CAROLYN KENNINGTON

Family Nurse Practitioner

***** ****** ***** **, ******, TX 832-***-**** ac6msg@r.postjobfree.com

Areas of Expertise

MSN, APRN

FNP-BC, FNP-C

Patient Education

EClinicalWorks EMR

Outstanding Patient Care

Microbiology Background

Office Management

Strong Interpersonal Skills

Allergy/Asthma/ENT

Quality Control

Relationship Building

NextGen EMR

APRN & RN Experience

Sees between 15-35 patients per day of all ages

Coordinates and documents CC, HPI, current medications, diagnosis, treatment, plan in the same day as visit

Weight loss treatment, acute illness treatment

Sinus CT interpretation

Chronic medication management and physicals

Lab and radiology review and interpretation

Ordering and performing diagnostic tests and procedures

Responding to telephone calls/encounters throughout the day

Contributed to a strong triage environment by screening incoming patients, prioritizing based on need, and routing to appropriate physicians, as well as handing phone calls in a busy Allergy/Asthma/ENT office

Staff scheduling and ensuring new nurses trained properly

Performed allergy skin testing and interpreted results

Assisted with patient care and education by performing pulmonary function tests, administering subcutaneous allergy shots on up to 300 patients a day and assessing allergic reaction, and explaining and demonstrating the use of prescription drugs

Checked in and checked out patients using NextGen electronic medical record system.

Patient check-in and check-out, including vital signs, medication review, peak flow, documentation of allergies, HPI, ROS, chief complaint

Prepare and Explain Asthma and Allergy action plans

Worked ENT clinic, provided pre and post-op patient education

Microbiology/Lab Experience

Performed analysis on finished products for microbiological contamination.

Tested DI Water system for bacteria and fungi contamination, including bacteria/fungal culture.

Wrote guidelines for established procedures.

Managed microbiology assistant duties.

Quality Control testing on produced products

Manufactured small and large scale chemical solutions for PCR and mutation kits

Performed PCR and RT-PCR

Maintained paper records for QC analysis

Epithelial cell culture

Human lung dissection to obtain epithelial cells for experiments

Prepared media for cell culture

Data entry using Excel and Statview

Managed lab supply orders (SAP system)

Harvested white blood cells from human blood to perform CTL (cytotoxic T lymphocyte) assay, ELISA, and ELISPOT

Work History

Nurse Practitioner (04/17 to present) Allergy & ENT Associates, Kingwood, TX

Nurse Practitioner (02/16 to 04/17) Family Health Pro, Tomball, TX

Teaching Assistant (09/14 to 08/15) UT Health Science Center, Houston, TX

Registered Nurse (07/11 to 06/15) Allergy and Asthma Associates, The Woodlands, TX

Interim Nurse Coordinator (10/13 to 02/14) Allergy and Asthma Associates, The Woodlands, TX

Volunteer (08/09 to 12/09) Memorial Hermann, The Woodlands, TX

Teacher (01/09 to 05/09) Conroe ISD, Conroe, TX

Microbiologist (04/08 to 11/08) Farouk Systems, Houston, TX

Teacher (08/07 to 12/07) Richards ISD, Richards, TX

Production Associate (07/05 to 04/06) Biocrest Manufacturing, Cedar Creek, TX

Senior Lab Technician (08/04 to 07/05) John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Research Technician II (08/02 to 08/04) Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Honors, Education, Training, Certifications

Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing

Dual Certification, Family Nurse Practitioner – BC (ANCC), Family Nurse Practitioner – C (AANP)

2012-2015

Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner, UT Health Science Center, Houston, TX

2010-2011

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Accelerated program, UT Health Science Center, Houston, TX

2009-2010

Nursing Prerequisites, Lone Star College, Montgomery, TX President’s Award (4.0 GPA)

1998-2002

Bachelor of Science in Applied Microbiology, University of Houston Downtown, Houston, TX

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