Rebecca Van Meter, AGPCNP-BC

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Education

Walden University Minneapolis, MN

Master of Science, Nursing 08/2013-08/2015

Nurse Practitioner, Adult-Geriatric Primary Care ANCC Board Certification Millikin University Decatur, IL

Bachelor of Science, Nursing, ANCC Gerontology Certification 02/2011-12/2011 Richland Community College Decatur, IL

Associate in Applied Life Sciences, Nursing 08/2008-12/2010 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL

Master of Science, Adult & Continuing Education 01/1990-01/1992 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL

Bachelor of Science, Music Education K-12 08/1976-12/1980 Nurse Practitioner Experience

Springfield Clinic Springfield, IL

Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner 08/15/16-10/16/2016 Department of Infectious Disease

Responsible for assessment, diagnoses and treatment of clinic and hospital patients with infectious diseases under the supervision of department physicians.

Provide patient and family disease education and maintain continuity of care.

Patient care is provided daily in both the clinic and hospital rounding averaging 20 pt/day.

Hospital rounds at Memorial Medical Center and VibraCare Acute Care. Registered Nurse Experience

Hannibal Regional Hospital Hannibal, MO

Registered Nurse Telemetry 2/15/2017-8/19/2017

Full-time 130week hospital travel assignment

Responsible for assessment, documentation and care of patients with multiple chronic diagnoses in an ICU step-down telemetry Progressive Care Unit.

Provide patient and caregiver education on treatment plan and medications to primarily adult/geriatric population.

Assist hospitalists with patient rounding, assessment, placing orders and diagnostic testing. Swedish-American Hospital Rockford, IL

Registered Nurse 11/15/2016-2/10/2017

Full-time 13 week hospital travel position.

Responsible for assessment, documentation and care of primarily adult/geriatric patients with multiple chronic diagnoses on medical surgical unit.

Provided patient and caregiver education on diagnosis, treatment and medication during stay and for continued discharge treatment and follow-up appointments.

Assist hospitalists with patient assessment, orders and diagnostic test ing follow-throughs. Blessing Hospital Quincy, IL

Registered Nurse 06/2016-08/06/2016

Full-time 8-week Travel RN summer position on Neuro-Surgical unit adult/geriatric population.

Responsible for assessment, documentation and care of patients with multiple chronic diagnoses.

Provided patient and caregiver education on diagnosis, treatment plan and medications.

Responsible for patient admission, transfer and discharge coordination. Decatur Memorial Hospital Decatur, IL

Registered Nurse 02/2011-12/2015

Full-time RN II Med-Surg 40-bed unit. Primarily adult/geriatric population.

Coordinated, facilitated resources and managed care of 6-9 patients using critical thinking skills as appropriate to the care setting. Inpatient palliative and hospice care provided routinely; assisting families with end-of-life decision making.

Adjusted to unexpected increases in patient volume and greater care demand.

Educated patients and families on post-operative healthcare needs to prevent complications, essentials for wound ostomy care, hypo- and hyperglycemic diabetic episodes, and preventative lifestyle changes.

Assisted patients with multiple chronic comorbidities; COPD, asthma, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, anemias, cancer, and stroke by reviewing medications and lifestyle changes.

EMR documentation of assessments, treatments, educations, discharge instructions and follow-up care.

Routinely received written positive feedback from patients for excellent quality of care. Relevant Clinical Experience

Advanced Practice Nursing Experience

Decatur Memorial Hospital Decatur, IL

Precepted Adult/Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Clinical 02/2015-08/2015

Evaluated incoming ER patients, ordered appropriate tests as necessary to diagnose patients accurately. In light of findings, referring to hospitalists/specialists for admission. Vita Center for Women Decatur, IL

Precepted Adult Nurse Practitioner Clinical 09/2014-12/2014

Assisted Ob-Gyn MD and NP in examination, evaluation and diagnosis of women ages 15-85. Hickory Point Christian Village Forsyth, IL

Precepted Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Clinical 01/2014-05/2014

Implemented effective treatment regiments for patients with chronic multiple illnesses while strictly adhering to standards of quality practice guidelines. Assisted patients and families with end-of-life care.

Dr. Gregory Totel, M.D. - Internal Medicine, private practice Decatur, IL Precepted Adult/Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Clinical 09/2013-12/2013

Educated and counseled adult/geriatric patients regarding home medical management of chronic diseases. Analyzed patient assessment, medical/social/family history and preliminary test results to build differential diagnoses.

Other Work Experience

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL

College of Education, Office of Student Teaching 12/1980 1/1990 Assistant to the Director

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL

Department of Nuclear Engineering 01/1990-07/1998

Technical Journal Editor

VanMeter Real Estate Decatur, IL

Residential Listing and Sales, Broker/Owner 07/1998-08/2014 Licenses and Certifications

ANCC Certified Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, State of Illinois Licensed Advanced Practice Nurse, State of Illinois Licensed Registered Nurse, State of Illinois

DEA licensed, State of Illinois

Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification, American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification, American Heart Association Board Certified RN in Gerontology by AANC

Affiliations

American Association of Nurse Practitioners

American Nurses Association

Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing Golden Key International Honor Society

Millikin University Alumni Association

Lifetime Member, University of Illinois Alumni Association References Available anytime upon request.

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