Julie Howard

• Administered medications and monitored patient responses to ensure safety and compliance with treatment plans.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care strategies for diverse patient populations.
• Educated patients and families on health management, promoting adherence to care protocols and enhancing overall wellness.
• Conducted thorough assessments and documented patient histories, ensuring accurate records for continuity of care.
• Trained new nursing staff on protocols, fostering a collaborative environment to improve team efficiency and quality of care.
• Mentored junior nurses in clinical best practices, promoting professional development and adherence to healthcare standards.
• Primally working on a Gastroenterology/Abdominal surgery unit. Expertise in maintaining NG tubes, TPN/Lipids, PICC lines, Wound Vacs and various surgical dressings.
• Support and execute the ERAS program to lessen the hospital stay and promote faster patient healing.

• Administered patient care, ensuring adherence to safety protocols and best practices.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop individualized care plans for patients.
• Monitored vital signs and assessed patient conditions, documenting changes accurately in electronic health records.
• Educated patients and families on treatment plans, medications, and post-discharge care instructions.

Travel staff nursing position on very busy medical-surgical floor. Patient ratios 6-8:1. I met several very helpful co workers and learned another charting system. It has been a very positive experience.

• Provide direct patient care, stabilizing patients and determining next course of action. Average Patient ratio 6:1 to 8:1
• Manage care from admission to discharge.
• Advocate for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions, meeting treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
• Evaluate healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient , connecting to optimal providers and care.
• Administer medications and treatment to patients and monitor responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Update patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Train new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.

• Collected, verified, recorded and processed client demographics, insurance payment and referral information. Average daily referrals 20-30.
• Conducted Pre-screen eligibility process for program applicants through referral, phone and walk-ins
• Received home health referrals via fax,email and phone.
• Case managed referral, writing physicians home health orders and communicated referrals to LHC branches.
• Exhibited excellent phone/ communication skills.

• Followed all personal health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
• Advocated for and strived to protect health, safety and rights of patient.
• Performed medical reviews and quality assurance over reads for up coding with high level visits, ASD and various signals for a claims integrity project.
• Reviewed patient medical records to ensure received services were accurately billed.

• Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy while maintaining HIPPA Laws.
• Performed HEDIS chart abstraction for several major health plans.
• Received extensive training in ICD coding and several HEDIS measures.
• Successfully met auditing production level while maintaining a 95% company required accuracy level.
• Promoted to Quality Assurance Auditor for HEDIS.

• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Ordered and analyzed diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient conditions.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
• Performed emergency medical procedures such as BLS, ACLS and other condition stabilizing interventions.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.

• Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
• Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.