Tanisha S Brown

• · Utilizes nursing processes to provide care to mentally challenged patients in a residential setting
• · Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to establish patients' healthcare goals and outcomes
• · Implemented nursing processes during patient care delivery
• · Implemented patients' treatment plans as directed by physicians
• · Collaborated with patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams to deliver optimal quality care.
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
• Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure and blood glucose levels
• Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications
• Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process
• Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care

• Responsible for providing supervision for 17-20 LPN’s who are responsible for processing request for surgery, office visits, home health care and durable medical equipment for Cigna- HealthSpring precertification department
• Effectively provide oversight of annual and semi-annual performance evaluation process, individual discussion and feedback, and compensation for all direct reports
• Handle escalated supervisor calls to resolves issues or concerns of providers
• Analyze clinical documentation received using Intequal, Milliman and Medicare (NCD and LCD) criteria to determine appropriateness of clinical decisions
• Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents.
• Support and monitor direct reports and assure quality of performance against quality audits standards to promote optimal service delivery and ensure accurate statistical data and reports
• Implement appropriate corrective action as necessary
• Provide Payroll input and management, attend trainings on new procures, codes and follow-up with providers and patient care
• Complete single case contracts between non-participating providers and network operations
• Support financial and capacity plans and manage results to meet goals
• Manage telecommuting initiatives, including remote telecommuting staff, as applicable
• Lead in interviewing, hiring, and retaining qualified professional staff
• Evaluate direct reports performance, encourage new skill development, motivate staff and assist employees in establishing appropriate career tracts
• Participate in development of high potential staff with organization.

Assisted with regulatory issues such as compliance.

• Worked to maintain comfort and quality of life for pediatrics and pediatric patients who require skilled nursing care to stay in comforts of their homes
• Completed patient care: Tracheostomy, G, J-tube, BiPap and ventilator experience
• Performed patient physical assessment’s
• Exhibited compassionate communication with patients and their families
• Provided therapeutic and emotional support to patient and family members
• Medication administration
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
• Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs and performed catheterizations.
• Adhered to treatment plan instructions when administering medications and treatments to patients
• Cared for wounds, provided treatments and assisted with procedures

• Develop health care plans addressing health concerns of each patient which complies with state/county guidelines
• Provided recommendations and updates regularly as health concerns arise or needs change
• Respond to emergencies involving consumers’ health and safety and intervene
• Administer or coordinate administration of medication or treatments outside scope of direct support professional per regulations
• Analyze, interpret and summarize medical records and data
• Review all medical visit reports, physical forms, lab work/test results, medication logs and prescriptions to ensure that content and timeliness are in compliance with 6400 regulations and state/county guidelines
• Assess consumer for routine and problem concerns as needed
• Train team manager on individualized care and document using appropriate tool after notification of need
• Observe skills of team manager relating to consumer health care and document on appropriate tool post training and periodically thereafter per agency policy
• Attend individualized service plan (ISP) meetings for medically fragile consumers at request of team.
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.

• Provided Patient assessments
• Scheduled appointments, transportation, lab studies and x-rays
• Overseer of 4-6 medtechs and 75 resident at time
• Assisted providers with charts, documents and equipment needed for visits
• Responsible for Admissions and discharges
• Medication administration
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
• Administered controlled narcotics and performed catheterizations.
• Adhered to treatment plan instructions when administering medications and treatments to patients.
• Monitored, tracked and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.