Advanced Practice Nurse

CYNTHIA VELASQUEZ

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Austin, TX 78745 Cell: 512-***-****

PROFILE:

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse with Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult Health certification and prescription authority. Highly empathetic with a talent for quickly establishing rapport and therapeutic relationships with diverse patients. Strong verbal and written communication skills, flexible, team player with leadership abilities and high personal and professional standards. Desires opportunity to apply evidence based practice approach to diagnose, treat and educate patients holistically.

EDUCATION:

Diagnosis and Management/Prescriptive Authority class May 2013

Master’s of Science in Nursing May 2009

University of Texas, Austin, TX

Bachelor’s of Arts in Linguistics

University of Texas, Austin, TX May 1992

CREDENTIALS:

Prescriptive Authority 10/13 - present Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult Health 06/11 – present

Registered Nurse, Texas Licensure 2007, Current

EXPERIENCE:

Pain Care Physicians Austin, Texas 02/14- present

Advanced Practice Nurse

●Evaluate, diagnose and create treatment plans for established patients experiencing acute and/or chronic pain

●order and interpret diagnostic imaging and lab tests

●Prescribe appropriate medications, injections, therapy, referrals and DME

●Provide follow up care, including evaluation of response to treatments

●Monitor use of controlled substances, adjusting prescriptions as warranted

CommUnityCare, Austin, Texas 09/11- 02/14

Registered Nurse, staff, PRN pool

●Provide direct patient care to diverse client base

●Assess physical, social and emotional needs of clients and families

●Follow-up with clients on lab and diagnostic reports

●Triage patients in person and on phone

Scott and White Memorial Hospital Temple, Texas 01/10 – 09/11

Staff Nurse II

●Completed multi-system assessments on patients and documented in record

●Created, evaluated and revised patient plan of care

●Treated patients per physician orders in a fast-moving, demanding hospital unit

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing

American Nurses Association

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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