Nurse Practitioner
Resume:
KAY L. MCWHERTER
Austin, TX 78726
512-***-**** (Cell)
******@*******.***
CREDENTIALS
· ANCC Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
· Advanced Practice Registered Nurse – State of Texas
· Registered Nurse – State of Texas
· DEA Registration Number
EDUCATION
Master’s Degree - MSN
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Major: Family Nurse Practitioner
Bachelor’s Degree – BSN
University of Texas at Arlington
Major: Nursing
Associate Degree – ADN
Midland College
Major: Nursing
EXPERIENCE
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner:
CHRISTUS Trinity Urgent Care (Palestine, TX) 11/2016 – 11/2019
Works independently as well as part of a treatment team.
Conducts physical exams, assesses health status, orders and interprets diagnostic tests, I&D, suturing.
Prescribe medications and make recommendations for other therapeutic forms of treatment.
Monitors therapies and provides continuity of care.
Documents patient information and care in electronic medical record.
Little River Healthcare Physicians Center (Georgetown, TX) 04/2016 – 10/2016
Manages all aspects of patient care, including diagnosis, treatments and consultations.
Conducts physicals, order diagnostic tests, and serve as patient’s primary healthcare provider.
Works independently as well as part of a treatment team.
Provide education to patients about preventative care and prescribed treatments.
Prescribes medications, including controlled substances III-IV.
Nursing Supervisor – Nursing Administration
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Waco (Waco, TX) 03/13 – 02/16
Supervises the after hour activities of the hospital by coordinating those activities essential to the delivery of health care.
Makes rounds on nursing units and throughout the institution to maintain visibility, monitor activity and serve as a resource.
Objectively mediates resolution of complaints and concerns from patients, visitors, and/or staff.
For off-hour shifts, enacts Emergency Management Plan with current protocols for coordinating specialty crews.
Actively promotes participation in quality improvement activities.
Emergency Department
Seton Medical Center Harker Heights (Harker Heights, TX) 2/12 – 11/12
Kings Daughter’s Scott & White (Temple, TX) 11/08 – 2/12
Providence Health Center (Waco, TX) 9/05 - 7/06
North Austin Medical Center (Austin, TX) 3/02 – 8/05
Round Rock Hospital (Round Rock, TX) 5/95 - 1/00
· Assists with the orientation/preceptor of new nursing personnel to the unit.
· Responsible for scheduling of ER nursing staff.
· Designated charge nurse
· Direct patient care – assessment, care and evaluation of patients across the lifespan with varied disease processes.
· Accomplished in clinical skills including venipuncture, catheters, wound management, medication administration, IV’s, and conscious sedation.
· Able to efficiently collect and document the patient’s current health status and medical history.
· Effectively uses assessment skills to triage and prioritize initial treatment.
· Provides appropriate patient/family teaching regarding medical treatment.
· Able to independently administer treatments and procedures in accordance with physician’s orders, hospital policies and protocols.
· Performs effectively as a team member with other health care providers in responding to emergency situations in the ER as well as code situations on the floor.
Post Anesthesia Care Unit
Providence Health Center (Waco, TX) 7/06 - 9/08
· Critical care, airway management, and pain management of post operative patients.
SANE
· Functioned as 24 hour on-call Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) for Williamson County (Nov, 1996 – Jan, 2000)
Radiology
Austin Radiological Association (Austin, TX) 8/99 - 5/02
· Sedated and monitored adults and children for diagnostic testing
· Maintained inventory and ordered supplies
· Coordinated employee annual flu shots and TB testing
· Supervised paramedics
· Scheduled MRI and CT diagnostic scans
· Administered MRI/CT imaging contrast and monitored/treated allergic reactions
· Ordered and maintained narcotic inventory
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