Registered Nurse Practitioner

Callie Harris

***** ******** *****, *** *******, TX 78253 (cell) 865-***-****, ***********@*****.***

PROFILE

Knowledgeable, flexible, and dedicated Board- Certified Family Nurse Practitioner with 22 years of nursing experience. Background in Surgical/PACU, ICU, ER/trauma, and primary/urgent care setting. Determined and enthusiastic with an ability to learn and adapt to new environments and technology quickly. Self -motivated professional with strong leadership, organizational and communication skills.

EDUCATION

Masters of Science: Family Nurse Practitioner, December 2017

East Tennessee State University – Johnson City, TN

Bachelor of Science: Nursing, May 2010

King University – Knoxville, TN

Associates of Applied Science: Nursing, December 1996

Laramie County Community College – Cheyenne, WY

CERTIFICATIONS

BLS, ACLS, PALS, 2001 to present

AFFILIATIONS

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, 2016-2019

Knoxville Tennessee Medical Missions. Surgical trips to Guatemala, 2006-2018

Various medical mission trips throughout Africa and India, 1999-2013

WORK HISTORY

Family Nurse Practitioner- Certified, Alamo City Urgent Care, opened October 2018 to April 2020

San Antonio, Tx.

Provide proper diagnosis and facilitate appropriate treatment by performing focused physicals and assessments in an outpatient clinic, in order to compare and contrast results with established medical records.

Triage and provide acute care to patient’s injuries determining the best form of treatment through the use of splints, suturing, bandaging, EKG interpretation, and X-ray.

Educate, teach, and counseling patients on wellness, disease prevention and healthy lifestyle habits.

Collaborate with physicians and work independently to provide comprehensive patient care for all types of chronic disease processes such as Diabetes, HTN, obesity, etc., using high-risk management strategies and referrals if needed.

Prescribe appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities to ensure health and comfort of all patients.

Coaching/teaching patients about treatment options, medical needs and non-medical options for treatments and therapy.

Creating detailed patient encounters through EMR. Experience with Sevocity and Wellsoft to create accurate reports on patient’s condition status and treatments received.

Develop and implement treatment plans. Order appropriate diagnostic tests, carefully interpret results, and share information with patient.

Worked with family practice, primary care patients after regular office hours for PCP, ages 6 months to 91 years old.

Delegate and supervise appropriate tasks to medical assistant’s as needed.

Registered Nurse, Surgery Center, April 2018 – September 2018

Knoxville Orthopedic Surgical Center – Knoxville, TN

Prepped patients for surgery (scrubbing extremities, staring IV’s, administering IV antibiotics and sedation medications, assisting with regional blocks)

Experience with cast removal, splint application; limited experience in OR with knee/hip replacement

Educated patients about pain procedures such as epidural injections both lumbar and cervical, medical branch blocks, facet joint injections, and radiofrequency ablations

Experience in immediate post- operative care managing airways, pain control, hemodynamic and cardiac monitoring

Coordinated patient care to promote and facilitate safe and timely transfers/discharges

Provided education to patients and families regarding surgery and continued treatment for follow up

Experience with conscious sedation procedure and recovery

Worked with patients setting follow up appointments with doctors and physical therapy

Registered Nurse, Emergency Room, November 2017 – April 2018

Parkwest Medical Center, Knoxville, TN

Provided care to patients of all ages with a variety of medical problems from flu to cardiac arrest

Experience with antiarrhythmic/vasoactive infusions

Experience with care of ventilated patients, hemodynamic and cardiac monitoring

Worked with ancillary departments for emergent cases that involved STEMI’s, emergency surgery, and respiratory failures for fast, efficient, and safe transfers

Participated with conscious sedation in setting broken limbs and placing splints

Participated in CODES

Vast experience with injections, blood draws, and starting IV’s

Registered Nurse, Recovery Room and Intensive Care Unit, August 2005 – November 2017

Physicians Regional Medical Center, Knoxville, TN

Provided care to critically ill patients in a 20 bed ICU, cared for surgical patients that included post cardiac catherization, AAA surgical repair, immediate recovery open heart surgery; also care for patients with complex medical diagnosis such as ARDS, COPD exacerbations, PE, and GI bleeds

Provided care to surgical patients in a 16-bay recovery room, cared for orthopedic, cardio/vascular, vascular, OB/GYN, general, plastic, and simple children’s surgery

Participated in cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Experience with vasoactive infusions, hemodynamic monitoring, arterial lines, pulmonary artery catheters and central lines

Assisted in placement of central lines

Provided care to ventilated patients

Worked with numerous specialty doctors such as cardiologists, nephrologists, pulmonology, vascular surgeons, internal medicine, etc., physician’s assistants, and nurse practitioners to provide patient care

Prepped patients for bedside procedures such as bronchoscopy, lumbar punctures, pleurocentesis, and chest tube placements

Charge nurse in recovery, worked with scheduling and nursing assignments

Teaching, mentored, and precepted new nurses in PACU (recovery room) and ICU

Coordinated care of patients with respiratory therapists, nutritionists, social workers, pharmacists, and medical specialists

Registered Nurse, Recovery Room, Ortho/Neuro Floor, March 1997 – June 2005

United Medical Center, Cheyenne, Wy

Charge nurse and preceptor for nurses

Worked with patients along with physical therapy educating them for discharge

Recovered all types of surgery including pediatrics (cleft palates, hip dysplasia, and fractures), orthopedics, OB/GYN, neuro surgery (craniotomy, spinal), general surgery, and plastics

Coordinated with social services, home health care, and Physical Therapy for follow up care following discharge

Assisted with conscious sedation, numerous regional blocks, and blood patches

Provided post-operative care and discharge education to patients after same day surgeries

Reviewed patient’s drugs, medical history and surgical procedures

References on request

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