Patricia Tavaziva, APRN, MSN, FNP-BC ***
Shamrock Crt, Rocky Mount, NC 27804
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704-***-**** PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
I am vibrant, team-player and a diverse accomplished Nurse Practitioner
specializing in Acute Care, Family Primary Care and Community health care
settings; I have a wide scope of providing excellent customer service to
clients through comprehensive health history taking, physical assessment,
diagnosis, prescribing medications, Hospitalist, HIV and AIDS management,
pre and post counseling and also emphasizing on educational awareness,
disease prevention and health promotion. I am seeking full-time
opportunities to which I can apply professional skills listed below.
Full body scope Lymph Nodes Palpation STD/HIV Education
assessment Pain Assessment and In Patient Care/Hospitalist
Auditory Assessment management
Visual Acuity and Reflex Pap Smear and Pelvic Diabetes management
Examination Oral, IV, and topical
Lung/Heart auscultation Prostate Examination medication administration
Abdominal assessment Immunization Shots Forensics, Psych/PTSD
Muscle Strength Skin Assessments Evaluation
Assessment Musculoskeletal Transcribing physician's
Neurological Assessments Ordering diagnostic orders
studies Documenting patients
Patient and Family Interpreting lab values progress
Counseling CPOE application
Writing prescriptions Electronic Medical Records
CURRENT POSITION
Eastern North Carolina Medical Group, PLLC: October 2013 - Date
Provide primary care and internal medicine to patients of all ages in a
clinical setting and inpatient care at Life Care and Nash General Hospital.
Provide a wide scope of excellent customer service to clients through
comprehensive health history taking, physical assessment, diagnostic
studies, diagnosis, prescribing medications, chronic disease management,
geriatric care, referrals to specialist, pre and post counseling and
emphasizing on educational awareness, disease prevention including health
promotion.
EXPERIENCE
Hospitalist, Allied Health Professional (AHP); Manchester Memorial
Hospital: April 2012 - Sept 2013.
Provide care to patients of all ages admitted in the hospital with acute
illness through operationalizing clinical frame work that is supported by
evidence-based practice. Responsible for H & P, discharge summaries and
daily rounds with inpatient team case managers. Provide emergency room
analysis through triage of acutely ill patients, and authorizing entire
tertiary admission along with transfers. Providing acute care to
inpatients during hospital stay until the day of discharge. Coordinating
patient care between specialists and arranging specialty consultation care
and/or therapy. Interact clearly and fully with physicians and varied
professional staff related to inpatient care issues. Coordinate inpatient
care, including all diagnostic tests such as X-rays, lab tests or other
procedures. Collaborate effectual delivery of timely and apt medical care
and services. Educating patients and their family and to support every
member of hospital team as required.
Primary Care Provider FNP: ACT Medical Group P. A. March 2011 to October
2011
Providing primary care to designated Assisted Living and Nursing Homes
setup as clinical sites in the underserved counties around Winston-
Salem/Greensboro areas through comprehensive health history taking,
physical assessment, prescribing medications and treatment, therapeutic
management of clients with acute and chronic illnesses. Also counseling,
referrals to specialist consults, ordering and evaluating labs, responding
to triage team and giving orders
- Administrative Responsibilities; Operating as the medical director by
coordinating and managing all primary care activities which include
admissions and discharge documentation, signing clients FL2 forms, coding
and billing for provided service. Patient and family counseling including
end of life are and signing DNR documents. In-charge of day to day orders
for clients' care and nutrition orders at the designated clinical sites.
Collaborating with other health care professionals who also provide care to
the same clinical sites. After hours on call provider and triage response
Family Nurse Practitioner, Charlotte Community Health Center (RAIN Program)
November 2009- Jan 2011, Providing primary care through conducting
comprehensive physical examinations, health history taking, diagnosis and
therapeutic management of clients with various medical conditions, that
include HIV/AIDS, acute care, and chronic disease maintenance. Offering
counseling, psychosocial support and operationalizing a nursing framework
using the nursing process to reach decisions when providing excellent
health care to all ages from infants-elderly populations in underserved,
disadvantaged, diverse urban communities. Exercising confidentiality,
cultural awareness to clients with varying levels of acuity and disease
processes especially HIV/AIDS populations. Also by including patients and
their families in the delivery of nursing, health promotion, disease
prevention, patient caregiver education and sound nursing process through
the integration of evidence based research findings into diagnosis and
management of common problems. Carrying out administrative duties that
include: Registration, licensure documents, documentation of patient files,
risk management manual, practice protocols and treatment guidelines.
Registered Nurse, Carolinas Institute of Rehabilitation July
2006 to December 2009
Provide professional nursing care to patients in accordance with hospital
policies and procedures under
the supervision of the Nurse Manager. Perform nursing care for the comfort
and well-being of patients.
Perform and/or assist with treatment, therapies and procedures and perform
basic nursing assessments.
Completing and maintaining patients' care plans and documenting clinical
incidences. Planning and
participating in patient centered conferences, pre and post assignment
conference. Assessing patient's condition
participating in rounds during shift change, reporting to physicians and
nurse manager.
Nursing Student BSN Internship; Carolina Medical Center Hospital (Critical
Care Unit) August 2005 to July 2006
Providing bedside care to inpatients in the critical care unit
administering IV, Oral, IM medications including tube feedings Coumadin
dose and wound care dressing changes. Patient and family education, setting
patient plan of care with clinical care manager. Checking patients' Vital
signs, diabetes management, bed baths, monitoring patients' intake and
output, feeding patients, inserting and discontinuing foley catheters.
Collection of stools samples for hemoccult and urine specimen for labs.
Palliative care and comfort measures, end of life care, Infection & Sepsis
control.
Nurse Assistant II, Carolinas Health Services (Oncology)
May 2004 - Feb. 2006
Performing all NA II duties that include all responsibilities listed above
Nurse Assistant II/Med Tech, Aldersgate Assisted Living
March 2001 - June 2006
Performing all NA II duties that include all responsibilities listed above
Supervisor In-charge / NA II, Atria Merry Wood Assisted Living
March 2001 - September 2003
Medication administration, Blood Sugar checks and insulin administration,
wound care, assisting residents with bathing, ordering medications for
residents, coordinating residents' activities and transferring residents to
Emergency Dept.
Education and Certifications
Masters of Nurse Practitioner - - Winston-State University 2009
Bachelors of Nursing- Presbyterian School of Nursing, Queens University of
Charlotte 2006
Family Nurse Practitioner, ANCC Certified- North Carolina- Expires
10/31/2015
Registered Nurse- NCLEX, North Carolina
Nurse Aid Certified
NPI, DEA and MIP- All Current
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
- Hospitalist, (AHP); Manchester Memorial Hospital: April 2012
- Sept 2013
- DNP Student with Wilkes University, Pennsylvania: - Current
Student
- Part time Lecturer Africa University, Clinical Nursing
Instructor September - Dec 2012
-Family Nurse Practitioner Primary Care ACT Medical Group
March, 2011 -Sept 2011
- Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Regional Aids Interfaith
Network (RAIN)
- Primary Care and HIV/AIDS Management;
November 2009 - Dec 2010
-Volunteer Provider at Charlotte Community Health Clinic August 2010
- 2012
-Clinical Preparation Masters of Science Nursing, Family Nurse
Practitioner 2years
-Bedside/RN II (BSN); acute care rehabilitation pediatrics and adults
4 years
-Geriatric nursing; adult acute care, critical care and long term care
6 years
-Data Entry Clerk/Editor- Account Payable/Receivable 1
year
-Faculty Senior Secretary/ Data analyst
4 years
-Research coordinator/Senior Secretary
5 years
-Educator: Middle school teacher and slow learners coach
11 years
-Sales; Free lancer Avon products
7 years
Computer Software
Microsoft Office, Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint,
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