Syretta A. Perkins
La Vergne, TN 37086
E-mail: ********@***.***
Family Nurse Practitioner
A recent advanced practice nursing graduate, specializing in primary health care and pain management. Background in critical care and medical surgical nursing. Excellent in communication and diagnostic skills. Professional, self-motivated and a quick learner that can adapt to changes in any situation that may arise. Exceptional in health promotion and patient advocacy skills. Dedication in providing optimum nursing care.
Professional Experience
2014 – Present Family Nurse Practitioner
CPS Pain Specialist
Dickson TN
Plan, implement and monitor therapeutic treatment plans and procedures of patients with chronic pain and different pain syndromes.
Assist Physician in Trigger point injections, Steroid and Epidural injections, Neuromodulation and Intrathecal pump management and also Spinal Cord Stimulation trials.
2008--Present Registered Nurse: Critical Care Unit
Southern Hills Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Provide nursing care to the critically ill patient that maybe ventilated and/or sedated, post-surgical, Cardiac, Neuro-surgical, DKA’s and overdoses, as well as certain observational patients.
BLS and ACLS Certified
2010--April 2013 Registered Nurse: Float Critical Care Nurse
Baptist Hospital
Nashville, Tennessee
As a registered nurse with critical care experience, float to different Critical Care Units or Med-surgical floors that have nursing shortages during my scheduled work shift.
Provide Nursing care to all types of patients: Critical, ventilated and/or sedated, post-surgical, DKA, Cardiac, as well as step-down, non-critical and observational patients that may be on Med-Surgical floors.
BLS and ACLS certified.
2007--Mar 2009 Registered Nurse: Burn Center
Vanderbilt Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Providing nursing care to patients that have 1st, 2nd and 3rd degree burns.
Providing care to the critically burned patients (Adults & Children) that maybe ventilated and/or sedated, post-surgical burn patients, Step-down as well as patients that may come in the Burn Clinic.
BLS, ACLS, PALS Certified
2008--June 2010 Registered Nurse: Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
Vanderbilt Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Provide nursing care to the critically ill cardiac patients that maybe ventilated/sedated, post-surgical (Open Heart Surgeries, Heart Transplants, Ventricular Assist Device’s) Heart Catheterization, MI, CHF. Care for patients on Intra-Aorta Balloon Pumps and Continuous Veno-Venous Hemodialysis machines.
BLS, ACLS and PALS certified.
1998--Aug. 2006 Phlebotomy Technician: LAB
Methodist Lebonher Germantown Hospital
Germantown, Tennessee
Specimen collections (Blood, Urine, etc.), assisting pathologist in the tissue lab, verifying lab orders and faxing results.
Education
2014 MSN Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee
Family Nurse Practitioner Program
Master of Science in Nursing
PRECEPTORS: Lucinda Motley FNP-C, Dr. Harry Bonnaire MD., Amy Fortner FNP-BC
Pediatric & Women Rotation 160 Hours
Geriatric Rotation 120 Hours
Inter-Professional Team Geriatric Case Training at Meharry Consortium Geriatric Education Center 5 Hours
General Family Rotation 350 Hours
2006 BSN Baptist College of Health Sciences, Memphis, Tennessee
Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Additional Education
1998 CPT Memphis Job Corps, Memphis, Tennessee
Certified Phlebotomy Technician
Licensure and Certification
Family Nurse Practitioner certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners – 2014
FNP Licensure #APN0000019361
RN Licensure #RN0000158198
Tennessee: Multi-State - 2006
Phlebotomy Technician Certification
Honors/Awards
Membership in Golden Key International Honor Society
Membership in The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Community Service
Lifeblood
Memphis Sexual Assault and Resource Center
Memphis Mental Health Institute
References
Brandi Webber Quinn ANP-BC
403 Rocky Creek Grove
Woodstock, GA 30188
Heather Moon ANP-C
372 Stewart Springs Drive
Smyrna, TN 37167
Tia Layton FNP-C
Memphis, TN