LIANG LEE CHAO

• Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing comprehensive primary care services and addressing individual health concerns.
• Improved continuity of care by maintaining thorough documentation of patient medical histories, treatment plans, and progress.
• Reduced hospital admissions through effective preventive care measures and early intervention strategies for at-risk patients.
• Managed acute and chronic illnesses, conducting thorough assessments and developing appropriate treatment plans in collaboration with physicians.
• Promoted overall wellness by educating patients on disease prevention, healthy lifestyle choices, and self-care management techniques.
• Streamlined clinic workflow by implementing efficient scheduling practices, prioritizing urgent cases, and delegating tasks to nursing staff as needed.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to develop comprehensive care plans tailored to each patient''s unique needs and preferences.
• Increased access to primary care services for underserved populations by participating in community outreach initiatives and health fairs.
• Enhanced clinical skills through ongoing professional development opportunities, staying current on best practices in primary care nursing.
• Optimized patient outcomes by effectively communicating with physicians regarding complex cases or changes in patient status that warranted further evaluation or intervention.
• Conducted physical examinations, ordered diagnostic tests, interpreted results, and formulated diagnoses under physician supervision when necessary.
• Facilitated timely referrals to specialists or other healthcare providers based on the identified needs of patients during their primary care visits.
• Contributed to quality improvement efforts within the practice by identifying areas for potential enhancement and implementing new strategies accordingly.
• Maintained open lines of communication with patients and their families, addressing concerns or questions promptly and compassionately.

• Provide therapeutic expertise and scientific oversight for assigned studies
• Applied clinical experience and therapeutic expertise to assist in the development of study protocols and execution of clinical trials.
• Review assigned protocols for potential operational and medical concerns
• Attend internal and external team meetings for assigned studies
• Assist functional areas with therapeutic/clinical questions
• Assist with ensuring safety and protection of study subjects accordingly to Good Clinical Practices, SOPs, and ICH Guidelines
• Develop and implement education for internal teams including indication and protocol training
• Perform other duties as assigned

Provide long-term acute care (LTAC) to patients

Manage a census of patients in the inpatient LTAC hospital setting

Collaborate with physicians regarding diagnosing, treating, and providing education on the management of acute and complex illnesses and diseases in post-acute hospitalized patients

Order and interpret appropriate diagnostics, prescribe medications, and request referral from consultants, when needed

Collaborate with other disciplines and hospital-based service lines

Responsible for analytical decision-making that deals with a variety of complex situations as an independent healthcare provider on a daily basis

Work with a multidisciplinary team, including RN staff, and speech, occupational and physical therapy, dietitian, social workers, and RN utilization review staff, for discharge planning and daily progression of care

Manage an average of post-acute patient of 12-15 patients on the weekends

Take on-call schedules as needed on weekends in a post-acute hospital

Run code or rapid triage and treatment (RRT) for any urgent issues that arise

Coordinate discharge planning and treatment for patients transferring to the next facility

• Provided LTAC to patients
• Managed a census of patients in the inpatient LTAC hospital setting
• Collaborated with physicians regarding diagnosing, treating, and providing education on the management of acute and complex illness and diseases in post-acute hospitalized patients
• Ordered and interpreted appropriate diagnostics, prescribed medications, and requested referral from consultants, when needed
• Collaborated with other disciplines and hospital-based serviced lines
• Provided analytical decision-making that dealt with a variety of complex situations as an independent healthcare provider on a daily basis
• Worked with a multidisciplinary team, including RN staff and speech, occupational, and physical therapy, dietitians, social workers, and RN utilization review staff, for discharge planning and daily progression of care
• Managed post-acute patients, including 20-28 patients during weekdays and 25-30 patients on weekends
• Took on-call schedules for days and nights in three different post-acute hospitals
• Ran code or RRT for any urgent issues
• Coordinated discharge planning and treatment for patients transferring to the next facility

• Coordinated patient care across the continuum under the auspices of a cardiologist prescribed plan of care, national guidelines, and scop of nursing practice
• Educated and provided information and support to patients in order to guide and facilitate their understanding of treatment plans
• oversaw, directed, and provided holistic, culturally competent, and evidence-based nursing care
• Monitored patient outcomes and participated in quality improvement activities
• Collaborated with other health care members to positively impact outcomes and experiences

• Traveled to patients' homes and managed their care plans according to the physician's instructions
• Administered medications and monitored, assessed, and managed ventilators, vital signs, glucose, and labs
• Inspected patient's' wounds, changed dressings, and handled personal grooming and hygiene
• Listened to the concerns of family members and answered their questions
• Educated caregivers and family on the aftercare and ongoing care of the patient
• Provided suggestions for improved healthcare to physicians and family members of the patient
• Monitored patient recovery and completed reports for the physician
• Collaborated with physicians and other health care professionals to develop improved diets, and healthcare plans for the patients
• Coordinated, planned, and facilitated health and fitness activities and programs for employees
• Planned and implemented classes, seminars, personal training, and fitness assessment that promoted healthy lifestyles
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• Responsible for the provision and coordination of competent and evidence-based care along the care continuum, including assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation
• Participated in decision-making, teaching, mentoring, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to advance the patient plan of care, achieve outcomes, and enhance operational efficiency
• Performed duties associated with symptom management, direct in-clinic patient care, and quality improvement activities

• Proficient in monitoring, recording, of diagnostic EP procedure
• Scrub experience to assist EP in diagnostic EP and interventional procedures, such as lead laser extraction, CRT-P/ CRT-D implant, EP testing, ablation, right heart catheterization
• Circulator experience including administration of cardiac medications, verifying and relating pertinent patient data to physicians as well as clinical support staff
• Monitor and recorded diagnostic and interventional invasive EP procedures including tilt table testing, ventricular stimulation, pacemaker and defibrillator implants, ICD checks, internal and external cardioversion
• Permanent pacemaker, defibrillator, loop recorder device interrogation and programming
• Record echocardiographic dimensions, flow velocities

• Extensive in outpatient hemodialysis knowledge
• Immense ability to handle and operate hemodialysis equipment
• Resolve HD related issues
• Educate patient about techniques to maintain their health care by using home therapies
• Abilities to multi-tasks and work independently and make good judgement in team environment
• Implemented dialysis treatment on patients with permanent fistula grafts, and catheters
• Developed and implement patient care plan
• Administered medications and IV solutions

• Coordinate communication between injured worker, physician, employer, and claim adjuster
• Direct injury worker to approved venders utilizing carrier specific networks
• Coordinate and document case activity and input information into applicable system
• Coordinate return to work efforts with the employer and identify transitional job options
• Provide consultation with claim adjuster with a cost effective objective
• Communicate with physician regarding treatment plan. Led weekly interdisciplinary discharge planning. Contacted insurance carriers and provided updated clinical information to obtain authorization for continued length of stay
• Addressed patient's needed and provided education to insure understanding and compliance with treatment plan and discharge plan

• Strong leadership skills to assist nursing team for providing best comfort, safety, and care for critical ill patients
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills to support and educate patients, families and assist providers during treatment of patients
• Ability to think quickly and take decisions discreetly during emergencies
• Strong observation skills, with abilities to provide accurate reports to providers about changes in patients' conditions
• In depth knowledge of life support and emergency resuscitative equipments such as ventilator, infusion, pump, CVVHD, intra-aortic balloon pump, etc
• Give compassionate care to critical patients suffering from injuries or debilitating conditions
• Critically assess patient conditions and adeptly handle all aspects of treatment from medication to wound care to monitoring 2-3 patients per shift
• Monitor telemetry and respond to codes

Provide patient care, performed assessments, and interventions for CCU and post CTICU critical ill patients

• Monitor and treat pulmonary catheters
• Monitor telemetry
• Respond to Code Blue and Rapid Responses throughout hospital
• Determine emergency intervention by evaluating vital signs of patients
• Precepts new employees
• Serve as resource person for unit education

Summary of Skills

• Ventilator care
• Intravenous therapy
• BLS
• ACLS
• IABP
• Assist MD with bedside procedures using conscious sedation as indicated
• Assist MD with intubation, bronchoscopy, central line insertion, EGDs, paracentesis, thoracentesis, arterial line insertion, IABP, insertion, PA catheter insertion