Nurse Practitioner Health

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Lori L. Candela

Home Address

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Las Vegas, NV 89103

Cell-702-***-****

E-mail: ****.********@*****.***

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATIONS, TRAININGS

• Nevada APRN – 000873, expires 11/2020

• Nevada RN – 33217, expires 11/2020

• ANCC FNP Certification – 200-***-****, expires 7/2025

• BLS – expires 05/2021

• CNE – expires 12/2020

• NPI # 128*******

• NV CS prescriber-expires 10/2020

• DEA license (expires 8/31/2023)

• NCTSN 6 hour Psychological First Aid Training Online (June 2020) EDUCATION

Graceland University Family Nurse

Practitioner (FNP)

Post Master’s FNP

Certificate

September 2000-

February 2005

University of

Southern California

Higher Adult &

Professional

Education

Doctor of Education (EdD) August 1988-

December 1998

University of

Colorado Health

Sciences Center

Environmental

Health Care

Systems

Master of Science, Nursing

(MS)

August 1983-

December 1985

Metropolitan State

College

Nursing Bachelor of Science in

Nursing (BSN)

August 1981-

December 1983

Pima Community

College

Nursing Associate Degree in

Nursing (ADN)

December 1979

EMPLOYMENT

• Nathan Adelson

Hospice

• Las Vegas, NV

Family Nurse

Practitioner • In home, in assisted care,

in group home, in nursing

home visits for admissions,

discharges, initial and

recertification assessments,

telehealth visits

• Symptom management

• Patient and family

education, counseling,

support

• Working with health care

team to optimize services

• Documentation per EHR

June 2019-present

• Nevada Health

Centers at C.P.

Squires

Family Nurse

Practitioner • Family Medicine for School

Based Health Center

• Well and sick visits

January 2018-

May, 2019

L. Candela 2

• Las Vegas, NV • Physical assessments,

including general sensory

(light touch/sharp/dull),

urinary screens for protein,

blood, glucose, ketones,

acanthosis nigricans

screens; recent in-service

on use of HgbA1C finger

stick procedure

• Documentation and

prescribing per EHR

• University of

Nevada, Las

Vegas

• Las Vegas, NV

Assistant,

Associate

Professor, Nursing

• Teaching face to face and

online BSN, MSN, PhD, and

DNP courses to groups of

6-50 students

• Designing new courses,

revising existing courses

• Working with curriculum

and admission committees

(member and chair)

• Conducting, presenting,

publishing research

• Faculty advisor to students,

chair and member of

student research

committees

• Chair of department for

nine years, assisting with

faculty scheduling,

development, hiring,

evaluations

August 1999-

January, 2020

• Bower School-

based Health

Clinic Henderson,

NV

Family Nurse

Practitioner • Age 4-through young adult

wellness checks,

immunizations, diagnosis

and treatment of acute and

chronic illnesses, patient

and family health

teaching/counseling

• Documentation per EHR

June 2016- July

2017

(clinic closed in

2017)

• Helping Kids:

Health Access

Without Walls

• Las Vegas, NV

Family Nurse

Practitioner • Infants through young

adult wellness checks,

immunization

• diagnosis and treatment of

acute and chronic illnesses,

patient and family health

teaching/counseling

• Documentation per paper

charting

October 2005 –

December 2015

(clinic closed in

2015)

• Thinique Medical

Weight Loss Clinic

Family Nurse

Practitioner

GOVERNANCE AND SERVICE: state/local

• APRN/RN volunteer for COVID response: Cashman ISO-Q, COVID 19 Call Center, COVID Testing

April-

present

• Statewide network on lateral violence in the health care workplace 2012- 2019

L. Candela 3

• Medical Reserve Corps Volunteer, Southern Nevada Health District 2007- present

• Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) 2008-

present

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Phi Kappa Phi 2009-

present

• ANA/NNA 2003 –

present

• Phi Delta Kappa 1990 –

present

• Sigma Theta Tau 1987 –

present

• NAPNA 2008-

2020

HONORS/AWARDS

• UNLV Graduate Faculty Student Mentoring Award April 2019

• UNLV School of Nursing Didactic Teaching Award April 2019

• UNLV Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award April 2017

• UNLV Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Award April 2017

• UNLV Teaching Academy Fellow July

2016

• UNLV Division of Educational Outreach Faculty Excellence Award March 2012

• Dean's Award for Outstanding Service August

2011

• Award: Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce: Medical and Health Services Award

October

2008

• Award: Nevada Health Care Hero: Education (Southern Nevada) July 2008

References available upon request.

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