TARSICIO GACHERU
COLUMBUS OHIO 43231
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Professional Summary; Highly qualified board-certified Nurse Practitioner with Acute and Chronic family nurse practitioner experience in a hospital and clinic setting driven to build strong relationships with patients and their families in multiple specialties. Acts as a patient advocate to achieve best possible outcomes.
Skills
Paracentesis- removing fluid from abdomen through a needle.
Fibroscan- revealing any fibrosis within the liver.
Basic suturing
Incision & Drainage
Ortho glass application
Working with various computer software including:point click care, Citrix( Epic system),UNIX, and eHospital System
Participated in HIV,HCV and HBV research
Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing
Effective decision making
Self-directed
Reliable
EDUCATION
Major: The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
School: Walden University
Dates: February 2014 to May 2017
My DNP Capstone Project: A Developmental Project Focusing on Young Adult Hispanic-Americans: The purpose of this project was twofold: (a) to examine the literature related to diabetes prevention best practices among young adult Hispanic-Americans with prediabetes and (b) create an intervention program to promote these best practices to delay or reverse the trajectory toward diabetes.
Major: Family nurse practitioner
School: Franciscan University of Steubenville
Dates: August 24, 2010 to July 30,2012
Major: Bachelor's degree in nursing
School: University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati Ohio
Dates: September,2004 to July 2007
Major: Licensed Practical Nursing
School: Scarlet Nursing School, Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Ohio
Dates: July 2005 to April,2006
WORK EXPERINCES
JOB TITTLE: FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER
COMPANY: UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI HOSPITAL
FROM SEPTEMBER 2013-SEPTEMBER 2017
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Providing comprehensive care to patients with serious injuries, recent surgeries or diagnosed diseases.
Providing treatment for complex healthcare conditions such as physical therapy, rehabilitating injuries or recuperating from surgical procedures.
Planning, implementing and evaluating patient care requirements with full accountability for patients under supervision.
Administering IV’s, pharmaceuticals and immunizations.
Engaging in life support treatments and resuscitation, assisting emergency personnel in escalated cases.
Reviewing new patients by taking vital signs, diagnosing lab results / x-rays and taking visual assessment of patients to identify priority of care.
Formulating treatment strategies under direction of the primary physician.
Educating patients on treatment options, medical needs and non-medical options for treatments and therapy.
Scheduling continuous care follow ups in 3 and 6 months with sessions for physicians and therapists.
JOB TITTLE: RN ICU CHARGE NURSE
COMPANY: LIFELINE HOSPITAL, STEUBENVILLE, OHIO
FROM: JANUARY 12011-TO SEPTEMBER 2013
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Highly skilled career professional with practical experience in 80 bed trauma center owned by nonprofit integrated health organization with 7,000 yearly admissions (4-5 patients load hands on per my shift).
Providing care for patients with life-threatening medical conditions.
Caring after patients who have experienced invasive surgery, accidents, trauma or organ failure.
Careful assessment and monitoring of patient progress in order to watch for sudden or subtle changes in a patient’s medical condition that might require emergency intervention.
Responsible for managing medication doses, anesthia and ventilatory support provide regular status updates to patients and their family members so that they can make informed decisions regarding treatment.
Administer sedatives, narcotics, antidysrythmics, antihypertensives, thrombolytics, and other emergency drugs
Preparing patients and OR for surgery, including draping, warming, tubing, counting instruments and sponges, and communicating with families regarding surgical updates of their loved ones.
Computer skilled, managing heavy daily patient volume including telephone triage, appointment scheduling, and patient referral. Proficient in all documentation/record maintenance/paperwork to ensure accuracy and patient confidentiality.
JOB TITLE: RN SUPERVISOR
COMPANY: LAKE RIDGE VILLA CENTER, CINCINNATI, OHIO
FROM: DECEMBER 2007 TO JANUARY 2011
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Plan, organize, and oversee staff to provide patient care; evaluates care and ensures customer satisfaction; oversees the department’s daily staffing requirements; orients clinical staff to their job responsibilities; provides leadership in clinical problem solving.
Assist with staff recruitment; ensures an orientation plan for new staff members, and provide timely feedback; evaluates and schedules in-services/training as needed; serve as liaison with physicians.
Ensure department activities and records are in adherence to various licensing and regulatory requirements; maintain clinical skill and knowledge necessary to set standard and work in clinical areas of nursing; assists with patients’ examinations and/or questions.
Implement and interprets organizational policies and procedures, and nursing standards and regulations.
Assists with preparing the departmental fiscal budget; performs other duties as assigned.
JOB TITLE: LPN- CHARGE NURSE
COMPANY: NURSE STAFFING NETWORK, CINCINNATI, OHIO
FROM: APRIL 2006 TO DECEMBER 2007
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Providing basic bedside care. Measure and record patients’ vital signs such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiration, height and weight.
Prepare and give injections and enemas, dress wounds, monitor catheters and give massages.
Feeding patients who require help eating.
Supervising nursing assistants and aides. Collecting samples for testing, keep records of food and fluid intake and output and helping physicians and registered nurses perform tests and procedures.
JOB TITLE: STATE TESTED NURSING ASSISTANT.
COMPANY: NURSE STAFFING NETWORK, CINCINNATI, OHIO
FROM: APRIL,2003 TO APRIL,2006
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Assisting patients with many facets of personal care including dressing, bathing, toileting, hair care and skin care.
Help with mobility and maneuvering whether in a wheelchair or while switching positions in bed.
Feeding assistance when the patient cannot feed themselves.
Taking vital signs.
CREDENTIALS
Family Nurse Practitioner
American Nurses Credentialing Center
License Number:201-***-****
From June 2013, Expires 5/31/2018
Registered Nurse
Ohio Board of Nursing
License Number: RN.337738
Expires 10/31/2017
Licensed Practical Nurses
Ohio Board of Nursing
License Number: PN.122078-MEDS 2007
RESEARCH
Collection and Storage of Blood, Tissue and/or Saliva from Patients with any Infectious Disease, any known or suspected Liver Disease, Immunosuppressed Patients, as well as Healthy Control Subjects
GS-US-248-0122 A Long Term Follow-up Registry for Subjects Who Achieve a Sustained Virologic Response to Treatment in Gilead-Sponsored Trials in Subjects with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection
GS-US-248-0123: A Long Term Follow-up Registry for Subjects Who Did Not Achieve Sustained Virologic Response to Treatment in Gilead-Sponsored Trials in Subjects with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection (Sequence Registry)
GS-US-337-0115 A Phase 3, Multicenter, Open-Label Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Sofosbuvir-Ledipasvir Fixed-Dose Combination for 12 Weeks in Subjects with Chronic Genotype 1 or 4 Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-1 Co-infection
GS-US-337-1431 A Registry for Subjects with Cirrhosis Who Achieve a Sustained Virologic Response Following Treatment with a Sofosbuvir-Based Regimen without Interferon for Chronic Hepatitis C Infection.
GS-US-342-1202: A Phase 3, Open-Label Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Sofosbuvir/GS-5816 Fixed Dose Combination for 12 weeks in Subjects with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-1 Coinfection.
HBV-001: Phase I, Randomized, Open-label, Active-Controlled, Dose Escalation Study to Evaluate theSafety, Tolerability, and Immunogenicity of INO-1800 Alone or in Combination with INO-9112 Delivered IM Followed by Electroporation in Select Nucleos(t)ide Analogue-Treated, HBeAG-Positive, Chronic Hepatitis B Patients
HCV-TARGET: Hepatitis C Therapeutic Registry and Research Network, A Longitudinal Observational Study
IDN-6556-07: A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Sponsor-Open Trial of IDN-6556 in Subjects Who had Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Reinfection and Liver Fibrosis Following Orthotopic Liver Transplantation for Chronic HCV Infection and Who Subsequently Achieved a Sustained Virologic Response Following anti-HCV Therapy
IDN-6556-10: A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of IDN-6556 in Subjects with Liver Cirrhosis
747-303: A Phase 3, Double-Blind, Randomized, Long-Term, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Obeticholic Acid in Subjects with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
M11-652 A Randomized, Open-Label, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Antiviral Activity, Safety, and Pharmacokinetics, of ABT-450 with Ritonavir (ABT-450/r) in Combination with ABT-267 and/or ABT-333 With and Without Ribavirin (RBV) for 8, 12 or 24 Weeks in Treatment-Naïve and Null Responder Subjects with Genotype 1 Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection
M13-099 A Randomized, Open-label Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of ABT-450/Ritonavir/ABT-267 (ABT-450/r/ ABT 267) and ABT-333 Coadministered with Ribavirin (RBV) in Adults with Genotype 1 Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection and Cirrhosis (TURQUOISE-II)
M13-102 A Follow-up Study to Assess Resistance and Durability of Response to AbbVie Direct-Acting Antiviral Agent (DAA) Therapy in Subjects Who Participated in Phase 2 or 3 Clinical Studies for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection
M14-222 An Open-Label, Multicenter Study to Evaluate Long-term Outcomes with ABT-450/Ritonavir/ABT-267 (ABT-450/r/ABT-267) and ABT-333 With or Without Ribavirin (RBV) in Adults With Genotype 1 Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection (TOPAZ II)
M14-730 A Multicenter, Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of ABT-493/ABT-530 in Adults with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Genotype 1 – 6 Infection and Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) Co-Infection (EXPEDITION-2)
MK5172-035 A Phase II Randomized Clinical Trial to Study the Efficacy and Safety of the combination regimen of MK-5172 and MK-8742 +/-Ribavirin (RBV) in Subjects with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection
MK5172-060: Phase III Randomized Clinical Trial to Study the Efficacy and Safety of the Combination Regimen of MK5172/MK8742 in Treatment Naive Subjects with Chronic HCV GT1, GT4, and GT6 Infection
MK5172-068 Phase III Randomized Clinical Trial to Study the Efficacy and Safety of the Combination Regimen of MK-5172/MK-8742 in Subjects who have Failed Prior Treatment with Pegylated Interferon and Ribavirin (P/R) with Chronic HCV GT!, GT4, and GT6 Infection
MK5172-052 A Phase II/III Randomized Clinical Trial to Study the Efficacy and Safety of the Combination Regimen of MK-5172 and MK-8742 in Subjects with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Chronic Kidney Disease
THE PRIORITIZE STUDY: A Pragmatic, Randomized Study of Oral Regimens for Hepatitis C: Transforming Decision- Making for Patients, Providers, and Stakeholders.
15-0106: A PHASE 2, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE BLIND, PLACEBO CONTROLLED, PARALLEL GROUP, MULTIPLE CENTER STUDY TO EVALUATE THE SAFETY, TOLERABILITY, AND EFFICACY OF NGM282 ADMINISTERED FOR 12 WEEKS IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS (PSC)
AFFILIATIONS
American Nurses Credentialing Center – ANCC: from 2012-Current
American Nursing Association: From 2008-Current
Ohio Board of Nursing: From 2001-Current
COMMUNITY SERVICE/ CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
AIDS Counselor from 2011-2013
Volunteer at Community Homeless Center, Steubenville, Ohio:Launched volunteer system and food bank with two other professionals. Provided counseling, information regarding available housing, SSI, food stamps, and other services. Coordinated transportation for medical appointments, personal errands, and outings. Promoted daily activities to sustain positive attitude and quality of life for homeless people.
Clinical experience; Clinical practicum included experience at Cincinnati University Hospital, Cincinnati Mercy Hospital, Cincinnati Drake Hospital, Mercy (St Clare) Nursing Home, and Deaconess Hospital in Cincinnati. The experience has helped me develop the practical knowledge and skills I need to provide safe entry level critical care nursing practice. Within the framework of critical care nursing (including individuals and their families), you will develop enhanced skills in: assessment diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation
References available upon request