Preferred Case Management

CURRICULUM VITAE
OF
LAURA CARLEY, RN, MBA-HC 

CURRENT POSITION
Medical Case Manager, Preferred Case Management, LLC

CURRENT RESPONSIBILITIES

• Medical Case Management of Workers’ Compensation, Auto No Fault, Personal Injury, Health Insurance and Disability Claims
• Provide high quality coordination and liaison between clients, providers, employers, and attorneys.
• Case load activities include spinal cord injury, orthopedic injury and amputations, major burn accidents, blunt head/neck/thoracic trauma, and airway injury requiring mechanical ventilation/artificial airway.
• Coordination of home modifications

EDUCATION
Jackson Community College
Associate of Applied Science in Nursing, 2003
Baker College of Jackson
Master of Business Administration in Health Care Administration, 1999
Spring Arbor University
Bachelor of Business Administration in Human Resources, 1991
Davenport College of Lansing
Associate in Business Management, 1989

CERTIFICATION
State of Michigan Registered Nurse

SPECIALIZED TRAINING

• State of Michigan – Train-The-Trainer- Nurse Aide, 2008
• United States Government – PREPARE – Skilled Nursing Facilities, 2008
• Acute Care Experience and Training in:  Tracheostomies and ventilation care, multiple traumas, post CVA, orthopedic repairs and replacements, BKA and AKA.  Also Halo vests, paraplegia, and quadriplegia.
• Experience in ostomies, wounds and wound VACs, burns, soft tissue and inhalation injuries.  Familiar with DME and transitioning clients from hospital to home.

CONTINUING EDUCATION
2009 Medscape – Conference Highlights From ECTRIMS
2009 (area of pharmacology)
2009 Medscape - Improving Outcomes in Excessive Sleepiness & Obstructive Sleep Apnea
2009 Medscape – A 52-year-old with Depressed Mentation (area of pharmacology)
2009 Connecting Clients to Care
2009 Severe Abdominal Pain in a Young Girl After a Hug
2009 Origami Brain Injury Rehabilitation Center – Brain Injury Symposium of Mid-Michigan Within Challenge, Lies Opportunity
2009 Preferred Case Management – Innovations in Healthcare Conference
2009 Metabolic Syndrome May Predict Depressive Symptoms
2009 Dilemmas in Mandatory Reporting for Nurses
2009 Refining the Art of Assessment in the Patient with Chronic Pain: Minimizing Risk and Improving Outcomes
2009 Clinical Risk Factors for Severe Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease
2009 New Guidelines for Management of Urinary Tract Infection in Non-pregnant Women
2008-2003 HIPAA and Corporate Compliance Issues (yearly)
2008 MEDDRUN and CHEMPACK Training Module
2008 CPR–American Red Cross (until 6/09)
2008 Stroke Care
2008 Medical Care through the Continuum (3-part workshop)
2008 Case Management in Hospice
2008 Pain Management (license required)
2008 Critical Thinking/Critical Medications
2008 Spinal Fracture Management
2008 Assessing Safety of a Home
2007 Pressure Ulcer Prevention
2007 Functional Independence Measurement (CareLink Hospital)
2007 PICC Line Management and other IVADs (CareLink Hospital)
2007 Confined to the Home, Now What?

WORK HISTORY:
Preferred Case Management   2008 – present
Medical Case Manager
Evangelical Home of Saline   2008
Staff Development Coordinator
Tendercare of Albion    2007-2008
Director of Staff Development
CareLink Hospital of Jackson    2003-2007
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse
Great Lakes Home Health & Hospice    2005
RN Case Manager
Baker College    1995-2003
Faculty/Administrator of Health and Human Services
Jackson Community College    1992-1996
Faculty Member in Medical Assisting Program