Terri L. Watkins

• Complete initial assessments of patients and family to determine and address individual home care needs.
• Educate patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Implement medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
• Conduct regular re-evaluations to address changes in needs and conditions, introducing revisions to care plans.
• Use Vincent software to maintain database of relevant information for practitioners to access and coordinate patient care.
• Provide home health aide providers with training, guidance, support and supervision to achieve objectives.

• Assessed patients' health status and developed individualized care plans to suit needs.
• Informed physicians of any changes to patients' health or concerns observed during home visits.
• Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
• Guided, supported and supervised home health aide care providers.

• Completed initial assessments of patients and family to determine and address individual home care needs. ·
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
• Conducted regular re-evaluations to address changes in needs and conditions, introducing revisions to care plans.
• Used Vincent software to maintain database of relevant information for practitioners to access and coordinate patient care.
• Provided home health aide providers with training, guidance, support and supervision to achieve objectives.

• Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
• Provided physical assessments, medication, and chronic disease management to home health patients.
• Provided exceptional care to high-acuity patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care, and rehabilitation.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.

• Completed initial assessments of patients and family to determine and address individual home care needs.
• Effectively communicated with physicians regarding patient needs, performance, medications, and changes.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy.

• Performed health and wellness assessments, gathering history and current status of health to determine if candidate was appropriate for residency.
• Communicated with physicians, health care workers, family, and legally responsible parties concerning health care issues.
• Assisted residents and families when applying for PAAD, Medicaid, VA-aide and attendance, and placement of residents needing a higher level of care in either assisted living or long-term care.

• Responsible for delivering post hospital sub-acute rehabilitation, intermediate and long-term care.
• Accountable for nursing assessment, formulation of patient focused care plan, implementation, health teaching, and evaluation of patient outcomes.
• Clinical experience in orthopedics, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, wound care management, hospice care, and infusion therapy.

Medical-Surgical Isolation 1992-1993

• Accountable for nursing assessment, formulation of patient focused care plan, implementation, health teaching, and evaluation of patient outcomes
• Clinical experience with isolation procedures, wound care management and long-term ventilator support.

Cardiovascular Progressive Care 1991-1993

• Responsible for primary care of patients recovering from CABG, PTCA, and cardiac catheterization.
• Clinical experience in telemetry interpretation, venipuncture, intravenous therapy, as well as peripheral/central catheters.