AMY BROWN
add3n1@r.postjobfree.com C: 239-***-**** Cape Coral, FL 33993
Summary
Nurse Practitioner seeking a position that allows me to develop relationships while providing exceptional patient care.
• Excellent communication skills with patients, families, colleagues and other professionals.
• Confident, articulate, and professional speaking abilities.
• Empathic listener and persuasive speaker.
• I offer great leadership skills with the willingness to help others and make decisions.
• Positioning team members to make optimal use of their talents.
• Maintaining morale and workplace harmony.
• Able to maintain record and documentation of all patients and generate follow up plans.
• Capable of issuing accurate diagnosis and developing successful treatment plans while advocating for patient needs.
Skills
• Patient care / Medical screening
• Electronic charting
• Preparing for procedures
• Cesarean section preparation
• Medical assessment
• Flow sheet charting
• Birth coaching
• Critical care
• Patient education
• Follow-up calls
• Monitoring vital signs
• Removing stitches and staples
• IV drug therapy management
• Patient advocacy
• Palliative and Pain Management
• Triaging
• OR experience
• Newborn education
• Medication and IV administration
• Perinatal care
• Intake and discharge
• Postpartum care
• Care planning
• Epic EHR
• Patient advising
Experience
Lee Health Cape Coral, FL
Registered Nurse
05/2007 - Current
• Developed and adapted individualized treatment plans according to patient recovery goals.
• Educated patients and families on treatment strategies and at-home care.
• Administered oral, intramuscular and IV medications to patients and monitored responses.
• Coordinated care with physicians and other clinical staff to prepare for treatment, carry out interventions and enhance continuum of care to deliver comprehensive services.
• Administered medications, tracked dosages and documented patient conditions.
• Monitored and recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
• Supervised ancillary staff including delegating assignments and monitoring quality of care.
• Performed blood and blood product transfusions and intravenous infusions to address patient symptoms or underlying causes.
• Oversaw patient admission and discharge processes to coordinate efficient movements and related paperwork.
• Delivered direct patient care, including stabilizing patients and identifying treatment options.
• Advanced nursing competencies through participation in simulation exercises and practice improvement projects.
• Cared for patients in recovery from medical procedures by caring for wounds, monitoring vitals and managing pain.
• Started IV's, draw labs, monitored vital signs of newborns while working in NICU.
• Educated mothers on newborn care and post-delivery health to optimize outcomes.
• Trained new RN hires and ancillary staff members to meet patient service goals, champion standards of care and improve patient overall satisfaction.
• Set up trays, supplies and sterile fields for office procedures. Foot & Ankle Group Cape Coral, FL
Medical Assistant
10/1996 - 04/2007
Medical assistant for a podiatry practice; patient interview and assessment, wound care, nail debridement, injections, X- rays, physical therapy, staple and suture removal, follow up care, labs, scheduling appointments, medical documentation, insurance authorizations, insurance payment posting, and medical charge posting.
Education and Training
South University Savannah, GA
Master of Science in Family Nurse Practitioner
07/2019
Edison State College Fort Myers, FL
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
12/2011
Edison State College Fort Myers, FL
Associate of Science in Nursing
05/2007
Certifications
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification 2020-2022 • Certified Breast-Feeding Counselor 2020-2022
• Advanced Care Life Support (ACLS) 2020-2022 • Inpatient Obstetrics Certification 2020-2022
• CPR certified through American Heart Association
• Neonatal Resuscitation 2019-2021