Lynn Martin
Cleveland,USA
Summary
Highly organized, skilled, professional registered nurse seeking an opportunity within a setting where I can utilize my skills in patient care, treatments, advocacy, education, and collaborative practice.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
OTP (Opioid Treatment Program) RN Case Manager
LOUIS STOKES VETERAN'S MEDICAL CENTER
04.2022 - Current
- Duties include case management of up to 25 veteran clients
- Work in partnership with healthcare providers/interdisciplinary team in the delivery of comprehensive SUD/mental health/medical care
- Responsible for initial and ongoing assessments
- Provide health and wellness education in a one to of treatment needs, develop, monitor, and evaluate treatment plans and their progress
- Communicate progress in weekly interdisciplinary meetings, assist/manage dose effectiveness for medication adjustments as needed
- Coordinate care with other VA and community providers and arrange guest dosing with other facilities throughout the country
- Participate in JCAHO readiness activities including performance improvement projects
- Participate in educational opportunities to update position/job knowledge
- Provide coverage to ambulatory detox clinic by assessing patients being observed for illicit substance/ETOH withdrawal and referrals for follow up appointments
RN Staff Nurse (Full Time, 40 hrs/week)
LOUIS STOKES VETERAN'S MEDICAL CENTER
05.2020 - 04.2022
- Complete comprehensive assessment on admission and manage patient care including pain, suicide, functioning, and service needs
- Evaluate patient care needs and apply critical thinking skills in patient care management
- Closely monitor acutely ill mental health patients
- Engage/Attend Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary treatment team
- Perform charge RN responsibilities competently and effectively
- Maintain therapeutic relationship with patients and families
- Utilize Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior techniques, required training up to Part 2 or 3 (Therapeutic Containment)
- Demonstrate competence while administering Long-Acting Injectables
- Lead nurse care group therapy sessions to assist with overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life, or making changes
- Patient advocate helping to facilitate clinical connections for continuation of care
RN: Mental Health & Detox (PRN, 12 hrs/week)
Windsor Laurelwood Center
12.2015 - 07.2020
- Perform initial and ongoing nursing assessment throughout stay
- Conduct mental health assessment and assist with treatment plans
- Educate patient on symptoms and coping skills related to mental health and substance misuse
- Administer PO and IM psychotropic medication as scheduled and as needed while monitoring patients for side effects
- Collaborates with the healthcare team including, but not limited to: Attending/Specialty Physicians, Social Worker, Pharmacist, Admission Notification, and Nursing to ensure the progression of an effective treatment plan to achieve patient care goals
- Charge nurse delegate assignments and tasks to ensure patient safety
- Utilize de-escalation techniques while managing anxious, volatile, and challenging behavior
- Float between kids, teen, adult, and adult high-risk mental health and detox units to ensure safe patient care
- Coordinates and communicates patient care needs for discharge planning
- Handles cases of crisis intervention, sexual and physical abuse, substance abuse, chronic or acute psychiatric distress
RN Team Lead (Full Time, 40 hrs/week)
CLEVELAND CLINIC
01.2020 - 05.2020
- Supervise a team of nurses and medical assistants for healthcare facility: including Internal Medicine, OB/GYN, and all Specialties
- Provide leadership, guidance, and support for other caregivers
- Oversee quality measures by identifying real or potential problems and possible solutions
- Achieve departmental goals and objectives by instituting new processes
- Ensure team maintains standards of excellent care
- Manage interviews and screening process of new caregivers
- Manage orientation and induction of new staff
- Assign duties and delegate tasks to clinical team members based on each person strengths and specialties
- Introduce change in a planned and sensitive manner
- Manage staff issues which require disciplinary action in an appropriate manner, seeking assistance as needed
- Constructively respond to complaints that involve patient care
- Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment encouraging caregivers to work as a team
- Ensure that all required training is completed by caregivers and documented
- Manage POCT testing logs and ensure compliance
- Manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients
- Monitor work areas to ensure they are safe, free from hazards, and conform to relevant policies, procedures, and guidelines
- Provide health education to patient and families
- Initiates CPR and other emergency measures as a first responder
- Lead daily huddles with facility staff informing them of the day’s workflow
- Participate in tiered huddles with Center Director, Nurse Manager, and other supervising staff
- Coordinate staff scheduled weekly for all center departments and implement changes for emergency call offs
Triage RN (Full Time, 40 hrs/week)
CLEVELAND CLINIC
04.2017 - 01.2020
- Acting Assistant Nurse Manager for health care facility: including Internal Medicine, OB/GYN, and all Specialties
- First point of contact for triage by phone and face to face
- Cross cover OB/GYN and Pediatric Triage by phone and face to face
- Assess health status by completing a nursing assessment and performing telephone triage, notifying physician(s) of abnormal findings if applicable
- Maintain and update EPIC patient tracking database, ensuring accuracy
- Provide health education to patients and family
- Initiates CPR and other emergency measures as a first responder
- Covers other nursing roles when needed including patient rooming, vitals, POC testing, and injections
- Manage and process refill requests, FMLA, disability, CMN, and Home Health Care forms
- Serves as patient advocate for scheduling, referral recommendations and patient follow up
- Participates in quality initiatives, process improvement and research activities to improve patient outcomes, patient experience and patient safety
- Maintains professional growth and development and identified annual core competencies as required
- Complies with all regulatory requirements and standards
RN: Heart and Lung Transplant Unit (Inpatient) (Full Time, 36 hrs/week)
Cleveland Clinic
12.2014 - 04.2017
- Manage pre/post-transplant processes for adults and adolescents
- Observe, assess, and record symptoms, reactions, and progress
- Provides direct patient care based upon nursing assessment to patients who have a variety of medical and/or surgical conditions while following established standards, department guidelines and hospital policies and procedures
- Collaborate with appropriate health care team members for coordination of care for assigned patients
- Closely monitored clinical status and performed timely communication with multidisciplinary team
- Evaluate and develop patient plan of care based on assessment, identified nursing diagnoses and patient goals
- Establish and/or revise priorities for patient care and initiates and/or maintains interventions to assure continuity of safe/effective care for patients
- Complete daily care of chest tubes, tracheostomies, and high-flow oxygen
- Skilled in vasoactive gtts, antiarrhythmic gtts, anti-rejection medications and telemetry
- Assesses patient/family educational readiness and barriers to develop a plan based on educational assessment
- Enhance time management skills through taking care of high acuity patients and heavy medication pass requirements
- Care and maintenance of Central lines
- Provide ongoing transplant education to patients and their families
- Provide quality palliative care to patients by maintaining dignity and ensuring comfort as part of end-of-life treatment on the unit
- Float to other cardiac and vascular floors as needed to ensure proper staffing for patient safety
- Initiate and maintain heparin gtts to bridge patient to oral anticoagulation
- Administration of blood and blood products
LPN Mental Health (Part Time 24 hrs./week)
Guardian health Services
05.2010 - 01.2016
- Completed initial data collection upon admission on adult clients diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, and anxiety
- Planned, coordinated, and evaluated residents care along with members of the interdisciplinary team
- Administered psychiatric and routine medications, injections, and wound dressing changes
- Managed inventory of medications and other medical supplies
- Monitored residents’ behaviors and report changes to members of multidisciplinary team
- Completed required records, including Medicare forms and all admission documentation
LPN (PRN, 12 hrs/week)
HAMLET AT CHAGRIN FALLS ASSISTED LIVING
07.2014 - 12.2014
- Responsible for the health and well-being of approximately 15 Assisted Living Residents
- Provided medication management and administration to residents according to physician’s orders
- Provided treatments, such as treating/dressing wounds and pressure ulcers
- Collected data, reported abnormal findings to RN and physicians, documented findings
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team and provided input on patient’s plan of care
- Supervised nursing aids and delegated tasks accordingly
- Measured and recorded vital signs, blood glucose monitoring, and collected urine samples
Education
Bachelor of Nursing -
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT11.2023
Associate Degree of Applied Science in Nursing -
Cuyahoga Community College
Cleveland, OH05.2014
Licensed Practical Nurse Certificate -
Central School of Practical Nursing
Cleveland, OH04.2010
Skills
- Project Management
- Workflow Processes
- Patient Safety
- Quality of Care
- Quick Learning
- Stress Management
- Interpersonal Relationships
- Documentation
- Communication
- Self-Directed
- Teamwork
- Client Service
- Patient Service
- Technical Proficiency
- EPIC
- CPRS
Certification
Basic Life Support
Key Qualifications
- Experience in managing and supporting operational projects and workflow processes within dynamic environments, while staying dedicated to patient safety and providing the highest quality of care.
- Ability to acquire skills quickly and successfully take on new challenges
- Ability to act quickly under stressful situations
- Establish strong interpersonal relationships
- Strong documentation and communication skills
- Self-directed with the ability to work independently and in a team setting
- Demonstrates exceptional client and patient service experiences
- Strong technical proficiencies – EPIC and CPRS
Timeline
OTP (Opioid Treatment Program) RN Case Manager
LOUIS STOKES VETERAN'S MEDICAL CENTER
04.2022 - Current
RN Staff Nurse (Full Time, 40 hrs/week)
LOUIS STOKES VETERAN'S MEDICAL CENTER
05.2020 - 04.2022
RN Team Lead (Full Time, 40 hrs/week)
CLEVELAND CLINIC
01.2020 - 05.2020
Triage RN (Full Time, 40 hrs/week)
CLEVELAND CLINIC
04.2017 - 01.2020
RN: Mental Health & Detox (PRN, 12 hrs/week)
Windsor Laurelwood Center
12.2015 - 07.2020
RN: Heart and Lung Transplant Unit (Inpatient) (Full Time, 36 hrs/week)
Cleveland Clinic
12.2014 - 04.2017
LPN (PRN, 12 hrs/week)
HAMLET AT CHAGRIN FALLS ASSISTED LIVING
07.2014 - 12.2014
LPN Mental Health (Part Time 24 hrs./week)
Guardian health Services
05.2010 - 01.2016
Bachelor of Nursing -
Western Governors University
Associate Degree of Applied Science in Nursing -
Cuyahoga Community College
Licensed Practical Nurse Certificate -
Central School of Practical Nursing