Michelle Sapar

• Collaborated with providers to obtain required clinical information, supporting prior authorization determinations and individual inquiries.
• Determined medical necessity and cost-effectiveness of services through utilization review processes.
• Applied medical criteria and clinical judgement to researched cases to evaluate and establish determinations.

• Assessed and reviewed patients for discharge and planning, including integrating services for patients requiring home care, home infusion and durable medical equipment (DME).

• Collected lab specimens, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests and lab results.
• Provided emotional support to patients and their families during difficult times.
• Maintained strict patient data procedures to comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
• Administered medications, tracked dosages, and documented patient conditions.
• Provided direct nursing care to patients, including administering medications, wound care, and IV therapy.
• Monitored vital signs, such as blood pressure, temperature, respiration rate, pulse rate and weight.
• Interpreted and evaluated diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
• Ensured compliance with applicable laws, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures related to infusion therapy administration.
• Provided direct care to patients receiving infusion therapy, including monitoring of vital signs.
• Monitored patients during their treatment for any adverse reactions or complications from the infusion therapy.

• Performed blood and blood product transfusions and intravenous infusions to address patient symptoms or underlying causes.
• Collected lab specimens, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests and lab results.
• Administered medications, tracked dosages and documented patient conditions.
• Monitored patients' reactions to chemotherapy and recommended methods for treating side effects.
• Administered prescribed medication and chemotherapy treatments in alignment with nursing standards.
• Accessed patient ports and PICC lines to start infusions and check for cleanliness.
• Updated patient charts using confidential electronic medical records.

• Managed various nursing tasks for medically fragile children, which included administering medication, cleaning wounds and monitoring blood glucose levels.
• Delivered high level of nursing care to ill children in residences.
• Completed initial assessments of patients and family to determine and address individual home care needs.
• Delivered treatments and intramuscular injections per facility protocols to maintain effective client protection.
• Implemented providers' orders to initiate IVs and access ports and deliver medications.
• Troubleshot and resolved vascular access issues to successfully complete treatments.

Manage the clinical aspects of the whole blood program in the phlebotomy staff

Coordinates a variety of home care services for pediatric adult and maternal patients.

Registered nurse on the pediatric maternal child team

Worked with children that had developed disabilities and multiple handicaps in a school setting

• Monitored and managed various treatment and care interventions.
• Updated physicians on patient test results and assisted in developing care plans.
• Worked as a registered nurse in the infant care unit level 3 NICU and adolscent unit