Myriam N Babel

Accountable, competent and experienced RN with 10+ years in med-surg, critical care and community health. Private Duty/Hire as needed short and/or long term needs.

• New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, 2002, present, Private Duty Office- Senior Registered Nurse, Functions within the framework as a professional registered nurse with critical care experience., Provides individualized nursing care for patients undergoing medical/surgical procedures, rehabilitation, oncology, gastrointestinal, and cardiac care., Creates customized Care Plans for individualized medical needs., Autonomously provides medical care and advocacy in a hospital, home, and/or rehabilitation setting.
• Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, NY, 2006, 2008, Case Manager- Case Management, Coordinated the clinical progression of care throughout the healthcare continuum., Oversaw efforts to discharge patients in a timely manner with the appropriate level of post hospital care, such as SNF (acute vs. subacute rehab), home infusion/home care, and DME., Astute knowledge of diagnosis related groups (DRG), Medicare length of stay (LOS)/Medicare Guidelines; collaborated with an interdisciplinary team to facilitate quality based, cost effective patient outcomes and interface with insurance carriers to ensure maximum coverage for services provided., Participated in the process of assessment, planning, facilitation and advocacy for options and services to meet an individual’s health needs through communication and available resources to promote quality cost-effective outcomes., Communicate with insurance HMO/PPO, Medicare supplemental insurance, utilization review, and CDMP departments.
• New York University Medical Center at Tisch, New York, NY, 2005, 2006, Senior Staff Nurse- Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory/EPS, Assisted Physicians with various measures such as interventional cardiac procedures, peripheral line insertions, fluoroscopy and cinematography, external pacemaker, cardioversion, transesophageal echocardiogram, and conscious sedation., Administered treatments as prescribed by physicians (i.e. thrombolytics, emergency cardiac medication and sedatives.), Managed care of unstable, critically ill patients and was responsible for extensive hemodynamic monitoring with close cardiac output observation; clinically managed patients undergoing ACS.
• New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, 2002, 2005, Critical Care Staff Nurse- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Monitored Respiratory step-down (2- 4 bed) unit, Bennett 7600 ventilators; 12 lead ECG/Cardiac Telemetry monitoring., Initiated peripheral Intravenous lines and cardiac drips with extensive Phlebotomy/blood draw- through peripheral and central lines., Served as Charge Nurse of 27 bed unit/5 RN staffing, census and scheduling delegation.

• New York RN Lic# 532874
• New Jersey RN

Basic Cardiac Life Support Certification