Mekeshia Sanchez
Sanford,USA
Summary
Dedicated healthcare professional with extensive experience in patient care, critical thinking, and effective communication. Committed to fostering team collaboration to achieve optimal patient outcomes while delivering reliable and adaptable care in fast-paced environments. Proven expertise in medical procedures, comprehensive patient assessments, and seamless care coordination ensures a high standard of compassionate service. Passionate about enhancing the patient experience through a holistic approach to healthcare delivery.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN, APRN, FNP-C – Agency Nurse
Premiere Addiction Recovery Center
Cocoa, FL
04.2025 - Current
- Conduct comprehensive History & Physical (H&P) exams and medical follow-ups for adult patients undergoing treatment for substance use disorders, including opioid, alcohol, and stimulant use.
- Collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary team including Psychologists, PMHNPs, and counselors to develop and adjust individualized treatment plans.
- Monitor patient progress, manage co-occurring medical conditions, and ensure timely communication of medical needs and concerns.
- Provide trauma-informed, empathetic care while promoting patient education, relapse prevention, and long-term recovery support.
- Maintain accurate and timely documentation in alignment with facility and regulatory standards.
- Staffed through Central Florida Nurse Staffing Agency
APRN
Ferrer Intensive care experts Pulmonary group
11.2024 - Current
- Geriatric APRN- Managing acute and pulmonary patients and helping and rounding (SNF) Skilled nursing facilities keep chronically ill patients for readmitting into the hospital as a SNFist, by assisting with acute and pulmonary needs within the facility.
- Maintaining continuity of care and assisting the PCP in maintaining patient stability with all pulmonary and acute care needs.
- Promoting exception service and documentation daily seeing between 17 and 35 patients a day.
- Conducting comprehensive patient assessments to determine appropriate treatment plans.
RN, BSN
Superior medical staffing
09.2018 - Current
- Acute Care, inpatient rehabilitation units, long term care, memory care, and hospice, LTAC facilities
- Medication administration to patients
- Supervisory of staff, Maintaining staff schedule
- Clinical documentation
- Communicating with physicians
- Rehab acute care management
- Vent, tracheostomy care & suctioning, tube feedings, foley insertion/ care, colostomy, ileostomy care, and IV medication admin
- Agency for staffing nurses in central Florida
APRN
Advanced Family care
Debary, FL
07.2024 - 01.2025
- Provide primary care in office provider, focused on treating patients with urgent care from our patients as well as referring them out to specialists in the area as well for specialist related issues in a clinic based in orange city.
- Promoting exception service and documentation daily seeing between 17 and 22 patients a day.
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Home Docs
Volusia County, Florida
06.2024 - 11.2024
- Provide primary and urgent healthcare as a FNP for ages 0-100+ that cannot travel to the office.
- Provide office-based healthcare at 135 E Minnesota Ave Orange City, FL 32763 and in home primary care services to residents of Volusia, Flagler, and the East part of Seminole County, Florida, for those patients that have difficulties getting out of their home, ALF or SNF.
- Visit independent homes with EMR and a full office staff to assist in the care of the patients. Traveling in my own vehicle. We run a fully functional Primary Care Office in the patient's home.
- Primary care services include Assessments, labs, referrals, medication prescribing, wound care, chronic and acute disease management. I love to help patients in need and have been known to go above and beyond a regular PCP office visit to provide exceptional care to those in need
- Working independently with collaborating NP and physician.
- Using Athena EMR/EHR charting platform
RN/MSN case manager
Vitas Healthcare Hospice and Palliative Nurse
06.2019 - 06.2024
- The VITAS RN is a member of the interdisciplinary team who work together to meet the physical, medical, psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual needs of hospice patients and families facing terminal illness and bereavement.
- Coordination of care, ensure continuous assessment of each patient's and family's needs and implementation of the interdisciplinary plan of care.
- Manage Inpatient unit of 14 beds in Daytona FL.
- Medication administration to patients
- Communicating with physicians, getting orders for patient care, patient updates on progress
- Care Plan management and documentation
- Reporting and documenting patient care.
- Collecting lab specimens and coding correct lab procedure codes for services rendered.
- Assisting in Dialysis treatment and medications
- Clinical documentation
- Vent, tracheostomy care & suctioning, tube feedings, foley insertion/ care, colostomy, ileostomy care, and IV medication admin
- Wound care, Skilled Nursing assessments
- Disease Management.
- Discharge planning, and concurrent review of care utilizing InterQual guidelines for continuation of care.
Inpatient Case Management Reviewer
United Healthcare Group
11.2021 - 02.2023
- Performed initial, LOS and concurrent review of inpatient cases utilizing evidenced-based criteria (i.e., MCG/InterQual criteria).
- Participate in team meetings and case discussions, and team building exercises.
- Sending cases to medical directors to make final complex decisions on cases meeting medical necessity.
- Care plans and discharge planning for high-risk patients.
- Reviewed in-patient, PHP, IOP and OP levels of care using nationally approved clinical guidelines Identify cases to send for peer review with Medical Director, to complete the review offer peer to peer and assist in the appeals process.
Inpatient Case Manager/ Behavioral Health Reviewer
Rose International
05.2021 - 11.2021
- Performed initial, LOS and concurrent review of inpatient cases utilizing evidenced-based criteria (i.e., MCG/InterQual criteria).
- Participate in team meetings and case discussions.
- Sending cases to medical directors to make final complex decisions on cases meeting medical necessity.
- Care plans and discharge planning for high-risk patients.
- Reviewed in-patient, PHP, IOP and OP levels of care using nationally approved clinical guidelines Identify cases to send for peer review with Medical Director, to complete the review offer peer to peer and assist in the appeals process.
- Gained a wealth of knowledge and utilized the LOCUS, CASII, ECSII and ASAM Criteria for determining medical necessity for appropriate level of care.
- UHG/Contractor
Utilization Review Nurse, Case Manager
Turning Point Utilization Management Solutions
02.2018 - 05.2019
- Performing initial, concurrent, and prior authorization clinical reviews and providing documented recommendations based on the use of appropriate clinical guidelines.
- Reviewing initial evaluation and clinical documentation against clinical standards, applicable state regulations and relevant treatment guidelines.
- Reviewing and complying with treatment guidelines and initial clinical review criteria to assist in determining the appropriateness of services.
- Assisting clinical staff in quality improvement projects to provide instructive feedback to clients and providers within scope of practice.
Education
Medical Billing and coding Diploma -
Penn Foster College
PMHNP post grad certificated - Psychiatric Nursing
Walden University
Minneapolis, MN05-2026
MSN-FNP - Nursing Practice
Walden University
Minneapolis, MN11.2023
MSN Informatics - Informatics
Western Governors University
Millcreek, Utah12.2022
BSN - Nursing Science
Western Governors University
Millcreek, Utah03.2019
AA General - undefined
Eastern Florida State College
01.2015
LPN- Diploma - undefined
Casel Healthcare Training center
01.2011
Certified Nursing Assistant -
Red Cross
01.2003
Skills
- Medication and IV administration
- Medication administration
- Direct patient care
- Medical billing procedures
- Patient assessments
- Patient education and counseling
- Patient and family advocacy
- Compassion and empathy
- Care plan development
- Nursing staff leadership
Certification
- Family nurse practitioner -Florida Board of Nursing.
- APRN-Texas BON
- HEDIS Certification
- InterQual Certification
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
RN, APRN, FNP-C – Agency Nurse
Premiere Addiction Recovery Center
04.2025 - Current
APRN
Ferrer Intensive care experts Pulmonary group
11.2024 - Current
APRN
Advanced Family care
07.2024 - 01.2025
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Home Docs
06.2024 - 11.2024
Inpatient Case Management Reviewer
United Healthcare Group
11.2021 - 02.2023
Inpatient Case Manager/ Behavioral Health Reviewer
Rose International
05.2021 - 11.2021
RN/MSN case manager
Vitas Healthcare Hospice and Palliative Nurse
06.2019 - 06.2024
RN, BSN
Superior medical staffing
09.2018 - Current
Utilization Review Nurse, Case Manager
Turning Point Utilization Management Solutions
02.2018 - 05.2019
AA General - undefined
Eastern Florida State College
LPN- Diploma - undefined
Casel Healthcare Training center
Medical Billing and coding Diploma -
Penn Foster College
PMHNP post grad certificated - Psychiatric Nursing
Walden University
MSN-FNP - Nursing Practice
Walden University
MSN Informatics - Informatics
Western Governors University
BSN - Nursing Science
Western Governors University
Certified Nursing Assistant -
Red Cross