Chika Okechukwu

DNP, APRN, MBA, FNP-BC, NP-C, MHNP

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Las Vegas, NV 89138

702-***-****

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SUMMARY

Dedicated and hardworking Family and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Responsible for the care of adolescents, adults and geriatric patients. Perform physical, behavioral and mental exams and assessments of patients. Order and interpret tests and laboratory result as needed. WORK HISTORY

Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Exceeding Behavioral Healthcare Services Las Vegas, Nevada December 2018 to Present

• Plans and assumes responsibility for the clinical management of patients with psychiatric health related illness in accordance with established protocol and standardized procedures.

• Provides direct treatment and management of psychiatric conditions through prescriptive authority or referral to other healthcare providers

• Provide triage assessment and crisis intervention.

• Perform care management roles to assess, plan and coordinate every aspect of medical and supporting services.

• Provide patient and family education and counselling in the areas of health promotion, maintenance and disease prevention.

• Responsible for developing treatment plans for a panel of patients. Family Nurse Practitioner

Veterans Hospital Las Vegas, Nevada September 2016 – October 2019

• Provided care to a panel of patients as their primary care provider.

• Facilitating collaboration among interdisciplinary team members in plans of care.

• Determine the effectiveness of the treatment plan with documentation of outcomes

• Reassess and modify the plan of care as necessary to achieve health and medical goal

• Training new providers to use the electronic medical system

• Prescribing medication and therapy in accordance with state laws.

• Documenting patient encounters and medication management.

• Perform acute and chronic care, physical examinations, including pap smear, bimanual exams, occupational health exam, and general wellness exam for male and female. RN Medical Surgical Unit

Veterans Hospital Las Vegas, Nevada August, 2014 to September 2016.

• Provided professional care and assistance to patients in medical surgical unit.

• Performed detailed physical and psychosocial assessment.

• Prepared patients for diagnostic testing and performed other duties as assigned by doctors.

• Performed patient education and discharge planning of patients. Dialysis RN

DaVita Dialysis Center, Las Vegas, NV August 2012 to January 2014

• Patient care for dialysis patients with catheters, fistula and grafts

• Medication administration and develop care plans of the assigned patients.

• Dialysis treatment as ordered by the doctor

• Patient education on dialysis and how to implement life style changes

• Involved in team work and Collaboration with social worker, nephrologist and technicians. EDUCATION

June 2018, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley. Graduate Certificate in Mental Health. December 2017, Doctor of Nursing Program, Chatham University. PA. December 2014, MSN, University of Cincinnati, Ohio June 2011, Bachelor of Science, Nursing, Touro University, Henderson Nevada June 2007 to Dec. 2009, Prerequisites Nursing, College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada. December 2000, Master of Business Administration, Federal University of Tech. Owerri, Nigeria June 1997, Bachelor of Science, Govt. and Public Administration, Abia State University, Nigeria. References

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