Kate Cooper
7741 Midlfield Ave. Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Dynamic Primary Care Nurse with extensive experience at Santa Fe VA Clinic, excelling in patient advocacy and care coordination. Proven track record in improving health metrics and developing impactful patient education programs. Skilled in advanced nursing assessments and virtual care delivery, ensuring holistic, veteran-centered care for diverse populations.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Primary Care, Care Manager
Santa Fe VA Clinic
Santa Fe, New Mexico
01.2022 - Current
- Managed care for diverse panel of 1,200 patients, delivering patient-centered and inclusive care with emphasis on holistic approaches addressing Veterans' physical, emotional, spiritual, and environmental needs.
- Systems approach to panel management with the use of metrics to identify at-risk patients and designing interventions to promote health, prevent illness and hospital admission. Our team routinely received high marks nationally in all key metric indicators.
- Participated as HEDIS committee member, utilizing VA metric SA7 screening for alcohol abuse, monitoring performance with VA data systems, identifying improvement areas, developing strategies, and presenting quarterly updates to committee.
- Skills include: Advanced nursing assessment and documentation skills, Strong patient advocacy skills, Care coordination, Cultural competency and patient-centered care, Virtual delivery of including Virtual Care Manager program, Patient education, Electronic health record systems including CPRS.
Outpatient Psychiatric Nurse
Raymond G. Murphy Medical Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico
01.2019 - 01.2022
- Personally developed COVID-19 patient education curriculum for high-risk veterans. Reached out to educate over 300 veterans and their family members to reduce the risk of contracting the virus and hospitalization.
- Developed patient curriculum and implemented pandemic-safe care solutions, increasing access to care for vulnerable populations.
- Provided comprehensive care for patients with diverse medical, social, and psychiatric needs in psychiatric, primary care, and substance use disorder clinics.
- Served as a preceptor for new employees and worked with students.
- Skills include: IV initiation and management, Lab draws, Advanced nursing assessment and documentation skills, Multitasking and triage skills, Providing culturally competent and patient centered care, Complex wound care and management, Virtual care delivery, Patient education.
Spinal Cord Injury Nurse
Raymond G. Murphy Medical Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico
01.2016 - 01.2019
- Provided comprehensive care to Veterans with varying abilities, including complete paralysis and mild impairment, ensuring tailored support for individual needs.
- Conducted highly attuned medical assessments to prevent severe illness and hospital admission.
- Skills include: IV initiation and medication management, Advanced skin assessment skills, Sterile procedures including: Indwelling foley catheter changes and chronic management, PICC line management and care, Tracheostomy suction and management, Wound care for complex wounds.
- Developed employee curriculum as part of Getwell network committee to enhance staff engagement and improve patient education hospital-wide.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
University of New Mexico
Albquerque, NM01.2016
Skills
- Care coordination
- Advanced nursing assessment and documentation skills
- Patient education
- Strong patient advocacy skills
- Cultural competency
- Veteran and family centered care
- PACT model
- Medical and Psychiatric nursing
- Substance Use Disorder
- Rehabilitation and SCI
- Needs assessment
- Motivational interviewing
- Electronic health record systems including CPRS
- Virtual delivery including Virtual Care Manager program
- Medication administration
- IV initiation and medication management
- Long-acting injections
- IV initiation and management
- Lab draws
- Complex wound management
- Wound care for complex wounds
- COVID-19 education curriculum
- Wound VAC management
- Foley catheter management
- PICC line management and care
- Tracheostomy suction and management
- Sterile procedures
- Management of critical and chronic conditions
- Multitasking and triage skills
- Patient and staff education
- Strong interpersonal skills
- VA systems
- Patient and Family Advocacy
- Wound VAC management
- Management of critical and chronic conditions
Certification
- Registered Nurse, New Mexico, 09/26, RN-85323
- BLS, American Heart Association, 11/27
Timeline
Primary Care, Care Manager
Santa Fe VA Clinic
01.2022 - Current
Outpatient Psychiatric Nurse
Raymond G. Murphy Medical Center
01.2019 - 01.2022
Spinal Cord Injury Nurse
Raymond G. Murphy Medical Center
01.2016 - 01.2019
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
University of New Mexico