Michele Lopez
Leander,TX
Summary
Empathetic Hospice Nurse promoting over 11 years of expertise in healthcare industry. Knowledgeable in at-home and inpatient settings. Successful background providing compassionate, quality palliative care.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse Case Manager, Hospice
Halcyon Home Health
03.2023 - Current
- Enhanced patient care by developing personalized hospice plans and coordinating interdisciplinary team efforts.
- Improved family satisfaction by providing compassionate support and regular communication on patient progress.
- Managed caseloads efficiently, ensuring timely assessment and intervention for optimal end-of-life care.
- Reduced hospital readmissions by closely monitoring patients'' conditions and adjusting care plans as needed.
- Educated families on the hospice process, enabling informed decision-making during a difficult time.
- Collaborated with physicians to develop comprehensive pain management strategies for patients in their final days.
Preop/Pacu Charge Supervisor Nurse
Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital
06.2014 - 08.2023
- Manages clinical, human resource, and financial data to support and enhance decision-making as well as provides assessment, analysis, planning, monitoring, and evaluation of delivery of care and services.
- Liaises between departments to improve function or communication and implements process or policy changes.
- Establishes work schedules and assignments according to workload, space, and equipment availability.
- Engages supervisors and staff in development and implementation of departmental goals and objectives.
- Preop patients for surgical procedure. Obtain surgical and anesthesia consent on day of surgery.
- Assists Anesthesiologist with nerve block, pain managment and sedation
- Draw labs, start IV, administer intravenous fluids and medication per physician orders or anesthesia protocol.
- Ensure vitals and labs are within normal limits
- Postoperatively receive patient from anesthesia. Maintain airway, monitor vitals, surgical site and pain level give medication per protocol and physician orders
- Discharge patient home or to floor when stable per anesthesia protocol. Ensure patient safety
- Collaborated with patients and healthcare teams to assess, plan, implement and evaluate custom care plans for each individual.
Real Estate Agent
Sotheby's International Realty
03.2007 - 01.2012
- Increased property sales by implementing innovative marketing strategies and utilizing social media platforms.
- Negotiated favorable contract terms for clients, resulting in higher satisfaction rates and repeat business.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Eastern New Mexico University
Portales, NM05.2022
Associate of Science - Nursing
Central Texas College
Killeen, TX05.2014
Skills
- strong history of leading high-performance nursing teams to deliver empathetic and compassionate care to patients
- Medication administration
- Wound cleaning/ care expertise/Talented in minor surgery assistance
- Dedicated to patient pain alleviation and provision of comfort toward quality of family interaction in final days of life
- Family support, Nursing Assessment
- Hospice regulations knowledge, Palliative care expertise
- Compassionate communication/Care coordination
Certification
Registered Nurse in the State of Texas License number 857023
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
Pediatric Life Support (PALS) Certification
Certified Sedation Registered Nurse
(CSRN)
Timeline
Registered Nurse Case Manager, Hospice
Halcyon Home Health
03.2023 - Current
Preop/Pacu Charge Supervisor Nurse
Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital
06.2014 - 08.2023
Real Estate Agent
Sotheby's International Realty
03.2007 - 01.2012
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Eastern New Mexico University
Associate of Science - Nursing
Central Texas College
Registered Nurse in the State of Texas License number 857023
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
Pediatric Life Support (PALS) Certification
Certified Sedation Registered Nurse
(CSRN)
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