Lisa Mesquita Alvarado

- Highly proficient in providing complex nurse case management patient care, physician support and healthcare coordination as a patient health care advocate. Passionate about delivering quality nursing care by working with patients and their families, assessing care needs and facilitating available services and resources, while maintaining superb communication skills and clear, concise case documentation.

- Extensive knowledge base with providing nurse case management services to patients with high risk diseases. Provide extensive, delicate and empathic care to patients within the Population Health Department. Knowledgeable in advocating for patients as they navigate their overwhelming diagnosis, discover and endure necessary treatments, and manage symptoms and side effects by providing compassionate coordination of care services and reducing emergency room visits and hospital admissions.

- Compassionate Registered Nurse with 20 years bedside experience caring for and providing comprehensive patient care in a variety of critical care settings, including Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and Emergency Room (ER). Extensive experience caring for diverse patient populations and fostering trusting relationships to improve efficient and advanced patient care.

- Dedication to continuous educational efforts to pursue further nursing degrees and credentials in order to stay current on national standards and practices of care, thereby fostering the administration of high quality care to each patient.

- Proficient in information systems and computer programs including EPIC and MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).

• Board Certified Case Manager (CCM)
• Advanced Cardiopulmonary Life Resuscitation (ACLS)
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (BLS/CPR)
• 2015 Jim and Sally Haugh Spirit of Caring Award Nomination