Registered Nurse Practitioner

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September 02, 2020

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Dawn Longo MSN, RN FNP BC-C

I have just relocated to Colorado from Illinois as of August 28, 2020, we are pending a closing on a property soon. I am ready to start my career with your facility. I am looking to start my nurse practitioner career with your facility.

Enthusiastic Registered Nurse with 13+ years of experience that includes assessing patient’s health problems, assisting in emergency situations, working with the critically ill, and managing acute and primary care. I possess a Master’s in nursing and family nurse practitioner degree. I am seeking a position as Advanced Nurse Practitioner to provide primary and acute care. Licensed to practice in Colorado as a Registered nurse and an Advanced Practice Nurse, pending controlled substance/ DEA license.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

United Elite Hospitalist, Palos Heights, Illinois

Associated Hospitals: Advocate Aurora Christ Medical Center and Advocate Aurora Trinity Hospital

Position held: Advanced Practice FNP/ Neurology Hospitalist/Critical Care Hospitalist

January 2020 to April

Primary responsibilities as an Advanced practice nurse is to provide safe, evidence based, and efficient care. I work closely with attending rounding neurologist to provide neurology in-patient care. Our group collaborates with another neurology group to provide acute to chronic care to in patients that require specialty services in the primary care of the patient. I have a working knowledge to provide care to stable and critical care patients with the intention to establish a collaborating relationship with the primary team providers. Patients are seen daily, billing is completed through Med-Alert, charting is done through Care Connections with the soon transition to EPIC in April 2020. Establishing the workload through the discussion of the group is initiated at the start of the day and reevaluated every week for effective and thorough patient care. The main function of the APN role is to round on in-patient and occasionally assist in the outpatient setting. The hospital setting that I provide care in is a level-1 trauma center, 800 bed hospital capacity, Certified comprehensive stroke center, and teaching institution. Average patient workload daily is 20 in patients. The daily rounds will evaluate the patients plan of care, imminent patient needs, updating family, and reviewing patient lab, imaging, medication, and critical discussions if required on every patient. Christ Medical Center is a Level I trauma center that also specialize in heart and lung transplant that provides 900 beds for occupancy.

April 2020 to present

Covid 19 requirements were tripled at Trinity Hospital which is one of our sister hospitals therefore, with the extensive Critical Care experience, I was transferred to assist the primary Critical Care Intensivist. My role includes bedside rounding, rapid responses, code blues, consultations from emergency room, floor, operating room, and inpatient rehab. During bedside rounding each patient is discussed with the entire team and a plan of care is developed, daily charted notes are completed, updated orders, and critical monitoring is done on in-patient positive Covid patients that may require a higher level of care. Critical care documentation, procedures that include trialysis catheter insertion, triple lumen catheter, peripheral line placements to include IV/ EJ. Advocate Aurora Trinity Hospital is a Level II, 490 Bed Hospital.

Christ Advocate Medical Center, Oak Lawn, Illinois

Position held: Arrhythmia/rapid response nurse

August 2011 to present

Primary responsibilities as an Arrhythmia nurse is rapid responses, code blue alerts, stroke codes, chest pain alerts, advanced arrhythmia interpretation, sepsis alerts, and STEMI alerts. Another component of the Arrhythmia nurse is to collaborate with the primary nursing staff on early identification of patient decline. Continuous education through bedside huddle post rapid response or patient consultation. Charge duties include the organization of daily workflow, huddle information to include safety events, communication with bed-management, and other departments to facilitate safe patient transfer. Daily schedule surveillance to assure nurse and monitor technician coverage. Assisting in the education for code blue, early identification of sepsis, and in the setting of new employees their orientation. I have maintained Chair and Co-chair position for the Shared Governance Body for 3 years. I have a working knowledge with Phillips monitoring system and care connection documentation.

Christ Advocate Medical Center, Oak Lawn, Illinois

Position held: Assistant Clinical Manager

March 2009 to August 2011

Assistant Clinical Manager (ACM) of a 44 cardiac step-down unit, responsible for ensuring employee accountability, patient safety, and staffing/ scheduling and maintaining overall daily functions. Lead the staff of 9 to 11 RN’s, 3-5 PCA’s, and 2 Unit Secretaries. Held staff accountable for time and attendance, self-evaluation and peer evaluations, goals and encouraged education. Maintained a safe working area, patient safety was ensured by hourly rounding and used check posts for charting. I lead using a servant, transformational approach.

Mid-America Cardiovascular Consultants, Oak Lawn, Illinois

Position held: Nurse Coordinator inpatient rounding with physician

May 2007 to 2014

Credentialed by Christ Advocate Medical Center

Responsible for in-patient rounding on acute cardiac patients by obtaining history & physical, assessing the patient, obtaining medical information to prepare treatment plan, discussed plan of care with the collaborating physician, placing all pre and post-op orders for cardiac testing, follow through with tests results and modify patient plan of care as needed. Managed the workload of 7 Cardiologist’s daily schedule including rounding, clinic, procedure, and billing of events. Workflow consisted of maintaining proper identification of patient’s needs for appropriate discharge and follow up. Maintained proper charting via care connection Cerner and utilization of care-net for physician charting.

Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, Illinois

Position held: ICU RN

December 2005 to 2009

While working in the Intensive Care Unit, I orientated new employees, fulfilled charge duties, responded to rapid response, code blue, cardiac alert, stroke alert, and maintained Chair and Co-Chair in the Education Committee. I assisted in product review for ICU equipment. Medical Intensive Care Unit included the treatment of critical patient and the use of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), ventilators, balloon pumps (IABP), ST-Elevation MI s/p treatment with PCI or stenting, Swan Ganz Catheter (SWAN), Heart failure treatment, ARDS patient with rotational bed monitoring, Sedation with Train of 4, Code Cool s/p cardiac arrest, Gift of Hope Patients, insulin drips, Vasopressors, Vasodilators, Antiarrhythmics, pulmonary hypertension medical study, initiating the discussion of code status, and collaborating with families, patient’s, medical students/residents, consultation physicians, and primary physicians. My nursing theory is to maintain a proactive approach to patient care to minimize the lasting medical effects that result in delay of treatment.

Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, Illinois

Position held: Student Nurse Associate Level II

November 2003 to 2005

Position held during the last year of nursing school. My primary role was to assist the nursing staff with daily functions, to educate patients on disease process as well as bedside assessments (this opportunity was only provided secondary to being in my last year of school). I developed knowledge of in-patient treatment such as Oncology medications, disease processes, as well as an understanding of treatment options, goals of therapy and the importance and need to incorporate the end of life options. Responsible for completing individualized patient care and updating staff on vital signs, patient medical status, report any abnormal findings to the primary nurse immediately, providing time for patient/family concerns, and to translate the patient information to the primary nurse. Several education seminars provided for families and patients on new diagnosis, what to expect, what to know about their diagnosis, what to prepare for, and most importantly what to do when they are feeling overwhelmed and hopeless.

Palos Health (formally known as Palos Community Hospital), Palos Heights, Illinois

Position held: Phlebotomist

February 1993 to May 2003

Primary role was to obtain venous and arterial blood samples on infants, pediatrics, adolescents, and the elderly in the in and out-patient setting. Maintained charge duties, report off to laboratory technician to ensure constant workflow, new staff orientation, student precepting, and helped managed night and day shift as needed for flexibility. Developing daily workflow to ensure proper, efficient, and divided work duties among the staff.

EDUCATON

Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois

Degree/certification: Phlebotomy, 1993

Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois

Certification: Certified Nurse Assistant, 2003

Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois

Degree: Associate Degree of Nursing (ADN), graduated in 2005

Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois

Degree: RN to BSN accelerated program, graduated in 2013

Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, Illinois

Degree: Master of Science in Family Nurse Practitioner, graduated 2018

Licenses & Certifications

*Registered Nurse: Colorado License #1661666- Expires September in 2021

*Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Colorado License #APN.0994712-NP Expires September 2021

*Registered Nurse: Illinois License #041344998- Expires September 2022

*Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Illinois License #209.018802- Exp /2022

* American Association Credentialing Center (ANCC) Certification # 201-***-****

*American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) Certification # F12180160

*Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers (BLS)-Expires February 2022

*Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)-Expires February 2022

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

*Self-directed, patient centered care, team approach

*Recognized for excellent teaching and coaching abilities

*Recognized for being an excellent leader

*Possess strong clinical skills to assist during rapid responses (RRT) to implement appropriate interventions based on patient outcomes

*ACLS and CPR certified

*ICU experienced/ Cardiac experience (post cardiac cath and pacemakers)

*Telemetry experienced

*Basic interpretation of EKG monitoring and advanced EKG arrhythmia interpretation

*Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

*Ventilators used in acute and chronic settings

*Bipap and Cpap assistance

*Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)

*Swan-Ganz catheters measures cardiac output, and hemodynamical monitor the function of the heart and lungs and better treats certain classification of patients

*CIWA protocol/ Alcohol withdrawal

*Temporary and permanent pacemaker

* Stroke evaluation and assessment, function currently with stroke team at Advocate Christ Medical Center, Stroke certified

*chest pain protocol with EKG interpretation

*Trialysis and Triple lumen central line placement

*EKG portable for ruling out acute infarct

*BIO-Z cardiac monitoring

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

*Breast cancer information board October,2004

*Chair on the product committee, that evaluated potential new ICU products, 2005

*New registered nurse practitioner critical care division, 2006

*Magnet Conference Participant, Denver Colorado, 2006

*Held Chair and Co-Chair for the Educational Committee, 2006

*Assisted in Oak Lawn High School Career Day, November 2008

*Preceptor to many newly hired nurses and student nurses, throughout my career as a nurse

*Held Chair and Co-Chair in Unit counsel/Shared Practice Governed Counsel completing many nursing boards for Nurses Week such as: A breakdown of our job, pardon our dust while we complete construction, and prepared various health related disease discussions, 2010

*Revised Unit Orientation Manuel for the new registered nurse hire, 2013

*Chest pain protocol and telemetry discontinued by protocol for nursing, 2014

*Sepsis data collection in share paint, 2015

*Compassion award, division award, 2016

*Partnership award, division overall award, 2016

*Sepsis evidence-based project for bedside lactate monitoring, 2017

*Sepsis education distribution in unit huddles for staff nurses, 2018

* Sepsis education during skills-day education for all nursing staff at Advocate employees, 2019

*Education distribution for Phillips Cardiac monitoring devices for new protocol third quarter, 2019

Personal and Professional References:

Mrs. Angela Utupski

4440 West 95th Street