Nurse Practitioner Registered
Resume:
CURRICULUM VITAE
Amber R. Blumling, DNP, FNP-C
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Email: **********@*****.***
Education
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Family (Individuals Across the Lifespan) Nurse Practitioner
Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA
5/2011 Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Cum Laude from Honor’s Program
Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA
Licensure
2018-Present Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Pennsylvania, SP018946, Expires October 31, 2022
2018-2023 Family Nurse Practitioner, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, F05180724, Expires May 25, 2023
2011-Present Prescriptive Authority, Pennsylvania, NPPA034035, Expires October 31, 2022
2011-Present Registered Nurse, Pennsylvania, RN628530, Expires October 31, 2022
2018-Present DEA License, Pennsylvania, MB4956201, Expires July 31, 2021
2018-Present DEA X-Waiver, Pennsylvania, XB4956201, Expires July 31, 2021
Employment Experience
06/2020-Present Advance Practice Provider, VA Pittsburgh. Working in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department providing advanced wound care, advanced lymphedema care, amputation care, and in-patient and out-patient rehabilitation care to America’s veterans.
Full-time
08/2018-06/2020 Advanced Practice Provider, Pittsburgh Mercy Family Health Center. Providing care in a person-centered, integrated physical and behavioral health services in a primary care center. Care is provided across the lifespan using a patient centered, harm reduction approach with services ranging all in different aspects including preventative care, medication assisted treatment, gynecological care, and general care in the primary care setting. Mobile medical treatment provided at Bethlehem Haven Women’s Shelter to help reach vulnerable populations. Care for an independent panel of patients caring for around 11-14 patients per day. Active participant in the weekly high-risk patient meetings to discuss measures to engage and better care for high risk patients. Provider in the Medication Assisted Treatment team in the health center providing a patient centered options to help treat addiction including ReVia, Vivitrol, and Buprenorphine to focus on the treatment of opioid and alcohol use disorders. Care coordination with community treatment teams, dual diagnosis teams, specialty psychiatry, addiction medicine, and community residential mental health facilities. Leader in developing a Gender-affirming care program to be initiated to treat the unique needs of the transgender population as well as a focus on LGBTQ+ individuals. Member of the 2020 Medical Advisory Board. Acted as a clinical preceptor for students completing their nurse practitioner programs.
Full-time
02/2018-12/2018 PSU Virtual Teleforensic Nurse (VTN), Penn State University Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE-T) Center. Department of Justice funded telemedicine program to provide sexual care to rural hospitals in Pennsylvania. Provided consultation service to assist rural emergency room nurses with expertise in collecting forensic evidence and treatment of victims of sexual violence.
Independent Consultant
10/2016-06/2018 Senior Professional Staff Nurse II, Post Anesthesia Care Unit
UPMC Mercy Hospital
1400 Locust Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Senior Professional Staff Nurse II in a 20 bed Post Anesthesia Care Unit in a Level 1 Trauma/Burn Hospital including obstetric trauma, Cardiovascular center, and Comprehensive Stroke Center in a 488-bed urban teaching hospital. Provides and coordinates care for individuals across the life span after surgical procedures. Additionally, provides pre-operative care to ensure safe transfer of care to the operating room, assists acute pain service with placement of epidural catheters and peripheral nerve blocks, and with safe discharge of outpatients after surgical procedures. Acted as charge nurse. Administrative duties to help with anticipated hospital census based on OR schedule, daily nursing assignments, and anticipatory OR flow. Precepted nurses to the unit in providing competent, safe post-anesthesia care. Helped with providing clinical competency training on the unit. Member of the Rewards and Recognition Committee for UPMC Mercy Hospital, which helped to show appreciation for staff at the hospital through various activities and rewards programs.
Full-time
01/2013-06/2018 Professional Staff Nurse, Department of Emergency
Medicine
UPMC Mercy Hospital
1400 Locust Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Professional Staff Nurse in a 37-bed Emergency Department accredited as a Level 1 Trauma/Burn Hospital including obstetric trauma, Cardiovascular center, and Comprehensive Stroke Center in a 488-bed urban teaching hospital. Supervised and provided high quality nursing care to a wide range of patients across the life span utilizing evidence base practice and cutting-edge technology. Performed charge nurse duties, directing and supervising staff in addition to assisting with patient flow in a busy urban emergency department. Providing education on the unit in assisting with clinical competencies, training on new equipment, and acting as an instruction in the UPMC Emergency Nursing Course, the UPMC Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Course, and acting as an ACLS instructor for UPMC Mercy Hospital. As a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner and forensic nurse, provided examinations and collection of forensic evidence, referrals to resources, and as an expert resource in the department in the areas of child abuse, intimate partner violence, elder abuse, and sexual assault throughout the hospital. Acted as a preceptor for newly hired emergency nurses as well as precepted students from multiple local area nursing schools and University of Pittsburgh paramedic students. Participated in the mentorship program in the emergency department to help with staff retention and adjustment of nurses to a new field of practice. Trained physicians, residents, nurses, and patient care technicians on how to properly insert ultrasound guided IVs for patients and acted as an educational validator and expert resource. Representative for CORE for the emergency department to ensure compliance and act as a resource for organ donation. Participated in the Trauma Site Survey for reaccreditation as a level 1 trauma center. Acted as part of the interdisciplinary team to plan, direct, and coordinate patient care, ensuring high quality patient and family centered health care.
Full-time 01/2013-10/2016
Per Diem 10/2016-06/2018
05/2016-08/2017 Adjunct Clinical Faculty
Duquesne University
600 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Critical Illness Clinical Instructor for undergraduate and second-degree nursing students in the emergency and critical care areas. Facilitated ongoing clinical skills and integration of course material into the clinical setting. Acted as a mentor for undergraduate nursing students. Assisted with mega-code and critical care skills in the simulation laboratory.
Summer Semester 2016
Summer Semester 2017
04/2012-01/2013 Professional Staff Nurse, Cardiothoracic Cardiopulmonary
Step Down Unit
Heritage Valley Beaver Health System
1000 Dutch Ridge Road
Beaver, Pennsylvania 15009
Professional Staff Nurse in a 344-bed rural hospital. Supervised and provided high quality care to patients post cardiac catheterization, post open-heart surgery for CAGB or valve replacement, and post lung surgery. Acted as part of the interdisciplinary team to plan, direct, and coordinate patient care, ensuring high quality patient and family centered health care.
Full-time
08/2011-04/2012 Professional Staff Nurse, Cardiothoracic Medical Surgical
Unit specializing in Esophageal and Lung Cancer Surgery
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Hospital
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
Professional Staff Nurse in a 792-bed urban teaching hospital. Supervised and provided high quality care to surgical patients specializing in minimally invasive esophagectomy, thoracoscopy and/or wedge resection, in addition to LVAD heartmate II devices, cardiac, and trauma patients. Participated in the Magnet Committee. Acted as a preceptor to nurses on the unit. Acted as part of the interdisciplinary team to plan, direct, and coordinate patient care, ensuring high quality patient and family centered health care.
Full-time
05/2011-08/2011 Nursing Care Assistant
Nurse’s aide at various group home, nursing homes, and home care settings. Services ranging for assistance with ADLs to providing light housekeeping and meal preparation.
Stat Staffing Agency
40 24th Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Per Diem
04/2010- 05/2011 Critical Care Student Nurse Technician
Responsible for blood glucose monitoring, EKG’s, laboratory
draws from central lines, arterial lines and peripheral blood draws, providing one on one patient monitoring for behavioral health patients, and cleaning equipment in the critical care units and emergency department.
VA Hospital Pittsburgh
4100 Allequippa Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Part-time
02/2008-08/2011 Nursing Care Assistant
Nurse’s aide at various group home, nursing homes, and home care settings. Services ranging for assistance with ADLs to providing light housekeeping and meal preparation.
Stat Staffing Agency
40 24th Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Per Diem
02/2007-01/2008 Nursing Care Assistant
Nurse’s aide at various group home, nursing homes, and home care settings. Services ranging for assistance with ADLs to providing light housekeeping and meal preparation.
Maxim Staffing Solutions
4955 Steubenville Pike Suite 245
Pittsburgh, PA 15205
Per Diem
Board Certifications and Special Skills
06/2016 Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Adolescent & Adult Certification
(SANE-A), International Association of Forensic Nurses, Expires 12/31/2019
10/2015 Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Course for Pediatrics
05/2015 Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN), Certified Emergency Nurses Association #B0109030, Expires 5/18/2019
11/2014 Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Instructor Expired 10/31/2018
04/2014 ENA Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) Expired 4/2018
04/2014 Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Course for Adolescents and Adults
02/2014 Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS) Expired 2/2018
05/2013 Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Expired 10/31/2018
10/2012 Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Expired 10/31/2018
04/2014 Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Course for Adolescents and Adults Expired 12/31/2019
03/2009 Basic Life Support (BLS) Expires 5/31/2021
Professional Organization Membership
01/2020 Pittsburgh Mercy Medical Advisory Board Member
12/2019 World Professional Association for Transgender Health
07/2019 Member of the Gender Collaborative
01/2018 American Association of Nurse Practitioners
01/2018 Pennsylvania Coalition of Nurse Practitioners
08/2014-05/2018 AACN Graduate Nursing Student Academy
06/2014-06/2019 International Forensic Nursing Association
03/2013-05/2019 Emergency Nurses Association
05/2011 Sigma Theta Tau International
09/2011-8/2018 Nursing Service Organization
Professional Scholarship
04/24-26/2018 UPMC Nurses Week Poster Presentation “Evaluation of a Standardized
Patient Simulation on Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Knowledge and Confidence Pertaining to Intimate Partner Violence”
07/2017 Rewards and Recognition Committee UPMC Mercy Hospital
08/2015-10/2016 CORE Representative for the Department of Emergency Medicine
at UPMC Mercy
06/2015 Department Competency Educator for the Department of
Emergency Medicine at UPMC Mercy
05/2015 Ultrasound Guided IV Access Instructor
01/2015 UPMC Forensic Nursing Counsel Interpersonal Violence Screening
Committee
12/2014-10/2017 UPMC Forensic Nursing System Wide Counsel
11/2014 Jonas Salk Fellowship, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
10/2014 TeamSTEPPS Essentials Trained
09/2014 UPMC Mercy Department of Emergency Medicine Mentoring
Program Team Leader
08/2014 GSNA Liaison for Robert Morris University
06/2014-06/2016 Sigma Theta Tau International Eta Epsilon Chapter Treasurer
05/2014 UPMC Mercy Forensic Nursing Team
02/2014-Present Clinical Preceptor for UPMC Mercy DEM for student nurses, paramedics, and fellow DEM staff
04/2013 Patient and Family Centered Care Committee Member
06/2011-06/2013 Sigma Theta Tau International Eta Epsilon Chapter Treasurer
06/2011-06/2013 Sigma Theta Tau International Eta Epsilon Chapter Delegate
08/2011 UPMC Presbyterian Hospital 7D Magnet Council Representative
Presentations
10/25/2019 “Understanding the Unique Needs of Gender Non-Conforming and Transgender Individuals: What You Need to Know When Caring For This Population” Lectured at International Association of Forensic Nursing PA Regional Conference
08/20/2018 “Intimate Partner Violence: Caring for Victims of Violence” Lecture at Allegheny General Hospital Trauma Symposium
12/01/2017 “Intimate Partner Violence: Caring for Victims of Violence” Standardized Patient Care Simulation at Robert Morris University as part of Doctoral Completion Project funded by RISE Center Grant
11/29/2017 “Intimate Partner Violence: Caring for Victims of Violence” Lecture at Robert Morris University as part of Doctoral Completion Project funded by RISE Center Grant
10/6/2017 “Intimate Partner Violence: Caring for Victims of Violence” Standardized Patient Care Simulation at Robert Morris University as part of Doctoral Completion Project funded by RISE Center Grant
10/4/2017 “Intimate Partner Violence: Caring for Victims of Violence” Lecture at Robert Morris University as part of Doctoral Completion Project funded by RISE Center Grant
09/22/2017 “Intimate Partner Violence: Caring for Victims of Violence” at End
the Violence: Making Our Community Aware Conference at UPMC Passavant Hospital
2016-2018 UPMC Emergency Nursing Course – EMTALA
06/2/2016 “Female Genital Mutilation – This Ancient Practice in the Modern
Day” for PA ENA Horizon’s Conference
06/05/2015 “Campus Sexual Assault: Current Trends, Policies, & Technology” for PA ENA Horizon’s Conference
04/23/2015 “Bystander Intervention” for Sexual Assault Awareness Month at Robert Morris University
04/20/2015 “Abuse, Neglect, and Sexual Assault” for Living Learning
Community at Robert Morris University
04/20/2015 “Women’s Health Screening & Prevention” for Women’s History
Month at Robert Morris University
11/24/2014 “Campus Sexual Assault” for Jonas Salk Fellowship
04/24/2014 “The Art of Interviewing” Sigma Theta Tau International Eta
Epsilon Chapter presentation at Carlow University
04/2012 “Transforming Lives: M.I.E.” Poster Presentation UPMC
Presbyterian Magnet Fair
Awards
04/2017 RISE Center Simulation Grant, Robert Morris University
12/2015 Employee of the Month, UPMC Mercy Department of Emergency
Medicine
Community Service
11/9-18/2017 Robert Morris University Global Learning Experience in Nicaragua
05/06/2017 Medical Volunteer, Fit Aid Station, Pittsburgh Marathon, Pittsburgh, PA
02/26-3/14/2016 Robert Morris University Global Learning Experience in Nicaragua
05/03/2015 Medical Volunteer, Fit Aid Station, Pittsburgh Marathon, Pittsburgh, PA
05/04/2014 Half Marathon for MS Society, Pittsburgh Marathon, Pittsburgh, PA
04/2014 Fight for Clean Air American Lung Association Climb, Team Captain
2014 MS Walk, Team Captain
10/2013 American Heart Association Heart Walk, Team Captain
05/05/2013 Marathon Relay for Animal Rescue League, Pittsburgh Marathon,
Pittsburgh, PA
2013 MS Walk, Team Captain
04/29/2011 Homo Dignitas, Co-Art Show Curator, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Gallery Crawl
08/01-16/2010 Amizade Global Learning Experience, Ghana, West Africa
07/11/2010 Fashion Show for Ghana at Zen Nightclub, Coordinator
03/27/2010 Benefit for Jukwa, Ghana, Coordinator
03/2010-05/2011 Operation Save a Life, Volunteer
Publications
Blumling, A., Kameg, K., Cline, T., Szpak, J., & Koller, C. (2018). Evaluation of a standardized
patient simulation on undergraduate nursing students’ knowledge and confidence pertaining to intimate partner violence. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 14(3), pages 174-179. doi:10.1097/JFN.0000000000000212.
References
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