Nurse Practitioner Medical
Resume:
Mary Patricia Furlong
DNP, RN, ACNP, BC, MA
(c) 845-***-**** ************@***.***
Education
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY, Teaneck, New Jersey
Becton School of Health Sciences September 2016
Doctorate of Nursing Practice
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, School of Nursing, New York, NY
Post Masters Advanced Practice Professional Certificate May 1999
Major: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York, NY
Post Masters Advanced Professional Certificate May 1996
Major: Health Policy and Management
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, School of Nursing, New York, NY
Master of Arts in Nursing - May 1990
Dual Majors: Nursing Administration and Nursing Education
Sigma Theta Tau National Nursing Honor Society
COLLEGE OF MOUNT ST. VINCENT, Riverdale, NY
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - May 1985
Licensure & Certifications
New York State Registered Professional Nurse
New York State Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
New Jersey State Registered Professional Nurse
New Jersey State Advanced Practice Nurse
AACN Certification for Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Experience
DOMINICAN COLLEGE Orangeburg, NY 08/06 to present
Assistant Instructor
Lecture and clinical instructor for undergraduate nursing students enrolled in the Accelerated BSN program, in critical care units, medical surgical nursing, pharmacology, research, family health, community health and leadership
Lecture for the graduate level DNP students enrolled in Genomics and Global Health courses.
Active member of the Dominican College - Undergraduate & Graduate Nursing Committee
Business Committee
Academic Technology Committee
MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER New York, NY 01/05 to 06/06
Nurse Practitioner in Cardiac Surgery
Management of pre-op and post-operative management on cardiothoracic patients. Completes history & physical. Orders and reviews diagnostic tests required. Assesses patients in house and outpatient setting after discharge.
Management of Research trials for Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Prepare IRB applications, negotiate financing and control study budgets. Recruit develop and manage research support personnel. Delegate workflow and establish project deadlines. Educate house staff and nurses on study protocols.
NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE of Westchester Medical Center. Valhalla, NY 02/03 to 01/05
Nurse Practitioner in Cardiac Surgery / Research Coordinator - Cardiothoracic Surgery
Management of pre-op consultation on cardiothoracic patients. Completes history & physical. Orders and reviews diagnostic tests as required. Management of post-operative patients in house and outpatient setting after discharge.
Management of Research trials for Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Prepare IRB applications, negotiate financing and control study budgets. Recruited, developed and manage research support personnel. Delegate workflow and establish project deadlines. Educate house staff and nurses on study protocols.
Manage all data collection activities. Audit data, prepare documentation for FDA and respond to sponsor queries. Report serious adverse effects to sponsors and IRB. Alert IRB to serious adverse effects reported by sponsors. Instituted new control mechanisms to improve budgetary control of studies and compliance with sponsor reporting requirements.
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, SEHNAP 01/95 – 05/95
Adjunct Clinical Instructor Medical Surgical Instructor for senior level students at New York University
MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER, Albert Einstein Hospital, Bronx, NY 7/94 to 2/03
Clinical Nurse Specialist/Cardiothoracic Coordinator
Coordination of care for over 500 open heart surgery patients annually. Monitored patients from CTCIU through discharge. Reviewed patient charts on a daily basis and assessed patient’s progress against state standards. Clinical resource for staff nurses in CTICU, step down units and nursing floors regarding post-op management. Tracked and reported variances to NYSDOH. Communicated with the five attending physicians regarding patient care and post-op complications. Prepared monthly morbidity and mortality reports for Department Chairperson.
In charge of IRB research projects including Baxter 20-year retrospective review of aortic heart valves. Wrote, implemented and monitored IRB protocols. Contributed to presentations and publications including the World Thoracic Society.
Developed targeted mechanisms to reduce length of patient stay. Worked with financial administrator on clinical issues involved in patient’s length of stay. Clinical liaison between cardiac surgery, critical care medicine and nursing to coordinate patients care. Communicated plan of care to interdisciplinary team.
Supervised discharge plan with social service worker and home care providers to meet patients= clinical needs. Clinical resource to home care agencies after patient discharged. Conducted inpatient education and created discharge patient instruction materials in English, Spanish and Russian.
In charge of designing a database system to generate monthly reports, resulting in improved compliance with State standards through more accurate and efficient reporting.
NEW ROCHELLE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, New Rochelle, NY 9/90 to 7/94
Nurse Educator, Nursing Projects
Developed projects to create Critical Paths for high volume, high-risk DRGs. Established nursing standards of care, patient education reference guide, documentation system and guidelines. Presented comprehensive plans of care to multidisciplinary group of social workers, physical therapists, nutritionists and home care providers.
Managed patient education programs for the Department of Nursing. Created bilingual patient education library. Implemented a patient education closed circuit television channel. Identified video materials, coordinated program scheduling and obtained contracts for video broadcast. Wrote JCAHO compliant standards and procedures for patient education.
Supervised community health education programs, Hispanic Health Fair, BCLS/ACLS training and staff development programs for NYSNA application for continuing education provider status. Member of the Planning Committee for the 1993 Critical Care Conference for tristate area hospitals.
Chairperson of the Nursing Documentation Committee, coordinator of the Critical Path Committee, member of the Multidisciplinary Medical Records Committee, member of the Nursing Education Committee and member of the Community Health Education Committee.
Clinical Instructor, Ambulatory Surgery and Post Anesthesia Care Unit (9/90 to 1/92)
Established ambulatory surgery and PACU orientation programs. Develop curriculum, conduct training seminars and evaluate staff performance. Rotating responsibility for teaching all components of the staff development program including Surgery Fellowship Program, Anesthesia Component of Maternal Child Health, and General Topics in Surgery, Physical Assessment and Basic EKG.
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, New York, NY 9/85 to 9/90
Senior Staff Nurse, General and Open Heart Recovery Room (4/88 to 9/90)
Provide direct patient care on a 24-bed Recovery Room and 6-bed pediatric/adult Open Heart Recovery Room. General Recovery Room included stabilization of transplant patients. Served as a preceptor for new general and open heart recovery room staff.
Senior Staff Nurse, Operating Room (3/87 to 4/88)
Scrub and circulating responsibilities for general and orthopedic surgery cases.
Senior Staff Nurse, Staff Nurse, Graduate Nurse Intensive Care Unit (9/85 to 3/87)
Rotate through the Cardiovascular Care Unit, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Medical Intensive Care Unit and Cardiac Care Units.
NURSE PRACTITIONER CLINICAL ROTATIONS
MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER, Emergency Room
Develop diagnosis, treatment plans and initiated treatment for patients with a wide range of medical emergencies including a high volume of geriatric, psychiatric and homeless patients.
OUR LADY OF MERCY MEDICAL CENTER, Cardiology
Provided cardiac medical management during stress testing and transesophogeal and transthoracic echocardiograms in outpatient primary care center.
WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Provide acute care to cardiac surgery patients in CTICU to step down unit from diagnosis to implementation of treatment plans.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & HONORS
Sigma Theta Tau – Zeta Omega at Large – President – 2013-2015
Sigma Theta Tau – Zeta Omega at Large – Vice President – 2007-2013
Rockland County Nursing Award Nominee – 2014
J Mae Peppar Award - Sigma Theta Tau - 2012
Sigma Theta Tau – Chapter President – 2012-2014
Community Service Award - May 1994 New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center
Citation for Excellence in Nursing Education - May 1992 New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Banbury, M., Cosgrove, D., Frater, RWM, Furlong, P., Blackstone, E., et al. Long Term Durability of the Carpentier BEdwards Pericardial Bioprosthesis in the Aortic Position: 17 Year Clinical Results. 10th World Congress, International Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Aug 2000.
Furlong, Mary Patricia. A Nurse Residency Program and the Review of Graduate Nurses into Clinical Practice: A Descriptive Quantitative Research Study. 17th Healthcare Interdisciplinary Research Convention, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, Nov. 2016.
Frater, RVM., Furlong, P, Cosgrove, D. et al. (1998). Long Term Durability and Patient Functional Status of the Carpentier BEdwards Perimont Pericardial Bioprosthesis in the Aortic Position. Journal of Heart Valve Disease; 7:48-52.
McCusker, K., Vijay, V., DeBois, K., Zias, E. Furlong, P., et al. Mast system versus low prime bypass: comparative analysis of prime volume. Hemodilution and Transfusion Parameters.
8th European Congress on Extra Corporeal Technology, Killarney, Ireland, June 6-9, 1997.
Vijay, V., McCusker, K., Sarabu, M., Zias, E, Furlong, P., et al: Preoperative clopidogrel does not adversely affect post-cardiac surgery mortality and morbidity outcomes. Poster Presentation. Outcomes Conference, Key West, FL, May 21-25, 2003 and Heart Surgery Forum, Aug 2003.
Vijay, V., Bocker, J., Furlong, P., Frymus, M., et al. (2001) Short term outcomes of Cardiac Surgery in the HIV positive patient. 67th Annual Meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), Philadelphia, PA, November 4-8, 2001 (Abstract of Distinction Award). Chest 120 (4) Sup., 206S.
Zias, E., Furlong, P., Panopoulos, J., et al. Norm thermic cardiopulmonary bypass in patients 80 years and older. Abstract. 16th Annual Cardiothoracic Surgery Symposium, San Diego, CA, February 29 - March 2, 1996.
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