Rhoda Marie Byler Rees
Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
Objective: Position as a family nurse practitioner providing primary care in a Women’s Health Care Center. Education
Mankato State University, Mankato, MN, Master of Science in Nursing, December 1998. Goshen College, Goshen, IN, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, May 1991. Bremen High School, Bremen, IN, High School Diploma, June 1987. Nurse Practitioner Experience
January 2011 to
June 2013
Family Nurse Practitioner - Women’s Health, Mayo Clinic Health System, Austin, MN
• Providing care in a collaborative practice.
• Providing primary care to females ranging in age from adolescents to post- menopausal; initiating work-ups, diagnosing, treating and referring for acute and chronic conditions.
• Providing intake for initial OB visits and performing the ultrasounds at this visit.
• Inserting and removing IUDs and implantable contraceptive devices
• Obtaining endometrial biopsies.
December 2007
to January 2011
Family Nurse Practitioner - Pain Clinic, Mayo Clinic Health System, Austin, MN
• Providing chronic pain management care in a collaborative practice, evaluating, diagnosing, referring, treating as appropriate.
December 2007
to January 2011
Family Nurse Practitioner - Urgent Care, Mayo Clinic Health System, Austin, MN
• Casual employment.
• Providing care in a collaborative practice, suturing, splinting, evaluating, diagnosing, treating, referring as appropriate.
March 2001 to
June 2006
Family Nurse Practitioner - Family Practice, Luther Midelfort, (Mayo Clinic Health System) Eau Claire, WI
• Providing care in a collaborative practice.
• Providing primary care for families; evaluating, diagnosing, treating and referring as appropriate.
May 2000 to
February 2001
Family Nurse Practitioner – Planned Parenthood, Eau Claire, WI
• Providing care in a small independent practice.
• Providing primary care to females ranging in age from adolescents to post- menopausal; initiating work-ups, diagnosing, treating and referring for acute and chronic conditions.
August 1998 to
January 1999
Family Nurse Practitioner – Urgent Care Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
• Providing care in a collaborative practice.
• Triaging, suturing, splinting, initiating work-ups, diagnosing, treating and referring for acute and chronic conditions.
Other Experiences
April 1992 to
August 1998
Registered Nurse -- Pediatrics
• Administering holistic care to patients and their families. Areas of care include general medical, general surgery, oncology, orthopedics, urology, neurology, cardiology, and organ transplants.
• Preoperative education for children anticipating surgery. September 1991
to April 1992
Health Care Aide -- Gynecology
• Patient care to post-operative gynecological patients. May 1991 to
September 1991
Graduate Nurse -- General Surgery
• Orientation to GN role and providing holistic cares to post-operative patients. 1997 to 1998 Nurse practitioner clinical training with rotations in family medicine, preventive medicine, acute care, pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology, dermatology, ENT, and opthamology
1989 to 1991 Nursing Assistant, General surgery and medical, Goshen General Hospital, Goshen, IN 1987 to 1991 Nursing Assistant, Greencroft Nursing Home, Goshen, IN 1984 to 1987 Nursing Assistant, Bremen Healthcare Center, Bremen, IN Skills
• Basic Life Support • Statistics: Basic
• Foreign Languages: Spanish and Dutch • Computer: Word processing/Excel Research
• Thesis, 1998, “Knowledge of AIDS and Safer Sex Practices in Older Adolescents”
• Received $3,000 grant from the Mayo Department of Nursing for research in 1994. Organization Memberships and Activities (Present and Past)
• Volunteer, St. Joseph’s Auxillary, Brainerd, MN
• Volunteer, Children’s Ministry, Lakewood Evangelical Free Church, Brainerd, MN
• Volunteer, Brainerd Public Schools
• Board Member, Welcome Center, Austin, MN
• Volunteer, Southgate Elementary, Austin, MN
• Sigma Theta Tau
• P.E.O., a Sisterhood which promotes education and volunteerism
• Rochester Area Counsel for the Arts, Member/Volunteer
• Special Olympics Steering Committee Member
• Pediatric Activities Committee
• Hospital Continuous Improvement
• Executive Director of Mock Convention at Goshen College
• Vice-President of the local chapter of Student Nursing Association at Goshen College
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