Yali Cueria Soto

• Helped perform physical examinations, identified health history and administered health assessments and reviews.
• Utilized evidence-based practice guidelines to inform decision making and optimize patient outcomes.
• Educated patients and families on disease prevention, health promotion, and self-management strategies.

• Perform skin assessment and implement protocols for pressure injury prevention.
• Respond to consults to perform wound evaluation and treatment recommendations.
• Educate patients and families on pressure injury prevention.
• Provide wound care to complicated pressure injuries, diabetic wounds, arterial and venous ulcers, surgical wounds, moisture-associated dermatitis, trauma wounds, and more.
• Weekly follow-up for wound management and evaluation of treatment effectiveness.
• Complete required forms and documentation following company policy and state and federal regulations.
• Provide education to new employees in orientation regarding wound care management.
• Educate bedside nurses in using advanced wound care therapies.
• Treated complex wounds with fistula, drains, and negative pressure vacuum-assisted closure devices..
• Instructed patients, caregivers, and nursing staff on how to clean and dress wounds and how to prevent infections.
• Proficient in utilizing Point Click Care and Matrix for review of patient healthcare records and documentations.

• Perform skin assessment and implement protocols for pressure injury prevention.
• Educate patients and families on pressure injury prevention.
• Provide wound care to complicated pressure injuries, diabetic wounds, arterial and venous ulcers, surgical wounds, moisture-associated dermatitis, and trauma wounds.
• Wound VAC therapy.
• Compression therapy for management of lower extremities lymphedema.
• Weekly rounds with wound care physician.
• Responsible for all wound care treatments and dressing changes.
• Implement wound care plans and communicate with families about wound care treatment plans and responses to treatment.
• Complete required forms and documentation following company policy and state and federal regulations.
• Provide education to patients and their families regarding wound care management.
• Educate bedside nurses in using advanced wound care therapies.

· Access client needs, and develop strategies to help client and their families.

· Implement client plan of care and communicate regularly with SN, clients, and their families about Plans of Care, PT, OT, and other treatment protocols or needs.

· Answer clients and their family's questions about their plan of care, medications, and general treatment plans.

· Monitor and adjust patient status based on changing needs and conditions.

· Maintain constant communication with PCP, write verbal orders, and send to PCP for approval and signature.

· Address any patient concerns with the appropriate in-house department.

· Perform all recertification, resumption of care, and discharge. Complete OASIS form for patients 18 years and older.

· Request insurance authorization for care every 180 days for some insurance and every 60 days for others.

· Review SN notes for quality control.

· Provide direct patient care for patients with surgical wounds, venous and arterial ulcers, diabetic wounds, and trauma wounds.

· Assist physician with skin graft procedure, pre and post-graft assessment and site care, and patient education.

· Application of compression therapy for management of lower extremities lymphedema.

· Application of negative pressure wound therapy.

· Assist physicians in wound care assessment and treatments.

· Complete required forms and documents under company policy and state and federal regulations.

· Provide education to patients and their families regarding wound care management.

· New patient admission, recertification, and discharge.

· Offer direct patient care in their home including wound care for complicated wounds and wound VAC therapy.

· Provide compassionate care and education to adult and geriatric patients.

· Provide patient assessment and education on issues including diabetes, hypertension, wellness, wound care, diet management, and medication education.

· Provide medication true IV therapy and PICC line care.

· Perform venipuncture for blood tests.

· Provide direct patient care in the patient's home.

· Provide compassionate care to special needs pediatric patients including medication administration, wound care, G-tube care, tracheostomy care, ventilator, and ostomy care.

· Provide family education on issues including diabetes, hypertension, wellness, wound care, diet management, tube feeding, ventilator, tracheostomy care, and medication education.