Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Board Certified

Summary

Recent AGACNP graduate with 23 years of dedicated healthcare experience and 11 years of experience as a Registered Nurse. A diverse background in health promotion, disease prevention, acute and chronic care and leadership/management. Flexible, quick learner who easily adapts to new situation and invites challenges and new learning experiences. Maintains exceptional leadership, verbal, organizational, and interpersonal skills. A thriving passion for learning and helping patients reach healthy goals physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Key Qualifications

Worked in a broad range of medical departments including ICU, Acute Care, Cardiac, Nephrology; working with and leading teams in the delivery of high standards of patients.

Collaborated with medical professionals to devise and implement care plans. Closely monitored physiological and psychological health and reported changes to medical team, along with initiating corrective procedures when required. Managed medical procedures including administration of oral and intravenous medication. Perceptively and proactively fulfilled role as Preceptor to student nurse and new graduates, guiding and mentoring them on medical procedures, policy application and holistic nursing practice.

Nursing Experince

Fresenius Medical Care

Clinical Manager 2010 to Present

Staff RN/HT RN, 2008 to 2010

Provide direct patient care for assigned patients and assist in the care of other patients as needed. Perform all technical aspects of dialysis procedures. Assess patients’ response to dialysis therapy and make appropriate adjustments and modifications to the treatment plan as indicated or directed by the supervisor or as prescribed by the Physician. Assess patient pre, interim, and post dialysis and document findings. Administer medications as ordered to assigned patients. Responsible for assessing educational needs of patient and educating the patient and family regarding end stage renal disease, dialysis therapy, diet and medications. Assist with staff and patient scheduling, completing and presentation of monthly CQI, precept/training of new staff, anemia management, scheduling of patient appointments, process new admissions, completion of new patient assessments/care plans, training patient and caregivers to perform hemo-dialysis treatment at home.

Heilex Nursing/Advance Nursing

Traveling LPN/RN, 2004 to 2011

Travel locally to work on short-term assignments. Per diem assignments at local nursing homes, dialysis centers, doctor office, private home, or hospital settings to include Telemetry, NICU, OR, and PACU

Davita

Staff LPN, 2004-2007, Staff RN 2010-2011

Provide direct patient care for assigned patients and assist in the care of other patients as needed. Perform all technical aspects of dialysis procedures. Assess patients’ response to dialysis therapy and make appropriate adjustments and modifications to the treatment plan as indicated or

directed by the supervisor or as prescribed by the Physician. Assess patient pre, interim, and post dialysis and document findings. Administer medications as ordered to assigned patients. Responsible for assessing educational needs of patient and educating the patient and family regarding end stage renal disease, dialysis therapy, diet and medications. Completion of care plans and assessments of patients.

Self Regional Healthcare

Ward/Unit Secretary- OR 2000-2001

Unit secretary for operation unit. Scheduling of surgery, maintainance of patient Kardex and charts. Data entry of information for patients chart, hospital records, surgical documentation records, admission to units, billing/ coding, and discharge notes.

Gambro

Staff PCT 1996-1999,

Provide direct patient care for assigned patients and assist in the care of other patients as needed. Perform all technical aspects of dialysis procedures

Nurse Practitioner Clinical Experience

Nov 2018-Jan 2019 Prixma Health (Toumey) - Acute Care Hospitalist- Rounding in

hospital on patient in various acute cate units (ER, Urgent Care, post op unit, telemetry, ICU)

Nov 2018- Dec 2018 Baptist Hospital- Acute Care Hospitalist- Rounding on patients in

in hospital post admission via ER, ER intake consults for admission.

August 2018- Nov 2018 Lexington Hospital- Rounding on patients with CKD, AKI, ESRD

and Electrolyte imbalances in hospital setting.

Providence Hospital: Internal medicine/Acute care treatment and

management for patients 21y/o and older

Jun 2018-August 2018 GEO Care Inc- medical care to nursing home/ rehabilitation patients ages 18y/o and up

Feb- 2018- May 2018 Columbia Nephrology- Management and treatment of patient with symptoms related to CKD, AKI, ESRD, and renal insufficiency complications with in nephrology office, Hemo-dialysis clinic, and PD clinic.

Education

Master of Science in Nursing – AGACNP 2019

Walden University

Associate Degree of Nursing 2008

Greenville Technical College

Practical Nursing 2003

Associate in Business/Accounting 2000

Piedmont Technical College

Professional Development

South Carolina Professional Registered Nurse: License 203993

South Carolina Advanced Practice Registered Nurse: License APN.23542

ANCC: AGACNP-BC: 201-***-****

American Heart Asociation: BLS and ACLS

American Association of Nursing

American Association of Critical Care Nurses

National Society of Leadership and Success

Sigma Theta Tau- Phi Nu Chapter

Black Nurses Rock Association

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