Debbie Grant

Experience

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  VITAS Healthcare

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2006

  Crisis Care Staff Nurse

  Specialized in end of life care, focus primarily on anticipating, preventing, treating symptoms and maintaining quality of life.

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  Wellstar Health System

  Oct 2006 - Jan 2012

  Organization: Maintained caseload of 150 patients, assessed patient treatment needs; developed, monitored, and evaluated treatment plans and discharge processes. Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to provide holistic care and improve patient outcomes.Management: Coordinated patient admissions, nursing home and in-home visits. Provided palliative care, wound care for patients with terminal illnesses. Educated on-site staff and in-home family members to sustain hygienic needs, recognize symptoms and manage pain. Liaised with social workers, supplied bereavement services including assistance with death pronouncements and funeral home arrangements. Show less Acute Care: Provided long term acute care alongside 2 additional nurses for MICU medical intensive care unit, with 8 beds. Consistently checked vital signs, administered IV medication, performed head-to-toe patient assessments, pain management, reassessing pain levels and repositioned patients for optimal comfort. Operated ventilators, provided rehabilitative respiratory care to enable patients to successfully breath on their own. Advance Care Planning: Coordinated treatment with a multidisciplinary healthcare team to attain optimal health and continuity of care. Cared for critically ill or injured patients in the hospital. Devoted attention patients to ensure quality of care, monitoring health conditions and reporting fluctuations to physicians. Provided support and education for patients’ family members to ensure continuum of home health care. Show less

  • Case Management Nurse

    Jan 2010 - Jan 2012

  • Registered Nurse

    Oct 2006 - Jan 2010
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  WellStar Tranquility at Kennesaw Mountain

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2019

  Charge Nurse, Inpatient Hospice Unit

  Leadership: Oversaw direct patient care staff for 18 bed unit during shift. Assessed daily patient care needs, designed patient care assignments and distributed information across staff of RNs and CNAs. Observed and ensured staff followed all company procedures in compliance with regulations set forth by state and federal agencies. Supervised and participated in completion of short- and long-term care plans. Supervised the safe and effective use of all equipment involved in direct patient care. Training: Provided guidance and training support to new and existing staff members. Supervise documentation of patient information. Coordinated Charge Nurse duties with Staff RNs acting in the relief charge capacity. Designed and produced hospice orientation guide to facilitate the implementation and change process, outlined subjects including palliative care, the role of team members, symptom management and family engagement. Communication: Conducted meetings to maintain communication between patient care staff and distribute information regarding changes in patient care needs and operations. Meet regularly with the Clinical Manager to discuss personnel and patient care status. Inpatient Care: Admit new patients according to facility procedure. Continuously monitor patients’ condition and administer medications to patients per physicians’ orders. Assessed patient needs and communicated concerns to rounding physician. Implemented changes in patient treatment as directed by physician. Outpatient Care: Collaborated with direct patient care team management, social worker, medical director and nurses in making decisions to benefit patient care. Contacted pharmacy to communicate changes to prescriptions. Coordinated patient discharge and provided education and liaised with home care team for effective pain and symptom management. Show less

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  Optum

  Jan 2019 - now

  Case Management Nurse

  Case Management: Coordinate virtual care for over 300 type 1 and type 2 diabetic members. Collaborate with Medical directors and interdisciplinary team to address challenging cases. Document and track patient progress Outpatient Communication: Review and address symptom management plans, assess members' current health status via phone communication. Identify opportunities to improve self-care and treatment. Provide disease management education for members and encouraging members to make healthy lifestyle changes. Conduct post-discharge calls to ensure that members receive the necessary services and resources after leaving hospital unit. Organization: resources including Medicare silver sneakers programs, health plans, gym activity, food plans and continuous education in an easy to understand manner. Ensure members maintain suggested A1C levels and escalate care for at-risk members. Show less