PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Dedicated and driven nurse practitioner seeking a challenging position as an advanced practice nurse in a busy facility where my extensive medical professional and practical experience will be fully utilized. Background in intensive care, medical-surgical, urgent care, internal medicine, telemetry, and outpatient specialty clinics. A fast learner who adapts easily to new situations and self-motivated professional with commitment to applying optimal care.

•AANP Certified Family Nurse Practitioner that has over 11 years of experience in direct patient care.

•Strong clinical skills enhanced by worldview and natural ability to build rapport with patient and families when managing care.

•Committed to practicing medicine with a holistic approach.

•Follows evidence-based guidelines blended with personal experiences and intuition.

•Extensive quality of care and obtains open lines of communication with all team members.

•Extensive experience mentoring nurses and aiding as a resource person and motivator.

Family Nurse Practitioner

Teaches patient's positive lifestyle modification to achieve a healthy weight and blood pressure.

Provides education related to diabetes such as, HGA1C>5.6 and the disease process to patient and families; medication, diet, and nutritional monitoring; foot care, prevention, and care of complications; blood glucose monitoring and the techniques of self-monitoring and injection

Performs administrative duties, education allied health care students, participates in clinical research to provide latest data to patients about health by doing independent research.

Appropriately orders consults, tests, and interprets results; makes independent decisions in solving complex problems and works collaboratively with attending Physician.

Assists attending Physician as needed to maintain flow and strive to minimize patient wait times

Coordinates patient information including H&P's, test results, etc. Provide patient education regarding health and wellness related to improvements in diet, exercise, and smoking cessation related to hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, CAD, etc. with supplemental literature, lectures, and videos.

Initiates and expedite requests for scheduling special tests and studies such as 2D Echocardiograms, ABI/ANS, Stress tests, and spirometry.

Wound Care including post op site checks and dressing changes.

Perform minor procedures such as skin incisions with or without sutures in a sterile environment

Critical Care Nurse

•Assists with bedside procedures such as TEE, lumbar punctures, thoracentesis, biopsies, intubation, and ventilation, as well as various procedures in interventional radiology, CT, and dialysis.

•Services critically ill patients in MICU, CCU, ER, PACU, Interventional Radiology and Telemetry environments.

•Collaborates with Infection Control and Wound care committee team.

•Provides pain management, wound care, staff supervision, intensive care education and training to staff and new orientees, moderate sedation, medication titration, and continuous monitoring of patients.

Outpatient Specialty Nurse

•Monitored and evaluated pilot program that tracked patient to provider visit time to improve patient satisfaction.

•Triaged patients for appointments and intervened for necessary acute care management immediate treatment needed.

•Initiated consults and call to remind veterans of upcoming appointments.

•Managed and administered immunizations to prevent high risk populations of contracting Hep A, B, Shingles, Pneumonia, and Flu. Administered therapeutic and pain management injections for migraines.

•Assisted with setup and right hand for skin punch/shave biopsies, minor surgeries for skin cancer removal, and incision and drainage.

•Worked in the areas of Endocrine, DM, Pulmonary, Dermatology, Spinal Cord Injury, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Chronic HTN, General Surgery, and Orthopedics.

Supervision

•Serves as a charge nurse to ensure staffing is adequate, fair assignments are given, reports to nursing supervisor and bed board on staffing and bed availability

•Make sure daily duties such as medication fridge temperature, defibrillator, and LUCAS checks are done.

•Evaluated staff performance, providing feedback and mentoring to new staff and orientees.

•Conducted interviews and recommended nurses and medical staff for hire.

Medical- Surgical Nurse

Worked as a multidisciplinary team member by consulting with physicians, social workers, case managers, and other health care professionals

Monitored and assessed patients’ conditions throughout hospital stay and intervene fast to prevent or slow condition deteriorating and after surgery.

Performed delegation to nursing assistants daily with assistance when needed.

Prepared patients for procedures and surgery.

Credentials

(MS) Family Nurse Practitioner # 903819 Expires 12/2020

NPI ID: 157*******

(MS) Registered Nurse License # R883016 Expires 12/2020

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Expires 09/2022

Basic Life Support (BLS) Expires 09/2022

Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) participant

Experience

Registered Nurse- MICU/Outpatient Specialty Clinics 07/2015- Present

VA Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi

Nurse Practitioner 08/28/2020- 10/16/2020

SGH Medical Clinic, Mendenhall, MS

128 monitored hours completed, Volunteer

Nurse Practitioner 03/02/2020- 08/13/2020

Heartplus Diagnostic Clinic, Ridgeland, MS

277 Monitored hours completed, Volunteer

Registered Nurse- Float Pool 06/2014- 06/2015

University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS

Registered Nurse- Medical-Surgical/Rapid Admit 07/2009 – 06/2014

St. Dominic’s Memorial Hospital, Jackson, MS

Clinical Rotations

St. Dominic’s Family Medicine Clinic- Magee, MS 01/2019- 04/2019

91 hours

Jones Family Medicine Clinic-Taylorsville, MS 09/2019-12/2019

150 hours

Magee Urgent Care- Magee, MS 06/2019

61 hours

G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center- Jackson, MS 06/2019- 07/2019

120 hours

The Women’s Health Center and McComb Children’s Clinic 01/2019-10/2019

90 hours at each clinic, McComb, MS

Education

Master of Science in Nursing, FNP 12/14/2019

University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL

Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing 08/02/2014

Mississippi University of Women, Columbus, MS

Associate Degree in Nursing and Applied Science 05/12/2009

Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Wesson, MS

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