Registered Nurse Practitioner

*** ***** ***** ** • DICKSON, TN *****

PHONE 309-***-**** • E-MAIL ********@*******.***

BETHANY WALLS

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a position as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) at this institution/clinic. I graduated with a 4.0 GPA from Spring Arbor University, in Michigan, with a Master of Science Degree in Nursing (MSN) with a conferral date of July 1st, 2019. I passed the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) exam on my first attempt October 16, 2019. I have 12+ years of nursing experience as a registered nurse with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN). I completed 250 clinic hours in Primary Care, 150 hours in Othopaedic Specialty, 100 hours in Obstetrics & Gynecology, and 125 hours in a Pediatric rotation during school. I would like to be considered for this position at this institution.

EDUCATION

June 2016 – May 2019 Spring Arbor University

4.0 GPA

Master of Science Degree in Nursing

January 2006 – December 2007 Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing

Academic Dean’s List, four semesters

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing

August 2003 - December 2005 Illinois Central College Macomb, IL

Completed nursing prerequisites

Academic Dean’s List, four semesters

Associate of Arts and Science Degree

WORK EXPERIENCE

January, 2019 – July, 2019 Humphrey’s County Nursing Home

Registered Nurse

I worked 12 hour day shifts every weekend, mainly with elderly patients, gave medications, did dressing changes, gave nebulizer treatments, changed gastric tubes as needed, started IV’s, flushed IV’s, hung IV drips and IVPB, assessed patients as needed, called physicians to obtain new orders when needed, gave education to patients and families, catheter/ostomy care, and obtained urine, fecal, blood, and other laboratory specimens as needed.

April 2, 2019 – May 14, 2019 Waverly Pediatric Clinic

Family Nurse Practitioner Student

I completed 125 hours in this pediatric clinic. I saw patients from newborn to 18 years of age from all different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. I observed, learned, and treated patients along with my preceptor. I worked with patients with various acute and long-term illnesses, diseases, and injuries and treated patients accordingly. I completed head to toe assessments including auscultating heart, lung, and gastrointestinal sounds, palpated the abdomen, checked pupil reflex, EOMs, and reflexes, as well as conducting routine school physical exams. I did focused assessments according to chief complaint. I assessed patients on my own and would come up with a diagnosis, treatment plan, and education for the patient. I would discuss my assessment, diagnosis, and plan with my preceptor prior to treating the patient. My preceptor would always see the patient and do her own assessment as well to verify my findings were correct and we would discuss each case after. I completed cases studies on several patients using subjective, objective, assessment, and plan method of documentation. I also logged all my patients using Typhon database and have a completed portfolio available upon request.

February 19, 2019 – March 25, 2019 Henry County Medical Center

Family Nurse Practitioner Student

I completed 100 hours in this OBGYN clinic. I saw patients from onset of menarche to end of life with most patients seen during their reproductive years. Patients seen in this clinic were from all different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. I observed, learned, and treated patients along with my preceptor. I would work up the patient, obtain history and physical exam, and would discuss findings and assessment with my preceptor to come up with a treatment plan. I assessed and treated many pregnant patients throughout their pregnancy at all different stages. I saw patients for initial visits, ongoing visits, and follow up visits. I assessed and came up with a diagnosis, treatment plan, and education for the patient and would discuss findings and plan along with my preceptor prior to treating the patient. I observed many procedures during this rotation including contraceptive implants with the physicians in this clinic as well as observing a caesarean section. I did breast exams, pelvic exams, used a fetal doppler to listen to fetal heart tones, tested patients for sexually transmitted infections, tested urine for urinary tract infections, did pregnancy tests, used the microscope to look for clue cells, and more during this rotation. I completed cases studies on several patients using subjective, objective, assessment, and plan method of documentation. I also logged all my patients using Typhon database and have a completed portfolio available upon request.

September 5, 2018 – October 26, 2018 Orthopaedic Specialists

Family Nurse Practitioner Student

I completed 150 hours in this orthopaedic specialty clinic. I assessed and treated patients with all different types of ortho related illnesses and injuries including age-related diseases processes and acute and long-term injuries. Injuries and illnesses included fractures, dislocations, sprains, strains, cervical and spinal radiculopathy, osteoarthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, ligament injuries, bursitis, muscle pain, joint pain, osteoporosis, and more. During this rotation I observed many joint injections and performed joint injections with my preceptor along side of me. I would work up the patient, obtain history and physical exam, and would discuss findings and my assessment with my preceptor to come up with a treatment plan. I saw patients for initial visits, ongoing visits, and follow up visits. I assessed and came up with a diagnosis, treatment plan, and education for the patient and would discuss findings and plan along with my preceptor prior to treating the patient. I completed cases studies on several patients using subjective, objective, assessment, and plan method of documentation. I also logged all my patients using Typhon database and have a completed portfolio available upon request.

February 13, 2018 – August 22, 2018 Family Health LLC

Family Nurse Practitioner Student

I completed 250 hours in this primary care clinic. I assessed and treated a diverse population group of patients from the ages of 3 years to the elderly population from all different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. Patients were seen for routine comprehensive exams, focuses exams based on chief complaint, and follow up visits with all different types of illnesses and injuries including diabetes, heart disease, lung disease, gastrointestinal problems, musculoskeletal complaints and injuries, cold and flu symptoms, psychiatric disorders, and more. Tasks performed included phlebotomy, immunization administration, medication injections, assessment, diagnosis, treatment plan, ordering medications, and referring patients to a specialist or specialty clinic when needed. During this rotation I worked up the patient, obtain history and physical exam, and would discuss findings and my assessment with my preceptor to come up with a treatment plan. I saw patients for initial visits, ongoing visits, and follow up visits. I assessed and came up with a diagnosis, treatment plan, and education for the patient and would discuss findings and plan along with my preceptor prior to treating the patient. I completed cases studies on several patients using subjective, objective, assessment, and plan method of documentation. I also logged all my patients using Typhon database and have a completed portfolio available upon request.

May, 2015 – June, 2016 Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Registered Nurse

Worked 12 hour shifts on nights/days, mainly with neuro intensive care and neuro stepdown patients, performing many nursing tasks such as giving medications, hanging IV drips, administering many types of blood products, giving baths, tracheostomy and gastric tube care, changing wound dressings, emptying foleys and drains, assisting physicians with putting in ventriculostomies and subdural drains, suctioning patients and dealing a lot with ventilators, charting, and much more. Working in a critical care setting, I have admitted multiple patients and I am familiar with taking care of any ICU patient since many times our unit received several medical overflow patients.

August, 2011- May, 2015 Saint Francis Medical Center

Registered Nurse

Worked 12 hour shifts on days in the patient logistics office and am a medication history specialist. When working in patient logistics I do bed placement. I take medical communication calls where two doctors are conferenced in with each other (one from our hospital and one from an outlying facility) and coordinate a bed for each patient that comes into our hospital. Logistics nurses speak directly with all charge nurses on the floors to find an appropriate bed assignment. We also taking patient bookings from doctor’s offices, cath lab, IR, and patient’s coming in from home that a physician calls us with wanting to admit. When I perform as a medication history specialist I go around to the emergency department and all floors including all ICU’s, intermediates, general floors, and CHOI (Children’s Hospital of Illinois). I update each patient’s medications in EPIC upon admission to the floor/unit. I am very familiar with medications, charting, and communicating with physicians, charge nurses, and management.

January, 2008-August, 2011 Saint Francis Medical Center

Registered Nurse

Worked 12 hour shifts on nights/days, mainly with neuro intensive care and intermediate care patients, performing many nursing tasks such as giving medications, hanging IV drips, administering many types of blood products, giving baths, tracheostomy and gastric tube care, changing wound dressings, emptying foleys and drains, assisting physicians with putting in ventriculostomies and subdural drains, suctioning patients and dealing a lot with ventilators, charting, and much more. Working in a critical care setting, I have admitted multiple patients and I am familiar with taking care of any ICU patient since many times our unit received several medical overflow patients.

April, 2009-December, 2016 Private Duty Home Health Care

Registered Nurse

Worked 12 hour shifts on days as a nurse in a patient’s home. This patient is a quadriplegic on a ventilator. I have taken care of this patient for seven years now. I have attended multiple doctors’ appointments with the patient as well as taken care of the patient in his home. Tasks while on duty include activities of daily living such as preparing meals and feeding the patient, bathing, dressing, PROMs, turning and repositioning, getting the patient up to a chair/wheelchair, and toileting (bowel program and foley care). Other nursing tasks include giving medications, nebulizer treatments, doing tracheostomy care, wound care, and managing patient’s ventilator and oxygen use.

April, 2010-July, 2012 Accurate Home Care

Registered Nurse

Worked PRN (as needed) hours only on day shift as a nurse in a patient’s home. I cared for a pediatric patient with multiple birth defects including chromosome deletions. Tasks while on duty included gastric tube care, bolus tube feeds, gastric tube medication administration, managing the patient’s oxygen use via nasal cannula, monitoring O2 and vital signs, oral suctioning, nasopharyngeal suctioning, nebulizer treatments four times daily and as needed, obtaining physician orders as needed, reporting any changes to the agency and physicians’ office, and paper charting. Other tasks performed included activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, PROMs, turning and repositioning, getting the patient up to a chair/wheelchair, and changing depends as needed.

August, 2002-November, 2011 Apostolic Christian Home of Roanoke

Certified Nurse Assistant/Registered Nurse

As a CNA I worked first and second shift, mainly with elderly patients, assist residents with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, toileting, eating, walking, and grooming.

As a nurse, I work first and second shift, mainly with elderly patients, gave medications, did dressing changes, gave nebulizer treatments, changed gastric tubes as needed, called physicians to obtain new orders when needed, gave education to patients and families, and more.

May 2007 – August 2007 Tazewell County Health Department

Student Nurse Extern

Worked in the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program, gave immunizations, filled immunization syringes, enrolled new clients, re-screened clients, dropped off brochures, business cards, and posters to contracting physicians.

ACTIVITIES

January 2007 – December 2007 National Honor Society of Nursing

July 14, 2007 - July 20, 2007 American Diabetes Association (Camp Granada)

REFERENCES

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