Nurse Practitioner Staff

VALENCIA (CHICOINE) HENRY, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC

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Myrtle Beach, SC 29579

860-***-****, Email : ******@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

*/** – present Patriot Healthcare, Conway, SC

Nurse Practitioner

Providing Palliative and Physician Services in the community.

2/18 – 2/1/19 Onslow County Health Department, Jacksonville, NC

Nurse Practitioner/Physician Extender

Responsible for overseeing child health, STD clinic and management of women’s health and maternal health including placement of IUDs and implantable contraceptive devices.

12/16 – 1/18 Smart Pain Management, LLC, Owing Mills, MD

Nurse Practitioner

Responsible for acute and chronic pain management utilizing a multimodal approach incorporating physical/aqua therapy, psychotherapy, injections, DMEs, diet/weight loss, narcotic and other non-pharmacological aspects of pain management

4/16 – 12/16 White Glove Health, Hartford, CT

House Calls Nurse Practitioner

Responsible for the management of chronically ill patients regardless of age or socioeconomic background in their home in an effort to reduce hospitalization/rehospitalization

Collaboration with other care providers including nursing, physicians, behavioral health, social workers, care coordinators

3/16 – 12/18 Logistics Health Incorporated, La Crosse, WI

Nurse Practitioner

Responsible for the physical examination and assessment of military staff returning home from active duty assignment

01/14 – 03/16 Baystate VNA & Hospice, Springfield, MA

Heart Failure Specialist/Nurse Practitioner

VALENCIA HENRY, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC

(2)

Responsible for the management of the Heart Failure Program at BVNAH

Data collection and monitoring of clinical quality measures

Consultant to the clinical staff on Heart Failure

Assists with implementing and work collaboratively with interdisciplinary team for disease management programs

Provides staff education utilizing simulation and other measures as needed for staff development

Works collaboratively with BMC healthcare quality improvement programs such as TICC (transition is care continuum), care transitions, pilot programs

Facilitate use of telemedicine for high risk population

Work collaboratively with primary care physician and specialists

Gerontology rotation

08/13 – 12/13 Capital Community College, Hartford, CT

Adjunct Faculty

Working in a classroom/clinical setting with freshmen level nursing students

On site with students at Hartford Hospital

02/13 – 07/13 HARTFORD HOSPITAL, Hartford, CT

Cardiology Nurse Practitioner

Worked collaboratively with medical, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy,

and ancillary staff to assure patient safety and care

Facilitated patient/family education regarding disease process and reconciliation

Collaborated with pastoral and palliative care for patient/family support

Developed and implemented a detailed, system based, patient focused plan of care

Maintained a patient load of three while working in the cardiac critical care unit

Rotated 2-4 weeks in: electrophysiology, heart failure, cardiology hospitalist, CCU, and cardiothoracic surgical ICU

Managed a patient population with acute and chronic disease processes such as: renal failure, respiratory failure, encephalopathy, lupus, gout, COPD,

asthma, AFib, cardiomyopathy, CHF, cardiogenic shock, sepsis, MI, CVA, DM, HTN, HLD

2012-2013 TRAVEL NURSING ASSIGNMENTS, Favorite Nurses, Integrated Healthcare

Staff RN, EPIC Consultant

OR travel assignments (Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Holy Cross Hospital).

VALENCIA HENRY, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC

(3)

Worked closely with pre-op and PACU, anesthesia, and the surgical team specializing in general, orthopedic, neuro, and GYN procedures as a circulator for peri-operative care in both general and local cases.

2006 - 2010 HARTFORD HOSPITAL, Hartford, CT

Staff RN

Operating room circulator (general, plastics, urogynecology, trauma, cystoscopy).

Directly responsible for overseeing scrub personnel, equipment, collaborating patient safety and care with medical staff, anesthesia team, ancillary staff, recovery room and floor nurses.

Implemented the utilization of a safety belt for the cystoscopy surgical table, and an air mattress instead of roller to efficiently move obese patients to/from stretcher lessening risk of injury to patient and staff.

In a leadership role oversaw, mentored and oriented staff to the cystoscopy suite turning an experimental department into a freestanding successful one;

collaborating with surgeons, management, sales representatives, engineering, radiology, nursing, surgical technologists and other ancillary staff.

Rewarded with HH Full Circle Award for recognizing and alerting senior management that with such a diverse patient population, there were not enough hospital translators. Management in turn boosted the program.

2004-2006TRAVEL NURSING ASSIGNMENTS, Travmed USA, Favorite Nurses, Vita Medical

Staff RN

PICU, Ortho, Telemetry, Endoscopy, OR, Recovery, Homecare, Rehab, and LTC.

Patient population extended from pediatric to geriatric with acute illness processes inclusive of cardiology, orthopedic, GI, pulmonary, cancer.

1997–2006 CAROLINA’S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, Charlotte, NC

Staff RN

CRMC Endoscopy unit: admitting and recovery of patients. (2004 – 2006)

Carolina’s Poison Center: specialist in poison information. (2003 – 2004)

CMC OR: RN scrub and circulate on various surgical cases. (1997 – 1999)

1998 - 2005 GASTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Gastonia, NC

Staff RN

OR, scrub and circulate, ambulatory surgical cases (orthopedics) (1998-2002)

VALENCIA HENRY, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC

(4)

ICU, medical intensive care, post intensive care charge/staff nurse (2002-2005)

1998 - 1999 INTERIM HEALTHCARE, Charlotte, NC

Staff RN

Private duty hospital and home health cases for pediatric, adult and geriatric population.

EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH, West Hartford, CT

DNP Program, 5/16

APRN Program (family), 5/12

SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY, Fairfield, CT

RN, BSN Program, 5/97

ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL, Waterbury, CT

Surgical Technology Program, 6/90

TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Medford, MA

Pre-Med Program, 9/83 – 12/84

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Publication- Nurse practitioner role in home healthcare: Challenges and opportunities, 2014; VP, STTI Iota Upsilon Chapter, 2014-2016; ELNEC “train the trainer” 2014;

Iota Upsilon Chapter Research Award, 2014; HRSA loan repayment recipient 2012-2014; Member of SUNA, 2009-2016; Spirit of Nursing Award, 1997; Sigma Theta Tau Induction, 1996; Treasurer, SHU’s NSNA, 1995 – 1996; Deans’ List, 1993 – 1997; AAUW Scholarship, 1996

AFFILIATIONS

American College of Cardiology, ANA, STTI, End of Life Nurse Education Consortium, CTAPRN

STRENGTHS Critical assessment, critical thinking, leadership, education and communication

References available upon request

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