Nurse Practitioner Registered

TANYA N. TURNER

***** * ******* **** ***** Creek AZ, 85142 E-Mail: *******@*******.***

480-***-**** Cellular

OBJECTIVE

A Family Nurse Practitioner position within a leading medical practice or organization which offers a high level of challenge, responsibility, and the opportunity for continued career growth.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

Licensed by the Arizona State Board of Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner on July 9, 2012. Certified by The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners on June 1, 2012.

Six year’s experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner with diversified patient management experience in Acute visits, Chronic Care Management, Well Health, Women’s health, and Gastro-intestinal management.

Clinically and educationally prepared to provide advance practice nursing care to family practice populations.

Educational preparation includes taking a medical history, performing patient examination and assessment, interpretation of diagnostic procedures, development and implementation of patient treatment plans.

Eight years of diversified patient population management as a Registered Nurse on a Progressive Care

floor managing Multisystem Failure, Cardiac, and Respiratory patients.

Strong background in many areas including patient care, medication management, patient assessment, staff training and supervision, charting work, quality assurance, and patient relations.

Hard working, driven, and dedicated, while highly experienced in all aspects of nursing work, and thoroughly familiar with healthcare practices, standards, and protocols.

Well-versed in working with a large and diverse patient population and is committed to providing the highest levels of patient care, support, and services.

Adept in working with a variety of medical environments, including medical centers, physician offices, and clinics.

Excellent organizational, communication, analytical, and people skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PIMA Medical Institute, Mesa Arizona

Nursing Assistant Instructor-Substitute (8/2018-present)

Educate nurse aide students in accordance with the curriculum standards and objectives.

Delivery of classroom, laboratory, and clinical instruction to students.

Provide an orientation of the students to each clinical facility before beginning the clinical experience.

Ensure that each student is clearly identified as a student in a manner easily recognizable to Clients, family members, visitors and staff.

Plan for classroom, laboratory, and clinical learning experiences.

Complete a skills checklist that demonstrates satisfactory performance of all required skills for each student. Completes and maintains student records such as attendance, test scores, etc.

Ensure that students do not perform any services for which they have not been trained and been found proficient.

Desert Wells Family Medicine, Queen Creek, Arizona

Family Nurse Practitioner (1/2017 – 8/2018)

This position emphasizes quality-based care and the development of patient care, through a personal connection with our patients, excellent customer service, and a caring environment. The patient base includes Pediatrics to Geriatrics.

Diagnose and treat acute, episodic or chronic illnesses

Prescribe all necessary medications and treatments

Perform comprehensive physical examinations of patients

Develop and implement patient management policies and procedures

Facilitate referrals to other healthcare professionals and medical facilities

Communicate with collaborating physician or specialist regarding patient care

Reddy GI Associates, Mesa, Arizona

Family Nurse Practitioner Gastrointestinal (6/2015-10/2016)

Responsible for daily hospital rounds, history and physical examinations, ordering diagnostic tests, initiating plan of care, and patient education.

Diagnosis and establish a plan care and management for common gastrointestinal illness and disease prevention in office and hospital

Common conditions patients are referred for evaluation include anemia, esophageal, gastric, small intestine, colonic, rectal, liver, biliary tract and pancreatic disorders

Primary function is to work in collaboration with physician to complete hospital rounds

Independently perform the tasks of taking patient’s history, performing physical examinations ordering appropriate diagnostic tests, and establishing diagnosis

Competency in utilizing electronic medical records and patient care documentation

Prepared PowerPoint presentations for GI fellowship

Take Care Health, Phoenix Arizona

Family Nurse Practitioner-Clinic Manager Apache Trail Clinic (1/2013-6/2015)

Responsible for the quality of care, patient satisfaction driving patient volume, supervising support staff and working as a provider in the clinic.

Provides episodic and chronic care, screening and education to Healthcare Clinic patients.

Support and follow the most current evidence-based guideline of practice in providing quality patient care.

Provide diagnostic screenings and common vaccinations per evidence-based guidelines

Participates in ongoing Quality Assurance audits including Peer Review

Competency in utilizing electronic medical records and patient care documentation

Responsible for Clinical and Business management of assigned clinic. This includes overall clinic operations, development, and coaching of providers and support staff

Work in conjunction with Market Managers, Walgreens Store Managers, and Community Leaders to drive patient volume and optimize financial performance

Contributed to creating a team relationship between Take Care Health Systems Staff and Walgreens Employee’s

Clinic achieved patient satisfaction scores of 4.63 as measured by Gallup on a 5-point scale

BANNER DESERT MEDICAL CENTER, Mesa, Arizona

Registered Nurse (1/2005-8/2012)

Responsible for patient care coordination, patient assessment, medication management, charting work, overseeing medical personnel, assigning room placement, quality assurance, and patient relations.

Worked in a 36-bed, progressive care unit, which provides telemetry services to adult patients

Diverse patient population includes intensive care unit downgrades, respiratory-compromised, stroke, and multi-system failure patients, among others

Managed patient flow through evaluating patient conditions

CLINICAL ROTATIONS

Completed more than 1,100 hours of training, and worked in the areas of patient care, patient assessment, taking medical histories, interpreting diagnostic procedures, and assisting with patient treatment plan development. Trained in the diagnosis and treatment of various health issues, disease prevention, health promotion, and managing acute self-limited health problems.

Training Locations:

McDowall West Internal Medicine, Dr. Ronald Kennett, D.O.

Planned Parenthood of Tucson. Janice Buell, N.P.

Pax Lumena Pediatrics, Dr. Edward Madrid M.D.

Queen Creek Family Medicine, Dr. Chatur Babaria M.D.

East Valley Internal Medicine, Deirdre Montjoy, N.P.

Banner Occupational Health Clinic, Dr. Linda Burke-Scott M.D.

Hayden VA Medical Center (Adult and Gen), Christine Mulligan N.P.-C

Dr. Gering Pediatrics, Dr. Stanley A. Gering M.D.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX, Phoenix, Arizona

Master of Science in Nursing – Family Nurse Practitioner, 2012.

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Tempe, Arizona

Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

MESA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Mesa, Arizona

Associate of Applied Science in Nursing.

MESA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Mesa, Arizona

Certificate of Completion in Practical Nursing.

CERTIFICATIONS

B.L.S. Dec 2018

REFERENCES

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