Lynne D. Mantz, RN LNC
Williamsburg,VA
Summary
Seasoned nursing professional, with RN licenses in California and Virginia, offering proven clinical knowledge with diverse experience in direct patient care, staff supervision and department operations. Skilled at multitasking, organization, analysis and problem solving. Offering expertise in Chart Review for areas of risk and quality assurance. Legal Nurse Consulting background enhances ability to thoroughly investigate, identify vulnerabilities and risk mitigation.
Possesses proven track record of interdisciplinary collaboration, developing and implementing comprehensive nursing policies and maintaining compliance with regulatory standards. Strong technical skills including Microsoft Office and EMR.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Legal Nurse Consultant
LDM & Associates
05.2007 - Current
- Established LDM & Associates, medical healthcare legal consulting firm.
- Performs chart reviews of medically complex care to analyze vulnerabilities, risk and quality improvement concerns for independent and group law practices.
- Summarize clinical findings into easy to understand verbal and written format for directing legal team process, case merit and strategy.
- Greater than 85% of Medical Chart Reviews resulted in successful litigation results.
- Complied with all HIPAA regulations to prevent privacy violations and data breaches.
Clinical Informatics Specialist
Adventist Health
04.2018 - 05.2020
- Assisted in optimizing health information systems throughout multi-hospital system in CA, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii by applying medical subject matter expertise to improve clinical IT documentation systems and functions.
- Influenced care outcomes by implementing improvements and optimizing health information technology.
- Led, facilitated and attended focus groups and meetings to strategize and improve workflow issues affecting greater than 20 corporate hospitals in areas of risk and new regulatory requirements resulting in improved documentation while decreasing user repetitiveness and fatigue.
Director of Nursing Transitional Care Unit
Lodi Memorial Hospital
01.1998 - 12.2009
- Directed daily administrative and operational functions for 47 bed clinically complex, hospital based skilled nursing Subacute/Transitional Care Unit providing guidance and leadership to greater than 90 employees across more than 6 multi-disciplinary departments.
- Brought substandard facility into compliance with regulatory requirements and healthcare standards. Identified risk management issues, developed and implemented corrective actions and quality improvement practices to improve patient outcomes, quality of life and quality of care.
- Facilitated continuing education and training programs to drive staff competency and professional development.
- Designed and introduced leadership development, coaching and team management model, resulting in promotion of multiple employees into increased levels of responsibility.
- Quality leadership resulted in stellar Department of Health Services and Joint Commission Surveys.
Director of Nursing
Arbor Convalescent Hospital
10.1993 - 01.1998
- Identified Risk Management issues and implemented interdisciplinary corrective actions including development of best practices and updating of policies and procedures to improve standard of care for residents resulting in successful turnaround of facility following failed change of ownership mandated CA Department of Health Services Survey.
- Monitored and evaluated nursing staff performance, providing feedback and guidance to support standards of care.
- Oversaw and approved recruitment, hiring and orientation of new nursing staff.
- Designed and introduced leadership development, coaching and team management model, resulting in promotion of employees into increased levels of responsibility.
- Created DON Training program used in multiple corporate facilities as well as for MDS Assessment Coordinators, RNs and LVNs.
- Collaborated on Staff Development and Certified Nursing Assistant training programs in greater than 10 corporate owned Skilled Nursing Facilities resulting in improved CNA resident care.
- Developed in-house Case Management resulting in improved resource utilization.
- Participated in management team meetings to discuss resident status, census changes, and resident complaints or concerns resulting in conflict resolution.
- Authored user-friendly Reference Manual to enable RN/LVN compliance with documentation requirements, policies and procedures.
- Built and maintained positive working relationships with physicians, staff, community acute care hospital and community skilled nursing facilities to support seamless healthcare operations.
- Worked closely with nursing leadership and interdisciplinary team to develop and implement best practices to improve patient outcomes.
Education
Certified As Legal Nurse Consultant - Nursing
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA2007
Associate of Science - Nursing
Pacific Union College
Angwin, CA06.1971
Skills
- Clinical Expertise and Analytical Skills
- Medical Record Analysis
- Ethics and Confidentiality
- Attention to detail
- Incident Investigation and Risk Evaluation
- Healthcare Best Practices and Regulations
- Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
- Written and Oral Communication
- Computer Literacy including Microsoft Office and EMR
- Interpersonal Skills and Team Building
Accomplishments
- Skilled with incident investigation, risk management and mitigation.
- Elected as California Hospital Association's Hospital Services for Continuing Care Board Member and Chair
- Served as California Hospital Association Board of Trustee
- Competing with over 100 hospital based skilled nursing facilities in California, led Lodi Memorial Hospital's Transitional Care Unit to 6 Best Practice Awards from the California Hospital Association ranging from End of Life Care and Pain Management, Wound Care Policy and Practice, Disaster Preparedness, Infection Control, Standardization of Wound Care formulary, Physician Order sets and Documentation Tools and Quality of Life Activity Program for Special Need Young Adults.
- Selected as Coalition for Compassionate Care Task Force member that developed "Care Recommendations for Compassion and Respect Toward the End of Life" setting the standard for End of Life Care in California's Skilled Nursing Facilities.
- Mentor and educational instructor in End of Life/Palliative Care and Clinical Documentation for Lodi Memorial Hospital's RN Residency Graduate Nurses Training Program.
- Advance for Nurses Inspirational Leader - 2015
Timeline
Clinical Informatics Specialist
Adventist Health
04.2018 - 05.2020
Legal Nurse Consultant
LDM & Associates
05.2007 - Current
Director of Nursing Transitional Care Unit
Lodi Memorial Hospital
01.1998 - 12.2009
Director of Nursing
Arbor Convalescent Hospital
10.1993 - 01.1998
Certified As Legal Nurse Consultant - Nursing
University of California, Santa Cruz
Associate of Science - Nursing
Pacific Union College
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