Dr. Zina M. Byrd, DNP, FNP-BC
Zebulon, NC 27597
Phone: 919-***-****
Email: ***********@***.***
EXPERIENCE
Family Nurse Practitioner Responsibilities
Functions independently to perform appropriate history and physical for complex acute, critical, and chronically ill patients.
Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s specific needs.
Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities
Implements interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain physiologic stability, including but not limited to serving in the first assisting role.
Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.
Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.
Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals.
Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools.
Facilities Worked
02/18 - Present
A-Team Solutions Contracting Firm
Working at Seymour Johnson AFB
Family Nurse Practitioner
09/17 – 02/18
Advanced Health
Chantilly, VA
Family Nurse Practitioner
Home Physical Assessments
6/2017 – 9/2017
Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc
Rocky Mount, NC
Family Nurse Practitioner
Dr. Tisa Roberts
8/2015 – 5/2017 Clinical Rotations
Primary Care Practicum 1 (Boise Willis Clinic, Nashville, NC)
Jennifer Wells, FNP-BC
Primary Care Practicum 2 (Wilson Community Family Practice, Wilson NC)
Janelle Taft, FNP-BC
OB/GYN Practicum (Wayne County Health Department, Goldsboro, NC)
Martha Bradshaw, FNP-BC
Pediatric Practicum (Children’s Health Services, Greenville, NC)
Ivy Bagley, FNP-C
Primary Care Residency (Duplin County Health Department, Kenansville, NC)
Lecia Reardon, DNP, FNP-BC
Emergency Room Clinical Nurse Responsibilities:
Collect current symptoms, as well as a detailed patient history and then consult and coordinate with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.
Performs triage, while considering both physical and psychosocial elements.
Manage basic life support needs and stabilize patients until the attending physician is available, based upon nursing standards and protocol.
Initiate corrective action whenever information from monitoring equipment shows adverse symptomatology.
Record patients’ current vital signs.
Work directly under physicians, assisting them during exams, diagnostic testing and treatments to include I&D’s, splinting, and minor suturing.
Prepare, administer (orally, subcutaneously, IM, and IV) and record prescribed medications.
Report adverse reactions to medications or treatments in accordance with the policy regarding the administration of medications by a licensed registered nurse.
Provides IV therapy, clean and bandage wounds, provide basic bedside care, maintain proper supplies and appropriate medical equipment to care for patients, and report any suspected abuse to the appropriate agencies.
Initiate patient education plan, as prescribed by physician. Teach patients and significant others how to manage their illness/injury, by explaining: post-treatment home care needs, diet/nutrition/exercise programs, self-administration of medication and rehabilitation, as well as provide referrals to other healthcare professionals for follow-up treatment.
Display professionalism while completing multiple urgent tasks in a timely manner.
Record all care information concisely, accurately and completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format and on the appropriate forms.
Facilities Worked
7/2015-02/2017
Duke Raleigh Hospital Emergency Room
Raleigh, NC
Emergency Room Clinical Nurse II
11/2013-8/2014
VA Travel Nurse Corps (00-TNC) Emergency Medicine
VHA Interim Staffing Program, Phoenix, AZ
Emergency Room Clinical Nurse
09/2012-06/2013
Cone Health Emergency Department
Greensboro, NC
Emergency Room Clinical Nurse
Active Duty: 8/2006-12/2011 IRR: 12/2011-12/2014
United States Air Force, Eglin AFB
Officer in Nurse Corp: Emergency Room Clinical Nurse
Served as in-house Nursing Supervisor.
EDUCATION
8/2014 – 5/2017
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Doctorate in Nursing Practice/Family Nurse Practitioner
2006-2011
United States Air Force
-Nursing Services Management Course
-School of Aerospace Medicine: Expeditionary Medical Support Basic Course
-Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute: Emergency Medical Preparedness/Response Course
-Air University: Squadron Officer School Correspondence Program
2004-2006
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
1992-1995
Wake Technical Community College
Raleigh, NC
Associates Degree in Nursing; Valedictorian
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Critical-Thinker: Can assess a patient's health, as well as detect changes in symptoms, health or pain, and will know when action is necessary.
Compassionate: Sympathetic to a patient's needs, and able to deal with people in various states of pain, trauma and tragedy.
Attention to Detail: Needed to help doctors operate, administer medicines and work with specific treatments that, if wrong could prove fatal.
Organized: Know how to organize and prioritize the care of multiple patients, with differing needs, in different stages of health and risk.
Calm Under Pressure: Able to function in an urgent, chaotic atmosphere where life-or-death situations occur almost daily.
Patient: Patience is required when giving care under stressful circumstances.
Communicator: Active listener and good communicator in helping to keep patients and families calm and help them to understand and participate in their care. Communicates well with members of interprofessional team.
LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS
NC RN
ANCC Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
DEA Authorized
BLS
ACLS
PALS
References
Dr. Johnathan Davis
*********.*.*****.***@****.***
Dr. Regina Harrell, DNP, FNP-BC
*************@*****.***
Dr. Lecia Reardon DNP, FNP-BC
Email: ********@***.***