Linda Pershall - Professional Resume

Linda D. Pershall, B. S. N., R.N.

Curriculum Vitae

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Experience-Nursing

1995-Present

L D H P Medical Review Services Corp., Sandia Park, N. M.

Formed a medical review service along with fellow medical professionals for the purpose of providing expert witnesses and reviewing medical records for the determination of personal injury and areas of deviations from standard medical practices. This service is for members of the legal and insurance professions. Public service information and education is also provided. I worked closely with an attorney group prior to forming my own medical review service. I also continue to remain active within my profession in various clinical settings while serving as president of L D H P Medical Review Services Corp.

1998 - Present

Nursefinders, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico

Nursefinders, Inc., is a private duty nursing company supplying temporary medical staff to health care facilities. Nurse Finders also provides in-home medical care as private duty shifts and functions as a home health care or visiting nursing care agency for the homebound ill. My involvement with this company has allowed me to maintain a high level of current nursing practice skills while supporting a flexible and intermittent schedule that does not interfere with my responsibilities as President of LDHP Medical Review Services Corp. My primary focus of nursing practice while at Nurse Finders, has been in the following areas:

Long-term care facilities [nursing homes].
Providing care for medically fragile children in their homes.
Temporary staffing for local visiting nursing agencies, hospitals and rehabilitation facilities.

1998

Nurses by Sara, Albuquerque, N.M.

I was hired as the Assistant Director of Nursing. My function was to help facilitate in the transition of this company from providing solely facility staffing [nursing homes]

to also providing in-home nursing assistants. My primary focuses were:

Development home care documentation.
Provide and develop orientation programs for the non-licensed nursing assistants.
Provide and develop an educational program geared to the home health care environment.

I resigned from this position as I felt there was not sufficient support for developing a core staff of professional [licensed] nurses who were familiar with home care to adequately supplement and supervise the in-home nursing assistant program. In my professional judgment this was a necessary prerequisite for patient safety and quality of care hence justifying the expenditure involved.

1988-1996

Hospital Home Health Care/Presbyterian Home Healthcare,

Albuquerque, N.M.

My primary nursing duties were to coordinate, manage and deliver all aspects of patient care to home-bound patents. This included planning, coordinating and working with:

Physicians.
Other professional staff members.
Non-licensed staff members.
Other professional medical disciplines.
Community resource agencies.
Out of agency resource personnel, paid and volunteer.
Insurance providers.
Patients/Clients and their families.

Other duties included:

Supervision of non-licensed staff members employed by this agency.

Responsible for assessing and supervising the quality of in-home patient care.

o Provided patient case management.

o Provided services for rural and urban clients.

Provided care for very high-risk patients.

In-home patient care on a shift basis as needed for the home-care portion of this institution, especially in the following areas:

o Complex medical patients.

o High-risk patients.

o Hospice patients.

o Hospice home visits and case management.

I Specialized in complex wound care patients, evaluated wounds for other staff members and case managed long-term patients. Some of my duties included:

o Set up wound care procedures for patients.

o Set up wound care procedures for other staff members.

I specialized in long-term care and case management for chronically ill patients with various diagnoses but primarily focused on patients with pulmonary [respiratory disease] patients and oncology [cancer] patients. In this area I provided in-home intravenous [IV] administration of:

o High-risk antibiotic/antifungal medications, i.e., [Amphotericin-B].

o Various types of chemotherapy medications.

o Blood transfusions.

I provided patient education and instructions in the usage of technically complex equipment used to administer various intravenous fluids as well as other fluids such as tube feedings to patients and their families.

I provided patient education for in-home equipment used to aid breathing.

I performed in-home renal dialysis.

I participated on various committees including:

o Quality control.

o Infection control.

o Safety Committee [both staff and patients].

o Audit Committees-associated with accreditation of this facility.

Administered vaccinations for the public school system to school age children when a measles outbreak occurred.

1991-1992

Professional Leave of Absence

I cared for a terminally ill parent in my home.

1987-1988

Presbyterian Hospital, Albuquerque, N.M.

My primary areas of nursing practice were::

Pulmonary Care [respiratory diseases]
Oncology [cancer]

o Professional courses to maintain my certification for the administration of chemotherapy medications. [ In addition to the courses I had received at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital].

Supervised licensed and non-licensed nursing personnel. Unit shift supervisor and responsible for direct patient care.

1977-1979

Veterans Administration Hospital, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Worked as shift unit supervisor and provided direct patient care on a general medical unit.

Worked as shift unit supervisor and provided direct patient care in a nursing home care unit.
Supervised licensed nurses and non-licensed personnel [nursing assistants]. Primary areas of nursing practice were:

o Chemotherapy Medication Usage.

o Chronic Care

o General Medical

o Geriatric Care

o Pulmonary

o Oncology

o Substance abuse

Extensive experience in the Veterans Administration Nursing Home Unit.

o Shift unit supervisor.

o Direct patient care provider.

o Responsible for planning and coordinating patient care.

o Supervised licensed nurses and non-licensed personnel,

1974-1977

Veterans Administration Hospital, San Antonio, TX

Responsible for planning and coordinating patient care.
Supervised licensed nurses and non-licensed personnel [nursing assistants]. Staff nurse on various medical units. Primary areas of nursing practice were:

o Chronic Care

o General Medical.

o Geriatric Care

o Pulmonary

o Oncology

o Substance abuse

o Shift unit supervisor

o Direct patient care provider

1969 - 1974

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M.

Major: Nursing

Degree: B. S. in Nursing [B. S. N.]

Additional area of study-Psychology.

1974 - Present:

I have maintained my professional license and taken multiple courses in various medical areas including, but not limited to:

Alzheimer’s Disease.
Cardiac [heart] Assessment and long-term rehabilitation.
Chemotherapy Administration.
Diabetic Care.
Family Violence and Spousal Abuse.
Geriatric Care Issues.
Infection Control.
Aids and HIV.
In-Home Infection Control.
General Infection Control Courses.
Intravenous [IV] courses to remain current in practice.
The subjects covered were:
Administration of Fluids-volume and electrolyte balances.
Blood Transfusions In-Home.
Chemotherapy In-Home.
Risks and Precautions.
New Equipment Usage and New Techniques.
Medical-Legal Aspects of Nursing.
Nutritional Courses.
Cardiac Patients.
Diabetic Patients.
Terminally Ill Patients.
Physical Assessment.
Pulmonary Care.
Disease Processes.
Substance Abuse.
Wound Care and Wound Care Products.
Diabetic Patient Wounds.
Decubitus Ulcer Wounds.
Nutritional Needs of Wound Patients.
Chronic wounds in the Terminally Ill.
Multiple Medical Malpractice Courses

Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of New Mexico. License number given out only when a signed Curriculum Vita is issued in conjunction with a medical review or as an expert witness.

Member of the American Nurse’s Association and the State of New Mexico Nurse’s Association.

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1979-1988

Real Estate Sales Agent.
Real Estate Appraiser’s Assistant.
Supervised restoration of condemned properties for resale as rental property for low income families. Supervised the construction, remodeling and renovation. Worked directly with the foreman and construction workers at the job site.

1979-1988

I have taken post-graduate courses at various universities and community colleges, as well as community-based courses in several areas not limited to just medical subjects. These are a few of these courses:

Art Courses- various locations:
Architecture Courses, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M.
Financial Analysis and Investment.
Mathematics Courses.
Real Estate Sales.
Small Business Investment Courses.
Statistical Course, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX.

1983 – 1998

Real Estate Sales Agent, State of New Mexico- Status-Inactive.

Linda D. Pershall, B.S.N., R.N.
L D H P Medical Review Services Corp.

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