Registered Nurse Practitioner

Heather E. Wallace MSN, FNP-C

** ******* ***** ********** **, 29407

910-***-****, ************@*****.***

Education

Master of Science in Nursing, Certified Family Nurse Practitioner 2015-2017

Maryville University, St Louis, Missouri

Bachelor of Science in Nursing 2013-2015

Lander University, Greenwood, South Carolina

Associates of Science in Nursing 2005-2007

Mercy School of Nursing, Charlotte, North Carolina

Associates of Science 2002-2005

Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington, North Carolina

Experience: Family Nurse Practitioner Student Rotations

Geriatric Family Care Specialists 295 hours

Preceptor: Dawn Pasquarello, Adult Care, NP

-Collaborate with patients and families to establish realistic goals for patient centered care

-Conduct physical exams and document findings

-Plan, provide and evaluate care that promotes wellness and prevents disease/injury and disability

-Order and interpret lab results and diagnostic studies

-Manage patients with multiple co-morbidities and complex medication regimens

-Work as a member of an interdisciplinary team

Legacy Internal Medicine 215 hours

Preceptor: Tina Botelho, MD

-Conduct physical exams and document findings on initial, episodic and annual health histories

-Assess and promote wellness and prevent disease with teaching and patient education

-Formulate diagnostic plans and therapeutic regimens, including need for referral

-Assist in prescribing and administering pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment regimens including controlled medications and anticoagulant regimens

-Order and interpret appropriate laboratory tests and diagnostic studies

-Assist patients in improving optimal states of health

Sweetgrass Pediatrics 83 hours

Preceptor: Kathryn Herwig, MD

-Perform sport physicals and well child visits

-Perform full physical exams, order labs, diagnostic tests and prescribe medications

-Conduct school health screenings and physicals

-Provide age appropriate preventative health measures and vaccinations

MUSC Pediatric After Hours Care 83 hours

Preceptor: Nikki Yourshaw, MD

-Diagnose sick visits and create treatment plans

-Educate parents and children about their illness and prescribed treatment regimens

-Provide education and follow up for patient centered care

-Order necessary tests and referrals to specialists when needed

OB/GYN Urogynocology 70 hours

Preceptor: William Dennis, MD

-Assist with women’s health and physicals, including breast exams and pap smears

-Provide pre and postnatal care

-Provide treatment and education for sexually transmitted diseases

-Order and interpret laboratory tests; provide follow-ups visits for patients

Registered Nurse Experience

Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse/Preceptor- Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit June 2013-Present

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

-Intensive care unit with nurse-patient ratio of 2:1, 1:1, 1:2

-Medical patient population includes: advanced heart failure, STEMI, NSTEMI, PCI, cardiac arrest, induced hypothermia, ablations

-Surgery patient population includes: CABG, heart transplants, lung transplants, Heartmate implantation, valvuloplasty, TAVR, esphogectomy, AAA dissections

-Titrated medications: dobutamine, milrinone, dopamine, epinephrine, levophed, norepinephrine, propofol, fentanyl, amiodorone, nitroglycerin, esmolol, nimbex, heparin & insulin

-Perform emergency medical procedures such as: basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), ECMO and other life stabilizing interventions

-Advanced experience with CRRT, Heartmate II & III, Intra-aortic balloon pumps, Impellas, transvenous pacemakers, centrimag, oxygenator, and advanced hemodynamics

-Collaborate with members of the interdisciplinary team to plan and deliver care to critically ill patients

-Interpersonal and leadership skills as a charge nurse and preceptor for new RNs

Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse/Preceptor- Cardiovascular Step-down Unit July 2009-June 2013

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

-Care for step down cardiothoracic surgery patients

-Monitor telemetry and provide complex postoperative patient care

-Vast knowledge of complex drain care such as chest tubes, G-J tubes, PEG tubes, JP drains, percutaneous drains

-Medicated drips include: nicardipine, nitroglycerin, esmolol, diltiazem, insulin

-Provide patient centered care as an interdisciplinary team member

-Interpersonal and leadership skills as a charge nurse and preceptor for new RNs

Registered Nurse- Heart Failure Telemetry Unit December 2007-July 2009

Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina

-Care for 4-5 patients and their families while monitoring cardiac status, administering medications and monitoring vitals

-Assess for any acute changes that indicate a decline in cardiac or respiratory function

-Work as a multidisciplinary team member to provide patient centered care

Licenses and Certifications

-AANP Board Certified APRN: Certification F02180176

-Advanced Practice Registered Nurse: License 21745

-South Carolina Registered Nurse: License 207594

-Basic Life Support for the Healthcare Provider (BLS)

-Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

-Low Country Advanced Practice Nurses Association, member since 2016

-American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, member since 2017

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