Patricia Tavaziva, APRN, MSN, FNP-BC **** Viepoint Lane Cornelius, NC 28031

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I am vibrant, team-player and a diverse accomplished Nurse Practitioner specializing in Family, Primary 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, HIV and AIDS management, pre and post counseling and emphasizing on educational awareness, disease prevention and health promotion. I am seeking full-time opportunities to which I can apply my skills.

Full body scope assessment

Auditory Assessment

Visual Acuity and Reflex

Lung/Heart auscultation

Abdominal assessment

Muscle Strength Assessment

Neurological Assessments

Patient and Family Counseling Lymph Nodes Palpation

Psychiatric/PTSD Evaluation

Pap Smear and Pelvic Examination

Prostate Examination

Immunization Shots

Skin Assessments

Musculoskeletal

STD/HIV Education

Patient Counseling

Diabetes management

Oral, IV, and topical medication administration

Forensics

Transcribing physician’s orders

Documenting patients progress

EXPERIENCE

Primary Care Provider FNP (Physician Extender): ACT Medical Group March 2011 - September 2011 Providing primary care to designated Assisted Living and Nursing Homes that are 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

Advance Practice, (FNP): Testing for HIV, STI and treating clients with HIV/AIDS, chronic disease maintenance (internal medicine), counseling, psychosocial support, confidentiality, cultural awareness and mutual respect

Administrative Responsibilities; Operating as the medical director by coordinating and managing of all primary care activities which include admission and discharge documentation and signing clients FL2 forms, coding and billing for provided service. 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 these clinical sites. On call provider and triage response.

Family Nurse Practitioner, Charlotte Community Health Center (RAIN Program) November 2009- Present

Provide primary care conducting comprehensive physical examinations, health history taking, diagnosis and therapeutic management of clients with various medical conditions, to 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 newborn-elderly of patients 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:

Administrative Responsibilities at RAIN; Setting up a New Clinic (Center City Health/RAIN

Registration and application of the clinic practicing license and billing documents. Preparation of policy and procedure documents for primary care, risk management manual, practice protocols and treatment guidelines.

Compiling practice documents: Risk management manual and protocols that include; Infection control, fire safety, patient triage, treatment guidelines, policy and procedures

Family Nurse Practitioner, First Care Medical Clinic (Post Grad Internship) May 2009-Sepetember 2009

Conducting comprehensive health history taking, physical assessment, diagnosis, ordering evaluation of labs, diagnostic procedures including X-rays, EKG, Bioz, Echo and ultrasound. Prescribing medications for therapeutic management and emphasizing on educational awareness on Diabetes and high blood pressure, infection control, safety education, STD and HIV awareness, disease prevention and health promotion to different ages of patients in underserved, disadvantaged, diverse urban communities with different levels of acuity.

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. Plan and

participate in patient centered conferences, pre and post assignment conference. Assessing patient’s condition

during rounds during shift, report to physicians and nurse manager.

Registered Nurse, Carolina Medical Center Hospital (Critical Care Unit) BSN Internship August 2005 to July 2006

Nurse Assistant II, Carolinas Health Services (Oncology) May 2004 – Feb. 2006

Vital signs, diabetes management, bed baths, monitoring patients’ intake and output, feeding patients, inserting and discontinuing foley catheters. Collection of stools for hemoccult and urine specimen for labs. Palliative care and comfort measures, end of life care, Infection & Sepsis control.

Nurse Assistant II/Med Tech, Aldersgate Assisted Living March 2001 – June 2006

Medication administration, Coumadin dose, wound care dressing changes, Patient and family education, setting patient plan of care with clinical care manager. Supervisor In-charge, communicating with triage nurse, transferring resident to hospital and documenting resident’s progress notes.

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.

SUMMARY OF WORK EXPERIENCE

-Volunteer Provider at Charlotte Community Health Clinic August 2010 - Current

- Part-time Visiting Lecturer, Africa University October, 2011 – December, 2011

-Family Nurse Practitioner; Primary Care ACT Medical March, 2011 – September 2011

-Family Nurse Practitioner; Primary Care & HIV Management, (RAIN) Nov 2009 – Dec 2010

-Clinical Preparation Masters of Science Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner student 2years

-Bedside/RN II (BSN); acute care rehabilitation pediatrics and adults 3 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

Education and Certifications

Masters of Nurse Practitioner – Winston-Salem State University – Completed May 2009

Bachelors of Nursing- Presbyterian School of Nursing, Queens University Completed May 2006

Family Nurse Practitioner, ANCC Certified- North Carolina- Expires July 2015

Registered Nurse- NCLEX, North Carolina - Current

BLS - Current

NPI, DEA and MIP- All Current

CME – Up to Date

Computer Software

Microsoft Office, Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint,

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