Nurse Practitioner
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Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Thomas A. Sharon, DNP, MPH, ARNP-BC
Adult-Gerontological Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Health Care Quality Improvement, Patient Safety Expert
Las Vegas, Nevada 891248
Tel: 702-***-**** Cell: 702-***-**** Email: ********@***.***
Excellent skills in communication, interpersonal relations, leadership, problem-solving, decision making, business acumen, customer service, strategic planning and implementation and teaching.
Provides primary care and pain management to adults of all ages. Provides Wound care technology consulting services. Provides patient-centered evidenced-based primary care with excellent health assessment, diagnostic skills and care plan development.
Provides analysis of the cause of traumatic injury and/or illness related to product liability. Designs and implements quality initiatives with clinical transformation. Develops and implements systems to effectively manage performance improvement, risk management program and infection control. Develops and implements systems and processes for resource utilization and outcomes management.
Provides oversight of JCAHO survey preparation and regulatory compliance. Provides internal peer review and analysis of quality performance. Provides analysis of new technology impact for outcomes improvement.
Provides analysis of professional liability related to untoward events. Identifies root causes of medical and nursing errors and provides interventions for prevention.
Internationally known authority in health care quality initiatives and author of Protect Yourself in the Hospital: Insider Tips for Avoiding Hospital Mistakes for Yourself or Someone You Love; McGraw-Hill; Nov. 2003; Original Paperback; New York, New York; ISBN# 007*******.
Professional Licenses
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner – State of Florida License # ARNP 9197476
Advanced Practitioner – State of Arizona License # AP10086
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse – State of Nevada License # APRN002755
Certifications:
Board Certified ANCC Adult-Gerontological Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Intravenous Therapy Level Four – PICC Line Insertion; Nursing Unlimited, Inc.
Work Experience
Primary Care Nurse Practioner
Mind Body Solutions
2725 S. Jones Boulevard Suite 104
Las Vegas, Nevada 89146
Tel: 702-***-****
David Linden, M.D.
Provide primary care for adults of all ages and pain management.
Visiting Professor
University of Pecs
Pecs, Hungary
Teaching undergraduate and graduate nursing students in new nurse practitioner program.
Designed new courses and provided comprehensive disease-specific practice guidelines for nurse practitioners
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Mind Body Solutions
2725 S. Jones Boulevard Suite 104
Las Vegas, Nevada 89146
Tel: 702-***-****
David Linden, M.D.
Provide primary care for adults of all ages and pain management.
Pain Management Center Nurse Practitioner
May 8, 2017 to present. Provided pain management care at Silvercreek Medical Associates, 2767 Silvercreek Road, Bullhead City, Az. Reports to owner of practice, Paul Sutera, M.D. Phone # 928-***-****
Assistant Professor, Miami Regional University, School of Graduate Studies
January 4, 2016 to April 23, 2017. Miami Regional University, School of Graduate Studies. Taught core curriculum for the Family Nurse Practitioner program. Reports to Dr. Jay Ober, Senior Vice President and Dean. Located at 700 Royal South Poinciana Boulevard, Miami Springs, Florida 33162
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Self-employed, provided primary care to adults of all ages and healing of chronic wounds with state-of-the-art wound care technology from May 12, 2016 to April 23, 2017. The collaborating physician is Amiel Levine, M.D., Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach Florida 33140. Phone: 305-***-****
Nurse Consultant
1984 to Present. Provides quality initiative consulting services (detailed above) to hospitals, nursing homes and other providers with special focus on emergency medical services, skin integrity, wound care and patient safety. Provides primary nursing care to private patients in local area.
Past Work Experience
Emergency Department Nurse
October 2005 to January 2007, Medical Staffing Network; per diem nurse; worked in various hospitals in South Florida in the E.R. and I.C.U.
Adjunct Instructor – Broward Community College
Appointed to faculty beginning on 5/13/04 to teach two-hour course entitled “Prevention of Medical Errors” to students and licensed health professionals. This new course was recently mandated by the Florida State Legislature as a requirement for licensure and license renewal for nursing and all other health professions.
CQI Consultant, Nurse Educator and Per Diem Supervisor
March 1, 2001 – June 30, 2002. Nursing Solutions, Division of United Staffing Systems, 261 Madison Avenue, New York, New York - Developed and implemented quality assurance, risk management and continuing education consulting project for client hospitals. Also worked per diem as nursing supervisor at client hospitals.
President and Chief Executive Officer
January 11, 1999 to March 31, 2000 - Nursing Interventions, RN, P.C. This company was a professional corporation licensed to practice nursing in New York State. This P .C. specialized in nursing management of trauma
President and Chief Executive Officer
December 1, 1996 to December 31, 1998 – The Nurses Station, P.C. founder of organization, responsible for all marketing and operations. This company is a professional corporation licensed to practice nursing in New York State. The P .C. provides health care planning and trauma rehabilitation nursing services to patients referred from major trauma centers throughout the New York area. Also founded and directed The Nurses Station of America, Inc, a durable medical equipment and ambulette transportation provider - April 1, 1998 to January 11, 1999. Generated $10 million annual sales. Left organization after buy-out arrangement with co-owner.
Director of Clinical Operations
November 1995 to November 1996; June 1999 to June 2000; and September 2003 to present - Diapulse Corporation of America. Responsible for marketing and developing wound care programs utilizing new electromagnetic technology. Reported to Jesse Ross, D. Sci., C.E.O.
Vice President - Medical Operations
May 1994 to November 1995 - American Medical and Life Insurance Company 35 Broadway, Hicksville, New York 11802. Reports to President of Company - started and directed managed care program. Developed preferred provider network of major hospitals, several thousand physicians and various ancillary providers. Developed and directed all aspects of managed care including, utilization review, pre-certification program and medical case management. Assumed command responsibility for all major medical and hospital claims management. Provided supervision of thirty professional and clerical staff members. Designed and developed systems for managed care functions utilizing personal computer network with mainframe support. Also developed new business.
Education
Brandman University, Irvine, California – Doctor of Nursing Practice in Adult and Gerontological Primary Care Nurse Practitioner.
New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York - Master of Public Health in General Public Health.
S.U.N.Y. Empire State College, White Plains, New York - Bachelor of Science - Community Health Nursing
Orange County Community College, Middletown, New York - Associate in Applied Science - Nursing.
Achievements
1.Awarded the Norvo Nordisk Diabetes Research Grant by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (2014)
2.Reviewed and revised nursing malpractice claims review procedures for AIG Professional Malpractice Insurance Division (1990).
3.Authored the Article 44 application for Care Plus, Inc. - a Medicaid H.M.O (1996).
4.Conducted a medical cost analysis for the United States Coast Guard and devised a plan for a 30% reduction in the cost of health care for active duty personnel. Also devised a methodology for pinpointing areas predisposing to work related injuries (1992).
5.Created new markets for home care services resulting in 300% growth in sales from 1989 to 1991 for Star Multicare Services, Inc.
6.Qualified as patient care and quality assurance/risk management expert in U.S. District Court, New York State Supreme court and the New York State Legislative Committee on Medical Malpractice (1986).
Community Service:
1984 to 1985 - Served as delegate to the Emergency Medical Services Council of the Hudson Valley Region, New York.
September 22, 1994 to October 2001 – Member of the Board of Directors of Urban Strategies, a voluntary community development organization in the Brownsville community of Brooklyn, N.Y. This program provides housing, shelters for homeless and/or battered women and children, job training, drug rehabilitation and health care services. Served as chairperson from 10/1/99 to 10/1/00.
October 31, 1996 to October 2001 - Served as chairperson of the board of directors and president of the Urban Strategies/Brookdale Hospital Family Care Center, an Article 28 Primary Medical Care Provider Corporation opened on October 31, 1996.
Lectures
June of 1990, social services forum, Woodhull Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York - "A community-based care and rehabilitation program for automobile accident victims.”
October 14, 1990 – Flushing Hospital Center physicians' conference, given at Port Washington, New York - "Discharge planning and management of home care."
October 23, 1993 – Chinatown Manpower Project - Education Program for Foreign Trained Nurses - "The legal aspects of health care."
January 13, 2003 – University of Rochester, Graduate School of Nursing, Rochester, New York – “Review and Analysis of Hospital and Nursing Home Records”.
Publications
1.“The Senior Health Forum"; The Senior Bulletin; Jan-Dec 1994: Feature column in monthly publication giving health advice to senior citizens. Circulation 500,000.
2.“Thoughts on Emergency Triage Nursing"; The Nursing Spectrum, July 2, 2001
3.Protect Yourself in the Hospital: Contemporary Books/McGraw-Hill; Nov. 2003; Original Paperback; New York, New York; ISBN# 007*******. This book teaches the consumer how to find the safest hospital with ways to prevent accidents, mistakes, hospital-acquired infections, bedsores, and other mishaps. Currently being sold worldwide. Translations have been published in Japanese and Chinese as of June 1, 2004
4.Health Secrets from the Seventh Heaven: Akiva Joseph Publishers; March 2010; Original paperback; Miami, Florida; ISBN # 098*******. This book is a treatise on how to utilize Hassidic philosophy to achieve and maintain better health.
5.With Liberty and Coverage for All: who shall live, who shall die and how to survive under Obamacare; CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; Sept. 2013; ISBN # 147*******. This book examines the history and current state-of-affairs of the health care industry and proposes both political and personal solutions such as legislating patient safety standards and staying off the "who shall die" lists with interventions for prevention.
6.Sharon, T. A. (2018). Behavioral transformation through inner conflict resolution: A new nursing theory. Clinical Journal of Nursing Care and Practice, 2, 1-7.
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