Julie Conte

Experience

• 

  Miami Valley Hospital

  Jan 2006 - Nov 2007

  RN on 5E/SE Women’s Surgery/Oncology

  • Care of oncology, radiation, and post op patients, majority being women’s cancer and bladder surgeries.• Administration of chemo, blood and blood products to patients.• Care of patients with numerous drains, foleys, NG tubes, use of PICC lines, central lines, and infusaports.• Floated to other units during employment at Miami Valley Hospital including, but not limited to: Medical Oncology, Cardiology/Telemetry, Medical/Surgical, Bariatrics, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, General Surgical Unit, Maternity 1-Mother/Baby Unit, Maternity 2- Intrapartum/Gynocological Surgery. Show less

• 

  Wilson Health

  Nov 2007 - Aug 2010

  RN in Labor/Delivery and Mother/Baby

  • Labor and delivery nurse for vaginal deliveries and C-sections from triage until discharge.• Circulating nurse in OR during C-sections, scrub in for C-sections to be baby nurse at delivery.• Care of newborn/newborn RN at vaginal delivery and throughout NB’s hospital stay.• Care of patients who have fetal demise/ fetal loss.

• 

  Heartland Home Health Inc.

  Mar 2010 - Aug 2012

  RN Case Manager, Home Health RN

  • Coordinating patients’ care at home by referring to physical, occupational therapies or social work when needed and supervising care given by the LPN and Home Health Aide.• Cardiopulmonary assessments, taking vital signs, giving wound care/incisional care, wound vac management, drawing labs, maintaining central/PICC lines.• Educating patients on disease processes, medications, treatments, diet, andlifestyle and collaborating with physicians when needed.

• 

  Dayton Ear, Nose and Throat

  Aug 2010 - Dec 2010

  RN in IV therapy room, Allergy RN

  • Prepare allergy injections/serums, administering allergy, vitamin and steroid injections, with care given for local to anaphylactic reactions.• Call in prescriptions and prior authorizations for certain medications and triage nurse calls. • Manage IV therapy room by starting IV’s, accessing infusaports, preparing and administering IV vitamins, EDTA/chelation therapy, IV push of Glutathione, and educating patients on all types of IV therapy.

• 

  Quantum Health

  Oct 2012 - May 2016

  Disease management nurse

  • Coordinating Care for members of self-funded health insurance plans.• Serve as member and provider advocate by educating and guiding members through the complicated healthcare insurance process.• Educate members on how to manage acute and chronic conditions along with how to best utilize their insurance benefits.• Cross-trained in precertification and utilization review/management.• Clinical program software tester and super-user for implementation of a new case management documentation system.• Assisted in training new nurses on the system as well. Show less

• 

  Mount Carmel Health System

  Jun 2016 - Feb 2020

  RN Care Manager in Population Health

  • Care Manage patients by telephonically outreaching and meeting face to face in PCP office and home visits.• Provide education, resources, care coordination, advocacy, identifying and eliminating as many barriers as possible to achieve better health of patients and lower the cost of their healthcare.• Decrease hospital utilization and increase patients’ overall wellness.• Work with RNs, social workers, pharmacists and physicians for the benefit of the patient.• Care Evolution Super-user, facilitating questions or concerns with the system, by identifying problems and participating in virtual meetings with Trinity and Care Evolution to find the resolution.• Assist in training new staff members on the use of the system and remain aresource for all current users.• Part of the Care Management Technology Subcommittee, to represent end-users of Care Evolution.• Member of the Patient Education Council.• Representative on the Rapid Decision Group for Epic implementation. Show less

• 

  Capital City Hospice

  Feb 2020 - May 2020

  Hospice Nurse
• 

  Day City Hospice

  Jun 2020 - now

  Hospice Nurse

  -Assume primary responsibility for patient and family caseload, including the assessment, determine eligibility, admission processing, planning, implementation and evaluation phases of the nursing process-Obtain data and assess necessary information from patient physical, psychological, social and spiritual factors that may impact patient and family's needs and discuss with other members of the interdisciplinary team-Collaborate with all team members including attending physician, social worker, chaplain and Patient Care Manager (Supervisor)-Complete routine visits and PRN visits as needed, to re-assess the patient's needs and update the plan of care-Provide direct nursing care and physical assessments, obtain vital signs, complete wound care/skin care, insert and maintain foley catheters, report any abnormal findings to physician and work closely to collaborate on new orders. Collaborate with facility staff on hospice plan of care. Perform medication reconciliation on all patients and provide education on each med.-Perform clinical pronouncement of death and provide support to family-Maintain accurate patient records, charts, progress notes, reports and prepare care plans timely-Report any changes in patients' condition, patient needs, issues or problems immediately to attending physician, nursing supervisor and interdisciplinary team, patients' family and other authorized agency personnel-Develop and maintain familiarity with Federal, State, Company policies and procedures regarding patients benefit-Supervise and document delivery of care by the Home Health Aide as required by Federal, State, and Company guidelines-Share in providing 24 hour, 7 day per week coverage to patients and families as necessary-Assess/evaluate need for increased level of care to provide care at patient's bedside during the dying process and prevent all patients from dying alone, in pain or afraid. Provide education and support of dying process to familes/caregivers of patients Show less