Curriculum Vitae
NAME: Carol Michelle Thomas, MSN, FNP-C
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EDUCATION: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - School of Nursing
MSN, Sept. 2000 -- May 2007
Awards: Academic Excellence Award -- Valedictorian
Stanley S. Bergen Award Nominee
University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston Medical Center
BSN, 1989
LICENSURE: Arizona – Advance Practice Nurse (with prescriptive authority) cert. # AP3385
Arizona – Registered Professional Nurse Lic. RN 157858
New Jersey -- Advanced Practice Nurse (with prescriptive authority)
New Jersey – Registered Professional Nurse
New York – Nurse Practitioner in Family Health
New York – Registered Professional Nurse
CERTIFICATIONS: 2007-2012 -- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Family Nurse Practitioner
2009-2011 – ACLS
2001 – Sigma Theta Tau – Nurse Expert [Bloodless Healthcare]
1995 to 2010 – Certified in Reproductive Endocrinology / Infertility Nursing
ACADEMIC APPPOINTMENTS:
2011 Clinical Family Nurse Practitioner Preceptor
University of Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
2010 Clinical Family Nurse Practitioner Preceptor
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ
2009 Clinical Family Nurse Practitioner Preceptor
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Teaneck, NJ
2007 – 2008 Adjunct Clinical Instructor –ADN Program
Passaic County Community College
Paterson, NJ 07505
CLINICAL POSITIONS:
March 2015
– present Family Nurse Practitioner
Dayton Family Medical
Mesa, AZ
January 2012
– March 2015 Family Nurse Practitioner
Banner Gateway Bariatric Center
Gilbert, AZ
July 2011
– January 2012 Family Nurse Practitioner
Desert Grove Family Medicine
Mesa, AZ
July 2010
– July 2011 Family Nurse Practitioner
Cigna Medical Group
Phoenix, AZ
Oct. 2008
– July 2010 Program Director and Nurse Practitioner – Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, NJ
June 2007
– Oct. 2008 Family Nurse Practitioner
MinuteClinic, L.L.C.
North New Jersey Region
Sept 1998
– June 2007 Program Manager (University Center for Bloodless Surgery & Medicine)
The University Hospital at The University of Medicine and Dentistry NJ
Newark, NJ
Jan 1997
– Sept 1998 Nurse Manager
Medical Outpatient Suites at Englewood Hospital
Englewood, NJ
July 1996
– Jan 1997 Nurse Clinician
Brooklyn IVF
Brooklyn, NY
Nov. 1992
– July1996 Nurse Clinician (Reproductive Endocrinology)
The University Hospital, Newark NJ
June 1991
– Nov 1992 Staff Nurse
Ridgewood OB/GYN Associates
Ridgewood, NJ
Aug 1989
– June 1991 Staff Nurse (Med/Surg &Ob/Gyn)
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
6720 Bertner Avenue
Houston, TX 77030
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
2005 – Present American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
2009 – Present American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
2004 – 2011 Society for the Advancement of Blood Management (SABM)
2003 – 2009 SABM committee membership – Education, Nursing, Communication & Symposium planning
1989 – Present Sigma Theta Tau International – Honor Society of Nursing
PUBLICATIONS:
Articles:
Thomas C. M. (2011) Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding. The Nurse Practitioner – The American Journal of Primary Health Care (36)8: 14-20
Thomas C. M., Taub L.M. (2011) Monitoring for and preventing the long-term sequelae of bariatric surgery. JAANP
Thomas, C.M. (2008) Consider Comprehensive Blood Management in the ICU. Critical Care Nursing 2008 3:2: 24-33.
Thomas, C. M, Coleman, H.R. Taub, L.M. (2007). A case study of an older adult with severe anemia refusing blood transfusion. JAANP 19: 43-48.
Thomas, C.M. (2006). Patient’s who refuse blood. The Nursing Spectrum. Accessed January 18, 2008 at http://www.nurse.com/ce/course.html?CCID=320
Presentations:
July 2012 24th Annual Southwestern Regional Nurse Practitioner Symposium: Obesity Across the Lifespan
Sept 2007 SABM Symposium Associate Member forum: From Idea to Masterpiece – creating an effective scientific poster
June 2007 American Academy of Nurse Practitioners 22nd National Conference Poster presentation: Effective Blood
Management in the 21st Century: Nurse Practitioners as Gatekeepers of Our Most Precious Resource
June 2007 NCME Blood Management and Conservation: Implementing Best Practices for Blood Management
Sept 2005 SABM Symposium Clinical Performance: Guidelines, Benchmarking, Data Collection & Outcomes
Sept 2003 SABM Symposium Educating the Non-Physician Caregiver