Experience

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  Ob Hospitalist Group

  • Greenville, South Carolina

  • Senior Risk Manager

    • Apr 2018 - Present
    • Greenville, South Carolina

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  Providence Health SC

  • Columbia, South Carolina Area

  • Risk Manager

    • Jul 2013 - Apr 2018
    • Columbia, South Carolina Area

    • Identify and evaluate real or potential patient, staff and visitor safety issues.• Coordinate and manage Performance Improvement Notification database.• Coordinate corrective actions and risk reduction strategies to address areas of actual or potential risk.• Provide intervention and education related to risk management issues to physicians and staff. • Coordinate risk management programs with various hospital departments, administration and legal counsel.• Coordinate with third party administrator to facilitate claims management.

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  LHB Medical-Legal Consulting

  • Columbia, South Carolina Area

  • President

    • 2009 - Dec 2014
    • Columbia, South Carolina Area

    • Provide analysis and interpretation of medical records to identify adherences and deviations in the standards of care, pre-existing conditions and how they are affected by the case, damages that resulted from the injuries and pertinent billing records.• Provide assistance in locating testifying experts to opinion on relevant issues.• Perform scientific literature searches to establish the foundation of the medical issues for each case.• Talk with health care providers about mechanisms of injury, causation and damages issues.

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  Midlands Technical College

  • Columbia, South Carolina Area

  • Adjunct Faculty - Clinical Nursing Instructor

    • 1990 - 1993
    • Columbia, South Carolina Area

     Supervised the clinical instruction of nursing students on a neurosurgical floor and medical intensive care unit including medication administration, intravenous therapy, neurological assessments, dressing changes, development and revision of nursing care plans, patient assessments and nasogastric tubes. Coordinated patient care between the staff nurses, physicians, ancillary personnel, and the nursing students. Analyzed the nursing care plans developed by students for appropriateness of content, interventions and evaluation of outcomes.

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  Richland Memorial Hospital

  • Columbia, South Carolina Area

  • Cardiovascular Patient Educator, Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse

    • 1988 - 1989
    • Columbia, South Carolina Area

     Performed pre and post procedure teaching, patient education and discharge instruction for patients undergoing cardiac catheterization, pacemaker implantation, automatic implantable defibrillator implantation, Phase 1 Cardiac Rehabilitation or with newly diagnosed myocardial infarction. Conducted cardiac monitoring and chest pain evaluation of all Phase 1 Cardiac Rehabilitation patients before, during, and immediately after exercise program.

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  Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Greater Nashville Area, TN

  • Staff Nurse II

    • 1984 - 1988
    • Greater Nashville Area, TN

     Conducted detailed patient assessments, analyzed cardiac and hemodynamic monitoring of critically ill patients, titrated multiple vasoactive drips, set up and monitored amicon filtration for severely fluid overloaded patients, monitored ventilator support in patients with respiratory compromise, assisted with emergent and non-emergent intubation, assisted with the insertion of central venous and Swan Ganz catheters, inserted and monitored nasogastric tubes, provided medication administration and intravenous therapy, provided advanced life support to victims of cardiac and respiratory arrest, implemented pressure ulcer prevention programs, observed for sudden or subtle changes in patient condition, developed and implemented nursing care plans.  Notified physicians of changes in patient condition, and coordinated patient treatment and services between multiple disciplines. Provided staff education, coaching, and mentoring as well as patient and family education. Charge Nurse - evaluated staffing requirements, patient assignments, and organization of unit activities on a medical & cardiac intensive care unit. Chair, Staff Action Committee – developed and implemented unit specific policies and procedures. Critical Care Committee member – worked to coordinate nursing care across all critical care units, assisted in selecting cardiac monitoring equipment to be used in all adult critical care units.

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  Westlake Cumberland Hospital

  • Columbia, Ky.

  • Staff Nurse, Intensive Care Unit

    • Jun 1981 - May 1984
    • Columbia, Ky.

     Provided total patient care including patient assessments, cardiac and hemodynamic monitoring, medication administration, tube feedings, and life support equipment. Notified physicians of changes in patient condition. Coordinated patient treatment and services between multiple disciplines. Conducted patient and family education and discharge instruction.

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  Greenwood Memorial Hospital

  • Bowling Green, Ky.

  • Staff Nurse, Surgical Unit

    • Sep 1981 - May 1982
    • Bowling Green, Ky.

     Provided patient care including patient assessments, dressing changes, medication administration, and tube feedings to post operative patients. Notified physicians of changes in patient condition, and coordinated patient treatment and services between multiple disciplines. Conducted patient and family education and discharge instruction.