Nurse Practitioner Registered

Sylviane Kasende

**** ********** **. **** *****, TX 76177

Home: 214-***-****. Cell: 469-***-****. Email: *************@*****.**

Adult Nurse Practitioner

Objective: Seeking a challenging position of nurse practitioner to provide high quality of care and to learn advanced medical skills and technology in a patient- focused healthcare area.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Nurse practitioner

Texas Pain Relief Group 08/16 to present

-Managing patients with musculoskeletal, neuropathic, and cancer pain through medication management and interventional approach ( joint injections and trigger point injections and more

-Ordering and performing trigger point injections and joint injections

-Ordering and assessing patients for procedures such as facet joint injections, radiofrequency nerve ablation, epidural steroid injections, and more

Nurse practitioner

Allcare clinic 12/15 to 06/16

- Managing chronic illnesses such as type II diabetes, hypertension, COPD, asthma, congestive heart failure, and more

- Managing chronic musculoskeletal pain, TPI, knee injections, IM injections,…

Nurse practitioner

Esteem Hospice and Palliative Care 08/13 to 08/15

-Supervising and assisting nurse case manager in the care of terminally ill patients.

-Completing face to face visit for recertification

-Providing palliative care consults for patients in both the hospital and facility based setting

-Conducting a patient / family evaluation and educating them on our palliative care services

-Facilitating highly effective conversations regarding goals of care with patients, families, interdisciplinary team members, and other providers

-Performing highly effective pain and symptom management treatment and care plan recommendation with Medical Director, families, and other providers to enhance patients’ quality of life

Nurse practitioner

Texas Health Management, Dallas, TX 05/13 to 04/16

-Performing annual health risk assessment for Healthspring and Cigna clients in their home settings.

Nurse Practitioner

Physiatrist Management of Texas, Dallas, TX 02/13 to 08/13

-Managing chronic pain and arthritic pain

-Implementing comprehensive plan of care to maximize functional outcomes

-Providing direction and leadership for the rehabilitation

Texas Physician House Calls

Texas Physician House Calls, Irving, TX 01/12 to 12/15

-Providing primary care services for patients in their homes or assisted living.

-Managing chronic diseases such as: diabetes, hypertension, CHF, COPD, renal failure, and more.

Staff Nurse

Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation, Dallas, TX 07/2008 to 06/2012

Orthopedic and Traumatic Brain injury floor

-Assisting post-surgical care of patients with amputation, joints replacement, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, and stroke to adapt to their disabilities and work toward productive and independent lives.

-Responsible for implementing physicians' orders such as: immunizations, injections, blood transfusion, sutures removal, ear irrigations, nasogastric tube placement, Foley catheter insertion, phlebotomy, and gathering/reporting laboratory results.

Rehabilitation Nursing Assistant

Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation, Dallas, Texas 06/05 to 12/08

Orthopedic and Neurologic unit (6th Jonsson)

-Assisted in providing total care for patients status post amputation, stroke, traumatic brain injury, hip and knee replacements, and spinal cord injuries.

-Performing patient transfers, catherizations, peg tube care and feedings, bladder scanning, bladder and bowel program, diabetic fingers check, and wound care.

Licensure and certification

Registered Nurse Licensure: State of Texas current through March 2020

CPR/ALS current through May 2021

Adult nurse practitioner license through American Academy of Nurse Practitioner, October 2021.

Education

Texas Woman’s University, Dallas, Texas

Master Degree of Science in Nursing, Adult Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Program, May 13, 2011

Texas Woman’s University, Dallas, Texas

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, with Magna cum Laude, December 2006

Professional Affiliation

Member of American Academy of Nurse Practitioner Association, 08/2010 to present.

Presentation and Professional Project

Presentation: Kasende, S. (April, 2011). Discharge teachings for African Americans stroke caregivers. Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation, Dallas, TX.

Professional project: Kasende, S. (April, 2011). Discharge teachings for African Americans stroke caregivers. Master thesis, Texas Woman’s University, Dallas, Texas.

Skills and Language: Proficient in WordPerfect 6.0; can read, write, and fluently speak French.

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