MARIA JOSE ORDEÑANA
Anaheim
Summary
Seeking a Family Nurse Practitioner position in an organization that will enable me to utilize my research skills, computer knowledge, communication, organizational skills and where I can also apply my medical knowledge to improve its profitability. To provide my critical assessment thinking, skillful techniques, and patient care/advocacy.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Field Nurse Practioner
Complex Care Solutions
05.2023 - Current
- Complete comprehensive, accurate and thorough review of the assigned member population, including timely completion and submission of all required encounter documentation (paper or electronic)
- Ensure that all pertinent and active medical conditions are documented in the medical record in a manner compliant with CMS/DHHS, Inovalon policy, and client requirements
- Support the physician/patient relationship and ensure timely and adequate communication, documentation of assessment findings, recommendations, need for additional services, emergency services required if necessary and need for follow up and timelines for follow up to primary care provider (PCP) and health plan as required
- Make general recommendations to members intended to improve members' knowledge of their chronic condition(s), such as information concerning recommended testing
- Address and close identified gaps in care (disease-specific or preventive)
- Recognize emergent or urgent situations requiring escalation and take appropriate action as specified in Inovalon policies, and as determined by reasonable professional judgment and ethical professional practice standards; and
- Perform, document and communicate results of Point of Care (POC) Testing.
- Maintain compliance with Inovalon’s policies, procedures and mission statement
- Adhere to all confidentiality and HIPAA requirements as outlined within Inovalon’s Operating Policies and Procedures in all ways and at all times with respect to any aspect of the data handled or services rendered.
- Knowledge of CMS Regulations and NCQA HEDIS Guidelines
- Knowledge of Evidence-based Clinical Practice Standards: American Diabetes Association (ADA), American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA)Familiarity with ICD-9, ICD-10 and CPT-4 coding practices
Field Nurse Practitioner
Perpetual Medical Group, Mobile Doctors
02.2023 - Current
- Assesses health status through obtainment of relevant health history and comprehensive physical exam, preventive screening, and identification of medical risk factors
- Formulate appropriate differential diagnosis and identification of individual, family and community needs
- Develop treatment plan to maximize the health potential of the individual, family, and/or community
- Orders and adjusts medications per collaborative written agreement and prescriptive authority in accordance with the Indiana Nurse Practice Act; or in consultation with the physician
- Directs the development, implementation, and evaluation of standards for nursing practice.
Mobile Nurse Practioner
Supportive Medical Group, Hospice And Palliative
11.2022 - 07.2023
- Responsible for the following duties as assigned: screening new and current patients for hospice eligibility, completing patient assessments, to include but not limited to Face to Face encounters, admissions, routine visits and discharge visits and all required documentation
- Make recommendations to the physician and interdisciplinary group (IDG) regarding patient needs in regard to pain and symptom management of the terminally ill patient
- The NP will collaborate with the hospice IDG regarding patient services
- Provide medical support and coordination to palliative care patients and family members
- This includes such duties as give medical expertise on pain, symptom management, and the evaluation of terminal prognosis to patient, family members and staff
- Ordering of appropriate therapies and tests when needed
- Ensures that the care being provided is based on established hospice and palliative care guidelines and standards
- Interact with attending physicians, as necessary, regarding the care and treatment of patients in the Palliative Care program and works collaboratively regarding potential referrals to Hospice.
Wound Care Specialist NP
West Coast Wound And Skin Care
07.2022 - 07.2023
- FNP-C)
- West Coast Wound, Provide comprehensive wound assessments and plan of care including goals, implementation of treatment, evaluation, and outcomes for patients throughout the facility
- Provides patient, family and staff education regarding wound management, prevention of pressure ulcers, support surfaces, dressing selections and other therapies
- Utilizes current wound management theory when providing care to patients with acute and chronic wound
- Follows the standards of the Organization of Wound Care Nurses (OWCN)
- Demonstrates thorough knowledge of staging system of wounds, develops skin care programs to prevent skin breakdown
- Demonstrates knowledge and skill to develop and implement policies and procedures to manage patients with draining wounds, fistulae and/or tubes, wound prevention, wound care
- Ability to revise plan of care as indicated by the patient’s response to treatment and evaluate overall plan for effectiveness
- Formulates a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning to include patient and family.
Field Registered Nurse (RN)
Elegance Home Health
08.2019 - 07.2023
- Performs nursing assessments and develops, implements, and evaluates plans of care in conjunction with the physician, patient and caregivers per agency policy and procedure
- Plans and implements patient health teaching and health counseling regarding the disease process(es), self-care techniques and prevention and involves the patient’s significant others in accomplishing health goals while promoting patient / family independence
- Coordinates services and scheduling with the Clinical Team Manager (CTM) and Clinical Team Coordinator (CTC) to include recommendations for additional home health care services for patients to within 24 hours of Start of Care (SOC)
- Participates in health promotion and disease prevention activities
- Expresses verbal and written communication in a clear, positive and cooperative manner
- Working knowledge of computer systems
- Implements a plan of care and instructs the patient/caregiver on signs/symptoms of complication and home management related to the patient’s disease process
- Performed several skills including wound vac, wound care, picc line, central line, and porta-a-cath.
Field Registered Nurse
Comfort Hospice / Palliative Care
08.2019 - 07.2023
- Provide care to critically ill patients during the final stages of their lives
- Including such skills as ensuring that the patient dies with dignity and that his or her family understands the dying process, and administering medications to patients
- Have keen observation skills, high ethical standards and knowledge of when to alert doctors and others about changes in patient conditions
- Provided palliative care ranging from assessment to development and implementation of care plans
- Responsibilities include assessments, medication profiling, ordering, giving or holding, setting up
- Skin care; monitoring actively dying patients and obtaining any and all necessities to maintain comfort and dignity
- Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, cultural, and cognitive status; also nutrition, pain and comfort management, patient/family education, family involvement and patient advocacy.
On Call Executive Coordinator
Compassus Hospice
06.2022 - 06.2023
- Provides on-call coverage as scheduled and consistent with policies and procedures
- Educates patients/caregivers regarding hospice philosophy, disease progression, physical components of care, stages of dying, and other aspects of the POC as necessary
- Reports changes in patients/caregivers’ status to IDT so that problems, plans, actions and goals are accurately and clearly documented, and changes are reflected as they occur
- Responds to patient/caregiver phone calls in a timely manner consistent with policies and procedures
- Reinforces care and teaching by making scheduled phone calls to patients following admission, for pain/symptom management and other identified needs.
Field Registered Nurse (RN)
Americare Home Health, INC
05.2019 - 01.2023
- Performs nursing assessments and develops, implements, and evaluates plans of care in conjunction with the physician, patient and caregivers per agency policy and procedure
- Plans and implements patient health teaching and health counseling regarding the disease process(es), self-care techniques and prevention and involves the patient’s significant others in accomplishing health goals while promoting patient / family independence
- Coordinates services and scheduling with the Clinical Team Manager (CTM) and Clinical Team Coordinator (CTC) to include recommendations for additional home health care services for patients to within 24 hours of Start of Care (SOC)
- Participates in health promotion and disease prevention activities
- Expresses verbal and written communication in a clear, positive and cooperative manner
- Working knowledge of computer systems
- Implements a plan of care and instructs the patient/caregiver on signs/symptoms of complication and home management related to the patient’s disease process
- Performed several skills including wound vac, wound care, picc line, central line, and porta-a-cath.
Field Registered Nurse (RN)
Caresation Home Health
06.2019 - 04.2022
- Performs nursing assessments and develops, implements, and evaluates plans of care in conjunction with the physician, patient and caregivers per agency policy and procedure
- Plans and implements patient health teaching and health counseling regarding the disease process(es), self-care techniques and prevention and involves the patient’s significant others in accomplishing health goals while promoting patient / family independence
- Coordinates services and scheduling with the Clinical Team Manager (CTM) and Clinical Team Coordinator (CTC) to include recommendations for additional home health care services for patients to within 24 hours of Start of Care (SOC)
- Participates in health promotion and disease prevention activities
- Expresses verbal and written communication in a clear, positive and cooperative manner
- Working knowledge of computer systems
- Implements a plan of care and instructs the patient/caregiver on signs/symptoms of complication and home management related to the patient’s disease process
- Performed several skills including wound vac, wound care, picc line, central line, and porta-a-cath.
Field Registered Nurse (RN)
American Nursing Home Health Care
03.2019 - 03.2020
- Performs nursing assessments and develops, implements, and evaluates plans of care in conjunction with the physician, patient and caregivers per agency policy and procedure
- Plans and implements patient health teaching and health counseling regarding the disease process(es), self-care techniques and prevention and involves the patient’s significant others in accomplishing health goals while promoting patient / family independence
- Coordinates services and scheduling with the Clinical Team Manager (CTM) and Clinical Team Coordinator (CTC) to include recommendations for additional home health care services for patients to within 24 hours of Start of Care (SOC)
- Participates in health promotion and disease prevention activities
- Expresses verbal and written communication in a clear, positive and cooperative manner
- Working knowledge of computer systems
- Implements a plan of care and instructs the patient/caregiver on signs/symptoms of complication and home management related to the patient’s disease process
- Performed several skills including wound vac, wound care, picc line, central line, and porta-a-cath.
Medical, Spanish Interpreter
Verbo Interpreting Services
03.2018 - 12.2019
- Typically work in the health care setting, facilitate communication between patients', doctors, nurses, technicians and other medical staff
- Must provide proper knowledge and translation of all medical terminology and of common medical terms in both languages
- Convert written materials from one language into another, such as brochures, patient's medical paperwork
- Present to translate during medical procedures.
Office Manager
Women's Health Care Specialists
07.2016 - 07.2019
- Attend the front office tasks such as using EHR system, scanning documents, filing, answering phones, triaging patients, scheduling patients, checking in and out patients
- Offering and enrolling new patients in the Family PACT program
- Taking down patients' medical history
- Taking full vital signs and rooming patients
- In charge of the Lab, doing urine dip, pregnancy tests, collecting urine for STD testing to send out the lab as well as urine culture and vaginal swabs
- Assisting in minor procedures such as wart treatment, gynecological cryosurgery, colposcopy, LEEPs, and Paps
- Counseling patients on STDs, birth control methods pre conceptual and unexpected pregnancies
- Assisting in translating for Spanish speaking patients.
Case Manager
Acceptance Detox
01.2018 - 11.2018
- Responsible for the delivery of various therapeutic services which provides optimal care and consistency to both the client and the course of their recovery
- Provide drug and alcohol counseling on individual basis
- Including families in treatment as needed or as it is recommended
- Meet with each client on their case to continuously check progress in treatment including but not limited to living situation, relationship, employment, education, needs/desires to extend treatment, and discharge plan
- Facilitate group sessions on a variety of specialty topics such as; relapse prevention plan, life skills, coping skills, mindfulness, and aftercare planning
- Provide crisis intervention and emotional support to clients when appropriate
- Assessment of clients with undiagnosed or diagnosed conditions, assist in determining clinical medication management with nurses and Medical Director
- Supervise client treatment progress, charting, and discharge planning.
Front/Back Office and Interpreter
Sally I. Kim Ophthalmology
03.2015 - 07.2016
- Attend to front office duties checking in patients, answering phones, canceling and making appointments
- Verifying insurance (HMO, PPO, MEDICAL/MEDICARE), requesting referrals, and all other duties such as faxing, chart finding, attending to all of patients' questions and needs
- Back office duties include rooming patients, screening, collecting medical history and assisting with minor procedures in the office
- Translate for any Spanish speaking patients and help them understand of any procedures and their clinical visit
- Medical-Legal English/Spanish Interpreter
Coast Spine/ Sports Medicine/ Pain Management
06.2014 - 01.2015
- Facilitate effective communication between the physician and patient that do not speak a similar language by converting one spoken or written language to another
- Translate patient materials and informational brochures issued by hospitals and medical facilities into another language
- Convert written materials from one language into another, such as brochures, patient's medical paperwork
- Present to translate during medical procedures.
OB/Gyn Ward, Hospital Bautista
07.2011 - 11.2011
- Reviewing all Lab work, Ultrasound readings, Non- Stress Test reports, Biophysical Perfil
- Reporting any Urgent Cesarean Sections to the Attending
- Leading the Medical Interns to everyday routines such as notes, patient management, and morning rounds
- Reporting to any calls from the Emergency Department on regards to a patient, their management, and reporting cases to the attending
- Participate in admitting and discharging patients paper work
- Attending Labor and Delivery
- Collecting urine and blood samples, amniotic fluid, and pap smears
- Assist in International cases, where interpreting was necessary
- Participated in clinical research studies for the Ministry of Health
- Collected samples, data, conducting interviews for research studies
- Provided preventive medicine education to patients
- Began Maternal Mortality campaign, providing education, prenatal consults
Hospital Bautista
03.2010 - 06.2011
- Rotation in ED, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Neonatal, Surgery, Internal Medicine and ICU
- Collect Urine and blood samples
- Acquire patient vitals (blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature, etc)
- Perform complete health examinations, also full patients' history
- Integral interaction with physicians, patients, and families on a daily basis
- Effective patient care, bed side skills
- Active morning rounds and clinical case discussions
- Function as an effective team member
- Reviewing primary data prior to medical rounds
- Observing and actively participating in surgeries and minor procedures
- Participating weekly in research and up to date study presentations, attend all required educational conferences
- Carry out administrative responsibilities, such as dictation of discharge, summaries, in a timely manner
- Making quick decisions in patients' management
- Assist in International cases, where interpreting was necessary
- Participated in clinical research studies for the Ministry of Health
- Collected samples, data, conducting interviews for research studies
Education
Master's - Nursing and FNP
United States university
San Diego, CABachelor's - Science in Nursing
International College of Health Sciences
Boynton Beach, FLInternational Medical Graduate, Doctorate - Medicine
Universidad Americana (UAM)
Acacia Wood Preparatory Academy
Anaheim, CASkills
- Hospice Care
- Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point
- Home Health
- Palliative
- English, Spanish
- Nursing Experience
- Wound Care training
- CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES
- CPR
- January 2019 to January 2023
- Driver's License, BLS
Certification
RN
MSN-FNP
SKILLS
Acrobat (10+ years)
Adobe acrobat (10+ years)
customer service (10+ years)
detail oriented (Less than 1 year)
Excel (10+ years)
Timeline
Field Nurse Practioner
Complex Care Solutions
05.2023 - Current
Field Nurse Practitioner
Perpetual Medical Group, Mobile Doctors
02.2023 - Current
Mobile Nurse Practioner
Supportive Medical Group, Hospice And Palliative
11.2022 - 07.2023
Wound Care Specialist NP
West Coast Wound And Skin Care
07.2022 - 07.2023
On Call Executive Coordinator
Compassus Hospice
06.2022 - 06.2023
Field Registered Nurse (RN)
Elegance Home Health
08.2019 - 07.2023
Field Registered Nurse
Comfort Hospice / Palliative Care
08.2019 - 07.2023
Field Registered Nurse (RN)
Caresation Home Health
06.2019 - 04.2022
Field Registered Nurse (RN)
Americare Home Health, INC
05.2019 - 01.2023
Field Registered Nurse (RN)
American Nursing Home Health Care
03.2019 - 03.2020
Medical, Spanish Interpreter
Verbo Interpreting Services
03.2018 - 12.2019
Case Manager
Acceptance Detox
01.2018 - 11.2018
Office Manager
Women's Health Care Specialists
07.2016 - 07.2019
Front/Back Office and Interpreter
Sally I. Kim Ophthalmology
03.2015 - 07.2016
Coast Spine/ Sports Medicine/ Pain Management
06.2014 - 01.2015
OB/Gyn Ward, Hospital Bautista
07.2011 - 11.2011
Hospital Bautista
03.2010 - 06.2011
Master's - Nursing and FNP
United States university
Bachelor's - Science in Nursing
International College of Health Sciences
International Medical Graduate, Doctorate - Medicine
Universidad Americana (UAM)
Acacia Wood Preparatory Academy
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