Professional Experience
*/**** ** ******* ******* Nurse Practitioner PRN Recertification Altus
Hospice
*/**** ** ******* ****** and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner/ Clinic Director at
Silsbee Center
1/2014 to 1/2015 Family and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at Christus Quick Care
4/2013 to 4/2014 Emergency Nurse Practitioner at Memorial Herman Baptist
Hospital Beaumont,Texas
10/2011 to 1/2014 Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (Health Care Provider)
Specializing in the primary care of children and adults at
Gulf Coast Health Center.
10/2007 to 10/2011 Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (Health Care Provider)
Specializing in the care of newborns to age 21 and offering
lactation consultation at Beaumont Pediatric Center.
1/2006 to 8/2007 Staff RN at Memorial Herman Baptist Hospital Nursery.
10/2005 to 7/2007 Pre and post-operative RN at Beaumont Surgical Affiliates.
8/2000 to 10/2005 Career and Technology Teacher/ Program Coordinator at
Lumberton High School. Program goal of introducing
students to health care careers, teaching basic entry level
medical skills and terminology, and providing professional
shadowing opportunities in hospitals/clinics, AHA BLS CPR
instructor and Pharmacy Technician Program Director.
8/2000 to 5/2001 School Nurse at Lumberton High School, Texas.
5/1994 to 10/2003 Neonatal intensive care staff nurse, charge nurse, Christus
St. Elizabeth Hospital Beaumont, Texas.
8/1997 to 8/1999 Relief OB/GYN office nurse with Southeast Texas OB/GYN
Specifically J.C. Pieternelle MD.
1/1992 to 5/1994 Patient care assistant at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital.
Education
8/2011 to 4/2013 Post Master’s Certificate in Emergency Medicine from The
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
8/2011 to 12/2012 Post Master’s Certificate as a Family Nurse Practitioner from
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston:
Completed December 14, 2012. American Academy of Nurse Practitioners FNP Board Certification Achieved
March 8th 2013.
8/2004 to 4/2007 Master’s Degree of Science in Nursing with a specialty as a
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at The University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Texas.
8/2000 to 5/2002 Secondary Career and Technology Education Teaching Certificate earned at Wayland Baptist University Lubbock, Texas.
8/1990 to 5/1994 Bachelors Degree of Science in Nursing from Lamar
University Beaumont, Texas.
Licensure and Certification
Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Lactation Consultant
Registered Nurse: Texas
Authorization as an Advanced Practice Nurse: Texas
Basic Life Support – American Heart Association
Family Nurse Practitioner Certification
Professional Affiliations
Member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society
Member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Member of Texas Nurse Practitioners
Member American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Member of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
Member of the Southeast Texas Nurse Practitioner Association
Member of the International Lactation Consultant Association
Volunteer Service
Member of Hardin County Child Protective Services Board 2010 to 2015