Elder Care in Huntington Beach, California

Professional summary • A seasoned Registered Nurse (R.N.) with over six years of hospice triage/admissions/resident care/home health elder care nursing work experience assessing and prioritizing incoming calls, completing telephone assessments using standardized nurse protocols to evaluate the patient's health status and providing home care instruction, medication education/management, and /or direction appropriate to patient’s level of care, in a manner understandable to the family/caregiver. • Also, as hospice triage nurse, follow-up telephone calls of nurse advice encounters were conducted to assess the outcome of the initial nurse advice provided, and /or re-triage if the prior presenting symptoms continued or were worsening and necessitated re-evaluation of medication regimen with a possible skilled nurse visit. • Documented and maintained accurate records of all types of telephone assessments, patient education, recommendations, interventions and disposition into the company’s software database system. • Identified and referred the patient to appropriate disease management and home health medical case management agencies as indicated, per family/caregiver requests.