Nurse Practitioner Registered

Kevin M Kuria

**** **** ****** • St. louis, MO **114

Cell Phone 314-***-****

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Summary

Ambitious new nurse practitioner who has developed proficiency in obtaining medical histories;

examining patients; documenting patient physical condition, psychological status, and

influencing social factors; conferring with family and friends; developing a diagnosis;

establishing patient care objectives; defining interventions and collaborating with physicians and

nurse practitioners.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Masters of Science in Nursing

Adult Nurse practitioner – December 2012

Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes Jewish College, St. Louis, MO.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing – December 2008

Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes Jewish College, St. Louis, MO.

CLINICAL ROTATIONS.

Pulmonary/Critical Care, at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, IL

• Obtaining health histories

• Independently performing complete and focused physical examinations

• Obtaining and interpreting laboratory and diagnostic tests

• Providing patient information and health promotion

• Applying pharmacologic principles to patient care situations

• Documenting for patient care

• Episodic and chronic management in the outpatient setting, with a focus on pulmonary disease

• Interpretation of pulmonary function tests, chest x-rays, and other radiologic tests

• Consulting on hospitalized patients with pulmonary problems, and counseling health care

professionals on other specialty teams regarding recommendations for therapeutic management

• Management of patients in the hospital intensive care setting

Emergency Medicine at Memorial Hospital, Belleville, IL

• Assess and manage patients in an emergency department with a high volume of patients.

Perform minor procedures including suturing and stapling.

• Assisted with closed reductions

• Collaborated with physicians and nurse practitioners in assessment, diagnosis and

intervention strategies.

• Order and interpret laboratory and radiographic studies as well as EKG's.

Internal Medicine/Bariatric Medicine at Stella Maris Internal Med. St. Louis. MO

• Managed acute illnesses and chronic, complex, multi-system disease processes of adults

in an urban internal medicine clinic.

• Counseled clients regarding health risk factors, smoking cessation, stress management,

physical activity, and disease management

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

06/14/2010 – current

Memorial Hospital - Belleville, Illinois

http://www.memhosp.com/Pages/Home

RN - ICU/IMCU

04/13/2009 – 01/2012

Missouri Baptist Medical Center St. Louis, MO

http://www.missouribaptist.org/

Staff Nurse - surgical unit

LICENSURE & CERTIFICATIONS

REGISTERED NURSE LICENSURE

State of Missouri, current through April 2014

State of Illinois, current through February 2014

CERTIFICATION

American Nurses Credentialing Center Adult Nurse Practitioner, May 2013

Basic Cardiac Life Support

Advanced cardiac life support

Community Involvement

3/10/2011 – Current

Long term care ombudsman program

• Volunteer one day (4-6 hours) every week as a long term care ombudsman to ensure that

nursing home residents are taken care of as expected. I serve as resident’s advocate.

References upon request

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