SALLY A. STEARNS RN NP-C

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Dallas Texas 75204

Phone 770-***-****

ac0agl@r.postjobfree.com

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EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

MSN

BSN

Kennesaw State University

Graduated Dec. 2004

Concentration: Family Nurse Practitioner

George Mason University

Graduated 1984

BA

University of Virginia

Graduated with Distinction, May 1981.

Major: Biology

SKILLS PROFILE

Experienced as a nurse practitioner in the area of GENERAL FAMILY MEDICINE and INTERNAL MEDICINE and NEPHROLOGY.

Experienced as a nurse practitioner in the area of WOMEN’S HEALTH and UROLOGY.

Experienced a nurse practitioner in the area of ALLERGY AND ASTHMA.

Experienced in using EMR’S (electronic medical records). Have had experience using Greenway Medical and Nextgen Meditalk and Allscripts.

LICENSURE

Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas which includes prescription privileges.

BOARD CERTIFICATION

Board certified as a family nurse practitioner by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PART-TIME

TEMPORARY EXPERIENCE

RN EXPERIENCE

Nurse Practitioner, Dallas Nephrology Associates, Dallas Transplant Institute March 2013-present. Responsibilities include managing patients who have undergone renal transplant. This position has a strong emphasis on nephrology and internal medicine. The patients are followed from the time of transplant and are monitored with DTI indefinitely. Drug levels and signs of organ rejection are monitored closely as well as the patient’s other medical issues which include hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia.

Nurse Practitioner, The Urology Team PA. Dates October 2011-December 2012. Responsibilities include managing urological conditions for both male and female patients. Conditions include urinary incontinence, urgency and frequency, recurrent UTI’s, microhematuria, kidney stones, pelvic pain, interstitial cystitis. There is a strong emphasis on women’s urological health. Other conditions include the management of BPH, prostatitis, epididymitis, urinary hesitancy and retention, ED as well as other male urological conditions.

Nurse Practitioner, Scott and White Sun City Family Practice Clinic, Georgetown,Texas. Dates: July 2011-Sept. 2011. Responsibilities included managing both acute and chronic care conditions of an adult patient population. The patient population was mostly elderly with very complex chronic conditions. Patient care included the interpretation of lab values, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests and referring to specialists as needed. Worked closely with several board certified internists and professors at Scott and White Healthcare.

Nurse Practitioner, Family Medical Center, Cedar Park, Texas. Dates: June 2009-July 2011. Responsibilities included performing routine history and physicals on all age groups, performing female annual physical exams, and evaluating and treating patients for acute complaints within the area of general family practice. Duties also include interpreting labs and diagnostic tests and referring patients to specialists when indicated.

Nurse Practitioner, Prime Staff, February 2009-June 2009. Worked per diem primarily in the area of occupational medicine. Responsibilities included, performing history and physicals and treating minor work related injuries in occupational healthcare clinics in the Austin area.

Nurse Practitioner, AIGB (Bariatric Surgeons), Austin, Texas. Dates: May 2009-June 2009. Duties included performing preoperative histories and physical exams, interpreting labs and diagnostic tests, evaluating patients postoperatively, performing lap band adjustments by palpation and under flouroscope, performing and interpreting barium swallows and consulting with the surgeons and needed.

Nurse Practitioner-Sub-investigator (temporary position), Allergy and Asthma Associates, P.L.L.C., Austin, Texas. Dates: December 2008–February 2009. Duties included, performing study related physical exams (ENT), taking medical histories, interpreting laboratory findings, evaluating patients for adverse reactions to medications, documenting study related data on source documents and case report forms.

Nurse Practitioner, Carrollton OBGYN, Carrollton, Georgia. Dates: May 2005-June 2007. Responsibilities included, performing preventative/annual/routine history and physicals on female patients from adolescence through late adulthood, as well as evaluating patients with GYN problems. Responsibilities also included interpreting laboratory and diagnostic tests, and developing treatment plans within the scope of women’s health under the guidance and supervision of Board Certified OBGYNs.

Duties also included making proper referrals when needed and following up accordingly, patient phone calls, and counseling patients on health maintenance. Experience included documentation using Electronic Health Records.

RN Clinician, State University of West Georgia, Student Health Department, Carrollton, Georgia. Dates: February-May, 2003. Primary responsibilities included, assisting with annual gynecological histories and physicals, providing education on self breast exam, contraception, STD prevention as well as general wellness counseling. Duties also involved utilizing a wide scope of nursing assessment skills in providing care for students under the care of a family practitioner.

RN Clinical Nurse Coordinator, Drs. Chang and Abbasi M.D., P. A., Bethesda, Maryland. Dates: February 1995-January 1999. Primary duties involved the medical management of infertility patients undergoing hormonal manipulation. Worked directly with board certified reproductive endocrinologists. Responsibilities also included coordination of care for patients undergoing in-vitro fertilization. Duties also involved administering IM and SQ injections, teaching injection technique to patients undergoing infertility treatment, and performing intrauterine inseminations. Secondary duties included providing general RN support for outpatient gynecological procedures.

RN Clinician, Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute, Fairfax, Virginia. Dates: October 3, 1994 to February 14, 1995. Duties included supervision of mental health inpatients as well as providing and monitoring the effects of medications.

Obstetrical Nurse, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, May 1988 to April 1989. Duties involved providing comprehensive high risk obstetrical care, from initial assessment and monitoring to labor/operating room preparation and recovery room care. Duties also included scrubbing for surgical procedures and acute care of newborn infants.

Clinical Nurse, Staff Builders, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland from February 1987 to April 1988. Duties included outpatient nursing, primarily in obstetrical clinics at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Clinical Nurse, Immediate Family Care Center, Baltimore, Maryland from March 1987 to April of 1988. Part time outpatient clinical duties over a wide range of sub-specialties, including obstetrics and family practice.

Staff Nurse, University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland from January 1886 to May 1986. This position involved post

-partum care of high risk obstetrical patients, including a large proportion of adolescent patients.

Staff Nurse, Estudio Hospital Corporation, San Leandro, California form September 1984 to May 1985. Duties included primarily recovery room care following general and local anesthesia.

NATIONAL HONOR ASSOCIATION

Sigma Theta Tau, Epsilon Zeta Chapter (Selected in 1984).

PUBLICATIONS

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Article published in Nursing Economics, July, 1999. Analysis of Chronic Emergency Department Use, Tammy Bond, MSN, RN, Sally Stearns, MSN candidate, RN, Matthew Peters MSN, RN.

Member: The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Texas Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Volunteer, Carrollton City Schools. Duties included assisting school nurse with organizing, filing, and disseminating patient/student information to staff, assisting with school physicals and screenings and providing assistance with health in-services. Dates: Aug 2002 to May 2003.

Volunteer, Westbriar Elementary School, Vienna, Virginia. Duties included providing first aid and administering medications. Dates: 1992 to1996.

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