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Karen Lerich, RN

Registered Nurse
6341 Whispering Oaks Circle,TX

Summary

Empathetic Care Worker with sensitive and compassionate approach to cultivating trusting, stimulating and varied lifestyle for residents. Offers enhanced care with flexible learning approach for patients. Experience in hospital and in-home settings providing guidance and encouragement to patients through physical and emotional support.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Care Coordinator

Angels Care Home Health
Wharton, TX
01.2023 - Current
  • Managed patient caseloads effectively, ensuring timely follow-up and appropriate interventions.
  • Advocated for patients'' rights within the healthcare system, working diligently to address concerns or barriers to care.
  • Coordinated discharge planning, ensuring a smooth transition from hospital to home or other facilities.

Registered Nurse, Home Health Care

Aveanna
Houston, TX
10.2018 - 10.2022
  • Caring for medically fragile pediatric patients in their home.
  • Care of patients on ventilator, continuous tube feed, tracheostomy, oxygen dependence, seizures
  • Working closely with families, providers, hospitals, and payers

Family Nurse Practitioner

Blue Lion
Houston, TX
11.2019 - 01.2020
  • Teaching patients how the root cause of their illness can be from more than one cause and how to begin addressing total wellness.
  • Trigger point Injections
  • Pain relief and pain control

Family Nurse Practitioner

Tejas Medical Associates
Houston, TX
09.2014 - 07.2018
  • Managed a fast paced schedule of mostly Spanish speaking pediatric patient
  • Schedule of well-child and sick visits across a spectrum of well children to chronically ill.
  • Achieved high levels of education, including nutrition, safety, development, family systems, and access to community resources.

Field Coordinator

The Source Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Banda Aceh, INDONESIA
07.2009 - 12.2012
  • Succeeded in collaboration with other agencies to develop evacuation program for medically unstable patients on island without healthcare and transport them to hospital.
  • Provided health care for ex-pat community and local villages including training in health and hygiene and acute illnesses.
  • Orchestrated short term mission trips from US.

Service Coordinator

Evercare Texas
Houston, TX
10.2005 - 06.2009
  • Directed the health care and advocated for members.
  • Navigated through the Medicare and Medicaid systems to achieve the best outcome for patients.
  • Training new service coordinators.

Education

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Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas

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Texas Woman's University

Skills

Trigger Point Injections

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Certification

American Association of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board

Work Availability

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Work Preference

Work Type

Full TimePart Time

Important To Me

Work-life balanceHealthcare benefits

Quote

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
Tenzin Gyatso, Fourteenth Dalai Lama

Timeline

Care Coordinator

Angels Care Home Health
01.2023 - Current

Family Nurse Practitioner

Blue Lion
11.2019 - 01.2020

Aesthetic Medical Educators Training-Botox Training

03-2019

Empire Medical Training-Pain Management

01-2019

Registered Nurse, Home Health Care

Aveanna
10.2018 - 10.2022

Family Nurse Practitioner

Tejas Medical Associates
09.2014 - 07.2018

American Association of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board

01-2014

Field Coordinator

The Source Banda Aceh, Indonesia
07.2009 - 12.2012

Service Coordinator

Evercare Texas
10.2005 - 06.2009

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Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas

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Texas Woman's University

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