Molly C. Becker
Forest Hill,USA
Summary
Highly experienced nursing professional with exceptional leadership skills, clinical knowledge and sound judgment developed over extensive career. Skillfully staff teams, organize charts, and oversee day-to-day care by leveraging strong decision-making and multitasking abilities. History of building team cohesion and long-term success to maximize quality and cost-effectiveness of care.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nursing Supervisor
Professional Nursing Services
05.2020 - Current
- Pediatric nursing supervisor, combining expertise in pediatric care with strong leadership and management skills to ensure high-quality patient care and well supported nursing team within the agency.
- Advanced pediatric clinical skills, including assessment and monitoring, medication administration, knowledge of child development.
- Strong leadership and communication skills, including clinical supervision and guidance, performance, evaluations, and feedback, effective communication, and conflict resolution
- Administrative and operational skills include compliance and policy enforcement, care, plan, coordination, maintaining, accurate and confidential documentation of patient records, and quality improvement.
Hospice Home Health Care Case Manager Nurse
Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care of Maryland
07.2019 - 04.2020
- Case manage and assume responsibility for adult and pediatric patients/family that includes assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care.
- Initiates communication with attending physicians, other hospice staff members and other agencies as needed to coordinate optimal care and use of resources for the patient/family.
- Obtains data on physical, psychological, social and spiritual factors that may influence the adult or pediatric patient and their family’s health status and incorporate that data into the plan of care.
- Maintains up-to-date patient records so that problems, plans, actions and goals are accurately and clearly stated and changes are reflected as they occur.
- Accepts responsibility for coordinating the physical care of the adult or pediatric patient by teaching primary caregivers, volunteers, employed caregivers, or by providing direct care as appropriate.
- Instructs the adult/ pediatric patient and caregiver: Tracheostomy care, operation of home suction, pulse ox and home feeding when ordered. How to administer medication and recognize side effects. How to perform personal care and oral hygiene. How to assist in lifting, moving, ambulation and exercise. How to prepare for the events preceding death.
- Informs the Team Director/triage nurse of unusual or potentially problematic patient/family issues.
- Attends the Hospice Team Meetings and other patient conferences as deemed necessary by the Team Director.
- Provides appropriate support at time of death.
- Assists in making home health aide assignments, prepares written instructions for the aide and supervises the aide in the home.
Home Health Care Case Manager Nurse
Amedisys Home Health
07.2015 - 10.2019
- Case manage and assume responsibility for a patient/family that includes assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care.
- Initiates communication with attending physicians, other members and other agencies as needed to coordinate optimal care and use of resources for the patient/family.
- Obtains data on physical, psychological, social and spiritual factors that may influence patient/family health status and incorporate that data into the plan of care.
- Maintains up-to-date patient records so that problems, plans, actions and goals are accurately and clearly stated and changes are reflected as they occur.
- Caring for medically fragile adults and children in the home.
- Skilled Nursing Care included Tracheostomy care and emergency procedures for obstruction. Operation of home ventilators, pulse oximetry, suction, and feeding machines. G/J tube care and feeding. Medication administration: oral, IV, rectal, G/J tube. Central, peripheral and Midline line care with medication and TPN administration.
- Accepts responsibility for coordinating the physical care of the patient by teaching primary caregivers, volunteers, employed caregivers, or by providing direct care as appropriate.
- Instructs the patient and caregiver: How to administer medication and recognize side effects. How to perform personal care and oral hygiene. How to assist in lifting, moving, ambulation and exercise. How to prepare for the events preceding death.
- Informs the Team Director/triage nurse of unusual or potentially problematic patient/family issues.
- Attends the Team Meetings and other patient conferences as deemed necessary by the Team Director.
- Assists in making home health aide assignments, prepares written instructions for the aide and supervises the aide in the home.
Patient Care Manager
HomeCall
08.2017 - 06.2018
- Ensures patient care rendered is individualized to patient needs, appropriate and reasonable, meets home health eligibility criteria, and is in accordance to physician orders.
- Reviews assessments and plans of care daily, per assigned workflow, and consults clinicians with recommendations, as appropriate.
- Coordinates all aspects of care with all disciplines, physicians, durable medical equipment providers, caregivers/family members, transferring facilities, and any other applicable healthcare providers.
- Follows-up on lab and other clinical diagnostic test, physician contact, and significant changes in the patient condition to ensure adequate physician notification, follow-up, and needed plan of care modifications and communicates such to clinicians.
- Schedules, prepares for, facilitates, and documents case conference, SOC reports and facilitates effective exchange of information across disciplines especially with adverse findings, changes in patient condition, daily and urgent updates, as necessary.
- Reviews at least three clinical notes per clinician per week using the TL audit tool and tip sheet to ensure timely, complete, appropriate, and accurate submission of all documentation by field staff. Takes necessary action to correct adverse findings and communicates trending to branch manager.
- Reviews, evaluates, and supervises service delivery to ensure appropriateness of care and utilization of services, equipment, and supplies through activities such as random patient visits, medical record reviews and case conferences.
Registered Nurse
Bayview Medical Center
05.2009 - 03.2016
- Educated families and patients about recovery and treatment.
- Assisted adult and pediatric patients with pressure therapy.
- Maintained patient burn log, which includes description of burn wound, culture date ordered and results, and photograph.
- Provided care to patients placed in the intensive care and burn unit.
- Treated and cared for adult and pediatric patients who had experienced injuries caused by overexposure to electricity, chemicals, contact with fire and scalds.
- Safely monitored patients, administered medication, provide education to patients and caregivers for discharge instructions with a focus on proper use of equipment, safety, infection control, and pain management.
- Collaborated effectively with an interdisciplinary team of medical and health professionals.
- Assisted M.D.'s with bedside procedures.
- Initiate IV access successfully on a routine basis.
- Fulfill physicians orders on a timely manner.
- Educate patients and their families on post-operative instructions.
- Treatment and successful counseling of patients with various levels of functionality and dependency issues resulting in positive outcomes.
- Assisted surgeons in special treatment room.
Registered Nurse
Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
01.2015 - 07.2015
- Maintained patient charts, which included description of care post triage, physician orders, admissions and/or transfers, and discharge plans.
- Provided care to patients placed in the intensive care and burn unit.
- Treated and cared for adult and pediatric patients who had experienced acute injuries, chronic illnesses and/or disease processes exacerbation.
- Safely monitored patients, administered medication, provide education to patients and caregivers for discharge instructions with a focus on proper use of equipment, safety, DME, infection control, and pain management.
- Collaborated effectively with an interdisciplinary team of medical and health professionals.
- Assisted M.D.'s with bedside procedures.
- Initiate IV access successfully with fluids or labs as ordered by physician on a routine basis.
- Fulfill physicians orders in a timely manner.
- Educate patients and their families regarding treatment and successful counseling of patients with various levels of functionality and dependency issues resulting in positive outcomes.
- Assisted surgeons in special treatment room.
Education
Associate of Science - RN
Harford Community College
Bel Air, MD01.2009
Skills
- Medication administration
- Strong Medical Ethic
- G/J care and management
- Operation of home ventilators
- Comprehensive client charting
- Pediatric care
- Clinical supervision
- Care plan coordination
- Patient assessment
- Case management
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Team leadership
- Effective communication
- HIPAA compliance
- Patient care oversight
Certification
Maryland, R189530, 06/28/27
Certifications Skills
- BLS Certification
- Wound Vac Certification
- Skilled in conducting physical examinations of all age groups
- Skilled care of tracheostomies
- Medication administration for oral, G/J tube,rectal IM, IV, Sub Q
- Strong medical ethic
- G,J tube care and tube feeding
- Operation of variety of home ventilators
- Comprehensive client charting
Timeline
Nursing Supervisor
Professional Nursing Services
05.2020 - Current
Hospice Home Health Care Case Manager Nurse
Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care of Maryland
07.2019 - 04.2020
Patient Care Manager
HomeCall
08.2017 - 06.2018
Home Health Care Case Manager Nurse
Amedisys Home Health
07.2015 - 10.2019
Registered Nurse
Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
01.2015 - 07.2015
Registered Nurse
Bayview Medical Center
05.2009 - 03.2016
Associate of Science - RN
Harford Community College
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