EDUCATION

Rush University, Chicago, Illinois

Post Master’s Certificate, Acute/Chronic Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, 2012

University of California, Los Angeles, California

Registered Nurse First Assistant, 2009

Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

Master of Science in Nursing, Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, 2008

Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 2005

LICENSURE & CERTIFICATIONS

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Licensure

State of Texas

Certification

Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Acute Care, Pediatric Nursing Certification Board

Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Primary Care, Pediatric Nursing Certification Board

Basic Life Support

Pediatric Advanced Life Support

DEA Registration

DPS Registration

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Dell Children’s Medical Center, Austin, TX 3/12-2/17

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Provide acute care to children hospitalized with neurosurgical conditions throughout the pediatric wards, intermediate care unit, pediatric intensive care unit, neonatal intensive care unit and emergency department. This care includes: complete history and physicals, daily rounds, providing consultations on new and existing patients, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, performing invasive procedures, consulting other healthcare providers, medical decision making, and admitting and discharging patients from the hospital.

Perform procedures including: shunt taps, re-programming of implanted medical devices, removal of drains, and assisting in the operating room.

Manage patients in the outpatient setting during clinic visits with and without a physician. Triage phone calls from patients’ families and other healthcare providers.

Creation of a bimonthly Journal Club

Manage a Quality Assurance program with a database to track all invasive procedures, outcome measures and complications. The findings from the quality assurance database are reviewed at bimonthly Mortality and Morbidity meetings.

Night and weekend call.

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 2008-3/12

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Provided acute care to children hospitalized with neurosurgical conditions throughout the pediatric wards, intermediate care unit, pediatric intensive care unit, neonatal intensive care unit and emergency department. This care included: complete history and physicals, daily rounds, providing consultations on new and existing patients, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, performing invasive procedures, consulting other healthcare providers, medical decision making, and admitting and discharging patients from the hospital.

Performed procedures including: shunt tap, re-programming of implanted medical devices, refilling implanted Baclofen pumps, removal of drains, and assisting in the operating room.

Managed patients in the outpatient setting during clinic visits with and without a physician. Triaged phone calls from patients’ families and other healthcare providers.

Managed a Quality Assurance program with a database to track all invasive procedures, outcome measures and complications. The findings from the quality assurance database were reviewed at bimonthly Mortality and Morbidity meetings.

Pediatric Medical/Surgical Care

Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 2005-2008

Pediatric Registered Nurse

Provided nursing care to children hospitalized with Oncology and Medical/Surgical diagnoses on the general pediatric wards.

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