CPNP - Nurse Practitioner Primary Care

KAREN MELDE, CPNP

*********@*****.*** 770-***-****

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Summary: Fast-paced board-certified Locum Tenens CPNP. DEA, PROVIDER BLS AND PALS CERTIFIED. Deep knowledge base in all aspects of pediatric primary care, as well as ADHD and asthma management. Acute, chronic and urgent care. Very comfortable working as a solo provider. Compact licensed. APRN licensed in GA, FL, MA, ME, TN, VA.

Key skills:

ADHD Management Asthma Management Primary Care Urgent Care Well-child Care Anticipatory Guidance Sports Physicals Inpatient Care Outpatient Care Multiple EMR systems PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & ACHIEVEMENTS

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Locum Tenens - Primary Care Houlton Regional Hospital - Houlton, ME 1/2024-2/2024

Locum Tenens CPNP in hospital-based Pediatric clinic

‘Bread and butter’ pediatric cases

Sick visits, well-child visits, sports physicals

ADHD medication management, initiation, and modification

Asthma exacerbations, acute angio-edema reaction, acute fracture management

Hospital is a Federally designated ‘Critical Access’ hospital Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Locum Tenens - Primary Care Plateau Pediatrics 2/2022-4/2022

Provided ‘bread & butter’ pediatrics primary care

Provided well-child checks, sports physicals

Clinic is FQHC certified

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Locum Tenens - Urgent Care 7/2021-12/2021, Peachtree Pediatric Urgent Care. 1/2020-3/2020

Provided urgent care to Pediatric Patients

Provided care to patients with asthma, COVID, FLU, RSV, and all manner of childhood illnesses

Provided sports trauma care - strains, sprains, concussions

Provided fracture care - splinting/immobilization - x-ray on site. Stabilized patient, referred to Orthope- dics for next day treatment

No suturing or Derma-Bond. Pts were assessed and sent to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta ER

Practiced independently with MD off-site

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care

Kids and Teens Primary Healthcare, Decatur, GA 5/2020-7/2021

Providing ADHD, asthma management - interpreting spirometry with medication management

Well-child check-ups birth to 21, with anticipatory guidance

Primary and chronic care management of patients birth to 21

~20+ patients/day

Practiced independently with MD off-site

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care

Creekview Pediatrics, Johns Creek, GA 7/2019-5/2020

Solo MD practice ~10-20 patients/day

Provided ADHD, asthma management, International travel management

Well-child check-ups birth to 18, with anticipatory guidance

Primary and chronic care to patients newborn to 18, lactation support

Practiced independently with MD off-site

KAREN MELDE, CPNP 770-***-****

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner – Locum Tenens - Primary Care Sugarloaf Pediatrics - Lawrenceville, GA 1/2019-4/2019

Locum Tenens Provider in a fast-paced Pediatric practice

‘bread & butter’ pediatric care

Well-child checks with anticipatory guidance age newborn to 18

Management of acute and chronic conditions

Contract extended 4 times

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care

ABC Pediatric Group, Stone Mountain, GA 3/2013-8/2018 ADHD, Asthma specialist. Primary and acute care, lactation support

20-25+ patients per day

Managed acute and chronic asthma

Managed complicated chronic conditions

ADHD initial and on-going medication management

Well-child check ups with anticipatory guidance - newborn to 18 Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care

Life Cycle Pediatrics, East Point, GA 5/2011-4/2014 Primary and chronic care for an inner-city, economically disadvantaged community

Fast-paced Independent Provider - 20+ pt. per day

ADHD management

Asthma - acute and chronic management

Management of Acute and Chronic conditions

Well-child checkups with anticipatory guidance — newborn to age 18

Clinic is FQHC designated

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Division of Pediatric General Surgery EMORY HEALTHCARE - EMORY CHILDREN'S CENTER, ATLANTA, GA 7/2008 to 5/2011 CPNP on large, inner-city General Pediatric Surgery/Trauma service ~50+ patients on service per day

History & Physicals, Consent obtained - pre-op surgical center patients ~15-20 per day

Management of post-op patients admitted to hospital

Gastrostomy tube management - in-patient and out-patient

Bowel Management Coordinator - developed clinic with MD, after which I ran the clinic

Developed and presented patient education material re: gastrostomy tubes, bowel management, and care of patient post discharge

Performed consults requested by other services

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Department of Anesthesia Services CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA, ATLANTA, GA 9/2007 to 7/2008 CPNP on fast-paced pre-anesthesia department; in-hospital and out-patient ambulatory surgery center

Assessed health status prior to receiving Anesthesia the day of surgery - 60 bed ‘day stay’ unit

Assessed patient's health status in Ambulatory Surgery Center ~25-35 patients/day

Assessed chronically ill children in NP pre-anesthesia clinic

Stat evaluations on ER or in-patients with urgent surgical needs Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition EMORY HEALTHCARE - EMORY CHILDREN'S CENTER, ATLANTA, GA 8/2000 to 7/2007 Assessed and managed pediatric patients with liver disease at tertiary referral center

Managed labs/x-rays

Managed Hepatology patients at 2 Hepatology clinics per week ~7-10 patients/clinic

Managed post-transplant clinic patients ~30/week, ~150 transplants completed 2000-2007

Performed consults requested by other services

Acute Care - provided care to PICU Hepatology patients, pre and post transplant KAREN MELDE, CPNP 770-***-****

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care Pediatrics EMORY HEALTHCARE - THE EMORY CLINIC NORTH, DULUTH, GA. 3/1997 to 8/2000

Primary Care - ~20+ patients per day

Managed asthma - acute and chronic

Managed ADHD

Well-child checks with anticipatory guidance - newborn to age 18

Managed acute and chronic conditions

Member "First Responder" team for entire building - pediatrics and adults Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care Pediatrics ABRAMS, PC - ATLANTA, GA 1/1996 to 2/1997

• Primary Care CPNP in a small solo MD office

• Well-child checkups with anticipatory guidance

• Developed all written guidelines for CLIA/OSHA/Employee office manuals EDUCATION & TRAINING

Master of Science in Nursing, Major: Pediatric Health Care, Emory University School Of Nursing Master of Science in Nursing - Pediatric Health Care Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Major: Nursing, New Jersey City University Bachelor of Science in Nursing

St. Vincent’s Medical Center of Richmond, School of Nursing Diploma in Nursing

CERTIFICATIONS

Board Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - PNCB

PALS

Provider BLS

DEA Licensed

APRN Licensed: FL, GA, MA, ME, TN, VA

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

Special award: 1 of 4 nurses chosen to represent Emory Healthcare on two-week International Nurse Exchange Program, Edinburgh Scotland 2010. Research data collected, presented during Grand Rounds Emory University Sigma Theta Tau - International Nursing Honor Society inducted 1988 PRESENTATIONS

Lectured to Emory University School of Nursing PNP graduate students in both primary care and acute care programs on liver disease 2005-2011

Developed and presented patient education material re: gastrostomy tubes, bowel management and multiple subject educational material to patient families and staff Presented lectures to General Surgery physicians, residents and Fellows re: bowel management, Scotland re- search

KAREN MELDE, CPNP 770-***-****

PUBLICATIONS

Romero R, Melde K, Pillen T, Smallwood GA, Heffron TG. Persistent hyperglycemia in pediatric liver transplant recipients. Presented as a poster at DDW 2001. Gastroenterology 2001; 120:A562 Romero R, Melde K, Martinez F, Pillen T, Heffron TG. Family structure and low socioeconomic status impact pe- diatric living donor liver transplantation rates for African-American children. Presented as a poster at 2002 AASLD

Romero R, Melde K, Dykes F, Jain L, Pillen T, Welch D, Heffron TG. Neonatal liver failure: A center experience. Submitted to DDW, 2002. Presented as a poster by colleagues Romero R, Pillen T, Jain L, Dykes F, Fortenberry J, Melde K, Welch D, Heffron TG. Optimizing survival in neonatal hemochromatosis. Submitted to DDW 2002

Romero R, Cole C, Melde K, Pillen T, Asfaw M, Heffron TG. Race and age impact post-transplantation survival in biliary atresia. Presented by colleague at 2004 World Transplant Congress Romero R, Melde KJ, Pillen T, Smallwood GA, Heffron TG. Persistent hyperglycemia in pediatric liver transplant recipients. Transplantation Proceedings 2001; 33:3617-3618

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