DeAnna Martinez
Elmwood Park
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN Case Manager
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Park Ridge, IL
08.2025 - Current
- Coordinated patient care plans to ensure optimal health outcomes and resource utilization.
- Conducted comprehensive assessments to identify patient needs and develop effective interventions.
- Facilitated communication among interdisciplinary teams to enhance collaboration and care continuity.
- Monitored patient progress, adjusting care strategies based on evolving clinical conditions and feedback.
- Prior Authorization
- Utilization Review
Psychiatric floor RN
Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, IL
12.2021 - Current
- Administered medications to adult psychiatric patients.
- Assessed patients for medical and psychiatric issues.
- Charted in the EMR.
- Completed admissions and discharges.
- Worked with doctors, social workers and nurse practitioners.
Care Coordinator for Complex Team
Health Alliance Insurance
07.2023 - 03.2025
- Developed Care plans for members
- Worked with members over the phone and provided support for pre existing conditions.
- Worked with members on goals they set for them self using Motivational Interviewing.
- Provided teaching on topics such as pain management, Managing Diabetes, Managing high blood pressure and much more.
- Assisting members get the most out of their benefits and assisting them with reaching customer service if needed.
- Charted using Epic Platform.
Admissions Nurse
Kindred Hospital
Chicago, IL
06.2021 - 05.2022
- Assisted with marketing and receiving referrals for intake
- Reviewed referral packets to see if patient meets criteria for admission
- Registered patient in the computer and completed patient admission in EMR
- LTRAX for inpatients and discharges
- Performed admissions for new admits, including vital signs, covid swabs
- Initiated pre-authorization of insurance for patients.
- Utilization reviews
Registered Nurse
Weiss Hospital
Chicago, IL
06.2012 - 12.2021
- Worked on a Geriatric Psych Medical unit as a charge nurse.
- Assessed patients upon admission and throughout admission for mental health and medical conditions and communicated any changes to Providers.
- Administered PO and IM medications.
- Assisted patients with toileting and ADLs.
- Phlebotomy as needed
- Foley Care
- Blood Transfusions
- IV’s as needed.
- EKG
- Wound Care
- Making sure patients are free from harm and falls.
Dialysis Nurse
Garfield Kidney Center
Chicago, IL
12.2011 - 06.2012
- Charge nurse for a 46 chair dialysis outpatient clinic.
- Provided dialysis treatments to patients.
- Assessed patients through out their treatments.
- Reported any significant changes to providers.
- Administered IV push and Po medications during treatments.
- Responsible for Techs and making sure the machine settings were set correctly and adjusted accordingly for patients if not tolerating set speed.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain College Of Nursing
Chicago, IL01.2018
Associate of Science - Nursing
Harry S. Truman
Chicago, IL01.2011
Skills
- I am a team player
- In am a hard worker
- Charge Nurse experience
- Bilingual English and Spanish
- Computer Literate
Certification
- CPI certification
- Additional skills :
- Assisted with PPE training for Covid 19
- Opened up a Covid 19 floor with fellow nurses.
- Floated to medical units when short staffed to assist with Covid 19 patients.
- Performed EKGs on Covid 19 patients.
- Discharge planning
- Utilization review
- Pre-authorization of insurance
Additional Information
Working on Psychuatric RN certification.
Timeline
RN Case Manager
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
08.2025 - Current
Care Coordinator for Complex Team
Health Alliance Insurance
07.2023 - 03.2025
Psychiatric floor RN
Northwestern Medicine
12.2021 - Current
Admissions Nurse
Kindred Hospital
06.2021 - 05.2022
Registered Nurse
Weiss Hospital
06.2012 - 12.2021
Dialysis Nurse
Garfield Kidney Center
12.2011 - 06.2012
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain College Of Nursing
Associate of Science - Nursing
Harry S. Truman