TaKeysha L. Lowe, NP-C

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St. Louis, MO 63137

314-***-****

ac56dk@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE

Candidate that is patient focused, enthusiastic, empathetic, and responsible with an array of skills and knowledge with over 13 years of nursing experience in bedside, educational, and supervisory settings seeks to obtain employment as a Nurse Practitioner.

EXPERIENCE

Registered Nurse, SSM Rehabilitation Hospital, Bridgeton, MO 2016-Present

Provide care to patients recently discharged from acute care hospital that are receiving rehabilitation services. Patients include those affected by stroke, traumatic and non-traumatic brain injury, orthopedic surgery, and spinal cord injury. Provides nursing care, wound treatments, and personal care to patients. Monitors patient’s condition and reports abnormalities to physicians. Works in collaboration with physicians, therapy, and other disciplines. Supervises unlicensed staff.

Nursing Supervisor, Kindred Healthcare, St. Louis, MO 2013-2016

Provide care to patients that are catastrophically ill that are discharged from acute care hospitals and come to the facility due to ventilator dependency, requiring wound therapy, intravenous therapy, or rehabilitation services. Provides information to facility manager and administrative staff regarding staffing, patient amount and acuity, any expected events or unexpected issues that occur. Calculates HHPD, performs staffing and makes assignments for the next shift, supervise licensed and unlicensed staff in nursing and respiratory therapy. Prepare emergency medications when pharmacy is not available, facilitate codes and rapid responses. Provide self as a resource to nursing and respiratory staff. Communicate with physicians and case management, and other ancillary staff regarding patient issues and expected outcomes. Assist with preparation, conscious sedation, and recovery in procedures.

Advanced Skills Nurse, Kindred Healthcare, St. Louis, MO 2011-2016

Provide extensive monitoring and care of patients that are catastrophically ill and admitted to facility from acute care hospitals. Admit patients to facility, provide nursing care, medications, wound treatments, and personal care to patients that are ventilator dependent, have extensive wounds, respiratory failure, cardiac, multi-system failure, or otherwise hemodynamically unstable. Work in collaboration with physicians, therapy, and ancillary staff in caring for the patients. Supervise unlicensed staff.

Registered Nurse, Mediplex Healthcare Professionals, St. Louis, MO 2010-2012

Provide assessments, acute care and monitoring to patients that are recently discharged from hospitals, rehabilitation centers, long term care centers, or otherwise meeting the criteria for having home care services. Provide patient and family teaching on disease processes, symptoms, management and possible complications of disease process. Formulate care plans that are patient specific. Report abnormal findings and work in collaboration with physicians, therapy staff and management. Supervise unlicensed staff.

Adjunct Certified Nurse Assistant Instructor, Lewis and Clark Community College, Godfrey, IL 2010-2012

Provide theoretical and clinical instruction to students on anatomy, physiology, and basic nursing care. Provide supervision to students in the clinical setting as they demonstrate competence in providing basic care to patients. Instruct students in preparation of the State Competency Exam.

Registered Nurse, Christian Hospital Northeast, St. Louis, MO 2008-2009

Provide extensive monitoring and care of patients that are admitted in the Renal Telemetry Critical Care Unit. Monitor patients renal, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems. Perform peritoneal dialysis and post-procedural monitoring of hemodialysis patients. Perform pre and post-op monitoring in patients receiving cardiac surgery. Supervise unlicensed staff.

CLINICAL PRACTICUM EXPERIENCE

Healthy Choice Clinic, Montgomery City, MO - January 2016-May 2016

Metro Cardiovascular Inc., Florissant, MO - June 2016 - December 2016

Downtown Urgent Care, St. Louis, MO - June 2016 - August 2016

St. Alexius Hospital, St. Louis, MO- August 2016- December 2016

SSM DePaul Hospital, Bridgeton, MO - January 2017 - May 2017

Collinsville Pediatrics, Collinsville, IL - January 2017 - June 2017

EDUCATION

Maryville University, St. Louis, MO Post Master’s Certificate, Family Nurse Practitioner, 2017

Chamberlain College of Nursing, Downer’s Grove, IL Master’s of Science in Nursing, Executive Track, 2013

Chamberlain College of Nursing, Addison, IL Bachelors of Science in Nursing, 2010

Sanford Brown Community College, St. Peters, MO Associates Degree in Nursing, 2008

Beck Area Career Center, Red Bud, IL Vocational Nursing Certificate, 2003

CREDENTIALS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Family Nurse Practitioner, State of Missouri, 2018

Registered Nurse, State of Missouri, 2008

Registered Nurse, State of Illinois, 2010

Basic Life Support, 2001-2019

Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 2011-2019