Dr. Cecilia C. Ekwunazu, DNP. FNP-BC, CRNP
443-***-**** ******@*****.***, ************@*****.*** Baltimore MD EDUCATION
Chatham University
Pittsburgh, PA
Doctorate of Nursing Practice
Aug. 2021 – April 2023
Bradley University
Peoria, IL
MSN. Family Nurse Practitioner
Jan. 2017 - Aug. 2020
University of Maryland SON
Baltimore, MD
Bachelor of Sci. in Nursing
Sept. 1999 - Dec. 2001
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Certified Advanced Family Nurse Practitioner providing care for patients across all lifespans. Current Practice: Integrative & Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Consultant Greater Baltimore Medical Center Healthcare/Gilchrist Cares - May 2021 to present 6701 North Charles Street, Towson, MD 21234
Tracie Schwoyer-Morgan, DNP, CRNP Director of Palliative Medical Support Services 443-***-****
• Specialize in providing medical care to patients living with serious illnesses
• Offer symptom management, control, and relief from severe illnesses and the stress of complex and curative medical conditions to relieve suffering and improve quality of life.
• Guide patients through goals of care counseling and understanding ethical issues impacting autonomy and medical decision-making.
• Explain prognosis and guide in navigating treatment options and appropriate goals of care that improve the quality of life, and limit pain, stress, and suffering for patients and families.
• Incorporate solid interprofessional team communication, collaboration, and mitigation, helping to improve communication, understanding, and support for patients/families.
• Provide compassionate care that promotes relationships and enhances patients’ experience geared toward reducing the length of hospital stay, limiting readmission, and decreasing spending and resource utilization.
• Coordinating with interprofessional teams in ensuring equitable healthcare, social and economic resource distribution, and support systems to facilitate quality of care.
• Mentorship/Preceptorship of Nurse Practitioner students, medical internists Current Practice: Family Nurse Practitioner
Complete Wellness Family Care Clinic LLC
8117 Harford Road, Parkville, MD 21234
• Provide a wide range of family-focused healthcare and services to patients of all ages, including infants, adolescents, adults, and seniors.s
• Adequately management of diverse patient populations to foster trusting relationships and improve outcomes
• Demonstrate critical thinking, initiative, and expertise in acute and long-term care and assist patients/families to achieve optimum health, reduce hospitalization, and increase the quality of life.
• Passionate about connecting patients with necessary healthcare resources
• Adept professional collaborative relationships with a multidisciplinary team and focused appropriate referrals to optimize patient outcomes.
• Superior knowledge of hospital systems and modes of communication dedicated to enhancing patient care and education
• Team-oriented, reliable expert healthcare knowledge, clear verbal and written communication skills, and sound clinical judgment.
Dr. Cecilia C. Ekwunazu, DNP. FNP-BC, CRNP
443-***-**** ******@*****.***, ************@*****.*** Baltimore MD Previous Experience: Registered Nurse
Greater Baltimore Medical Center April 2002 – May 2021 6701 North Charles Street, Towson, MD 21234
Steven Benko, MSN, RN 443-***-****
• Nursing of older adults in a med-surge telemetry unit
• Nursing care of COVID ICU patients
• Care of patients with multiple chronic illnesses.
• Charge nurse duties (training and mentoring new nurses/employees)
• Coordinating care with interprofessional and educating patients/family and the healthcare team LICENSURE/CERTIFICATIONS
• MBN: Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP) March 2021 – March 2026
• Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) – Online Clinical Training Course Completed 2021
• AANP: Family Nurse Practitioner-Board Certified (FNP-BC) December 2020 - December 2025
• MBN: Registered Nurse April 2002 - 2026
• AHA: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Completed in 2021
• AHA: Basic Life Support (BLS) Completed in 2021
• SAMHSA: Buprenorphine Waiver Completed in 2021
• Maryland One stop: Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission Completed 2021
• CITI Certificate HSR Social BHR AD Research Training Completed 2022