Nurse Practitioner Registered
Resume:
Helen Starkweather
San Antonio, TX 78254
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Professional Summary
Family Nurse Practitioner
Highly skilled career professional family nurse practitioner with
more than 15 years of experience in hospital critical care and
emergency room, operating room surgical assisting, urgent care,
home health, and primary care environments.
Critical Care Nurse with 35 years of experience in adult,
pediatric, neonatal university teaching hospitals, county
hospitals and local private hospitals.
Nursing Professor with 6 years teaching experience in an
associate degree nursing program.
CREDENTIALS
Board Examination Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-BC) 1998
ANCC 1983
Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN, Adult)
License, State of Texas #545-***-****
License, State of Illinois # 041******-****
EXPERIENCE
Family Nurse Practitioner 12/2012-
Schumacher Group Present
NP in busy Level IV ED South of San Antonio
Family Nurse Practitioner 3/28/2013-
EmCare 9/15/13
NP in busy Level IV ED in San Antonio
Family Nurse Practitioner 1/3/2012-
Health and Medical Practice Associates 4/1/2013
7220 Louis Pasteur
San Antonio, TX 78226
NP in multi service clinic providing urgent care,
medical clinic, occupational health and wellness,
weight loss services.
Family Nurse Practitioner
Take Care Health Services, Houston Market, Cover Provider;
12/17/2007 - initially Casual Part-Time
Provider Houston, Texas
12/23/2011
NP providing services in retail, walk in clinic
Family Nurse Practitioner for Malcolm Bremer, MD 9/2000-7/2
009
Nurse Practitioner for cardiovascular surgeon in private
practice. Duties includes management of the Vein Center with
initial consultation on all varicose vein patients, performance
of sclerotherapy for varicose and spider veins, surgical
assisting for all vascular and thoracic procedures, making rounds
on hospitalized and postoperative patients, post operative follow
up office visits and management of Coumadin Clinic patients.
Private Healthcare, Humble, Texas
Family Nurse Practitioner 1/1999-4/2
002
Memorial Hermann Hospital, Emergency Room/University of Texas
Department of Emergency Medicine-
Nurse Practitioner/Clinic Supervisor for 10 NP/Pas
Nurse Practitioner for busy level one trauma center. Duties for
Minor Trauma and Fast Tract which included initial assessment,
diagnostic labs and x-rays, diagnosis and treatment of non urgent
and minor trauma patients under designated protocols and with
supervision of the attending Emergency medicine physician.
Procedures commonly performed are: suturing, incision and
drainage, ingrown toenail removals, digital blocks, lumbar
punctures and application of ortho glass splinting.
Level One Trauma Hospital/University Teaching Hospital Houston,
Texas
Nursing Professor
8/1992-1/1999
Lone Star College System, formerly North Harris Montgomery
Community College District, North Harris Campus Houston, Texas
Responsible for teaching various levels of nursing students in a
NLN accredited integrated program. Instruction in lecture,
seminar, clinical and lab. Team leader for Nursing II for two
years. Responsible for coordination of 100 nursing students and
9 faculty instructors/professors. Committee responsibilities
include rotating chairwoman of Health Occupations Appeal Board,
faculty advisor for Student Nurses Association, chairwoman of
nursing textbook committee, faculty advisor for Scholars Program
for North Harris District.
Critical Care Nurse
Kingwood Plaza Hospital 6/1993-11/
Kingwood, Texas 1995
Critical Care Nurse PRN
Kingwood Urgent Care and Special Clinic 8/1995-Pre
sent
Family Nurse Practitioner
Kingwood, Texas
Assessment, Diagnosis and treatment of multiple patients in this
busy urgent care center. Duties including laceration repair with
suturing and dermabond; orthorglass splinting of acute fracture,
reading x-rays and laboratory study interpretation, incision and
drainage of abscesses.
Manager 8/1991-8/1
992
Visiting Nursing Association of Chicago/The Caring Touch
division. Management of clinical area for the Managed Care
Division of a large urban home health company. Immediate
supervision of 2 clinical coordinators, and one clinical
recruiter as well as a field staff of 140 RN's, LVN's and Home
Health Aids and Companions. Average case load of 100 clients.
Developed a home Mechanical Ventilation Program. Coordinated and
taught the training course for supervisory and field staff.
AFFILIATIONS
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners 1998-Curre
Texas Nurse Practitioners Association nt
North Harris Advance Practice NP/PA Association
American Nursing Association 1978-Curre
Texas Nurses' Association nt
American Association of Critical Care Nurses 1978-Curre
nt
Education
Texas Woman's University Houston, Texas 1998
Post Master's Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Certificate
Saint Louis University Saint Louis, Missouri
1986
Masters of Science (Research) in Nursing (MSN) Thesis:
Comparison of Lecture versus Computer Assisted Instruction of
staff nurses in an ICU
Lewis University Romeoville, Illinois
1978
Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) Areas of concentration:
Critical Care
Minor: Psychology
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