CURRICULUM VITAE
TORIA M. SHAW, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
ad5d2b@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Experienced Nurse Practitioner with 12 years of diverse experience as Nurse Practitioner. My experience includes family practice, hospitalist, graduate assistant, liaison of nursing and pharmacy at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oxford, preceptor for medical residents from the University of MS Medical School, critical care, med-surg, step-down, surgical recovery, administration, clinical faculty at the Baptist School of Nursing. I am passionate about caring for all patients. I believe it to be an honor to assist clients in being their best selves, however, that may look like to each of them. Furthermore, it is a huge part of who I am when educating patients, families, and staff. I am experienced in credentialing, electronic charting, HEDIS, care gaps, weight loss, employee screenings, disability, and risk assessment.
WORK EXPERIENCE
The Center for Mental and Sexual Health
Denver, CO
May 2021 to November 2023
Conduct a comprehensive assessment of mental health to include patient history, functioning, and client’s needs, and assuring comprehensive healthcare needs are identified and treated.
Conducting point of care testing
Interpret laboratory data and radiological tests.
Apply proper screening and treatment psychologically and physiologically tools.
Manage treatment plan and medication management.
Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team.
Educate clients and families about their illnesses and provide health management information and techniques.
Utilize a variety of clinical interventions, including best practice and evidence-based modality.
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
Plan A Health, Inc.
Mississippi Delta
Mobile Unit (MS):
Washington, Leflore, Sunflower, Holmes &
Bolivar Counties
Brick & Mortar
Louise, Humphrey Co.
February 2021 to May 2022
Primary & Reproductive Healthcare
Provider in the Mississippi Delta
Preceptor Medical Residents Family Practice UMMC
Credentialing of providers and commercial insurances
Supervisory and Evaluation of Rural Health Medical Residents (UMMC)
Participate in interviewing and selection of team members.
Media Relations interviews and print
Policy Writing and Evaluation & Regulatory
Staff Education monthly and ongoing as new best practice develops.
Telehealth
Covid task team facilitator
Intake & physical assessment
Family Planning Visits and Education, also assist in FP waiver application.
Comprehensive Contraception Provider & Advocate
Insertion & removal of LARCS
Contraception management
Implement same day contraception.
Infertility assessment, assistance, and education of couples
Perform, confirm, and communicate results.
POC testing
Policy writing
Mental Health telehealth and collaboration
Case Management
Risk management
Procedurals including sutures, IUD, pap smears.
Collaboration with Delta Residency Program, Community leaders and stakeholders, along with the Board of Directors for Plan A
Telehealth visits
Maintain Plan a Health’s policies, procedures, and mission statement.
Educate on PrEP & prescribe.
Provide testing for HIV and STI / STD & treatment.
Epi track Physician Card Reportable Communicable Disease Management
Identifying & Resolving Care gaps and barriers
Oversee and Collaborate with Community Health Workers
Research & Evaluations
Vaccinations
Women’s Health
Acute care
Chronic disease management
Sexual and Reproductive Health Education and Treatment
Preventative primary health screenings
Ordering of medications and aides to be utilized by the Free pharmacy.
Health educational sessions via Zoom and in-person for communities, businesses, and faith-based
Organizations and schools
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
Aaron E. Henry Community Health Center
Tunica, MS
June 2014 to October 2020
Primary Healthcare
Provider in a family-centered medical office serving an ethnically diverse, rural population of Delta Hills. Provide leadership, direction, and assistance while maintaining a comforting and reassuring clinical environment. Establish and monitor the medically appropriate level of care for clinic and school base patients. Oversee, direct, and support with the point of care tests, laboratory, x- rays, injections, and collections. Maintain clinical core competencies. Collaborate with Medical Director, on-site Clinical Director, Agency Administrative Board, Office Manager, in-house Social Services, Nurse Manager, Community Health Worker, Interpreter, and staff to ensure operations are consistent with medical policy and professional standards. Provide acute and chronic care including diagnostic testing, suturing, splinting, stabilization, and chronic & preventative care. Facilitate and assist with in-service and continuing education programs for physicians, nurses, and other staff. Assessed and presented case studies. Aide in the facilitation of development and education of staff and other providers. Present and document findings, diagnosis, and treatment plan to adhere to best practices and standards. The clinical population includes infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics, including women's health. Providing preventative, screenings, acute, and chronic care along with education, counseling, and collaboration. Caring for every patient with healthcare services that are qualitatively excellent, affordable, and convenient by adhering to the highest standards of professionalism, ethics, and personal responsibility. Conduct sports and employment physicals including drug screening as appropriate. Provide EPSDT and Head Start Physical assessments. Assess and order immunizations. Risk assessment and management. Treatment in family planning. Ryan White Program Provider (HIV screenings, assessments, and treatment). Clinic and school nurse practitioner. Utilization of Bright Futures. HEDIS, Weight management, EHR
-Tele medicine
Other duties:
Practice Main Clinic and School base
• Patient-Centered Medical Home
• Behavioral Health with LCSW
• Medicare Annual Wellness Visits
• Bright Futures
• Facilitate Lunch and Learn for Staff
• Provider Champion for The Mississippi Quality Improvement Initiative II (MSQII-2) Cohort, Collaborative for Hypertension and Diabetes for the Mississippi Delta
• SBAR Screening
• Mini Mental Evaluation
• Monthly Provider Meetings
• Quarterly Peer Reviews
• Community Outreach
• Identify At-Risk Groups
• In-home blood pressure, blood sugar, and medication adherence checks
• Family Planning
• Implementation Team for Same Day Contraception
• Prescription 340 B Program
• Lead monthly in-clinic meetings
• Mississippi Department of Health Partnership Collaborations
• Mississippi Breast and Cervical Program
• Title X Program
• Immunizations (CHIPS, Medicaid, and Private Insurance)
• MIIX vaccination database
• PDSA projects
• Referral Project Healthy You Screenings Tracer
• Childhood Obesity Project Delta Hills - MEND Program
• Monthly Awareness educational projects for community and staff
• Ryan White Outreach and Collaborative with colleges and high schools, screenings, and education
• Partnership with ICS Head Start to organize and complete physicals for students and employees • Backpack drive for the families in need
• Thanksgiving Community Outreach
• Mississippi Department of Health certified in Oral Evaluation and Fluoride Varnish Program • National 2018 Reproductive Health
• Nexplanon Clinical Training Certification
• Asthma & Colonoscopy Task Force
• HRSA and Joint Commission Committee Readiness
• Pill Pak Partnership
• Allscripts EMR Trainer
• On-Call Coverage
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
Southern Care Hospice, Inc
Batesville, MS
March 2013 to June 2015
Collaborating with physicians in evaluating admissions and discharges of hospice patients' admissions and discharges of hospice patients. Gather clinical information to support diagnosis and prognosis. Facilitate and conduct face-to-face encounters. Communicate clinical face-to-face encounters to IDG in coordinating patient care. Treatment planning. Providing compassionate care and support to patients and families.
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
Baptist Hospice
Batesville, MS
March 2012 to June 2014
Collaborating with physicians in evaluating admissions and discharges of hospice patients. Gather clinical information to support diagnosis and prognosis. Facilitate and conduct face-to-face encounters. Communicate clinical face-to-face encounters to IDG in Coordinating patient care.
Treatment planning. Providing compassionate care and support to patients and families.
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
Well Now
Urgent Care
Batesville, MS
June 2012 to June 2013
Urgent and Afterhours Clinic serves an ethnically diverse, rural population. Provide convenient, professional, friendly care to all clients seeking health-related services. Provide leadership, direction, and assistance during emergencies while maintaining a comforting and reassurance for patients and staff. Medical assessment of clinic patients. Ability to work in a varying fast-paced, high volume, and high-stress environment.
Oversee, direct, and support on-site laboratory, x-rays, injections, and collections for direct access services. Maintain clinical core competencies. Worked closely with the office manager, Regional Operations Manager, and staff to ensure operations are consistent with medical policy professional standards. Provided acute and chronic care including diagnostic testing, suturing, splinting, collaboration, stabilization, and chronic care. Aided in the facilitation of development and education of staff. Presented and documented findings, diagnosis, and treatment plan to adhere to best practices and standards. Conducted sports, employment, and DOT physicals including drug screening as appropriate.
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
Convenient Care Urgent Care
Batesville, MS
January 2012 to June 2013
Urgent and Afterhours Clinic serves an ethnically diverse, rural population. Providing acute and chronic care including diagnostic testing, suturing, splinting, collaboration, stabilization, and chronic care. Further duties/responsibilities are listed above. SEE ABOVE - Well Now (company name change).
Hospitalist & Mental Health West Campus - Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
Tri lakes Hospital
Batesville, MS
September 2011 to 2013
Providing H&Ps on new admissions with Hospitalists collaboration in reviewing history, chief complaints, lab results, medication review, education, preventative, and chronic care along with acute care. Diagnostic testing and evaluation. MENTAL HEALTH evaluations (Adult, Geriatric, Chemical Dependency Psych).
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
Batesville Family Medical Clinic
Batesville, MS
May 2011 to 2013
Primary Healthcare Provider in a family-centered medical office serving an ethnically diverse, rural population. The clinical population includes infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics, including women's health. Providing preventative, acute, and chronic care along with education, counseling, and collaboration. Caring for every patient with healthcare services that are qualitatively excellent, affordable, and convenient by adhering to the highest standards of professionalism, ethics, and personal responsibility. Conduct sports, employment, and DOT physicals including drug screening as appropriate. Provide EPSDT assessments.
Graduate Assistant
University of Memphis
Memphis, TN
August 2010 to May 2011
Assisted Psychiatric and Adult Health Professors in lecturing, proctoring tests, research, publications, grading written papers, and preparing Dossiers.
Adjunct Faculty
Baptist College of Health Sciences & Nursing
Memphis, TN
May 2010 to May 2011
• Primary area of responsibility included credit courses in Adult Health I & II and Advanced Adult Health I & II practicum along with the following:
• Provide classroom and clinical instruction by BSN requirements
• Effectively communicate with students and faculty of diverse backgrounds
• Facilitate skills lab instruction and checkoffs
• Evaluate and critique care plans and projects
• Assess students' progression and counsel
• Participate in planning, research, organizing, and implementing nursing Adult I & II curriculum
Medication Safety Specialist / Regulatory Readiness (Joint Commission & CMS)
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Oxford, MS
August 2007 – May 2011
• Liaison Nursing, Pharmacy, Respiratory, Radiology, Cancer Center, and Lab Departments • Maintain Joint Commission Accreditation Manager Site
• Point Person - Joint Commission & State Site Survey for Baptist Hospital North MS, Oxford • Conduct Joint Commission & CMS Mock Survey and tracers, Failure Modes Evaluation Analysis (FMEA), and Root Cause Analysis (RCAs)
• Evaluate and revise policies and procedures along with pre-printed order sets
• Research and implement best practice
• Writing policies
• Assess learning needs for staff and patients related to medication safety and educational planning • Nursing Orientation Trainer / Educator
• Provide educational opportunities (in-services and skills lab)
• Facilitate medication safety initiatives and committee meetings
• Participate in evidence-based research and regulatory readiness
• Collect data and implement tracers
• Report to Medication Usage System Team
• Analyze medication system variances, adverse drug reactions, and sentinel events along with FDA / MedWatch Alerts and ISMP findings and recommendations
• Forward data and evidence to FDA
• Community Awareness Campaigns
• Public Service Announcements
• Exhibitor and organizer of Heath Fair
• Team Leader / Facilitator / Trainer in Transformation of computerized charting
• Safe Medication in the Home Educational Awareness Article
• Medication Safety SharePoint Website
• Exhibit case study presentations
• Hospital Committee Involvement:
• Key Function Team (JC & CMS Medication Management Chair)
• Medication Management (Chair)
• Clinical Services
• LILY Team
• Pain Management Committee (Co-chair)
• Ticket to Ride
• PCA Task Force (Co-chair)
• Security of Medications Task Force (Co-chair)
• Horizon Clinical Transformation Task Force
• Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee (Co-chair)
• Pre-printed Orders Committee / Standing Orders (Chair)
• Patient Safety Outreach Task Force
• IHI Committee (Facilitator)
• Medication Reconciliation Task Force
• System MUST Team
• Pediatric Crash Cart Task Force
• Admin Rx Task Force
• Nursing Mentorship
• National Patient Safety Goal 3E Task Force
• Home Medications Disposition Task Force (Co-chair)
• CPOE Trainer & Superuser
• Diagnostic Center Joint Venture Task Force (Co-chair)
• Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCHIP) Task Force
• Core Measures Task Force
• Nurse Practice Council
• Departmental Employee Recognition Program (Chair)
• Performance Improvement Data Departmental Task Force
EHR Trainer
Registered Nurse / Post Anesthesia Care Unit
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Oxford, MS
September 2008 to November 2012 prn
Critical care and assessment of post-surgical care patients (adults and pediatrics) patient and family education, Invasive/hemodynamic monitoring. Collaborated with an interdisciplinary team.
Registered Nurse / CVICU - ICU
Methodist Hospital
Memphis, TN
January 2005 to
September 2010
• Medical Response Team
• Charge Nurse
• Preceptor
• Critical thinking
• Implement an individualized plan of care
• Patient and family education
• Invasive/hemodynamic monitoring
• Demonstrated specialized judgment and skill
• Collaborated with an interdisciplinary team
• Save Skin Campaign Committee
• Contributor in ICU Walking rounds
• Facilitated charting in-services
• ICU Step Down
• Stroke Task Team
EDUCATION
Post-certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Liberty University, present
Master of Science in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner
Loewenberg School Nursing, The University of Memphis
May 2011
Bachelor of Science in Nursing – Registered Nurse
Loewenberg School Nursing, The University of Memphis
May 2005
CERTIFICATIONS
2022 – present APRN – FNP & DEA
Colorado
2011 - presents APRN – FNP & DEA
Mississippi
2021 IUD
Liletta & Bayer
2021 & 2018
Merck Nexplanon
2015 - present
Childhood Dental - Varnish procedure during healthy screen
2016 - present
Bright Futures
2011 - present
DEA licensed for schedules II – V
2011 - present
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner by the Academy of Nurse Practitioners
2009 - present
PALS
2008 - 2012
National Institute of Health Stroke Certification
2005 - present
ACLS
2000 - present
American Heart Association BLS
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
2018 Nurse Practitioner of the Year Nominee Aaron E. Henry Community Health Center
2018 Recognized by Getty & The Packard Foundation - Raising her Voice: Southern United States (gettyimages.com)
2015 Provider Champion Mississippi Quality Improvement (MSQII-2) Cohort 1
Hypertension and Diabetes Mississippi Department of Health Collaborative Task 2010 Mississippi Nightingale Nurse of the Year Finalist
2010 Nursing Excellence Baptist Memorial Hospital
2009 Nursing Excellence Nominee Baptist Memorial Hospital
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
LEADERSHIP & MEMBERSHIP
American Psychological Association
University of Memphis Graduate Teacher Assistant
Mississippi Nurse Practitioners Association
Mississippi Nurses Association
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
American Association of Critical Care Nurses
American Nurses Association
Co-Chairwomen’s Health Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. 2018 - present
University of Mississippi Rebel Recruiter
University of Mississippi Pom Squad
University of Mississippi Resident Advisor
PUBLICATIONS/MEDIA
Politico. (2022, March). A mobile clinic set out to improve reproductive care for women in the Mississippi delta. The problems it found went much deeper.
Getty & The Packard Foundation - Raising her Voice: Southern United States (gettyimages.com) Medication Safety Media Campaign and Broadcasting Mississippi Today
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Louise, MS Annual Youth Bike Ride
Baptist Hospital Mobile Mammography and Cervical Cancer Screenings Events
Mammography Clinic, Women’s Outreach with Free Pap Smears and Mammograms
Souls for Soles Donations
Global Eyeglasses Outreach with Shiners Club
Childhood Obesity Project Delta Hills - MEND Program
Boys and Girls Club, Lafayette & Panola Counties
Memphis Mission Homeless Shelter Annually
Pink Goes Red Cardiovascular Awareness Co-Chair 2017 - present, Lafayette & Panola Counties
The Longest Day Alzheimer’s Awareness Co-Chair 2017 - present, Lafayette & Panola Counties
Caregivers Campaign Co-Chair 2018 - present, Lafayette & Panola Counties
Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign Co-Chair 2017 - present, Lafayette & Panola Counties
Health Fairs Community Centers in Delta Hills of Mississippi
Tunica, MS & Hernando, MS Annual School Supply Drives