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Sharon Hawthorn-Thwaite

Largo,FL

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

RN

Palliative Care Wellmed
07.2021 - 01.2025

Responsible for 60 patients in their homes. Responsible for teaching patient and family medications, disease process, help transition to hospice. Responsible for lab work,- venipuncture as orded by doctors. Required to meet with medical team weekly to discuss patient case load. Assist patient and family transition over to hospice care. Responsible for new admissions and discharges to the palliative care program.

RN CASE MANAGER

BayCare Health System
12.2019 - 06.2021
  • OVER SEEING 20-26 PATIENT'S PROVIDING WOUND CARE, WOUND VAC THERAPY, TEACHING DISEASE PROCESS, FOLLOWING MD ORDERS. IV ANTIBIOTICS, IV FLUIDS, PICC LINE DRESSING CHANGES, FLUSHES AND REMOVAL. LAB WORK, URINE AND STOOL CULTURES, WOUND SWABS PER MD ORDERS.
  • Department: HOME HEALTH
  • Reason for leaving:
  • Supervisor's Name: MARY FRAN PFEFFER
  • Supervisor's Email Address: mary.pfeffer@baycare.org
  • Supervisor's Phone: 7273946712

RN

BayCare Health System
07.2018 - 12.2019
  • SUPERVISOR OVER RN, LPN, PT, OT, HHA. CASELOAD OF BETWEEN 150 AND 200 PATIENTS, RESPONSIBLE FOR SCHEDULING, ADMITS, REVIEWING NON MEDICARE PLAN OF CARES, ORDERS.
  • Department: HOME CARE
  • Reason for leaving: HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN UR REVIEW
  • Supervisor's Name: MARGARET GROSZ
  • Supervisor's Email Address: margaret.grosz@baycare.org
  • Supervisor's Phone: 727 394-6712

RN CASEMANAGER

BROOKDALE HOME CARE
06.2016 - 06.2018
  • RN FIELD CASEMANAGER, RESPONSIBLE FOR 20-26 PATIENTS WITH WOUNDS, NEW DISEASE PROCESS'S REQUIRING MONITORING, TEACHING. WOUND VAC THERAPY, IV INFUSIONS.
  • Department: HOME HEALTH
  • Reason for leaving: APPLIED AND ACCEPTED CLINICAL MANAGER WITH BAYCARE HOME CARE
  • Supervisor's Name: HOLLY BRETTEL
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RN

Baycare Home Care
02.2011 - 05.2016
  • CLINICAL CASE MANAGER, RESPONSIBLE FOR 20-25 PATIENTS, PROVIDING WOUND CARE, WOUND VAC THERAPY, IV ANTIBIOTICS, MEDICATION MANAGEMENT, DISEASE MANAGEMENT- DIABETES, CARDIAC.
  • Department: Home Care- Duneddin
  • Reason for leaving:
  • Supervisor's Name: Nancy Storm
  • Supervisor's Email Address: Nancy.Storm@baycare.org
  • Supervisor's Phone: 727 735 0334 x 280

RN-CASE MANAGER

COMPRHENSIVE HOME CARE
06.2009 - 01.2011
  • CASE MANAGE 20-25 PATIENTS, PROVIDE WOUND CARE,INCLUDING WOUND VAC, IV THERAPY,YENIPUNCTURES,EDUCATION ON CARDIAC AND DIABETES.
  • Department:
  • Reason for leaving:
  • Supervisor's Name: BETH COX
  • Supervisor's Email Address:
  • Supervisor's Phone: 727 7867040

Director Of Clinical Services

Gentiva Home Care
06.2007 - 07.2009
  • 06/2007-07/2009 GENTIVA HOME CARE , CLEARWATER , FL . RESPONSIBLE FOR 130-180 MEDICARE / MEDICAID / INSURANCE PATIENTS , CLINICAL AND NON CLINICAL STAFF . HIRING OF NEW STAFF,EDUCATION/ORIENTATION OF NEW STAFF. DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL SERVICES
  • Department:
  • Reason for leaving: WANTING TO GO BACK TO THE FIELD.
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Director Of Clinical Services

COMMUNITY HOME HEALTH
01.2005 - 05.2007
  • 1/2005 - 5/2007 COMMUNITY HOME HEALTH , DECATUR , GA RESPONSIBLE FOR 120-135 MEDICARE / MEDICAID / INSURANCE PATIENTS , CLINICAL AND NON CLINICAL STAFF . REVIEW OF ALL OASIS , EPISODE MANAGEMENT , THERAPY OVERVIEW , CLINICAL OUTCOMES , PI , HIRING OF ALL NEW STAFF , CO - ORDINATION OF TEAM CONFERENCE BETWEEN / WITH CLINICIANS AND PHYSICIANS , ON CALL , ADMITTING OF NEW PATIENTS , OVERSITE OF WOUND CARE PATIENTS / IV PATIENTS , COMPETENCY CHECK - OFFS OF ALL STAFF , EVALUATIONS OF STAFF . ASSIST IN ALL STATE SURVEYS . DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL SERVICES
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  • Reason for leaving: MOVED TO FLORIDA
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Clinical Manager

UNITED HOME HEALTH
08.2004 - 12.2004
  • 8/2004 - 12/2004 UNITED HOME HEALTH , DECATUR , GA RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL CLINICAL AND NON CLINICAL STAFF , COVERING 5 COUNTIES . RESPONSIBLE FOR HIRING OF NEW STAFF , ORIENTATION OF THAT STAFF . ALL PI MEETINGS . ASSISTING IN ALL STATE AND JHACO SURVEYS . RESPONSIBLE FOR DEALING AND FOLLOWING UP ON ALL COMPLAINTS . RESPONSIBLE FOR DEALING WITH ALL THE FINANCIAL DAY TO DAY DEALINGS - EPISODE MANGEMENT , THERAPY OVERVIEW .
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Education

Associate's Degree / College Diploma - NURSING/NURSING EDUCATION

University of the State
DURBAN

Skills

  • Basic life support
  • Clinical judgment
  • Compassion and empathy
  • Discharge planning
  • Quality improvement
  • Geriatric care
  • Health promotion
  • Community health
  • Medication and IV administration
  • Direct patient care
  • Patient assessment
  • Team coordination
  • Patient education and counseling
  • Medication administration
  • Strong clinical judgment
  • Patient monitoring
  • Precepting
  • Patient care
  • Physical assessments
  • Staff supervision
  • Infection control measures
  • Licensed RN
  • Care plan development
  • Care planning
  • Patient management
  • Professional bedside manner
  • Case management
  • Patient evaluation
  • High level of autonomy
  • Complex Problem-solving
  • HIPAA education
  • Patient and family advocacy
  • Wound care
  • Emotional awareness
  • Family education
  • Chronic disease management
  • Cardiac care
  • Intravenous therapy
  • Long-term care
  • Acute care expertise
  • Patient care planning
  • ADL assistance
  • Diabetes management
  • Vaccine administration
  • Hospice care
  • Taking vitals
  • Telemetry monitoring
  • Emergency care
  • Administering immunizations
  • Emergency response
  • Tracheostomy care
  • Emergency procedures
  • Critical care
  • Performing ekgs
  • Medical evaluation
  • Managing deadlines
  • Patient discharge
  • Family advocacy
  • IV setup
  • Evaluations
  • Lab result interpretation
  • Home care
  • Treatment Planning
  • Collecting vitals
  • Proper catheter insertion/removal
  • Preventive health
  • Palliative care awareness
  • Maintaining privacy
  • Procedure preparations
  • Oxygen saturation standards
  • Medication distribution
  • Data collection
  • Medical records management
  • Coordinating referrals
  • Home health care
  • Health screening
  • Chart updating
  • Medical assessment
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Postpartum care
  • Personal care needs
  • Intake and discharge
  • Hospice and palliative care
  • Relationship building
  • Health and wellness expertise
  • Insulin medication assistance
  • Patient relations
  • Diabetes and nutrition education
  • Call triaging
  • Medical recordkeeping

Certification

  • FLORIDA RN, Issuing Organization: STATE OF FLORIDA, Number: RN 9262290, Original Date of Issue: 2009-05, Expiration Date: 2023-04, Location: Clearwater
  • CPR, Issuing Organization: AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, Number: , Original Date of Issue: 2010-07, Expiration Date: 2022-07, Location: Clearwater

Timeline

RN

Palliative Care Wellmed
07.2021 - 01.2025

RN CASE MANAGER

BayCare Health System
12.2019 - 06.2021

RN

BayCare Health System
07.2018 - 12.2019

RN CASEMANAGER

BROOKDALE HOME CARE
06.2016 - 06.2018

RN

Baycare Home Care
02.2011 - 05.2016

RN-CASE MANAGER

COMPRHENSIVE HOME CARE
06.2009 - 01.2011

Director Of Clinical Services

Gentiva Home Care
06.2007 - 07.2009

Director Of Clinical Services

COMMUNITY HOME HEALTH
01.2005 - 05.2007

Clinical Manager

UNITED HOME HEALTH
08.2004 - 12.2004

Associate's Degree / College Diploma - NURSING/NURSING EDUCATION

University of the State
Sharon Hawthorn-Thwaite