Overview
Work History
Education
Certification
Professional Development
Affiliations
Timeline
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Lauren E. Montague

Nashville

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Occupational Therapist

Select Specialty- Critical Illness Recovery Hospital
12.2021 - Current
  • Company Overview: Long Term Acute Care
  • Provide rehabilitation services to patients on ventilator support, have multi-system organ failure or multiple chronic illnesses while managing multiple lines, drips and forms of life support
  • Implement interventions including strengthening, endurance/cardiac training, balance exercises, coordination exercises, joint mobility and muscle lengthening, pain relief, functional skills training, community re-entry training and activities of daily living
  • Document daily notes, weekly progress reports, evaluations, discharges


Occupational Therapist

TriStar Skyline Medical Center
06.2021 - 03.2022
  • Company Overview: Inpatient/Acute Care
  • Float between inpatient and acute care rehabilitation
  • Provide evaluation and treatment to a variety of diagnoses including brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, strokes, cardiac conditions, pulmonary conditions, amputees, debilitating diseases, orthopedic injuries
  • Implement interventions such as neuro re-education, therapeutic exercise, therapeutic activity, self care, functional mobility
  • Document daily notes, weekly progress reports, evaluations, discharges


Clinical Rotation Level II

Children’s Hospital of Michigan
09.2020 - 11.2020
  • Company Overview: Outpatient Pediatrics
  • Provided evaluation and treatment to children ages 0-18 with various diagnoses such as Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, amputations, orthopedic issues, burns, neuro-degenerative disorders, brachial plexus injuries, generalized muscle weakness
  • Implemented interventions such as improving gross/ fine motor skills, neuromuscular electrical stimulation, ultrasound, ADLs, sensory integration, feeding, strength/range of motion, family education


Clinical Rotation Level II

Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan
07.2020 - 09.2020
  • Company Overview: Inpatient Neuroscience
  • Provided evaluation and treatment to individuals who presented with brain injuries, strokes, or cancer
  • Administered the Arm Motor Fugl- Meyer (AMFM), Action Research Arm Test (ARAT)


Clinical Rotation Level I

Western Michigan University Hand Clinic
08.2019 - 12.2019
  • Company Overview: Outpatient Hand Clinic
  • Provided evaluation and treatment to individuals with diagnoses such as distal radius fracture, De Quervain’s Tendonitis, ulnar nerve impairment, CVA, claw deformity, flexor tendon laceration


Education

Master of Occupational Therapy -

Western Michigan University
Grand Rapids, MI
12.2020

Bachelor of Science - Interdisciplinary Health Services, Holistic Health

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI
04.2017

Certification

  • OT certification, 450276
  • OT Tennessee license, 6910
  • LVAD training, Nashville, TN, 2024
  • Adaptive and Inclusive Trainer Certification, Adaptive Training Academy, 2021
  • CPR & AED, American Heart Association, Nashville, TN, 2023
  • First Aid, American Safety and Health Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, 2020
  • HIPAA, Western Michigan University, Grand Rapids, MI, 2020
  • BBP, Western Michigan University, Grand Rapids, MI, 2020
  • CITI, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, 2019

Professional Development

  • Select Specialty New Graduate Mentor, Provide onboarding and mentor services to new graduates recently hired, 8/2024- present
  • Select Specialty Clinical Advancement Program: level II, 8/2022- present
  • Select Specialty Employee Engagement Committee, 4/2024- present
  • Michigan Occupational Therapy Association Fall Conference Presenter on research topic 'Effectiveness of Motor Imagery on Improving Upper Extremity Function Post Stroke.', 9/2020
  • Brain Injury Association of Michigan Fall Conference, 9/2019
  • Teepa Snow Presents: Navigating the Journey of Dementia, 2/2019

Affiliations

  • WMU Student Occupational Therapy Association 09/18- 04/20
  • WMU Elderly Care Ireland Study Abroad Experience, 03/19
  • WMU Best Buddies Organization, 01/16- 04/17
  • Alpha Xi Delta Sorority, 09/13- 04/17

Timeline

Occupational Therapist

Select Specialty- Critical Illness Recovery Hospital
12.2021 - Current

Occupational Therapist

TriStar Skyline Medical Center
06.2021 - 03.2022

Clinical Rotation Level II

Children’s Hospital of Michigan
09.2020 - 11.2020

Clinical Rotation Level II

Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan
07.2020 - 09.2020

Clinical Rotation Level I

Western Michigan University Hand Clinic
08.2019 - 12.2019

Master of Occupational Therapy -

Western Michigan University

Bachelor of Science - Interdisciplinary Health Services, Holistic Health

Western Michigan University
Lauren E. Montague