Brandy Emily, DNP, RN, PCNS-BC

Experience

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  Boys Town

  Jan 2000 - Oct 2002

  Family Teacher

  Fulltime, direct care for 8 at-risk youth • Provided a safe and loving family style living environment. • Provided youth with moral, spiritual, and educational development needed for future success. Provided emotional support utilizing praise, positive feedback, affection, and empathy to build self-confidence and respect. Used the Boys Town Model to guide and teach youth appropriate skills and behaviors. Used rational problem solving techniques to teach youth critical thinking skills, assist with behavioral problems, counsel through personal issues, and provide crisis intervention when needed. Planned, participated in, and provided opportunities for individual and family activities that are both educational and entertaining. Displayed and taught parenting, family, and relationship skills to youth, legal guardians, and caretakers to help create collaborative relationships and family engagement. Maintained contact with both internal and external consumers/agencies to obtain and/or provide information regarding youth’s behaviors, strategies, and progress. Responsible for maintaining and preparing written records for household budgeting, tracking youth progress, reporting incidents/behaviors, and documenting youth medical needs and appointments. Provided support for educational success through monitoring youth academic performance. Taught and role modeled Boys Town values and ethical behaviors.Supported and encouraged participation in regular religious activities. Responsible for supervising the activities of assigned Assistant Family Teacher to aid in their development and success. Managed the daily operating schedule of the home, assisted with youth transportation needs, and overall household upkeep. Show less

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  University of Colorado Health

  Jun 2009 - Jun 2013

  Registered Nurse

  Neonatal Intensive Care UnitGraduate Nurse Residency ProgramDirect patient care in a 50-bed level 3B Nursery caring for pre-term and critically ill newborns. The UCH NICU is a regional referral center for extremely premature infants with a variety of complex medical/surgical problems including hypoxemic respiratory failure, infections, hematological, neurological, cardiovascular, and/or metabolic disorders, as well as infants with single major or multiple anomalies requiring diagnostic work up and/or surgical intervention.Duties included: • planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care plans based on patient assessment to optimize outcomes and maximize available resources. • monitoring, records, and communicating patient condition as appropriate. • collaborating across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, discharge, referral and spiritual/psychosocial support needs. • multidisciplinary team approach incorporating input from parents, nurses, physicians, neonatal nurse practitioners, physical therapists, respiratory therapists, and lactation consultants, a neonatal dietician, case management, and social work. • family-centered care and patient outcomes to promote the best care for patients and families during their NICU stay.• evaluating learning needs of patient and/or family and providing patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances. • delegating patient care to ancillary personnel. • precepting student nurses and new hires.• critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.• ability to work in a fast paced environment, and take appropriate action Show less

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  Children’s Hospital Colorado

  Jun 2013 - Dec 2020

  Pediatric RN Case Manager

  Provide assessment, planning, facilitation, and advocacy for optimal clinical and financial outcomes. • Collaborate with the patient, family, other healthcare team members, community providers, and community resources and payors, resulting in an appropriate level of care, placement, length of stay, follow up care and reimbursement. • Assist with the appropriate use of resources both within the facility and external to the facility. Communication and collaboration may include coordinating admissions with referring facilities and providers, utilization review, discharge planning, transportation and care coordination. • Utilization Management-including review of medical necessity for the level of care and ongoing services. • Collaboration with Managed Care, Insurance Verification, Financial Counseling, Patient Financial Services, and Health Information Management; data aggregation and analysis related to caseload, length of stay, outlier days, avoidable days, and denials overturned or upheld, education and case management orientation for RNs, residents, physicians, students, and other departments; and durable medical equipment functions. Show less

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  Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

  Dec 2020 - now

  • Health Equity Branch Chief

    Jun 2021 - now

  • Immunization Deputy Branch Chief

    Dec 2020 - Jun 2021