Nurse Practitioner Health

Laura Tutor, MA, MSN, RN, NP-C

**** ****** ****** ****, ********, Alabama, 36207

Phone: 256-***-**** home; 256-***-**** cell - E-mail:

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EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

AANP Board Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Family and Primary

Care.

ACLS & BCLS

MSN-Advanced Practitioner of Registered Nursing, Family and Primary

Care. University of Alabama at Birmingham, December 2013

FNP Education includes 630 clinical practice hours in primary care

pediatrics, adolescents, adult and gerontology, plus emergent care for

gerontology, adult, pediatrics, adolescent and women's health.

Clinical practice emphasis was on the diagnosis and management of

chronic disease. Research foci have included management of - and

prevention of delirium in - hip fracture surgical patients and the

treatment of acute otitis media.

Clinical experience extends to urgent care, suturing, general office

procedures and pre-operative assessments and diagnostics for surgical

clearance. Current professional practice is in orthopedics for

adolescents, adults and gerontology in the in-patient setting. Details

of educational curriculum follow.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, the University of Alabama at

Birmingham, December 2012, summa cum laude.

International Scholar Laureate Program on Nursing fellowship, Brisbane

and Sydney, Australia, June 2012. Attended lectures and discussion

sessions on Australia's universal health care system, midwifery,

public health care of indigenous populations.

Center for Domestic Preparedness of the Department of Homeland

Security, May 2011. Course included first-responder and triage

training on bioterrorism, chemical events, natural disasters and mass

casualty events.

Graduated summa cum laude from Western Kentucky University in August,

1992, with a bachelor's degree in journalism and political

science/government, and a minor degree in Russian language and East

European-Soviet studies.

Graduated summa cum laude from Jacksonville State University in

August, 2006, with a master's degree in history, with an emphasis on

Southern and United States history.

EMPLOYMENT

May 2011 to present

Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center

RN, orthopedics, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical

Center, Anniston, Alabama. Duties include direct patient care

of pre-operative and post-operative orthopedic patients, as

well as direct patient care of general medical-surgical

patients. Night shift charge nurse.

October 1999 to August 2009

The Anniston (Ala.) Star

Metro Editor/Features Editor, Assistant Features Editor,

Special Projects Editor

Responsible for reporting staff of 10 and editing staff of

three. Handled all assignments for local news, which included

coverage of five counties.

August 1998 to October 1999

Health Reporter, The Birmingham (Ala.) News

Covered 13 hospitals and a major research university for

Alabama's largest newspaper, in addition to writing a weekly

centerpiece on health and wellness issues.

August 1992 to August 1998

Staff writer, The Anniston (Ala.) Star

Clinical practice philosophy

Being a nurse practitioner entails caring for the whole patient as an

educator and advocate, as well as being a health-care provider. My

philosophy involves not just the art and cognitive science of nursing, but

also the idea of customer service and being invested in the wellbeing of

those who trust you to have their best interests at heart. That investment

means time, thoughtful consideration and the willingness to get to know

your patients and help them determine - and follow - their best path to

wellness and health maintenance. I believe this philosophy is critical in

caring for patients with multiple co-morbidities.

Educational preparation

Clinical precepting history:

Dr. Ty Keith Stansell, MD, Anniston Family Practice, Anniston, Alabama

Chase Thomas, CRNP, Pediatrics Plus, Anniston, Alabama

Sherry Williams, CRNP, Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center, emergency

department

COURSE NUMBER: NUR 600

COURSE NAME: Research & Statistics for Advanced Practice

This course is designed to prepare students to use current research

findings to improve practice, use the process of research to examine

questions identified in nursing practice and participate in collaborate

research. This course includes integration of critical thinking, current

technologies for data management and statistical analysis, scholarly

writing, scientific integrity and ethics, and human diversity. Statistical

procedures examined will include univariate and bivariate statistics,

parametric and nonparametric procedures and selected epidemiological

measures.

COURSE NUMBER: NUR 601

COURSE NAME: Role Development for Advanced Nursing Practice

NUR 601 is designed to prepare students to understand the concepts of

advanced nursing practice and advanced practice nursing. Students will be

expected to differentiate between advanced nursing practice and the

practice of other nurses and other health care providers. Concepts from a

variety of models and theories from nursing and other disciplines will be

discussed, and examples of how these concepts may be applied in advanced

nursing practice is offered. The concept of cultural competence is

explored.

COURSE NUMBER: NUR 602

COURSE NAME: Issues Affecting Advanced Nursing Practice

COURSE DESCRIPTION: NUR 602 prepares \students to incorporate management

and leadership skills in the practice arena. The health care environment

and culture, selected organizational, economic and financial theories,

strategic planning, change theory, health care marketing and information

and quality management are explored in the context of contemporary issues

such as bioterrorism and health care policy and regulation. The course

includes integration of critical thinking, scholarly writing, research,

theory evaluation and application, scientific integrity and ethics, human

diversity and social issues.

COURSE NUMBER: NUR 612 Q

COURSE NAME: Advanced Pathophysiology

COURSE DESCRIPTION: NUR 612 provides an analysis of pathophysiology in

frequently encountered conditions across the life span and in special

populations. Pathophysiological theories and research as a basis for

advanced nursing practice is also discussed. In-depth case analysis of

pathophysiological adaptations and alterations in selected conditions

across the life span is also included.

COURSE NUMBER: NUR 613

COURSE NAME: Advanced Pharmacology and Therapeutics

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course focuses on the analysis and utilization of

principles of pharmacology, pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics for the

purpose of planning, implementing and evaluating therapeutic

pharmacological interventions. The unique characteristics of special

populations related to therapeutic needs, as well as drug absorption,

metabolism and excretion are defined. This course serves as the basis for

development of further knowledge and principles to be applied to select

specialty option populations within the clinical courses.

COURSE NUMBER: 614Q

COURSE NAME: Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning for Advanced Nursing

Practice

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to provide students with an

advanced level of skill and knowledge in critical thinking and diagnostic

reasoning for conducting health assessments and planning care for holistic,

adaptive human beings. This includes advanced health assessment for all

body systems and diagnostic studies and values related to those systems.

Examination techniques, interpretation of lab values and plans of care and

treatment are cornerstones of this class.

COURSE NUMBER: NFH 621

COURSE NAME: Family Nurse Practitioner I

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course provides a theoretical and practical base

for students to diagnose and manage health problems of individuals of all

ages. Content includes management strategies from the domains of nursing,

medical, and pharmacological therapeutics, and emphasizes direct care to

clients in primary settings. This course uses a lecture/discussion approach

which is implemented through weekly online and textbook content with

student/teacher communication through private mail, email, bulletin board,

telephone and chat room formats. These devices are to assist the student in

the clinical assessment and decision-making to provide direct patient care

to families and individual clients within the scope of practice of the

family nurse practitioner.

COURSE NUMBER: NFH 622Q

COURSE NAME: Family Nurse Practitioner II

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to provide the student with

opportunities to integrate in-depth knowledge of health assessment and

management skills to provide care for clients with commonly occurring

chronic and complex health problems. Students will also have the

opportunity to develop strategies to market the nurse practitioner role and

to explore strategies to market their role in family health care.

COURSE NUMBER: NFH 685

COURSE NAME: Family Nurse Practitioner I

COURSE DESCRIPTION: NFH 685Q allows the student to develop the Family Nurse

Practitioner role by providing health care services to clients (i.e.,

individuals, families, groups) and emphasizing the promotion of health and

the prevention of disease throughout the course of clinical experiences

over three academic terms. Further, the student continues to apply

knowledge and current research findings to the management of actual and

potential health problems, which include common diseases and human

responses to disease.

COURSE NUMBER: NFH 686

COURSE NAME: Family Nurse Practitioner II

COURSE DESCRIPTION: NFH 686Q allows the student to develop the Family

Nurse Practitioner role by providing health care services to clients (i.e.,

individuals, families, groups) and emphasizing the promotion of health and

the prevention of disease throughout the course of clinical experiences

over two or three academic terms. Further, the student continues to apply

knowledge and current research findings to the management of actual and

potential health problems, which include common diseases and human

responses to disease. It is anticipated that the student will be

increasingly independent and skilled as the clinical experience progresses,

allowing him/her to contribute more toward the management of health

problems. The following elements are integrated into the course: critical

thinking, professional presentations, research utilization, scientific

integrity and ethics, human diversity and social issues. The advanced

practice role emphasis in this course encompasses a trajectory of the nurse

practitioner experience from novice to beginning expert and includes role

components.

COURSE NUMBER: NFH 692

COURSE NAME; Family practice residency practicum

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This clinical course is the culmination of the practice

preparation component of the program, which included a minimum of 630

clinical, direct patient-care hours in patient populations ranging from

newborn to geriatric.

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