VALERIE MAEROWITZ

**** - **** ******

San Francisco, CA 94116

Tel. 415-***-****

email: abhgep@r.postjobfree.com

Qualifications Licensed Nurse Practitioner by the Board of Registered

Nursing, State of CA with Furnishing Number/DEA

license/UPIN

Dually Certified by ANCC as Family and Gerontological Nurse

Practitioner

AHA Certified BLS Instructor

Education San Francisco State University (9/97 to 5/00)

Master of Science, Family Nurse Practitioner

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society, Academic

Excellence Scholarship

California State University, Long Beach (9/92 to 12/95)

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Magna Cum Laude

Silver Anchor Auxiliary Scholarship

President's Honor List

Leticia Walsh Nursing Scholarship

Eva Alexander Foundation Scholarship

Kaiser Scholarship for Academic Excellence

City College of San Francisco (9/90 to 7/92)

Dean's List (9/91 to 9/92), transfer units

Odessa Medical College No. 1 (9/87 to 5/89)

Honor List

Intramural Table Tennis Competition, First Place

Intramural Swimming Competition, Second Place

Presentations In-Services and Lectures for Health Professionals at the

Jewish Home for the Aged on the following subjects:

Cerebral Vascular Accident, Autoimmune Disorder Overview,

End Stage Renal Disease, Peripheral Vascular Disease,

Parkinson's Disease, Congestive Heart Failure, Depression,

Manic Depressive Disorder, Electroconvulsive Therapy,

Myocardial Infarction, Anticoagulation Therapy, Amyotrophic

Lateral Sclerosis, Essential Assessment Skills for Nurses,

Laboratory Results Review for Nurses

Employment Jewish Home for Aged (2/01 to Present)

In-house Nurse Practitioner responsible for primary care of

geriatric patients, including but not limited to

assessments, establishing diagnosis and treatment plan for

acute and chronic illnesses, reviewing blood work and

radiology films, consulting with medical doctors for

complex patients as needed.

Performing routine annual, monthly and preoperative

examinations for the residents of various levels of care as

mandated by law, including functional assessment and mental

status exams.

Establishing and leading Coumadin and Epogen Teams in

reviewing weekly laboratory values with medication

adjustments.

Providing psychiatric expertise as part of the weekly

psychiatric drug rounds and chart reviews, as well as

depression screenings for monolingual Russian speaking

residents.

Responsible for the employee health screening, inclusive of

annual physicals and new employee health clearance.

Providing flu, Hepatitis B, DTaP immunizations for

employees and volunteers house-wide.

Education for staff physicians and nurses in hands-on

training and in-services for staff development, as well as

conducting quarterly CPR re-certification classes for

healthcare providers.

Participating in formulating nursing and pharmacy policies

and procedures.

Member of the Disaster Committee and various Quality

Assessment projects.

Assisting specialist MDs in on-site clinical visits

(cardiology, dermatology, gynecology, ophthalmology,

nephrology and urology) on as needed basis. Conducting

monthly cerumen removal clinic.

Running diabetes and hypertension management clinic in an

affiliated with the Jewish Home low income independent

living facility of Menorah Park.

San Mateo County General Hospital (3/96 to 6/01)

Staff nurse and relief charge nurse on medical-surgical/

oncology/ orthopedic/telemetry/pediatric unit. Duties

included nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning,

implementing and evaluating care of assigned patients.

St. Mary Medical Center (5/94 to 2/96)

Staff nurse in neurotrauma/orthopedic/medical-surgical unit

responsible for direct patient care of assigned patients.

Trainee in labor and delivery/postpartum units.

Prior to passing NCLEX, critical care technician in ICU.

Duties included phlebotomy, 12 lead EKG, hospital-wide

"Code Blue" response team member, assisting physicians and

licensed nurses with procedures and patient care.

Mr. & Mrs. Alan Kessler (6/93 to 9/93)

In-home nursing care of patient with Alzheimer's Disease.

Security Pacific / Bank of America (11/92 to 4/93)

Bank teller

Advance Office Systems (3/90 to 7/92)

Office manager, dispatching service calls, handling

payroll, accounts receivable/payable, inventory, customer

relations and secretarial duties.

Contact this candidate