Patricia Tavaziva, APRN, MSN, FNP-BC ***

Shamrock Crt, Rocky Mount, NC 27804

aco6yo@r.postjobfree.com

704-***-**** PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I am vibrant, team-player and a diverse accomplished Nurse Practitioner

specializing in Acute Care, Family Primary Care and Community health care

settings; I have a wide scope of providing excellent customer service to

clients through comprehensive health history taking, physical assessment,

diagnosis, prescribing medications, Hospitalist, HIV and AIDS management,

pre and post counseling and also emphasizing on educational awareness,

disease prevention and health promotion. I am seeking full-time

opportunities to which I can apply professional skills listed below.

Full body scope Lymph Nodes Palpation STD/HIV Education

assessment Pain Assessment and In Patient Care/Hospitalist

Auditory Assessment management

Visual Acuity and Reflex Pap Smear and Pelvic Diabetes management

Examination Oral, IV, and topical

Lung/Heart auscultation Prostate Examination medication administration

Abdominal assessment Immunization Shots Forensics, Psych/PTSD

Muscle Strength Skin Assessments Evaluation

Assessment Musculoskeletal Transcribing physician's

Neurological Assessments Ordering diagnostic orders

studies Documenting patients

Patient and Family Interpreting lab values progress

Counseling CPOE application

Writing prescriptions Electronic Medical Records

CURRENT POSITION

Eastern North Carolina Medical Group, PLLC: October 2013 - Date

Provide primary care and internal medicine to patients of all ages in a

clinical setting and inpatient care at Life Care and Nash General Hospital.

Provide a wide scope of excellent customer service to clients through

comprehensive health history taking, physical assessment, diagnostic

studies, diagnosis, prescribing medications, chronic disease management,

geriatric care, referrals to specialist, pre and post counseling and

emphasizing on educational awareness, disease prevention including health

promotion.

EXPERIENCE

Hospitalist, Allied Health Professional (AHP); Manchester Memorial

Hospital: April 2012 - Sept 2013.

Provide care to patients of all ages admitted in the hospital with acute

illness through operationalizing clinical frame work that is supported by

evidence-based practice. Responsible for H & P, discharge summaries and

daily rounds with inpatient team case managers. Provide emergency room

analysis through triage of acutely ill patients, and authorizing entire

tertiary admission along with transfers. Providing acute care to

inpatients during hospital stay until the day of discharge. Coordinating

patient care between specialists and arranging specialty consultation care

and/or therapy. Interact clearly and fully with physicians and varied

professional staff related to inpatient care issues. Coordinate inpatient

care, including all diagnostic tests such as X-rays, lab tests or other

procedures. Collaborate effectual delivery of timely and apt medical care

and services. Educating patients and their family and to support every

member of hospital team as required.

Primary Care Provider FNP: ACT Medical Group P. A. March 2011 to October

2011

Providing primary care to designated Assisted Living and Nursing Homes

setup as clinical sites in the underserved counties around Winston-

Salem/Greensboro areas through comprehensive health history taking,

physical assessment, prescribing medications and treatment, therapeutic

management of clients with acute and chronic illnesses. Also counseling,

referrals to specialist consults, ordering and evaluating labs, responding

to triage team and giving orders

- Administrative Responsibilities; Operating as the medical director by

coordinating and managing all primary care activities which include

admissions and discharge documentation, signing clients FL2 forms, coding

and billing for provided service. Patient and family counseling including

end of life are and signing DNR documents. In-charge of day to day orders

for clients' care and nutrition orders at the designated clinical sites.

Collaborating with other health care professionals who also provide care to

the same clinical sites. After hours on call provider and triage response

Family Nurse Practitioner, Charlotte Community Health Center (RAIN Program)

November 2009- Jan 2011, Providing primary care through conducting

comprehensive physical examinations, health history taking, diagnosis and

therapeutic management of clients with various medical conditions, that

include HIV/AIDS, acute care, and chronic disease maintenance. Offering

counseling, psychosocial support and operationalizing a nursing framework

using the nursing process to reach decisions when providing excellent

health care to all ages from infants-elderly populations in underserved,

disadvantaged, diverse urban communities. Exercising confidentiality,

cultural awareness to clients with varying levels of acuity and disease

processes especially HIV/AIDS populations. Also by including patients and

their families in the delivery of nursing, health promotion, disease

prevention, patient caregiver education and sound nursing process through

the integration of evidence based research findings into diagnosis and

management of common problems. Carrying out administrative duties that

include: Registration, licensure documents, documentation of patient files,

risk management manual, practice protocols and treatment guidelines.

Registered Nurse, Carolinas Institute of Rehabilitation July

2006 to December 2009

Provide professional nursing care to patients in accordance with hospital

policies and procedures under

the supervision of the Nurse Manager. Perform nursing care for the comfort

and well-being of patients.

Perform and/or assist with treatment, therapies and procedures and perform

basic nursing assessments.

Completing and maintaining patients' care plans and documenting clinical

incidences. Planning and

participating in patient centered conferences, pre and post assignment

conference. Assessing patient's condition

participating in rounds during shift change, reporting to physicians and

nurse manager.

Nursing Student BSN Internship; Carolina Medical Center Hospital (Critical

Care Unit) August 2005 to July 2006

Providing bedside care to inpatients in the critical care unit

administering IV, Oral, IM medications including tube feedings Coumadin

dose and wound care dressing changes. Patient and family education, setting

patient plan of care with clinical care manager. Checking patients' Vital

signs, diabetes management, bed baths, monitoring patients' intake and

output, feeding patients, inserting and discontinuing foley catheters.

Collection of stools samples for hemoccult and urine specimen for labs.

Palliative care and comfort measures, end of life care, Infection & Sepsis

control.

Nurse Assistant II, Carolinas Health Services (Oncology)

May 2004 - Feb. 2006

Performing all NA II duties that include all responsibilities listed above

Nurse Assistant II/Med Tech, Aldersgate Assisted Living

March 2001 - June 2006

Performing all NA II duties that include all responsibilities listed above

Supervisor In-charge / NA II, Atria Merry Wood Assisted Living

March 2001 - September 2003

Medication administration, Blood Sugar checks and insulin administration,

wound care, assisting residents with bathing, ordering medications for

residents, coordinating residents' activities and transferring residents to

Emergency Dept.

Education and Certifications

Masters of Nurse Practitioner - - Winston-State University 2009

Bachelors of Nursing- Presbyterian School of Nursing, Queens University of

Charlotte 2006

Family Nurse Practitioner, ANCC Certified- North Carolina- Expires

10/31/2015

Registered Nurse- NCLEX, North Carolina

Nurse Aid Certified

NPI, DEA and MIP- All Current

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

- Hospitalist, (AHP); Manchester Memorial Hospital: April 2012

- Sept 2013

- DNP Student with Wilkes University, Pennsylvania: - Current

Student

- Part time Lecturer Africa University, Clinical Nursing

Instructor September - Dec 2012

-Family Nurse Practitioner Primary Care ACT Medical Group

March, 2011 -Sept 2011

- Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Regional Aids Interfaith

Network (RAIN)

- Primary Care and HIV/AIDS Management;

November 2009 - Dec 2010

-Volunteer Provider at Charlotte Community Health Clinic August 2010

- 2012

-Clinical Preparation Masters of Science Nursing, Family Nurse

Practitioner 2years

-Bedside/RN II (BSN); acute care rehabilitation pediatrics and adults

4 years

-Geriatric nursing; adult acute care, critical care and long term care

6 years

-Data Entry Clerk/Editor- Account Payable/Receivable 1

year

-Faculty Senior Secretary/ Data analyst

4 years

-Research coordinator/Senior Secretary

5 years

-Educator: Middle school teacher and slow learners coach

11 years

-Sales; Free lancer Avon products

7 years

Computer Software

Microsoft Office, Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint,

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