CURRICULUM VITAE

Sandra Higgins BSN, MSN ANP, ARNP-C

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Home Business

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Sanford Fl 32771

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Education

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Gainesville, FL

1983 BSN Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

Licensure

Florida Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner License No. 1525192 Certifications

2000 – Present ANCC American Nurses

Credentialing Center for ARNP

1990 – 2006 CCRN AACN for Critical Care

1983 – Present ACLS American Heart Association

1981 – Present BLS American Heart Association

Professional Experience

September 2014 – present The CV Center 910 Williston Park Point Suite 1000 Lake Mary Fla, Deltona Fl office

Position description : Nurse practitioner for primary cardiology, interventional cardiology ; office follow up, hospital follow up

Review Pacer and ICD interrogations, monitored loop recorders for abnormalities September 2012 - Sept 2014 Florida Hospital Transplant Center 2415 N. Orange Ave., Suite 700

Orlando, FL

Position Description: Nurse practitioner for advanced heart failure therapy and heart transplantation and LVAD. June 2000 – September 2012 Orlando Heart Center

60 West Gore Street

Orlando, FL

Position Description: Nurse practitioner for Cardiac Arrhythmia Associates, specializing in electrophysiology. Performed assessments, physicals, histories, consultations for arrhythmias, syncope, hospital consults and follow- ups as well as in-office consults and follow-ups.

1991 – 2000 Florida Hospital

601 E. Rollins Avenue

Orlando, FL

Coronary Care Unit – 1991 - 1999

Position Description: Critical Care Level IV RN in a 32 bed Coronary Intensive Care Unit. Responsibilities included care of critically ill patients post MI, as well as pre and post coronary angioplasty, pre and post-operative bypass surgery. Patients required ventilator support, intra-aortic balloon pump assistance, hemodynamic monitoring and titration of inotropic drugs. I also acted as relief charge nurse and a preceptor for critical care nurse internship program.

1999-2000 Florida Hospital

601 E. Rollins Avenue

Orlando, FL

Pre-Operative Holding

Position Description: Critical Care Level IV RN in pre-operative holding unit. Preparation of patients for general surgeries, including coronary bypass surgery.

1988 – 1991 Winter Park Memorial Hospital

200 North Lakemont Avenue, W.P.

Orlando, FL

Intensive Care Unit

Position Description: Critical Care RN in a 14-bed Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Responsibilities also included relief charge nurse. I also worked per diem in Endoscopy unit. 1987 – 1988 Hannah Marsee Beik Voght

Attorneys At Law, P.A.

Medical – Legal Nurse Consultant

Position Description: RN for case review and trial preparation for Medical – Legal defense with emphasis in asbestosis injury cases.

1985 – 1987 Winter Park Memorial Hospital

200 North Lakemont Avenue

Winter Park, FL

Intensive Care Unit

Position Description: Critical Care RN in a 14-bed Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Charge Nurse for 3-11 shift. 1984 – 1985 Wuesthoff Memorial Hospital

Rockledge, FL

Intensive Care Unit

Position Description: Critical Care RN in a 24-bed combined Care Unit. 1982 – 1984 Tallahassee Memorial Regional Medical Center Tallahassee, FL

GN/RN Progressive Care Unit

Position Description: Nurse Technician in Intensive Care Unit while in Nursing School. GN then RN in 16 bed progressive care unit.

Professional Organizations

1990 – Present American Association of Critical Care Nurses 2000 – Present Central Florida Nurse Practitioner Association Professional Accomplishments

CCNIP Preceptor for CCU at Florida Hospital – Responsibilities included clinical bedside interaction and teaching and clinical case review for critical care nursing students. Pharmacology Presentation at Orlando Regional Healthcare Systems for cardiac pharmacology. Neurocardiogenic Syncope Presentation at Orlando Regional Healthcare Systems in 2001. Neurocardiogenic Syncope Presentation at Florida Hospital “Horizons 2001”. Community Service

Volunteer at Red Cross Centers

References

Personal and Professional references available upon request.

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