Leah Marcantel RN
Lake Charles,LA
Summary
I have 23 years of experience as a registered nurse. I have practiced at an inpatient oncology unit, an outpatient chemotherapy infusion center, at a hospice agency as a hospice case manager,as an Oncology Nurse Navigator, and most recently as a high-risk Nurse Navigator at a cancer genetics center.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
RN - Inpatient Oncology
Christus St. Patrick Hospital: Oncology
Lake Charles , LA
2001.05 - 2004.10
I worked in an inpatient oncology unit, providing care to high-acuity oncology patients. I administered chemotherapy and blood products, provided symptom management for chemotherapy side effects, and palliative care for terminally ill patients. A majority of my inpatient experience was as a charge nurse of the 23 bed unit.
RN - staff nurse
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Outpatient Chemotherapy
Lake Charles , LA
2004.10 - 2012.02
I administered chemotherapy in an outpatient setting. This care included assessing labs, reviewing and verifying chemotherapy orders, educating patients and family on what to expect with their chemotherapy treatment, and administering the infusions.
RN Hospice Case Manager
Christus St. Patrick Hospital
Lake Charles , LA
2012.02 - 2015.02
I worked as a hospice RN case manager, caring for patients with terminal illness. This included monitoring symptoms, communicating with physicians to notify of change in condition and any additional needs, educating patient and family on palliative care measures and dying process, postmortem care, and support for the families.
RN High-risk/Oncology Nurse Navigator
Christus Ochsner Health Southwestern Louisiana
Lake Charles , LA
2015.02 - Current
I work as the Oncology/High-risk Nurse Navigator, ensuring that patients are navigated through the needed care from time of screening and/or diagnosis through survivorship, and beyond. This includes educating patients and families on screenings, preventative treatments, diagnosis and necessary care, ensuring that patients get timely care, eliminating any barriers to care (such as transportation, financial limitations, lack of understanding, etc), and communicating with all team members to provide comprehensive care.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
McNeese State University
2001
Skills
- I assist patients with any navigation needs to ensure that they are getting the care and support that they need.
- I work together with our oncology team to provide seamless care to patients from diagnosis through survivorship.
- I perform studies of quality as well as performance improvement projects for the hospital's Cancer Committee.
- I provide patients with survivorship care plans and continued survivorship education and assistance after their active treatment phase is complete.
- I educated patients that are at high-risk for cancer about options for prevention/surveillance. This includes patients that are found to have a cancer mutation, those with family history of cancer that affects their cancer screening recommendations based on elevated cancer risk, and/or those that have and elevated lifetime risk for breast cancer.
Affiliations
I am oncology certified through ONS.
I recently became certified in genetic risk assessment through NCBC.
I am breast certified through NCBC.
Timeline
RN High-risk/Oncology Nurse Navigator
Christus Ochsner Health Southwestern Louisiana
2015.02 - Current
RN Hospice Case Manager
Christus St. Patrick Hospital
2012.02 - 2015.02
RN - staff nurse
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Outpatient Chemotherapy
2004.10 - 2012.02
RN - Inpatient Oncology
Christus St. Patrick Hospital: Oncology
2001.05 - 2004.10
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
McNeese State University
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