Accomplished Licensed Practical Nurse with extensive CM and UM expertise. Recognized as a strong communicator and a self-motivated, health professional with demonstrated experience in compliance, and utilization management. Proven abilities include: case management, comprehensive assessment, cardiac monitoring, and general surgical and basic nursing care. Over 19 years of health care experience, which includes patient care in long-term care and sub-acute facilities and staff relief for nursing agencies which included hospitals and home care. Experience in dealing with a broad range of medical conditions including Alzheimer's-dementia/ psychiatric patients, cardiac rehabilitation, post-op orthopedics', tracheostomy and ventilator-dependent, heart failure, emphysema and dialysis. Outstanding interpersonal skills including strong patient rapport, excellent ability to relate to patient families and capacity to interact with nursing staff, physicians and other providers. Demonstrated great leadership skills including directing the care of nursing staff, fulfilling other supervisory functions as well as maintaining a deficiency free unit in 2015 and 2010

Highlights:

• Assessments
• Consulting
• Infection control
• LPN
• Monitoring
• Patient Care
• sheets
• VITAL SIGNS
• Cms
• Management