EXPERIENCE
La Clinica de Familia (full time) December 2017 to present
Family Nurse Practitioner
Optum-United Health Care (full time April 2017 to October 2017
House Calls Family Nurse Practitioner for Medicare and Medicaid patients
Ben Archer Health Clinic--Hatch (full time) August 2016 to Jan 2017
Family Nurse Practitioner -Provided adult, pediatric, and women’s health care
La Clinica de Familia--FNP (full time) July 2015 to July 2016
Family Nurse Practitioner Provided adult, pediatric and women’s health care at the Sunland Park Clinic.
Centene-Nurse Wyse (full time) October 2014 to July 2015
Worked as tele-nurse advise line for insurance companies in contract with Centene
-RN home triage services for customers
Amber Care Home Health (part time) January 2014 to October 2014
RN provided home health services to adult patients.
Peak Behavioral (full time) November 2013 to December 2013
Behavioral RN
Memorial Medical Center (prn) Jan. 2012 to Sept.2013
RN position in telemetry, medical surgical and oncology departments
Fresenius Dialysis Center (full time) May 2011 to Jan 2012
RN in acute dialysis setting
-obtain health history
-Provide patient education on renal diet, medications, dialysis access, renal disease
-Cannulate patient’s AV fistula and graft to connect and initiate dialysis
-Monitor for hypotension, hemolysis, clotting in blood lines, access problems and provide interventions during these situations
Memorial Medical Center (full time) Dec 2009 to May 2011
RN Cath lab:
-provided care/monitor patient’s during their cardiac catherization, pace maker/AICD insertions
-provided patient education on cardiac catherization, pace/AICD insertions and heart disease
-proficiently run code
-proficiently start IV’s
RN Interventional Radiology
-provide patient education on peripheral disease and procedures
-assisted interventional radiologist
-provide care during cardiac stress test
-provide proficient patient education on cardiac stress test
Sierra Medical Center (full time) April 2006 to Dec 2009
RN in telemetry and CCI
-provided CCU standards of care for prevention of ventilator acquired pneumonia, prevention of skin breakdown, prevention of UTIs
-provided patient/family education on disease
-communicated with other medical personnel to arrange medical care/supplies at patients home upon
hospital discharge
Mountain View Regional Medical Center (full time) Oct 2005 to March 2006
RN in rehab
Baylor University Medical Center (full time) June 2004 to Sept. 2005
RN at Express Admit Unit
-Proficiently start IVs
-Provide patient education on cardiac disease, medications, cardiac diet, and appropriate follow up
Mountain View Regional Medical Center (full time) Aug 2002 to May 2004
RN telemetry department
Las Cruces Surgical Center (prn) Fall 2003
Per diem pre-op and recovery RN for minor surgical, EGD, and colonoscopy
La Clinica de Familia (full time) Oct 2001 to July 2002
RN triage/lab/intake of patients
Provided immunizations for adults and children
Mayo Clinic-Rochester Summer 2000
Nursing student internship
-shadowed RN in cardiac step down unit for post cardiac catherization
EDUCATION
University of Colorado Colorado Springs Jan 2012 to Dec 2014
Master’s in Family Nurse Practitioner
New Mexico State University August 1996 to Dec 2000
BSN
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Family Nurse Practitioner training:
Rio Grande Medical Group: Pediatric and family practice
-Procedures: adult steroid injections x4, skin tag removals x3
La Clinica de Familia: Women’s Health
-Pap smears, pre natal care
Ben Archer Health Center: Adult chronic diseases
Covenant Clinic: Urgent care
-Procedures: ingrown toenail removal X1, sutures x2, abscess I&D
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
-Sigma Theta Tau
INTERESTS
-Community or State of New Mexico volunteer i.e Mission of Mercy
-Medical mission trips Republic of Georgia medical Mission trip June-July 2017