Lisa Ahlfeld

Comprehensive nursing case management and care delivery for 40+ homebound patients weekly.

• Educate patients and families on disease management, medication safety, and at-home healthcare strategies to promote self care.
• Follow in-home infection control standards and adhere to proper aseptic and sterile techniques.
• Contribute to overall success of home health agency by maintaining high levels of patient satisfaction and preventing hospital readmissions.

• Bedside nursing care for 5-6 patients per shift.
• Managed the care of preoperative and postoperative orthopedic patients (e.g. shoulder, spinal fusion, knee, hip) including wound care, fall prevention, pain management, and monitoring for complications.
• Participated in hospice planning conversations with families and patients and provided comfort care to Hospice patients.
• Provided emotional support for oncology patients experiencing distress related to their diagnoses or treatments, utilizing active listening skills and empathetic communication techniques.
• Maintained accurate and detailed documentation of patient assessments, interventions, progress notes, and discharge planning activities in electronic medical records systems.
• Patient education for mobility aid use and fall risk prevention strategies
• Pressure ulcer assessment, treatment, and prevention.

• Bedside nursing care for 5-6 patients per shift.
• Gathered medical histories, conduct assessments, pre-and post-operative management and duties.
• Managed rapidly changing patient conditions with appropriate treatments through physician collaboration.
• Educated and evaluated self-management needs of patients, families.
• Functioned in leadership roles (nurse preceptor and mentor) to supervise and evaluate new hire nurses and nursing students.
• Acted as charge nurse to proactively streamline daily operations, initiate tasks, supervise, delegate, evaluate and support healthcare team.