Nurse Practitioner Registered

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a part-time APRN position with a clinical team that will both utilize and enhance my assessment skills, communication techniques, and leadership abilities.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

National Brain Injury Institute – Remote July 2019-Present Medical Report Writer

• Write reports detailing initial comprehensive evaluations, follow up appointments, future medical reports, and life care plans for patients who have suffered traumatic brain injuries. Sussex Pulmonary and Endocrine Consultants – Lewes, DE April 2019-December 2019 Nurse Practitioner, Outpatient Endocrinology

• Worked both independently and collaboratively with endocrinologist to provide outpatient care to patients with diabetes, thyroid disease, pituitary dysfunction, and other endocrine disorders. Trinity Health - Minot, ND February 2017-June 2018 Nurse Practitioner, Cardiothoracic Surgery Service

• Worked in collaboration with a cardiothoracic surgeon to provide preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative care to cardiac and thoracic surgery patients in both the outpatient and inpatient settings

• Completed daily patient assessments and progress notes for patients in the ICU and Progressive Care Unit

• Interpreted laboratory results and radiographic imaging (chest-x-rays and CT scans) and made appropriate adjustments to plan of care

• Performed removal of temporary pacing wires, discontinuation of chest tubes, suture removal, and thoracenteses

• Obtained history and physicals on new surgical consults in both the inpatient and outpatient settings

• Conducted postoperative office visits for cardiac and thoracic surgery patients

• Completed all requested FMLA and disability paperwork Overton-Brooks VA Medical Center - Shreveport, LA September 2013-March 2015 Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit and Stepdown Unit

• Provided nursing care to critically ill veterans of the United States Armed Forces University Health Shreveport - Shreveport, LA October 2013-September 2014 Registered Nurse, Surgical Intensive Care Unit

• Managed immediate and long-term post operative nursing care for various critically ill surgical and Level One trauma patients, including those who underwent cardiothoracic surgery, abdominal surgery, ENT surgery, and orthopedic surgery Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA July 2011-July 2013 Clinical Nurse II, Cardiothoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit

• Completed 16 week Gateway to Critical Care program and year-long Nurse Residency program for new graduate nurses, including100 hours of classroom instruction, 30 hours of lab skills in clinical labs, and 11 weeks of structured clinical experiences at staged levels

• Managed immediate and long-term post operative nursing care of cardiothoracic surgery patients on a 32 bed unit, who had undergone heart and/or lung transplants, CABG, valve repair/replacements, TEVAR, open TAAA repair, and other cardiothoracic procedures

• Member of unit based Practice Committee. Attended monthly meeting to discuss changes in hospital-wide and unit-specific practices, and helped to implement these changes in the CT SICU EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

Georgetown University, School of Nursing and Health Studies - Washington D.C. September 2016 Caitlin M. Hylton

116 Glacier Drive • Minot AFB, ND 58704

540-***-**** • ******@**********.***

Masters of Science in Nursing

GPA: 3.99

Award for Graduate Nursing Scholarship in Evidenced Based Practice University of Virginia, School of Nursing – Charlottesville, VA May 2011 Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Cumulative GPA: 3.81 Major GPA: 3.91

APRN and RN (Delaware and North Dakota)

AHA ACLS and BLS

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