CURRENT POSITION:
Medical Case Manager, Preferred Case Management, LLC.
CURRENT RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide medical case management for Workers’ Compensation, Auto No Fault, Health Insurance and Disability Claims.
Coordinate and communicate between Clients, Employers, Providers, and Attorneys.
Rehabilitation and case management activities to include multiple trauma, brain injury, spinal cord injury and repetitive motion injuries. Also, available to review medical records for appropriate care and treatment.
EDUCATION:
Lansing Community College - Certified BLS Instructor - 2002
Lansing Community College Associate’s Degree, Registered Nurse - 1996
Graduated Magna Cum Laude
Lansing Community College EMT License - 1994
CERTIFICATIONS:
Certified Case Manager 2006
Certified BLS Instructor 2002
Licensed EMT 1994
CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Pain Management: Principles and Practice
Depression in the Nursing Home
Geriatric Diseases and Care
Alzheimer’s Care Program of Studies
Auguste D. & Alois: A Century of Alzheimer’s Care
Patient Care by Telephone
Nursing Care of the Elderly
Peritoneal Dialysis
Bariatric Surgery and Nutritional Risks
T.B.I. and Follow-up Care
WORK HISTORY:
Preferred Case Management 2004 - present
Ingham County Medical Care Facility 2003 2004, M.D.S. Assessment Nurse.
Alterra Corporation, 2001 2003, Registered Nurse, Area Case Manager.
Alterra Corporation, 1999 2001, Registered Nurse, Health Care Coordinator.
Hospice House of Mid-Michigan 2001- Part Time Registered Nurse
Ingham Regional Medical Center, 1997 1999, Registered Nurse.
Burcham Hills Health Care Center, 1995 1996, Licensed Practical Nurse
St. Lawrence Hospital, August 1995 December 1995, Patient Care Assistant
SPECIALIZED TRAINING/EXPERIENCE:
Hospice Nursing
Admissions, care plans, care conferences
Schedule and conduct interdisciplinary team meetings
Teaching and supervision of nurses
Medical audits
Assessments out in the community for prospective residents
Triage emergencies on-call via telephone
Grief counseling with families
Geriatric Psychiatry
Adolescent Psychiatry
Pediatric Neuromuscular Diseases
Diabetic Teaching