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Lekeshia L. McClain

Los Angeles

Summary

Dynamic Home Health Nurse with extensive experience in the home healthcare setting, excelling in patient assessment and care planning. Proven ability to enhance patient outcomes through effective communication and collaboration with healthcare teams. Skilled in wound care and proficient in EMR systems such as Homecare Homebase, Kinnser, DSL and EPIC ensuring high-quality care in diverse home environments.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Home Health Nurse/Case Manager

Global Nurse Network
01.2024 - Current
  • Traveling to patients’ homes, schools, and other organizations to administer medication and vaccinations, and complete blood pressure, glucose, and other tests.
  • Performing wound inspections, changing dressings, and monitoring the patients’ overall wellbeing.
  • Addressing patients’ concerns and providing healthcare and nutritional advice where possible.
  • Monitoring patients’ recovery and compiling reports for the relevant doctors and other stakeholders.
  • Completing your duties at hospitals, clinics, home healthcare and other healthcare facilities.
  • Keeping abreast of developments in healthcare by attending workshops as necessary.
  • Collaborating with other healthcare professionals to develop improved diets and healthcare plans.

Travel Home Health Nurse/Case Manager

Health Carousel
01.2023 - 01.2024
  • Traveling to patients’ homes, schools, and other organizations to administer medication and vaccinations, and complete blood pressure, glucose, and other tests.
  • Performing wound inspections, changing dressings, and monitoring the patients’ overall wellbeing.
  • Addressing patients’ concerns and providing healthcare and nutritional advice where possible.
  • Monitoring patients’ recovery and compiling reports for the relevant doctors and other stakeholders.
  • Completing your duties at hospitals, clinics, home healthcare and other healthcare facilities.
  • Keeping abreast of developments in healthcare by attending workshops as necessary.
  • Collaborating with other healthcare professionals to develop improved diets and healthcare plans.

Travel Nurse Educator

Health Carousel- McKesson at Biologics Specialty Pharmacy
01.2023 - 01.2023
  • Provides education to patients on medical treatments, medication and injection administration, specialty medications, symptom management, disease process, comorbidities, diet modification and/or medical equipment.
  • Develop individualized plans to assist patients who are using a variety of self-management approaches for varies chronic diseases.
  • Collaborates with other clinicians to provide multi-disciplinary approach to patient care.
  • Provide updates on patient health condition to medical provider and other clinicians within the healthcare team.
  • Demonstrates clinical competence in providing direct care, patient, and family education.
  • Case Management

Travel School Nurse

Health Carousel-NC/CA School District
01.2022 - 01.2023
  • Trains and educates teachers, administration and healthcare staff on diabetic care and epi-pen procedures.
  • Case Management
  • Conduct assessments, wellness checks, hearing and vision
  • Develop student Care Plans, IHP, HI, IEP and 504 Plans
  • Provides medical treatment to students.
  • Responsible for disease prevention.
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to ensure student needs are met.
  • Attend COST, IEP and 504 meetings and assist in eligibility determinations.
  • Perform skills such as G-tube feeding, tracheostomy care and diabetic management.
  • Provide School oversight for 3 schools and supervise healthcare team in each school.
  • Assists in promoting programs on health-education and immunization.
  • Maintains student medical records and on-site medication administration.

Travel Nurse Consultant

Health Carousel-DHHS
Raleigh
01.2022 - 01.2022
  • Program Liaison/ Health Promoter
  • Performs as a liaison between the NC Medicaid PACE program, Clinical Policy, Long-Term Services and Supports providers and other health care professionals. Provide Medicaid Program professional expertise and works to foster positive public relations with health care professionals who provide services to the Medicaid recipients in North Carolina.
  • Building relationships with community stakeholders, organizations and leaders for health prevention and promotion.
  • Program Operations
  • Provides professional technical assistance and guidance to the PACE organizations regarding potential and current participant nursing home level of care qualifications.
  • Reviews FL2 assessments to assist in determining nursing home level of care for potential PACE participants.
  • Reviews and processes PACE Health and Safety assessments on an initial and annual basis to determine participant safety within the community.
  • Processes initial PACE enrollments and if required, will ask the PACE organization for additional information to determine if beneficiary meets PACE eligibility requirements.
  • Reviews and assesses participant plans of care for clinical appropriateness.
  • Reviews PACE organization electronic medical records as needed to assess and investigate clinical care practices.
  • Communications
  • Responds to PACE organization emails, question, and concerns daily.
  • Listens and resolves participant and / or caregiver concerns and complaints.
  • Participates in monthly or quarterly calls with the PACE organizations and assigned CMS account managers.
  • Reviews the agendas and service delivery, appeals, and grievance logs submitted by the PACE organizations in preparation for the monthly or quarterly CMS calls.
  • Monitoring and Oversight
  • Prepares for and perform quarterly onsite monitoring visits at the PACE organizations.
  • Provides guidance to the PACE organizations with reference to CMS regulations and NC Medicaid PACE policy.
  • Reviews monthly census reports for accuracy and completeness.
  • Monitors PACE organizations for complete reporting of participant changes in status, address changes, and long-term or short-term nursing home placements.
  • Reviews, monitors, and discusses level II incidents with the PACE organizations and CMS account manager.
  • Reviews and approves or denies marketing material submitted by the PACE organizations into HPMS.
  • Attends scheduled OAH hearings when requested.

Travel Home Health Nurse/Case Manager

Health Carousel
01.2022 - 01.2022
  • Traveling to patients’ homes, schools, and other organizations to administer medication and vaccinations, and complete blood pressure, glucose, and other tests.
  • Performing wound inspections, changing dressings, and monitoring the patients’ overall wellbeing.
  • Addressing patients’ concerns and providing healthcare and nutritional advice where possible.
  • Monitoring patients’ recovery and compiling reports for the relevant doctors and other stakeholders.
  • Completing your duties at hospitals, clinics, home healthcare and other healthcare facilities.
  • Keeping abreast of developments in healthcare by attending workshops as necessary.
  • Collaborating with other healthcare professionals to develop improved diets and healthcare plans.

Travel Triage Nurse

HealthCarousel
Greensboro
01.2021 - 01.2022
  • Manages nurse-directed patient telephone calls and from walk-in patients requesting healthcare services.
  • Evaluates and assesses patient’s health care needs based on patient’s signs and symptoms utilizing established triage protocols and guidelines.
  • Accurately documents symptoms/complaints, nursing assessment, advice provided and patient/caller response. Follows policies, procedures, and protocols to ensure consistency and departmental effectiveness as well as improve health care outcomes of patients/callers and their access to appropriate health care.
  • Coordinate and schedule same-day and walk-in appointments on the provider schedule
  • Utilize standing orders, triage protocols and algorithms appropriately.
  • Manage prescription refills per protocol.
  • Provide patient education: chronic disease, preventive and medication reconciliation.
  • Responds to after-hours patient care phone calls.
  • Assures that pertinent medical information is forwarded to proper departments as needed for continuity of patient care.
  • Documents in electronic health record (EHR), triage assessment, plan, implementation, and evaluation, follow-up.

Home Health Nurse/ Case Manager

Glow Home Healthcare & Hospice
Cary
01.2020 - 01.2021
  • Assess and chart observations of the patient's condition at each visit
  • Administer Physician-prescribed medication
  • Provide wound care and assess the healing progress
  • Review physicians’ orders and care plan management
  • Provide education to patients and families on proper home health care procedures and strategies
  • Coordinate with physicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and other individuals in the patient's care plan
  • Inventory and order medical supplies
  • Recommend tools or devices that may improve the quality of life for the patients

Patient Transporter RN

Duke Raleigh Hospital
Raleigh
01.2018 - 01.2019
  • Safely and efficiently transport critically ill patients throughout the hospital for treatment purposes.
  • Assess patient health status and changes in a patient’s condition or behavior
  • Take patient vital signs
  • Ensure patients are stabilized during transfer
  • Set up medical equipment and assist with some medical procedures
  • EPIC and Maestro MAR experience

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

North Carolina Central University
01.2019

Bachelor of Science - Public Health

North Carolina Central University
01.2013

Skills

  • Proficient in patient assessment and care planning
  • Skilled in wound care, IV therapy, and medication administration
  • Strong knowledge of infection control protocols
  • Experienced with OASIS documentation and EMR systems
  • Excellent time management and organizational skills
  • Compassionate patient and family education
  • Effective communication and collaboration with healthcare teams
  • Ability to work independently in diverse home environments

Memberships


2016-2019 Student Nursing Association
2020-current North Carolina Nurses Association
2020-current American Nurses Association

Timeline

Home Health Nurse/Case Manager

Global Nurse Network
01.2024 - Current

Travel Home Health Nurse/Case Manager

Health Carousel
01.2023 - 01.2024

Travel Nurse Educator

Health Carousel- McKesson at Biologics Specialty Pharmacy
01.2023 - 01.2023

Travel School Nurse

Health Carousel-NC/CA School District
01.2022 - 01.2023

Travel Nurse Consultant

Health Carousel-DHHS
01.2022 - 01.2022

Travel Home Health Nurse/Case Manager

Health Carousel
01.2022 - 01.2022

Travel Triage Nurse

HealthCarousel
01.2021 - 01.2022

Home Health Nurse/ Case Manager

Glow Home Healthcare & Hospice
01.2020 - 01.2021

Patient Transporter RN

Duke Raleigh Hospital
01.2018 - 01.2019

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

North Carolina Central University

Bachelor of Science - Public Health

North Carolina Central University

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