Triage Nurse resume examples

Answers phones of hospices and home care clients. Educate and evaluate pain and symptom management according to the procedures and protocols set by the clients. Manage a team of clients. Use assessment skills to assist with any resolution of calls as well as contact the client representative to make visits for those patients that need a visit. Provide excellent customer service to hospice and home health clients.  Provide excellent assessment skills and communication skills. 

Assess patients physical, psychological, social, educational and discharge planning needs.  Formulates a plan of care including discharge planning, utilizing assessment data, patient, family and health team input.  Implements plan of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation and supervision of the health care team.  Evaluate patient and families response to care and teaching and revise the plan of care as needed. Assess and evaluate patient care through discharge date. 

Assisted the Director of Nursing in planning, developing, organizing, implementing, evaluating and directing the day to day functions of the clinical team in accordance with current Federal, State and local standards, guidelines and regulations that govern the agency to ensure the highest degree of quality care is maintained at all times. Quality management audits, spotting safety concerns and infection control was a priority.  Managed nursing staff, scheduling, hiring, training and building a strong nursing team which resulted in improvement in CMS Star Rating.

Managed the Nursing Department which involved hiring, training, educating, disciplining or terminating nursing staff. Oversaw resident care, MDS, medical records, infection control, quality assurance, patient safety, drug management, patient assessments and all aspects of patient care.  Ensuring that company policies and procedures were met along with state and federal laws and regulations. Responsible for analysis of incident and accident reports to determine root causes and implement corrective action when appropriate. Handled medical & non-medical emergencies. Attended all Case Management meetings.  Approved or denied admissions along with being part of interdisciplinary care team to plan patient discharge. Quality Management audits. 

Assessing the health needs of students. Develop emergency care plans and individual health plans, incorporating input from parent and/or physician; complying with the laws relating to student health, including parental and guardian consent; providing appropriate care for ill, medically fragile and/or injured students; providing health information and serving as a resource to parents, teachers, staff, and administrators; and identifying health problems for referral for proper treatment. Supervision of health techs at extended campuses, along with hiring and training of health techs.