Nurse Practitioner Registered

Megan Stevens Dombrowski

** **** ***** **** ***, san francisco, ca 94107

*****.*.*******@*****.*** 415-***-****

Education:

Georgetown University Washington, D.C.

School of Nursing and Health Studies August 2008-December 2009

Advanced Family Nurse Practitioner Program

Georgetown University Washington, D.C.

School of Nursing and Health Studies August 2000-May 2004

Professional Certifications:

California Nurse Practitioner Certificate: # NP 20573

California Nurse Practitioner Furnishing Number: # NP 20573

California Nursing License: # 751186

American Nurses Credentialing Center Certification: # 201*******

United States Certificate of Controlled Substance: # MS2175215

National Provider Identifier (NPI): # 195*******

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certification

Basic Life Support and CPR Certification

Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA)

Professional Experience:

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford

Palo Alto, CA

Pediatric General Surgery Nurse Practitioner May 2011-Present

Coordinator for the Bariatric Adolescent Program January 2016-Present

Perform inpatient and outpatient patient care duties for the pediatric general surgery service at LPCH (currently focusing most of my time with our Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Population both pre-op and post-op)

Assists in the operating room as a surgical first assistant

Precepts nurse practitioner students

Provides education for nurses and newly hired nurses in the form of lectures (especially for the bariatric population)

Assists in the arrangements for hospital admissions and in-patient discharges of surgical patients, specifically for the bariatric population

Performs designated procedures after demonstrating competency (e.g., rectal suction biopsy, Gtube exchange, chest tube removal, JP drain removal)

Prepares agenda for the bariatric monthly board meetings

Assisted with obtaining accreditation for our Adolescent Bariatric Program from the MBSAQIP

Manages lab abnormalities specifically nutritional deficiencies

Children’s National Medical Center Washington, D.C.

Pre-Operative Care Clinic Nurse Practitioner February 2010-May 2011

Reviewed complex pediatric and adolescent patient histories who were to undergo surgery that required anesthesia pre-operative consultation (e.g., congenital heart disease or pulmonary hypertension, patients that require a ventilator at home, muscular dystrophy, diabetes mellitus, renal failure, sickle cell, seizures that are difficult to control, craniofacial abnormalities)

Performed a comprehensive physical assessment on complex pediatric and adolescent pre-operative patients

Developed and implemented an appropriate plan of care to address patient problems before surgery

Provided education for nurses in the pre-operative area

Assisted in developing the newly developed anesthesia consultation clinic for pre-operative assessment (e.g., handout, discharge information, clinic flow)

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY

Clinical Nurse II January 2006-July 2008

Main Operating Room Peri-Operative Nurse

Head nurse of the Pediatric Surgical Oncology Service

Maintained pediatric physician pick list and preferences

Precepted and mentored novice practitioners in the Pediatric Surgical Service

Collaborated and performed research with an Evidence Based Practice Peri-Operative Research Committee

Processed specimens in an appropriate manner to facilitate diagnosis and suitability for ongoing research studies

Selected and handled instruments and supplies used during an operative procedure

Women’s Health Oncology Medical/Surgical Floor Nurse July 2004-January 2006

Collaborated with a multidisciplinary disease management healthcare team

Provided comprehensive nursing care for medical and surgical patients undergoing diagnostic, interventional, and surgical procedures

Participated in quality assurance and performance improvement activities

Conducted complete nursing assessments of inpatient oncology patients (e.g., breast and GYN surgical patients)

Collaborated with evening management to provide proper staffing and bed assignments during periods of rapidly changing patient population

publications:

Jaramillo, J., Snyder, E., Farrales, S., Stevens, M., Wall, J., Chao, S., Pratt, J., Hammer, L., Shepard, E., & Bruzoni, M. (2017). A multidisciplinary approach to laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy among ethnic adolescents in the United States. Journal of Pediatric Surgery.

Muller, C., Sinclair, T., Stevens, M., Esquivel, M., & Gordon, N. (2017). Regional block via continuous caudal infusion as sole anesthetic for inguinal hernia repair in conscious neonates. Pediatric Surgery International 33, 341-345.

Wright, R., Abrajano, C., Koppolu, R., & Stevens, M., Nyznyk, S., Chao, S., Bruzoni, M., & Wall, J. (2014) Initial results of endoscopic gastrocutaneous fistula closure in children using an over-the-scope clip. Journal of Laparoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques Jan 2015, Vol. 25, No. 1:69-7

Tan, S. Y., Stevens, M. J., Mueller, C. M. (2013). A novel laparoscopic-assisted approach to the repair of pediatric femoral hernias. Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. 23 (11): 946-948.

Professional Presentations/Posters/Teaching:

Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons (PAPS) Conference: Poster on “Sclerotherapy of Lymphatic Malformations in Infants Without the Use of General Anesthesia” May 2015

American Pediatric Surgical Nursing Association (APSNA) Conference: “Poster Development” April 2015

Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Conference: Poster on “Surgery Nurse Practitioners as Surgical First Assistants” March 2015

UCSF School of Nursing (PNP/FNP/Acute Care NP Program) Suture Class April 2013, 2015, & 2016

Professional Memberships/Extracurricular Activities:

Member of the American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association June 2011-present

Georgetown Alumni Interviewer New York, NY, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, CA

October 2007-present

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