Janell C. Mills
Marrero
Summary
Organized and knowledgeable Registered Nurse experienced in treating and caring for Advanced Heart Failure Patients. Successful in providing fast and accurate assessments and working calmly under pressure. Recognized for collaborating well with doctors to maintain excellent healthcare practices.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Ochsner Health System
03.2007 - Current
- Assessment and management of heart failure patients.
- Educational and counseling of advanced heart failure patients.
- Advocate for patients and families as they move through the continuum of heart failure.
- Use of nursing process to assess individual and group needs with appropriate nursing diagnoses in order to design a mutually agreed care plan.
- Coordinate and provide therapeutic interventions, document care and evaluate action plan based on multi-disciplinary management.
- Conducts comprehensive assessments of heart failure patients both in the clinical setting as well as phone triage.
- Promotes health and self care management of heart failure to patient and family members.
- Provides extensive education on disease process, required medication, exercise, and life style changes to promote quality of life.
- Coordinate required testing, consults, and appointments to facilitate the care of heart failure patients.
- Review results of diagnostic tests and take appropriate action per departmental protocols.
- Provide tele management for heart failure patient and communicate with home health nurses to insure coordination of medical therapies and reinforcement of educational goals.
- Developed protocols for hospital consult services: heart failure referrals, discharge planning, heart failure educational requirements, Heart Failure Department contact information, and clinical followup after discharge.
- Wrote and developed both Heart Failure Education brochure and booklet. (Ochsner Comprehensive Heart Failure Center. 8 Step Plan for Heart Failure Patients.)
- Participate in the heart failure pilot program, by scheduling all pilot patients for a 72 hour followup appointment and 30 day appointment, along with working with the PharmD’s, and Transition Navigators for coordination and plan of care.
- Orients and trains nursing staff to the Heart Failure Department.
- Developed and led a unit/department based project pertaining to Hospital Discharge Followup appointments by following Core Measures, as mandated by CMS.
- Department expert in starting and administering IV medications.
- Participates in department meetings, coordinators meetings, and transplant selection meetings.
Licensed Practical Nurse Pre-Transplant
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
03.2002 - 03.2007
- Coordinated necessary tests/appointments, and facilitated care of patients being evaluated for heart transplant.
- Worked with physicians and mid-level providers in clinical setting for assessment and evaluation of patients.
- Advocate for patients and families as they move through the continuum of the transplant workup process.
- Provided education on disease process, required testing for work-up, medications, and life style changes.
- Provided tele management for transplant workup patients to insure coordination of medical therapies.
- Gathered data from diagnostic tests, reviewed abnormalities with physician, and scheduled any follow-up testing necessary.
- Organized patient’s workups and continued to monitor workups for completion. Once completed, presented it to one of the pre-transplant coordinators.
- Participated in department meetings and transplant selection meetings.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Louisiana Heart Center
07.1997 - 03.2002
- Company Overview: (Doctors Iteld, Bernstein & Associates)
- Scheduling and preparing patients for testing and coordinating all arrangements for Angiograms / Angioplasty including scheduling with Cardiac Catheterization Lab, writing orders and giving patient’s proper instructions.
- Pre-lab testing, drawing blood, giving injections, EKG’s as needed.
- Assisting physicians in clinic by scheduling tests, writing admit orders, and drawing blood.
- Making rounds with doctors in the hospital.
- Obtaining prior authorizations from insurance companies for all testing and medications.
- Provide tele management for patients, and communicate with Home Health nurses to coordinate care.
- Calling prescriptions in to pharmacy & writing out prescriptions.
- Typing daily schedules on computer.
- (Doctors Iteld, Bernstein & Associates)
Licensed Practical Nurse
West Jefferson Hospital
10.1996 - 07.1997
- Patient Assessments.
- Admitting and discharging of patients.
- Performed all nursing duties such as giving medications, charting and assessments of patients.
- Patient teaching.
- Communicated with Physicians as needed.
Education
Registered Nurse -
Delgado Charity School of Nursing
Licensed Practical Nurse -
Cameron College
Diploma -
John Ehret High School
Skills
- Heart failure management
- Patient education
- Telehealth coordination
- IV medication administration
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
- Clinical assessment
- Problem solving
- Effective communication
- Clinical judgment
- Patient advocacy
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Ochsner Health System
03.2007 - Current
Licensed Practical Nurse Pre-Transplant
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
03.2002 - 03.2007
Licensed Practical Nurse
Louisiana Heart Center
07.1997 - 03.2002
Licensed Practical Nurse
West Jefferson Hospital
10.1996 - 07.1997
Registered Nurse -
Delgado Charity School of Nursing
Licensed Practical Nurse -
Cameron College
Diploma -
John Ehret High School