general anesthesia

• Room patients, provided assistance to physicians while performing procedures and surgeries, provided education on procedures, medications, and post-op care.

• Home, office, and hospital visits that included needs assessment of mothers and newborns, prenatal clients, and case management for Children’s Special Health program
• Involved with flu and immunizations clinics for adults and children
• Instructed childbirth classes and facilitated breastfeeding support group

Labor and Delivery/Postpartum/Nursery

• Assessment and triage of patients through entire labor, delivery, and recovery process, assisted physicians with deliveries, circulated in OR for c-section deliveries, post-op anesthesia recovery for c-sections and post-op care for gynecological surgical patients, provided primary nursing care to Level I and II infants including breast feeding assistance and education
• Cross-trained to Pediatrics
• Experience with IV pumps, PCA pumps, blood administration, and epidural management.

Telemetry 6/2001-10/2001

• Inpatient nursing assessment and care, implementation of medical orders, care plans and education
• Experience with chest tubes, telemetry monitoring, post op CABG and heart cath patients.
• Cross trained to ICU

Post Partum 10/2001-6/2002

• Inpatient nursing care provided for postpartum mother and baby including nursing assessment, implementation of medical orders, nursing care plans, education and assistance with breastfeeding

Telemetry and ICU clerk

• Input of physician’s orders, maintenance of patient medical records and MAR