Sherry Barber
Las Vegas,NV
Summary
Driven Registered Nurse with experience caring for patients within home care setting. Smoothly deliver comprehensive patient care and delegate tasks according to patient needs and personnel skill sets. Dedicated to providing top quality care within multidisciplinary team environment.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
RN Case Manager
Physicians Choice Home Health
Las Vegas, NV
05.2023 - Current
- Communicated regularly with family members regarding patient care needs and progress toward goals.
- Provided emotional support and counseling to patients dealing with chronic illness or end-of-life issues.
- Assessed patient's physical, mental, and psychosocial health status to develop individualized care plans.
- Provided direct nursing care such as wound dressing changes, IV therapy, medication administration and patient education.
- Monitored and evaluated effectiveness of treatment plans and interventions.
- Collaborated with physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
- Maintained accurate documentation of patient progress in the electronic health record.
- Conducted weekly interdisciplinary team meetings to review case management activities for assigned caseloads.
- Actively participated in multidisciplinary rounds discussing complex cases with members of the healthcare team.
- Ensured compliance with regulatory standards concerning utilization review, ethical decision making and legal aspects of case management practice.
- Charted weekly progress notes and quarterly summaries.
RN Case Manager
Compassion Care Hospice
Las Vegas , NV
07.2022 - 05.2023
- Developed patient care plans, overall patient health assessments and evaluations.
- Collaborated with physicians on patient medications, medical needs and performance.
- Actively participated in family and patient planning processes.
- Assessed and reviewed patients for discharge and planning and integrated services for patients requiring home care, home infusion and durable medical equipment (DME).
- Collaborated in consults, patient care plans development, patient monitoring and evaluations.
- Determined and coordinated appropriate level of care to meet individual patient needs.
- Administered medications and treatment plans in accordance with physician orders.
- Using Pointcare Home Care Home Base
LPN
Compassion Care Hospice
Las Vegas , NV
01.2012 - 07.2022
- Collected and documented vital signs to track current patient conditions.
- Monitored patient's respiration activity, blood pressure and blood glucose levels in response to medical administration.
- Communicated concerns regarding patients' status, care and environment to nursing supervisors, clinical care supervisors and case managers.
- Documented patient intake and dietary requirements and aided with feeding and monitoring.
- Looked for physical, emotional and symptomatic changes in patient condition and obtained necessary care for medical concerns.
- Collected biological specimens and packaged for laboratory transport to complete diagnostic tests.
- Examined and treated patient lacerations, contusions and physical symptoms and referred patients to other medical professionals.
- Administered prescribed medications or started intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patient charts.
- Charted changes in patient conditions and discussed concerns with supervising healthcare provider.
- Addressed patient care needs, collected vitals, dressed wounds and managed catheters.
- Cared for patients' acute and chronic wounds by changing dressings and applying medicated compounds.
- Observed strict confidentiality and safeguarded all patient-related information.
- Worked with registered nurses to deliver comprehensive, high-quality care to Hospice patients.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Nightingale College
Ogden, UT05.2022
Licensed Practical Nurse - Nursing
Smyth County Technical Trade School
Chilhowie, VA05.2007
Some College (No Degree) - Prerequisites For Nursing
College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas, NVSkills
- Drug calculations
- Medical assessment
- Patient care planning
- Emotional awareness
- Family and patient support
- Patient Triaging
- Wound Dressing
- Work Planning and Coordination
- Patient Charting
- Call Answering and Assistance
- Vital Signs Recording
- Empathetic and Compassionate
Timeline
RN Case Manager
Physicians Choice Home Health
05.2023 - Current
RN Case Manager
Compassion Care Hospice
07.2022 - 05.2023
LPN
Compassion Care Hospice
01.2012 - 07.2022
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Nightingale College
Licensed Practical Nurse - Nursing
Smyth County Technical Trade School
Some College (No Degree) - Prerequisites For Nursing
College of Southern Nevada
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