Nurse Practitioner Mental Health

Lorraine Vaughan, MS, FNP, RN-BC

** ******** ****** **** ***, Amityville, New York 11701

*******@*****.*** Phone: 516-***-****

SUMMARY

Dedicated, compassionate, and problem-solving new Nurse Practitioner with a focus on providing quality care and communication with patients and health-care team members. I am highly motivated and possess superb interpersonal and leadership skills. More than 15 years of experience in nursing where I continually developed strong communication and critical thinking skills. Top notch IV insertion, phlebotomy, port access and infusion skills. Seeking a position in a facility that diagnoses and manages both common and complex medical conditions; while promoting staff development and growth. Familiar with EPIC, OASIS, Sigma Care EMAR, Siemens Citrix EMAR, Cerner Soarian, Peoplesoft, and Kronos software. Member of NYU Winthrop Health Informatics Hospital Council and Ultrasound guided Mid-Line Catheter Placement Group, (2018). Served on NYU Winthrop Rapid Response Team, (2017).

EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND CERTIFICATION

05/20 - MS - Family Health Nurse Practitioner, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

04/19 - ANCC Gerontological Nursing Board Certification

08/18 - NYU Winthrop Certified Employee Flu Vaccination team member

11/17 - Bard Access - PowerGlide Pro Midline Catheter Certified Insertion Nurse

06/14 - NYU Winthrop Certified PPD Reader

05/13 - BS with nursing concentration, Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, NY GPA 4.00 – (Dean’s List/President’s List)

05/09 - AS with nursing concentration, Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, NY 3.82 GPA (Dean’s List/President’s List)

08/05 - Practical Nursing Program, Nassau County Vocational Edu. Ext. Board (VEEBS), Uniondale, NY

08/01 - Esthetics Program, Wilson Tech’s School of Esthetics - Northport, NY

GRADUATE FNP STUDENT CLINICAL ROTATIONS

●Adult Internal Medicine: 120 hours (Fall 2018)

●Pediatric Primary Care: 140 hours (Spring 2019)

●PACE: 45 hours (Spring 2019)

●Adult Internal Medicine: 180 hours (Fall 2019)

●Family Medical Practice: 125 hours (Spring 2020)

PACE: 40 hours (Spring 2020)

Partnership to Advance Collaborative Education (PACE) is a clinical prevention service for college-aged students that is run with faculty oversight. As a nurse practitioner student in this program I conducted health and wellness screenings, point of care testing, episodic care, and education using motivational techniques.

GRADUATE FNP CLINICAL SKILLS AND PROCEDURES

●Procedures/Clinical Skills (Assisted/Performed): X-ray reading and interpretation, EKG placement/Interpretation, Venipuncture/Fingerstick, Steri-Strip Application, Suture Removal, Throat swab, Women's Health-Pelvic exam, PPD insertion and reading, Audiometry Testing, Epistaxis Control, Cerumen Impaction Removal.

●Social Problems Addressed: Caretaking/Parenting, Education/Language, Emotional/Grief, Growth & Development Housing/Residence, Income/Economic, Interpersonal Relationships, Issues w/Community Resources, Neglected Child/Adult, Nutrition/Exercise, Palliative/End of Life Care, Prevention, Role Change, Safety, Sanitation/Hygiene, Sexuality, Social contact/Isolation, Spiritual Issues, Substance Abuse.

●Family Health General Competencies (Assisted/Performed): Complete physical exams, complete health history’s, adapted interventions to meet complex needs and teaching approaches based on health and age. Treated physical & mental health problems and used diagnostic tools for screening/prevention. Used culturally appropriate communication skills, professional standards, and evidence-based care.

EXPERIENCE

10/17 – Present Assistant Nurse Manager - NYU Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, NY

●Work collaboratively with the Nurse Manager and my peers. Assist in establishing and maintaining unit standards; and the delivery of patient care. Provide direct hands-on assessment and support with complex evolving patient conditions. Collaborated with nursing staff and providers to optimize patient outcomes. I promote the health system service standards and create a patient focused and caring environment while addressing and meeting the individual proficiency needs of the staff to aid in their development.

●Assist in the development of measures and monitor unit operational performance metrics inclusive of positive health teaching, and maintenance; patient and family expectations of care; and develop mechanism to assess these items. I utilize creativity in developing quality/performance improvement programs, instructing staff, and implementing new and improved standards to optimize patient care and outcomes; while understanding the need for patient care to be delivered in a culturally sensitive manner.

7/13 – 10/17 Staff Critical Care Nurse, Medical ICU, NYU Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, NY

●Work as part of an interdisciplinary team where I use advanced skills to provide care for patients who are critically ill and at high risk for life-threatening health problems. Careful assessment and monitoring of patient’s progress in order to determine if sudden or subtle changes in a patient’s medical condition might require emergency intervention.

●Educate patients and families and provide care and support. Continually assessed cardiac rhythms, EGK, and laboratory results. Assisted Physicians with sterile procedures and treatment protocols.

●Proficient with complex infusion therapy, ventilator care, cardiac rhythm interpretation, sedation, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT), Impella, Arctic Sun, Swan-Ganz hemodynamic monitoring, intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), Rapid Response team member, and a wide range of various other ICU equipment and procedures.

●Unit Nursing Council member 2014-2016. Council projects include: Lead in the creation of unit newsletter, “The Central Line.” Participated in the creation and presentation of “Family Presence During a Patient Emergency” 11/2015.

8/06-12/13 Staff/Charge Nurse, Dementia/Short-Term Rehab Units, Huntington Hills Rehabilitation Center, Melville, NY

●Participate in development/implementation of individual treatment plans for patients with broad range of mental health issues and short- term rehabilitation goals. Identify patients with potential for high-risk complications; coordinate appropriate treatment in conjunction with the health care team; update patient records and review charts.

●Act as an advocate for individual's health care needs; participate in the evaluation of needed nursing services.

●Direct CNA's; obtain vital signs, chart I&O, perform catheterization, finger sticks, rehabilitation support functions; perform wound and surgical treatments; collect specimens; chart/report changes and implement interventions.

2/12- 8/12 Community Health RN, Brookhaven Hospital Homecare, Patchogue, NY

●Provided high quality health care and skilled nursing services to patients and families in home environments.

●Evaluated patients and families; managed educational evaluations and needs; developed/implemented appropriate teaching programs with goal being that services might help to shorten or prevent inpatient stay in hospital, provide a smooth transition from hospital to the home, prevent or delay placement in a nursing facility and reduce stress on patient and family.

1/11-6/11 Homecare Registered Nurse, Bayada, Hauppauge, NY

●Provided home care for clients managing many chronic conditions, tracheostomy and ventilator care.

●Educated patients and families on health and community needs; monitored medication treatment efficacy.

AFFILIATIONS & AWARDS

2020 American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) – Current Member

2019 The Nurse Practitioner Association New York State – Current Member

2015 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses – Former Member

2013 Nurses Association of the Counties of Long Island, Inc. (NACLI) Inductee

2013 NACLI - Certificate of Leadership Award

2013 Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing – Invited Member

2010 Golden Key International Honor Society Inductee

2009 Clinical Leadership Award – SUNY Farmingdale

2009 Phi Theta Kappa Inductee

2009 Gladys Brooks Award for Outstanding Educational Achievements

2008/2009 Student Nurses Association Class Representative

VOLUNTEER & COMMUNITY SERVICE

●ServNY Volunteer – 5/2020

●Marcum Workplace Challenge - Jones Beach, NY - 7/2019

●The Beat Lives on 5KRun/Walk - Lindenhurst, NY - 5/2019

●Health and Wellness Community Screening - Dominican Village, Amityville, NY - 10/2018

●Marcum Workplace Challenge - Jones Beach, NY - 7/2018

●American Cancer Society, Making Strides of Long Island, Jones Beach, NY – 10/2016

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