Sapna Rao, MSN, ARNP, FNP-C, RN-C

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Loxahatchee, FL 33470

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Phone# 786-***-****

OBJECTIVE

An experienced ARNP seeking a position as a Nurse Practitioner with opportunity for continual professional growth

SUMMARY

•Primary care experience, OB/GYN experience, walk in clinic experience as an ARNP

•Tele-medicine experience

•10+ years Emergency Room, Registered Nurse experience

•Cardio-thoracic ICU, Registered Nurse experience

•Neuro-surgery ICU, Registered Nurse experience

EDUCATION

01/2016 – 04/2018 Chamberlain College of Nursing

Masters of Science in Nursing: Advance Registered Nurse Practitioner, FNP

06/1998 – 07/2002 All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Nursing

LICENSURE

Advance Registered Nurse Practitioner: State of Florida: ARNP 2650809

Registered Nurse: State of Florida: RN 2609003

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Family Nurse Practitioner: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners: Expires 07-2020

Registered Nurse: Expires in 07-2020

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS): Current

Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS): Current

Basic Life Support (BLS): Current

NIH Stroke Scale Certification: Current

SKILL HIGHLIGHTS: Completed Nurse Practitioner Skills Workshop August 2017

Complete and Focused Physical Exam Skills

Accurate Interpretation of Labs, EKGs, and various imaging modalities including X-rays

Dedicated to providing precise assessment and plans to provide the best possible patient care

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with co-workers and Attending Physicians

Wound Closure: Suturing using Local and Regional anesthesia blocks, Staples, Derma-bond, Steri-Strips wound closure

I & D of abscesses

Foreign Body Removal

Eye exams: Visual Acuity, Fluorescein Staining and Woods Lamp, IOP measurement

Pelvic Exams: Pap smears, Sexually Transmitted Disease Screening

Splinting

CLINICAL INTERNSHIPS

Michael Sinclair, MD, Loxahatchee FL 2017

Care provided under supervision of Dr. Michael Sinclair

• Take histories and perform assessment including: general wellness exams for adult and

geriatric patients

• Performed well woman and men exams including pap smears

• Make diagnosis, prescribe treatment regimes, and monitor efficacy of treatments of

chronic health care issues and provided acute care for: upper respiratory infections, urinary

tract infections, bronchitis, sinusitis, otitis media/externa, flu, cellulitis, conjunctivitis, diabetes

mellitus, hypertension, obesity, asthma, COPD, dyslipidemia, STDS and others.

• Order and review results of diagnostic tests including EKG and laboratory results.

• Provide health education, preventive health services and make appropriate referrals

• Provided primary care to patients of all ages in a rural family practice

• Treated acute illnesses & managed stable chronic illnesses such as hypertension and diabetes

• Developed individualized management plans. Performed complete histories and physical exams

• Ordered and evaluated diagnostic tests

• Outpatients Obstetrics and gynecology

• Care of the pregnant, postpartum and gynecologic patients.

• Training in abnormal pap smear management including colposcopy, endocervical curettage and

biopsy of cervix, vagina, and perineum; and evaluation and management of abnormal

gynecological conditions including bleeding, breast problems, uterine changes, osteoporosis.

Mario Zambrano, MD, Pembroke Pines, FL 2018

Care provided under supervision of Dr. Mario Zambrano

• Provided primary care to individuals, ages birth to 21, in busy pediatric practices

• Performed well-child visits as well as treating acute and stable chronic illnesses

• Performed developmental testing

• Provided preventive health counseling to patients and families

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

11/01/2018 - My Doc Women’s Health Specialists Boynton Beach, FL

Current Nurse Practitioner

Initiated appropriate referrals to high-risk units, including the colposcopy clinic, cardiology, family planning service, x-ray, social service, nutrition, WIC, VNA, consumer education, genetics, ultrasound, breast care center, and the dental school.

Providing tele-medicine care

Conferred with four attending physicians, NIA medical associates CRNPs, and collaborated with other medical professionals regarding patient care.

Communicated with clients of diverse nationalities, in varied socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, and in age groups from adolescence to elderly.

Ordered and interpreted laboratory test; provided follow-ups for patients

Participated on committees, continuing education efforts, grand rounds, and Nurse Practitioner staff meetings

Assisted with university related research studies; aided collection of data and screening

Collaborated with community agencies in developing women's health programs and mutual referral systems

Supervised volunteers, mentored nurse practitioner students, participated on labor/delivery birth plans committee worked closely with family support centers, and were a member of several community organizations.

09/02/2018 - Premise Health, Walk in Clinic at Florida Power and Light, Turkey

2019 Point Homestead, FL

Nurse Practitioner

Triages patient and evaluates patient problems in a Nurse Practitioner led walk-in clinic and occupational medicine site

Conducts physical exams, assesses health status, orders and interprets tests, prescribe medications, and treat illness

Consults with physicians as needed and refers to physicians for more complicates medical cases which are not routine part of NP’s scope of practice

Prescribes medications and makes recommendations for other therapeutic forms of treatment

Orders, interprets and evaluated diagnostic tests

Preforms wound closure, eye exam with fluorescein staining, visual acuity, tonometry, foreign body removal and interpretation of pulmonary function test and EKGs

Responds to emergencies including use of ACLS and BLSs

Serves to protect the facility by adhering to professional standards, policies and procedures, federal, states and local requirements

03/01/2011 - Baptist Homestead Hospital Homestead, FL

11/10/2018 Registered Nurse and Charge Nurse, Adult and Pediatric Emergency

Department

Initiating and providing high quality nursing care to a range of patients from neonates to geriatrics in an ED that provides care for approximately 100,000 patients annually

Charge nurse for both pediatric and adult emergency departments

Coordinating and managing patient flow within a multidisciplinary team setting.

Code Blue Team member in both adult and pediatric ED assisting with rapid sequence intubation, CPR, defibrillation, medication administration and effective team coordination

Team leader for STEMIs and Stroke alerts in the ED.

Responder to all Code Blue situations in the inpatient setting at Homestead Hospital

01/2014 - 11/2015 Parallon Staffing Agency Palm Beach, FL

Emergency Room Nurse, Per diem position

·Provided care for emergency room patients in many level 2 emergency rooms

03/2008 – 05/2010 MHS Staffing Miami, FL

Emergency room, labor and delivery, Telemetry, Medical surgical Nurse, Per diem position

Worked in various hospitals like Palmetto, Jakson north, and Cleveland Clinic, providing care to patients of various age range and varying diagnosis

11/2008 – 01/2010 North Shore Medical Center Miami, FL

Emergency Room nurse

·Responsibilities included patient care of high and low risk patients in emergency room of all age groups

11/2006 – 11/2008 Lloyd’s Staffing Miami, FL

Telemetry nurse

Worked as a telemetry nurse for two years at North Shore Medical Center through Lloyd’s staffing

04/2005 – 11/2006 Max Devki Devi Heart and Vascular Institute New Delhi, India

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit

·Head to toe assessment and care of the patients with critical surgeries and open heart, coronary artery bypass, heart valve repair or replacement, heart transplant with the knowledge of normal versus abnormal

07/2002 – 04/2005 All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi, India

Registered Nurse, Intensive care Unit of Neuro surgery

Head to toe assessment and care of the patients with critical

surgeries and cerebrovascular aneurysm, spinal neurosurgery, and other general neurosurgeries with the knowledge of normal versus abnormal

ASSISTED RESEARCH

09-2014 to 12-2014 One Million Global Peripheral Intravenous Catheters Study. Nurse Scientist and Co Investigator Shakira Henderson, PhD, RN.

PPROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

2016 - Current American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

2008 - Current Emergency Nurses Association

HOMESTEAD HOSPITAL COMMTTE MEMBERSHIP

2013 - Current Emergency Department UPC Committee

2014 - Current Professional Nurses Advancement Committee

2015 - Current Evidence Based Practice Committee

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Currently Volunteer at the Homestead Soup kitchen

REFERENCES Available on request

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