Women s Health Nurse Practitioner

Valerie D. Smith

**** ********* ****** **********, ** 36066

228-***-**** • **********@*****.***

LICENSURE & CERTIFICATIONS:

• WHNP-BC (National Certification Corporation; ID: 104414945)

• RN Licenses: Mississippi (R896192); Florida (RN9323954); Alabama (1-154541)

• NEXPLANON insertion (Merck)

• BLS for Healthcare Providers (American Heart Association)

• ACLS Provider (American Heart Association)

• NRP Provider (American Academy of Pediatrics/American Heart Association) EDUCATION:

• University South Alabama

• Attended August 2015-December 2017

• Master of Science in Nursing

• Primary Care Clinical Hours: 66 hours

• Women's Health Clinical Hours: 500+ hours

• 3.87 GPA

• University of Florida

• Attended August 2007 to April 2011

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing

• Magna Cum Laude

• 3.88 Cumulative GPA

• 3.727 Nursing GPA

• Robert D. Edgren High School

• Attended August 2003 to June 2007

• 4.13 Cumulative GPA; Salutatorian

• Top 5% of graduating class

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

• Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse

o July 18, 2016 to present (Baptist Medical Center South) o 12-36 hours per week

o Cares for antepartum, postpartum, and laboring patients o Triages antepartum patients

o Provides education/teaching on labor process and care after delivery o Assists with breastfeeding and provides breastfeeding education/teaching o Limited nursery training (initial newborn resuscitation and assessment)

• Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse

o August 25, 2014 to May 16, 2016 (Garden Park Medical Center) o 36 hours per week

o Cared for antepartum, postpartum, and laboring patients o Triaged antepartum patients

o Provided education/teaching for postpartum patients o Provided education/teaching for breastfeeding patients o Limited nursery training (well newborn assessments, hearing screens, phototherapy)

• School Nurse for the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) o October 7, 2013 to June 2014 (Sollars Elementary School, Misawa Air Base, Japan) o 40 hours per week

o August 22, 2011 to June 2012 (Cummings Elementary School, Misawa Air Base, Japan) o Administered first aid and a broad range of medications o Initiated referrals and provided health counseling/education to students and parents o Coordinated school health activities and health screenings o Served as a liaison between the school and the Misawa AB, 35th Medical Group o Member of the school’s Case Study Committee, where I worked with a multidisciplinary team consisting of a nurse, counselor, psychologist, teachers, speech pathologist, EDIS social workers, and school principal. Our caseload consisted of a variety of students with emotional, physical, medical, and learning disorders.

• Obstetric Registered Nurse Contractor

o July 18, 2012 to October 2013 (35th Medical Group, Misawa Air Base, Japan) o 36-48 hours per week

o Cared for antepartum, postpartum, and laboring patients o Triaged antepartum patients

o Provided education/teaching for postpartum patients o Provided teaching on basic care of the newborn and breastfeeding o Level 2 Nursery

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

o Maternal/Child Health Mini Conference

o April 25, 2017; Montgomery, Alabama; Baptist Medical Center East o Learned the association between dental health and low birth weight infants o Discussed illicit drug use in pregnancy with a focus on opioid abuse o Palliative versus End of Life Care

o Alabama Breastfeeding Initiative: Birth and Beyond Training o September 20, 2016; Montgomery, Alabama; Baptist Health o Learned about the benefits of breastfeeding, myths about breastfeeding, proper techniques and skills, benefits of skin-to-skin after delivery, helping moms express milk through hand expressing and pumping.

o 8 total CEU hours

o The Office of Women's Health Ninth Annual Women's Health Update o August 5, 2016; Birmingham, Alabama; University of South Alabama College of Nursing o Covered topics on heart health, weight management and nutrition, complementary and alternative medicine, preconception care, mental health disorders, how medicine is involved in the community, and different health policies.

o 8.2 total CEU hours

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:

• High School Volunteer Coach

o August 2011-November 2011; August 2013-November 2013 o Assisted volleyball Coach with Junior Varsity and Varsity Teams (10 hours per week) COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

• High School College Fair

• April 2012

• Represented the University of Florida and spoke with students about college opportunities

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