Fatima Paula, RN

Clinical Supervisor

As a Registered Nurse Clinical Supervisor for Take Care Private Duty Home Health Care in Sarasota, Florida, Fatima conducts initial assessments of clients and develops individualized care plans, tailored to suit the client’s specific needs with the goal of supporting autonomy in clients home setting. In addition, she provides ongoing case management, offering the client RN accessibility for questions or issues.

Furthermore, Fatima coordinates clients’ physician appointments, making sure to coordinate calendars with clients and Take Care’s schedulers. She also supervises the caregivers who provide the care to clients in their homes, assisted living, or skilled nursing locations. The caregivers range in skill (from companion, home health aide, to licensed practical nurse or registered nurse) and are assigned appropriately per doctor’s instruction or as dictated in the nursing plan of care. Fatima provides direction and on-going guidance to all level of caregivers ensuring that at all times they meet the highest standards of care Take Care is committed to.

Fatima’s unique experience and strong leadership bolsters Take Care’s position in the community and enables Take Care to continue to offer the highest quality of private duty home health care to our community. Fatima joined Take Care in November 2011 and brings with her more than four years of varied  nursing experience, more specifically hospice continuing care and cardiology experience.

Fatima is a member of the National Students’ Nurses Association and has received multiple honors and scholarships, most notably the Phi Theta Kappa at Manatee Community College and the Emil H. Beck and Rose Anne Beck Nursing Scholarship. She is also fluent in Portuguese and speaks Spanish.