Inez Adams, DNP, FNP-BC, APNP

***** ***** ******* **** **********, WI 53045 414-***-**** adc8zu@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner position

EDUCATION

May 2016 Doctorate of Nursing Sciences, UWM-Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI)

2012 Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Alverno College (Milwaukee, WI)

1995 Doctorate of Dental Sciences, Karaganda State Medical University (Karaganda, Kazakhstan)

LICENSES

2012-Present Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services-Registered Nurse

2016-Present Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services- Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner

Special Clinical Skills

Suturing and sutures removal/staples removal

Casting and splinting

12-lead ECG interpretation

Intra-articular injections and trigger point injections

Phlebotomy

Prescribing Buprenorphine for treating addiction as well as other medications for treating addiction

EMR: Next Generation, Aprima, and Fusion

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Fluent Russian-English speaker, reader, and writer

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

01/03/2020-present APNP, Milwaukee Internal Medicine Association (Milwaukee, WI)

Providing preventative and primary care for geriatric patients of skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation centers, and assisted living setting delivering high quality care on site

Providing transitional care to help patients move from an acute care setting into a short-term, skilled nursing facility

Coordinating the care plan and organizing the transition to the new care facility with the goal of preventing readmission to an acute care setting

Interacting closely with the facility staff and providers throughout the community; educating, building relationships and showing leadership in how to best address the complex needs of the patient and family

Collaborating with primary care physicians, the nursing staff, and the patients' families to coordinate care in the manner best suited to the patient’s needs

05/04/2018-12/31/2019 APNP, Visiting Physician Association (Milwaukee, WI)

Functions independently to provide preventative and primary care to home bound patients and residents of long-term care facilities and manages acute, critical, and chronic conditions

Performs therapeutic procedures, such as IM/subcutaneous injection, intra-articular joint injection, trigger point injection; suturing; suture and staples removal

Performs mental health assessment, diagnosing, and treating individuals with various psychiatric and substance use disorders

Evaluates responses to treatments, orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s needs, and prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities to support patients to regain or maintain physiologic stability

Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals and facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings, with the nursing staff at long term care facilities, and the patients' families to coordinate care in the manner best suited to the patient’s needs

02/2017-04/27/2018 APNP, Advanced Pain Management (Milwaukee, WI)

Obtains complete histories, performs comprehensive physical examination, compiles patient medical data to determine appropriate pain management alternatives for the patient with acute and chronic pain

Prescribes and manages pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments in patients with acute, chronic and cancer pain

Routinely assesses patients with both invasive (epidural, intrathecal, peripheral nerve blocks, etc) and noninvasive pain regimens, documents assessments in electronic medical record, initiates change in treatment plan per protocol to improve the quality of care as related to pain management

Instructs and counsels patients regarding goals of pain management treatments, compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens, medication side effects, and opioid tapering schedules

Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to provide various pain management treatments

11/2013-04/2014

RN Case Manager, Lending Hands Healthcare, Inc. (Hartland, WI)

Completed an initial assessment of patient and family to determine home care needs and regularly re-evaluated patient nursing needs

Developed, implemented, and evaluated individualized plans of care for patients who requested home health care; made necessary revisions as patient status and needs change

Educated, trained, and supervised caregivers to provide care specific to patients’ needs

Served as a liaison between patients, their families, and home health care employees who provided direct care

01/2012-09/2012 RN, Medical-Surgical, Oncology, Palliative Care unit (St. Francis hospital, Milwaukee, WI)

Carried out psychomotor skills, including medication administration via various routes, catheterization, tube feeding, telemetry monitoring, tracheostomy care, surgical wounds care, change dressings, collect various samples for culture, lab draw, and colostomy care

Efficiently and effectively provided total patient care including patient assessment, cares, teaching, care planning, rehabilitation, treatments, activities of daily living, discharge planning, etc

Assisted in the coordination of services with medical staff, nursing staff, other departments as well as other providers

Developed patient teaching and discharge plan as necessary

2006-2008 Documentation Processor, Chase Bank (Milwaukee, WI)

1998-2000 Dental Assistant, Heiden, Stifter & Gapson (Milwaukee, WI)

995-1997 Dentist, Kostanay Regional Dental Clinic (Kostanay, Kazakhstan)

Certification

2016 – present Board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner (licensed through ANCC)

BLS

SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment for substance use disorders)

Intra-articular joint injection and trigger point injection

Buprenorphine waiver

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

2013-Present Sigma Theta Tau, Eta Nu Chapter, International Honor Society of Nursing

2013-Present Metro Milwaukee Nurse Practitioners

References

Judy Geisler, DNP, APNP, Coordinated Community Care/Traveling Veterans Coordinator NP at Williams Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital

262- 424-1713 (cell)

John Selthafner, MD, Envsion Healthcare 262-***-**** (cell)

Rhodora Khan, DNP, APNP, Ascention 414-***-**** (cell)

Kenneth Byom, MD, Concentra Urgent Care 414-***-**** (cell)

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