LINDA DIANE SCHOTT
Registered Nurse
Katy,TX
Summary
Dependable, proactive, caring RN with many years of experience in health care in a variety of settings. Comprehensive knowledge in telephone triage and an extensive understanding of hospice and home health care services. Detail-oriented, organized, and proactive health care professional with a concentration in care management, staff education, and patient safety and satisfaction. Great exposure to a wide range of health care settings in both rural populations and larger, metropolitan cities alike.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Intake RN
Oceans Behavioral Hospital
Katy, TX
10.2022 - 01.2024
- Tend to service inquiries in a timely manner, schedule assessments, and document follow-up calls made regarding pending assessments
- Conduct triage/intake assessments while assessing and interpreting age/disability needs in an attempt to determine appropriate referral/level of care clinically necessary
- Identify special mobility and equipment needs of patients
- Communicate with patient families in a manner sensitive to age/disability/cultural needs while making decisions related to treatment
- Conduct initial insurance preauthorizations for acute psychiatric care.
RN Clinical Team Leader
Encompass Home Health and Hospice
08.2021 - 08.2022
- Prepare for and lead weekly, multidisciplinary care conference meetings
- Review and transcribed physician orders
- Process and appropriately assign direct patient referrals
- Review/audit nursing and therapy documentation and provide staff education as needed
- Utilize comprehensive problem-solving techniques and directly communicate with patients and their loved ones in an attempt to effectively address any patient-specific needs and concerns that may arise
- Assist with benefit verification and the approval and documentation of initial insurance preauthorizations and concurrent case reviews.
RN Case Manager
Elite Care at Home
08.2020 - 08.2021
- Independently manage caseload while providing direct patient care to individuals receiving home health care services
- Provide care coordination between patients and their ordering physicians/other health care entities
- Provide patient education related to disease processes and self-care management in an attempt to assist in continued independent living
- Provide in-home complex wound care management, catheter and ostomy care, IV therapy, and medication management services
- Conduct comprehensive patient admission assessments and discharges as clinically necessary
- Document clinical assessments and routine visit notes in accordance to Medicare/Medicaid/commercial payor sources.
Triage RN and After Hours Visiting RN
HopeWest
11.2012 - 02.2020
- Triage incoming telephone calls related to patient care coordination (communicating directly with patients, family members, nurses, physicians, surrounding hospital staff, skilled nursing facility staff, and other community partners)
- Answering complex triage telephone calls that covered a vast range of information (such as symptom management, necessary community referrals, and information pertaining to disease processes and end of life care)
- Manage comprehensive after hours staff assignment schedule (assigning patient visits to staff CNA’s and staff RN’s)
- Conduct after hours patient visits for pain management, wound care, IV therapy, end of life care, and education
- Provide on-the-spot staff field support and education as necessary.
Charge RN and Staff Nurse
Larchwood Inn Skilled Nursing Facility and Rehabilitation Center
02.2009 - 11.2012
- Complete direct skilled nursing duties including medication administration, complex wound care, catheter and ostomy management, and IV therapy
- Conduct comprehensive patient admission assessments and discharges as clinically necessary
- Document quarterly clinical assessments in accordance to Medicare/Medicaid/commercial payor sources
- Participate in care coordination between patients, patient families, physicians, and other community partners
- Manage daily staff assignment schedule while providing overall shift supervision and support.
Education
Bachelor of Science: Nursing -
Colorado Mesa University
Grand Junction, CO12.2004
Licensed Practical Nursing -
Helena Vocational Technical Center
Helena, MT05.1983
Skills
- Comprehensive Case Management
- Admission, Quarterly, and Discharge Assessments
- Telephone Triage and Communication
- Leadership and Staff Supervision
- Patient, Family, and Staff Education
- Time Management/Critical Thinking
References
- Susan Bevan, RN, BSN, HopeWest, Grand Junction, CO, (970) 261-1367
- Judy Connor, RN, BSN, HopeWest, Grand Junction, CO, (978) 407-7859
- Dr. Syed Zaidi, MD, Oceans Behavioral Hospital, Katy, TX, (713) 834-7359
Timeline
Intake RN
Oceans Behavioral Hospital
10.2022 - 01.2024
RN Clinical Team Leader
Encompass Home Health and Hospice
08.2021 - 08.2022
RN Case Manager
Elite Care at Home
08.2020 - 08.2021
Triage RN and After Hours Visiting RN
HopeWest
11.2012 - 02.2020
Charge RN and Staff Nurse
Larchwood Inn Skilled Nursing Facility and Rehabilitation Center
02.2009 - 11.2012
Bachelor of Science: Nursing -
Colorado Mesa University
Licensed Practical Nursing -
Helena Vocational Technical Center