Broomfield, CO 80020 Cell (303)-246-3417 SUMMARY BSN Nurse seeking a Healthcare Administration / Management position. Experienced in Medical Surgical, Case Management, Palliative Care, with Business and Accoun ting background. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center. Colorado 03/2009 - Present RN, Clinical Case Manager (Pediatrics / PICU) * Initial Assessment Reviews. * Participation in daily Interdisciplinary Team Meetings. * Assessing and Monitoring Patient's Plan of Care. * Concurrent Clinical Case Management to Assess Continued Hospitalization and A ppropriateness of Level of Care. * Discharge Planning for Patients which Starts on Admission. * Arranging for Home Care Infusion and Skilled Home Nursing Care. * Ordering and Arranging for Durable Medical Equipment as Needed. * Utilization Reviews to Correlate Patient's Admission Status to Physician's Or ders. * Monitoring Quality and Risk Management Issues and Reporting These Issues to Q RM Department. * Monitoring Education Needs as Part of Performance Improvement Process. Namaste Comfort Care, Denver Colorado 06/2008 - 03/2009 Nurse Care Coordinator (Hospice Care) * Admission and nursing assessment of patients. * Ensure physician orders are processed in a timely manner. * Monitor patients' vital signs. * Update physician and family of any changes in patient's clinical condition. * Attend interdisciplinary team meetings to ensure adequate implementation of p atient's plan of care. * Update patient's medication sheets and ensure patient has adequate comfort ca re medications. * Monitoring nursing plan of care and updating any new changes to plan of care. * Performing nursing assistants' supervisory visits. * Ordering durable medical equipment as needed for patient care. Children's Medical Services 2008 Nurse Care Coordinator (Case Management) * Nursing assessment and ensure notification of the physician of any significant changes. * Ensure physicians' orders are processed in a timely manner. * Assist client and family with receiving community resources and referrals for specialist. * Assist clients with receiving funding for special or durable medical equipment . * Setting up appointments for physical, speech and occupational therapy. * Monitoring nursing plan of care and updating any new changes to the plan of ca re. * Assisting client and family with Medicaid transportation, and follow up care. * Perform annual patient reassessment of care and implementing new changes to pl an of care. * Attending care conferences or interdisciplinary team meetings to ensure adequa te implementation of patient's plan of care. West Boca Medical Center 2007 - 2008 Registered Nurse * Assess patient's vital signs and ensure notification of the physician of any s ignificant changes. * Perform pain assessment/interventions/reassessments and documentation. * Documents read back of radiology and laboratory results. Ensures physician is notified of critical values in a timely manner. * Delivers care in a culturally sensitive manner. * Evaluates patient response to physician and nursing orders. * Report pertinent changes in patient status to charge nurse and /or physician. * Complete pre-op checklist, time out, and correct site form according to policy . * Performs systems assessment according to unit protocol and recognizes abnormal ities due to disease process. * Take off all completed orders efficiently and accurately. Ensures signature, d ate, and time are legible. * Consistently checks patient charts for orders. Takes off and completes orders efficiently and accurately. MSI Consulting - West Palm Beach, FL 2004 Accounting Staff * General Accounting - Accounts payables and receivables. * Payroll. * Monitoring and Reviewing Expenses UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO - Boulder, CO 2002 - 2003 Working with the sponsored projects accounting department. Managing over 300 gra nt projects. Grant Accounting * Assuring proper stewardship of restricted funds at the University of Colorado , in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), State, Fed eral, and private agency procedures and restrictions, and University rules and r egulations. * Ensuring that accounts are properly coded in the Sponsored Projects Informati on System (SPINS) subsystem. * Monitor expenses for reasonableness and allow ability within terms of the con tract, cost principals, federal, state, agency, and University rules and regulat ions. Monitor budgets to avoid or reduce account deficits. * Prepare fiscal reports - including interim and final reports as required by c ontract. * Monitor and document cost sharing. * Advise research personnel on issues of agency policy and/or requirements. * Review and analyze all new contracts and amendments from assigned agencies fo r accuracy, completeness, reporting requirements. * Resolve issues; prepare accounting entries, process refunds, and transfer fix ed price funds. * Determine cash position, estimate cash requirements, request draws from Feder al Letter of Credit accounts. TEXACO, INC. - Denver, CO 1998 - 2001 High-tech Energy Company with a workforce of about 30,000 employees. Global Corp oration active in more than 180 countries. Accounting Staff * Performed General accounting duties: General Ledger, Journal Entries, and Adj usting & Accrual Entries. * Accounts Payables (Paying Invoices and taking advantage of discount periods). * Maintained employee travel and expense integrity by effectively reviewing rep orts submitted for reimbursement. * Significantly increased duplicate payment collections by reviewing monthly du plicate payment report and establishing customer rapport. * Paying building rent and allocating building expense between the various depa rtments. INTEGRAL PERIPHERAL - Boulder, CO 1997-1998 Accounting Intern * General Accounting Duties: General Ledger, Adjusting & Accrual Journal Entrie s. * Meet all vendor term payment requirements and maintained vendor relationships by strictly adhering to established company processes. * Maintained accounts receivable accuracy and credibility by consistently review ing daily postings and urgently responding to delinquencies. * Processed bank deposits. KELLY SERVICES - Denver, CO 1995-1996 Payroll Assistant * Exceeded customer satisfaction by responding to employee payroll inquires wit h urgency and sensitivity. * Urgently responded to missing and misplaced payroll checks while meeting payr oll security requirements by initiating bank-stop payments and reissuing payroll checks. * Enhanced disbursement accuracy and employee relations by entering payroll sub mission requests with 100% accuracy while meeting all data entry deadlines. EDUCATION BSN Nursing - South University -WPB, FL MBA with an Emphasis in Healthcare Administration - University of Colorado. BS Accounting - University of Colorado HONORS Palm Healthcare Foundation Scholarship Recipient Dean's List - University of Colorado Sachs Foundation Scholarship Recipient COMPUTER EXPERIENCE Macintosh and IBM Compatible Systems MS Excel, MS Word, MS Access Programs: Pacgen, People Soft, and FRS.