Camille Licata, APN-C
Bedminster, NJ 07921
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Objective: Experienced adult nurse practitioner seeking a nurse practitioner position with opportunity for continual professional growth.
Professional Summary: Skilled nurse practitioner with greater than 6 years of experience advocating for patient needs and providing expert care. Team player ready to provide seamless collaborative care for patients.
Skills:
Strong Clinical Judgement
Autonomous
Patient evaluation/intervention
Adept at prioritizing/managing deadlines
Education:
Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY
Bachelors of Science in Nursing May 2008
Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY
Masters of Science: Adult Nurse Practitioner August 2013 Certifications:
Certified in Basic Cardiac Life Support
Certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Licensed Nurse Practitioner/Registered Nurse NY & NJ
AANP Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner
Prescriptive Authority, Unrestricted DEA License
Esthetic Skin Institute, INC: The Art of Dermal Fillers & Botulinum Toxin Type A Hands on Training
Software: Sunrise, EPIC, Cerner, Greenway, OTTR, Unos Professional Experience:
Telehealth Nurse Practitioner 5/28/2020-Present
Opear MD- NY, NY
Advanced Heart Failure/Heart Transplant Nurse Practitioner 10/17/2017-3/25/2020 Newark Beth Israel Medical Center-RWJ Barnabas Health, Newark, NJ
• Outpatient management of 500 congestive heart failure patients, 150 heart transplant patients
• Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Consultations, perioperative care & follow up
• Responsible for obtaining informed consents, and history & physical exams in ambulatory and inpatient settings
• Perform comprehensive physical exams, order preventative, & diagnostic testing
• Interpretation of labs, x-rays, echocardiograms, cat scans, cardiac catheterizations, dexa scans, pulmonary function testing, cardiopulmonary exercise testing
• Collaborate with team in evaluating candidates for heart transplant
• Support needs of patient, and family members in end of life/palliative care
• Provide 24hr on call care of donor offers, evaluation, and outpatient patient calls
• Coordination of Heart Transplant & Lung Transplant Procedure: from donor offer to arrival of donor organ to the operating room, including coordination of all team members
• Heart transplant recipient, family, and staff education
• Management of complex needs of post heart transplant patients
• Collaborate with physicians, specialists, nutritionists, and other medical staff to develop treatment plans for chronic conditions
• Counsel patients concerning drug regimens, possible side effects or interactions such as food, supplements, OTC medications, and herbal remedies
• Initiate referrals and consultations to other services or appropriate physicians
• Preoperative evaluations, and clearance
• Postoperative surgical assessment, and wound care
• Knowledge of Cerner, OTTR, United Network for Organ Sharing Internal Medicine/Cardiology Nurse Practitioner 7/2015- 9/2017 Catholic Health Services-St. Joseph Hospital, Bethpage, NY
• Treatment of common health problems, as well as serious, chronic, and complex illnesses, in adults and the elderly.
• Cardiac consultant requested by various specialties (i.e., orthopedics, podiatry, surgery, psychiatry) to complete cardiac pre-operative risk stratification and manage acute on chronic health problems
• Examine up to 25 patients per day and take medical history to make preliminary diagnosis
• Worked with multidisciplinary team for discharge planning and daily progression of care Cardiology Nurse Practitioner 4/2015-9/2017
NSLIJ-Massapequa Heart Group- Seaford, NY
• Nuclear Cardiac Stress Testing: Adenosine/Dobutamine/Lexiscan
• Interpret, monitor ECGs, Holter Monitors
• Provide education for patients/family members initiating anticoagulation therapy. Monitor and adjust anticoagulation medication to maintain therapeutic levels
• Performed telephone triage of cardiology patients and coordinated urgent care visits Interventional Radiology Registered Nurse 8/2014-4/2015 North Shore University Hospital- Manhasset NY
• First Assist in interventional radiology procedures: central lines, mediports, HD catheters, abscess drains, chest tubes, renal and liver biopsies, TIPS, UFE, cerebral angiograms/embolizations
• Sedation and monitoring patients throughout IR procedures
• IV insertion, access mediports, sterile dressing changes, wound and surgical site assessments.
• Perioperative care provider
• Respond to IV contrast reactions, and the administration of medications necessary in Nuclear Medicine procedures.
Urology Oncology Nurse Practitioner 2/2014-8/2014
Arthur Smith Institute for Urology- Lake Success NY
• Obtain informed consents, history & physical exams in ambulatory and inpatient settings.
• Trained with residents in emergency management, hospital rounding
• Management of prostate, kidney and bladder cancer
• Foley and Suprapubic catheter changes
• Administration of Chemotherapy Bladder Instillations
• Treatment of urinary tract infections, renal stones Interventional Radiology Nurse Practitioner: 2/2014-8/2014 North Shore LIJ-New Hyde Park, NY
• Patient care coordinator for Phase 3 Clinical Research Trial, Investigative assistant
• Fusion Biopsy
• First Assist in interventional radiology procedures Interventional Radiology Registered Nurse 4/2011-2/2014 North Shore University Hospital- Manhasset NY
• First Assist in interventional radiology procedures: central lines, mediports, HD catheters, abscess drains, chest tubes, renal and liver biopsies, TIPS, UFE, cerebral angiograms/embolizations
• Sedation and monitoring patients throughout IR procedures
• IV insertion, access mediports, sterile dressing changes, wound and surgical site assessments.
• Perioperative care provider
• Respond to IV contrast reactions, and the administration of medications necessary in Nuclear Medicine procedures
Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse 7/2008-4/2011 North Shore University Hospital- Manhasset NY
• Interpret, monitor ECGs, PPMs
• Postoperative recovery of CABG’s, MVR, AVR, Pneumonectomy, Lobectomy
• Ventilator management, respiratory care
• Administer IV sedation, vasoactive and inotropic medications
• Monitor vital signs and maintenance of Arterial, CVP, Swan Ganz catheters, Intra-Aortic Balloon pumps
• Initiate and maintain CVVHDF for hemodynamically unstable patients
• Surgical site assessment and care
• Aided in rapid responses, codes, and intubations
• Assist with ADL’s
• Provide end of life care