L. Ashley Anderson

Professional Summary

Advanced practice provider with 16 years in experience delivering high quality, compassionate care to breast oncology adult patients. Able to maintain professionalism in complex work environments. Oriented toward maintaining positive attitude, patient satisfaction, and improving productivity, as well as personal fulfillment within the field of medicine.

Work History

Advanced Clinical Practice: Education Role Preceptorship – 180 hours Houston, TX. 06/2021 – present

MD Anderson Cancer Center– Nursing Education and Professional Development

– Dr. Christi Bowe

Memorial Herman Hospital - Nursing Education and Professional Development

– Dr. Rosemary Pine

Blinn College of Nursing – ADN Program – Casey Lemons

• Participate in critical analysis of the impact of the health care delivery system on nursing education.

• Demonstrated skill in learner assessment and evaluation, and teacher-learner communication.

• Demonstrated skill in developing, implementing, and evaluating units of instruction that reflect critical analysis of relevant theory and are congruent with learner characteristics and needs in the clinical setting, laboratory, and classroom.

• Critique a portion of the nursing curriculum according to established criteria.

• Participated in skill check offs, remediation of skills and addressed student behavior issues appropriately and in a timely manner.

MD Anderson Cancer Center - Advanced Practice Provider Houston, TX. 01/2005 – 08/2021

• Independent APP delivering outstanding care to 16-20 complex breast medical oncology patients in a survivorship setting daily.

• Function in an expanded role, collaborating with the interprofessional team including physicians, nurses, social workers, dietitians, etc. to provide for assessment and therapeutic management of patient/family needs.

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College Station, TX 77845

Skills

• Evidence-based practices

• Annual breast screening

• Evaluate and treat sequela of breast

cancer treatment

• Laboratory and imaging report

evaluation

• Identify and diagnose breast cancer

recurrence or metastasis

• Evaluate and treat common female

issues

• Experienced preceptor

• Dependable

• Attention to detail

• Trustworthy

• Caring

• Hard Working

• Team player

• Good listener

Education

12/2021 (anticipated completion date)

University of Texas Health Science

Center Houston

Houston, TX

Post Masters Certification in Nursing

Education

Anticipate Spring 2022 sit for Nurse

Educator Board Certification Exam

12/2004

University of Texas Health Science

• Care delivered to oncology patients in ambulatory and hospital settings including special care units and diagnostic and treatment centers.

• Obtain relevant health histories, complete comprehensive physical exams, order appropriate laboratory and radiologic exams, both in clinic and hospital setting.

• Identifies psychosocial needs of patients and families and make appropriate referrals.

• Mentored and precept students, residents and fellows from various programs.

• Named Top Provider 2019 and 2020 based on patient satisfaction surveys

APN Preceptorship – 405 Hours

Houston, TX 06/2004 - 12/2004

MD Anderson – Gynecology Oncology Clinic, Cathy Burke, APN Cooper Fertility Clinic – Dr. James Chuong

Williamson County Urology Associates – Dr. Grady Bruce UTMB Regional Maternal and Child Clinic – Lynn Harris, RNC, CNM

• Collected age/condition appropriate history in organized and timely manner, and created a climate that acknowledged the dignity and respect held for the client.

• Performed physical, cervical cultures, and pap smears, wet mounts, sterile pelvic exams, fundal height measurements.

• Differentiated normal from abnormal findings.

• Critically thought and problem solve in formulating clinical nursing and medical diagnoses.

• Interpreted test findings correctly. Worked cohesively with other practitioners and doctors in practice.

• Used clinical judgment in decision making, based on knowledge and understanding of diagnosis and health promotion and psycho-social factors; includes patient in decision making process.

• Scheduled appropriate follow-up and referrals for patients.

• Identified teaching/learning needs of patient.

North Houston Center For Reproductive Medicine - REGISTERED NURSE

Houston, TX 06/2003 - 05/2004

• Provided care to infertility patients as well as gynecologic patients.

• Maintained andrology laboratory when embryologist out of town.

• Maintained correspondence to and from patients, phone triage, roomed patients, performed semen analysis, sperm washes, various hormone lab assays, intrauterine inseminations, taught patient injection classes, coordinated ovulation induction cycles, scheduled surgeries with local hospitals

Austin Regional Clinic - REGISTERED NURSE

Austin, TX 08/2002 - 06/2003

• Personal nurse to family practice doctor, provided care to patients Center Houston

Houston, TX

Master of Science: Nursing

Women's Health Nurse Practitioner tract

Clinical Thesis – Pap Smear Tracking

System *WHNP Boards passed 01/2005

05/1999

Abilene Christian University

Abilene, TX

Bachelor of Science: Nursing

*RN Boards passed 06/99

Certifications

• Registered Nurse Practitioner in the

State of Texas, license number 660125.

• NCC certified as Women's Health care

Nurse Practitioner

• Prescriptive authority, Texas

• BLS Certified

• Certified Breast Cancer Nurse

with family practice doctor, triage patient phone calls, maintain correspondence to and from patients, administer vaccines, perform EKG's, coordinate patient referrals to specialists, coordinate diabetes seminars, teach newly diagnosed diabetics how to manage new regiments.

Carolina Center For Fertility And Endocrinology - REGISTERED NURSE

Columbia, South Carolina 10/2001 - 06/2002

• Coordinated patient's stimulation cycles and first trimester pregnancy visits, performed vaginal ultrasound, baseline ultrasounds and follicle scans, performed intrauterine inseminations, phlebotomy, prepared sperm washes, sperm counts, various hormone lab assays, taught patients medication administration techniques, shadowed doctor through daily visits, conducted annual visit work - up, answered phone questions and concerns, scheduled all surgeries with various hospitals. Richie's Pharmacy - DIABETES EDUCATOR

Montgomery, TX. 12/1999 - 10/2001

• Led “Health Day” presentations for community, initiated Medicare billing, increased durable medical equipment sales by 300% through education of physicians/patients, supervised Medicare billing and adherence to state-mandated guidelines, oversaw preparation of medical administration records for local nursing home, directed staff on how to appropriately deal with questions from assisted living home staff, authored weight seminar, and diabetes seminar titled “Learning to Live with Diabetes”, taught classes for patient population on topics that include: weight management, managing disease states (primarily diabetes), cholesterol control, as well as how to adjust to life after a stroke.

Tomball Regional Hospital - REGISTERED NURSE

Tomball, TX. 07/1999 - 09/2000

• Provided antepartum, postpartum and post-op care to patients, oversaw assessments for newly admitted patients, taught discharge education classes, cross-trained in newborn nursery to provide assistance if needed, managed crisis situations with patients whose surgery and/or disease state resulted in loss of life. Interests

Member of Nurse Partitioners in Women’s Health 2005-2021. Member of Association of Women's Health and Neonatal Nurses 2003- 2021.

Member Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society for Nursing.

Member Oncology Nurses Society 2005 - 2021.

Member of Texas Nurse Practitioners 2005 – 2021

Professional Activities

Health Talents International, Surgical Mission to Guatemala, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.

Casa El Buen Samaritano Clinic, Volunteer as WHNP, providing primary care to underserved women at a free health clinic 2007 – present; served as board member from 2012-2015.

Served as member of CBCN test task force 2017.

Collaborated and Launched institutional APP Preceptor training education initiative 2020-2021

Collaborated and recorded CME video – Breast Survivorship Collaborated and Published multiple patient education sheets and continuing education presentations.

Collaborated and Published Multidisciplinary care of the breast cancer survivor poster, presented at ASCO Breast symposium 2011. Collaborated and Published Vitamin D deficiency and Breast Cancer Prevention poster, presented at Texas Nurse Practitioners conference 2009 Collaborated and Published Weight Changes in Breast Cancer Survivors Who Received Adjuvant Anti-estrogen Therapy poster and abstract presented at ASCO annual meeting 2009

Served on APP Education Committee 2007-2009, Chair 2010

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