Myrna Mattei, RN, BSN
Oviedo
Summary
Seeking Per Diem opportunities.
Compassionate Registered Nurse with over 27 years experience in Hospice care, home health, case management, telephonic triage, outpatient primary health clinics and intensive care units. Skilled in end of life care, pain management and providing education to family members and caregivers.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Hospice Nurse
Advent Health Altamonte Springs
Altamonte Springs
01.2019 - Current
- Provide compassionate care as an Inpatient Hospice nurse, addressing patients' needs effectively.
- As a Crisis Care nurse, manage urgent patient situations with precision and implement interventions based on nursing assessment.
- As a Flex nurse, complete on-demand visits, ensuring timely support and intervention.
- Coordinate patient care as Case Manager, facilitating communication among healthcare teams.
- Guide patients' loved ones and caregivers in end of life care.
- Vast knowledge of comfort kit medications and their administration based on symptom management.
- Experience with pain pumps, port infusion, subcutaneous medication administration and PICC lines.
Case Manager/Field Nurse
Kassy Home Health
Altamonte Springs
01.2018 - 06.2018
- Manage case load of 40+ patients and coordinate their care needs such as DME, wound care supplies, enteral feedings, IV’s, etc.
- Coordinate the overall interdisciplinary care plans for home health patients from admission to discharge.
- Act as the liaison between patient/family and doctor to ensure necessary care is provided promptly & effectively.
- As an admissions field nurse, complete comprehensive assessment in patient’s home, document in OASIS and communicate with office staff patient’s needs, findings and focus of care.
- Provide skilled nursing tasks as ordered: wound care, disease management, medication reconciliation and others.
Nurse Case Manager
Florida Blue
Lake Mary
01.2010 - 01.2017
- Maintain a case load of 80-100 patients monthly.
- Identify high risk patients from database, initiate call and enroll them in Case Management Program.
- Subject Matter Expert on Organ and Blood related Transplant treatment and modalities. Manage transplant clients during pre and post op phase.
- Identify and manage members with high cost care and collaborate with healthcare team to lower both medical and patient costs.
Nurse Educator
Florida Blue
Lake Mary
01.2007 - 01.2010
- Identify high risk members with abnormal biometric screening results and enroll them in telephonic health coaching sessions. Consistently enrolled over 50% of identified members.
- Responsible for developing and presenting monthly health education sessions to employee groups within Central Florida.
- Facilitate the American Lung Association Freedom from Smoking Program (6weeks) to employee groups.
- Participate in mid-sized and large group health fairs to discuss biometric results, identify critical values and enroll in ongoing wellness coaching.
- Through health coaching assist members to develop and achieve a goal plan. On a regular basis, 75% members achieved their individual goals within a 6 month timeframe.
- Provide translation of health educational brochures to Spanish, create and present culturally diverse health presentations for Hispanic & Latin American Employee groups.
Triage Nurse, Telephonic
Connextions Health (Optum)
Orlando
01.2006 - 01.2007
- Triage approximately 30 calls daily, effectively routing to the appropriate site of care utilizing critical judgement and the McKesson Healthwise Database.
- Manage inbound calls of the medically needy population from both the governmental and private sector.
Clinical Nurse
Rodriguez Army Health Clinic
Ft. Buchanan
01.2001 - 01.2005
- Responsible for managing the Immunizations Clinic for all civilian employees, military personnel and their family members.
- Responsible for inventory, storage and mobilization of temperature sensitive vaccines for a population of over 1,000 individuals.
- Responsible for the successful and timely inoculation of all troops deploying from Puerto Rico for Iraq War-Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, a total exceeding 3,000 troops.
- Subject Matter Expert for Anthrax and Smallpox vaccines with the responsibility to train, inoculate and educate medics, military leaders and officials of the Puerto Rico Health Department. Responsible for creating and implementing an emergency biohazard disaster plan utilized by all health leaders in Puerto Rico.
- Rotation to other clinical areas as needed: Laboratory, Treatment Area and Utilization Management.
- BLS trainer to employees and military personnel as needed.
- Initiate and successfully lead The Health and Wellness Committee of Fort Buchanan, PR.
Cardiovascular ICU Nurse
Pavia Hospital
Santurce
01.2000 - 01.2001
- Provide advance level specialized care to critically ill adult patients with cardiac and/or pulmonary conditions.
- Implement standardized protocols obtained from Critical Care Course and advanced cardiac life saving measures (ACLS).
- Hemodynamic and telemetry monitoring on a daily basis to the post-op and critically ill.
- Nurse float to other specialized areas as needed: Emergency Department, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Telemetry.
Oncology ICU Nurse
Dr. I. Gonzalez Oncology Hospital
Rio Piedras
01.1998 - 01.2000
- Provide comprehensive specialized nursing care to pre-op, post-operative and critically ill adult patients with hematology and/or oncology health complications.
- Utilize specialized equipment such as: drainage tubes, mechanical ventilators, feeding tubes, central lines, tracheotomy/suctioning tubes and more.
- Maintain coverage as a nurse float in the Medical/Surgery and Chemotherapy Wards.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Puerto Rico
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico01.1998
Skills
- Bilingual- English/Spanish
- Proficient in computer skills including EPIC medical database
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong clinical judgment
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Problem-solving abilities
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Patient condition monitoring
Licensing Certifications
- Nursing License, RN, 01/01/06, State of Florida Board of Nursing
- Case Manager Certification, 01/01/12, Commission for Case Manager Certification
- BLS certified
Timeline
Hospice Nurse
Advent Health Altamonte Springs
01.2019 - Current
Case Manager/Field Nurse
Kassy Home Health
01.2018 - 06.2018
Nurse Case Manager
Florida Blue
01.2010 - 01.2017
Nurse Educator
Florida Blue
01.2007 - 01.2010
Triage Nurse, Telephonic
Connextions Health (Optum)
01.2006 - 01.2007
Clinical Nurse
Rodriguez Army Health Clinic
01.2001 - 01.2005
Cardiovascular ICU Nurse
Pavia Hospital
01.2000 - 01.2001
Oncology ICU Nurse
Dr. I. Gonzalez Oncology Hospital
01.1998 - 01.2000
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Puerto Rico
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