Registered Nurse Practitioner
Resume:
Diane Kuehnlenz
Registered Nurse - Case Manager - Leesburg Regional Medical Center
Leesburg, FL 34748
ac8fm0@r.postjobfree.com
I am an experienced health care professional with 13 years of experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist working with adult patients in various acute care settings, including use of electronic medical records and initiating RN work processes for geriatric syndromes. I have extensive background in evidence based practice, including literature reviews, research and writing. Most currently I have achieved national board certification with the American Nurses Credentialing Center for Family Nurse Practitioner.
Work Experience
Registered Nurse - Case Manager
Leesburg Regional Medical Center - Leesburg, FL
June 2016 to Present
• Successfully learned and performed the role of case manager for complex patient hospital stays and discharge planning.
• Functioned as wound ostomy nurse consulting patients and successfully established a reporting dashboard.
Clinical Practicum Experiences
March 2017 to September 2018
Florida Heart and Vascular Multi Specialty Group
• Successfully performed physical exams and care for adult population for well and sick visits. 160 hours
Advanced Obstetrics and Gynecology, Leesburg, FL
• Under preceptors Dr. Manuel Alvarado & Shawn Lundberg, NP, performed physical exams including breast and pelvic exams, video urodynamic testing, follow-up on cultures, prenatal exams, observing fetal monitoring. 160 hours
Excel Pediatrics, Tavares, FL
• Under preceptor Elizabeth Barger, FNP, achieved assessments and care of patients aged newborn to 18-years-old, including well and sick visits, vaccinations, annual and sports physicals, utilizing the Bright Futures guidelines for health supervision. 160 hours Volusia Medical Center, DeLand, FL
• Under family practice preceptor Silviya Dragieva, ARNP, performed assessments and care of all ages from newborn to older adult, for preventative and ill patient care. 160 hours Technical Experience
Accomplished typist, accomplished in use of Cerner, experience using Athena Health EMR Clinical Nurse Specialist - Geriatric APN
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital - Park Ridge, IL September 2011 to June 2016
• Set up process for APN/physician collaboration for APN performing comprehensive geriatric patient assessments on trauma patients.
• Consistently identified delirium in geriatric trauma patients and developed interventional plans of care, including teaching nursing staff and families about delirium.
• Utilized the NICHE program to teach nursing staff geriatric syndromes for excellent outcomes for geriatric patients.
• Worked effectively with nurse executive leadership as a co-writer for the 2009 and 2014 Magnet re- designation documents, with recognition achieved.
• Research mentor for the Julie Schaffner AHC Nurse Fellowship Program with completion of nursing research project with publication.
• Preceptor for UIC graduate nursing students.
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Unit-based APN
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital - Park Ridge, IL November 2006 to September 2011
• As a CNS for a Respiratory Care Unit, developed effective nursing care plans for complex patients. Also provided EBP revisions to the annual nursing ventilator education program.
• As a CNS for the Surgical Telemetry Unit led a multidisciplinary team in creating protocols for the introduction of vasoactive medications.
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Manager/Wound APN
Limb Preservation Center - Niles, IL
April 2006 to November 2006
• Provided consultation for wound treatments, advanced therapies and debridements, in collaboration with the podiatric surgeon and medical team.
• Supervised a team of two medical assistants and one research staff for scheduling, training, and helping to deal with problem situations effectively. Clinical Nurse Specialist
Rush University Medical Center - Chicago, IL
January 2003 to April 2006
• Effectively educated new hired nurses to work within the Surgical and Organ Transplant unit.
• Functioned in collaboration with surgeons to provide efficient pre and post-operative care of colorectal surgical patients.
• Worked with nursing leadership, surgeons and outside vendors to establish a successful Wound- Ostomy outpatient clinic within the hospital.
Education
Certificate
Purdue University Global
September 2018
Master of Science in Nursing in Nursing
University of Illinois at Chicago - Chicago, IL
June 2000
Bachelor of Science in Nursing in Nursing
Indiana Wesleyan University
June 1983
Nursing Licenses
CNP
Expires: April 2019
State: FL
RN
Expires: April 2019
State: FL
Certifications
Family Nurse Practitioner
November 2018 to April 2021
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) nationally board certified Clinical Nurse Specialist
November 2003 to April 2021
American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AANC) nationally board certified Wound, Ostomy Nurse, Advanced Practice
September 2004 to April 2021
Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB) nationally board certified
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