Nurse Practitioner Registered

Sonya Belin

*** *********** *****• Clover, SC ***10

843-***-**** • adghul@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of Qualifications

With over fifteen years of nursing experience, including practicing as an advance practice registered nurse. Outside of diagnosing and treating, I also have vast knowledge in informatics. Providing holistic care is a personal goal for each patient, every time. With my longstanding experience in nursing, I have the ability to diagnose, treat, and connect, while being compassionate in care. I am flexible, detailed oriented, and eager to continue learning and enhancing my skillset. My goal is to secure a mental health site, which will aide me in learning about medication management across the lifespan.

Education

University of Cincinnati- Post Certification in Mental Health (currently enrolled)

Winston Salem State University- M.S. of Nursing (2013)

University of South Carolina - Spartanburg (2003) Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Professional License and Certifications

Active North Carolina and South Carolina Nurse Practitioner licenses

American Nurses Credentialing Center for Family Nurse Practitioner

Basic Life Support

Professional Experience

Your Home Advantage (Oct. 2014 –Present) Family Nurse Practitioner

•Perform health risk and medication adherence assessments on members of various insurance companies.

•Educate members on age appropriate screenings and wellness behaviors.

•Collaborate with primary care providers on the treatment of abnormal assessment findings.

•Evaluate the safety of members home.

•Make case manager referrals when necessary.

Freedom Medical Clinic (Oct. 2015- Present) Family Nurse Practitioner, Per Diem

•Diagnose and treat patients with acute diseases and manage the treatment of chronic illnesses.

•Educate patients on disease process in addition to preventive care.

•Collaborate with physicians as regulated by the NC Board of Nursing and the Medical Board.

•Order appropriate laboratory and diagnostic studies/tests to assist with patient evaluations as needed.

•Refer patients to specialists such as behavioral health, cardiology, etcetera as needed.

Affinity Health Center (Jan. 2015 – June 2015)

Family Nurse Practitioner

•Provided primary care to adult population and manage chronic and acute illnesses.

•Monitored lab values patients on HARRT and collaborated with infectious disease as needed.

•Initiated referrals as deemed necessary including behavioral, nutrition and case management.

•Participated in weekly Ryan White interdisciplinary meetings.

•Made appropriate follow-up appointments and ensured patients were educated on processes.

•Assisted with creating work flows for various office visits to document operational function.

Home Advantage and United Health Group (Oct. 2014 – Feb. 2015) Family Nurse Practitioner

•Collected medical history and performed physicals to insurance members in their homes.

•Evaluated medication lists to ensure duplicate therapy was avoided and most effective.

•Ensured preventive screenings were up-to-date and patients found primary care physicians.

•Provided education to members in correlation to diagnosis and preventive screenings.

•Coordinated case management, social work, and home equipment as necessary

CLECO Medical Center of Shelby (May 2014 – Aug. 2014)

Family Nurse Practitioner

•Provided interdisciplinary primary and preventive care by collaborating with medial staff, case

management and family members to residents from multiple medical care facilities.

•conducted comprehensive physical exams and interpreted lab and radiology results with

evidence based interventions.

•Prescribed appropriate pharmacological and nonpharmacological agents.

•Ensured residents and patients were educated on diagnosis, plan of care and disease prevention.

•Evaluated the effectiveness of treatment through patient outcomes and made adjustments as needed.

•Made referrals to appropriate interdisciplinary groups and community resources.

EMR (May 2013 - Aug. 2015) Computer Consultant

•Trained medical staff on electronic medical record systems of Cerner and Medhost.

•Educated providers on documentation, navigators and clinical reconciliation functions

•Troubleshot equipment as needed and reported challenges with system to appropriate department.

Veteran Hospital (June 2011- Dec. 2013) Intermittent Staff Registered Nurse

•Performed comprehensive physical, psychological and social assessments.

•Assessed age-specific care requirements and developed an appropriate plan of care.

•Self-directed in providing and managing safe, therapeutic care for groups of patients.

•Effectively worked with an interdisciplinary team.

Travel Medical/Surgical Nurse (Sept. 2005 – July 2011)

•Independently planned, implemented and evaluated nursing care using standing medical

policies.

•Provided direct nursing care to patients.

•Assumed teaching and leadership responsibilities among other staff members.

•Participated in unit committee and quality improvement activities.

McLeod Health (July 2003 - July 2005) Medical/Surgical Nurse

•Monitored postsurgical patients and prepped for surgery

•Assessed the health condition of patients and collaborated with other professionals in their treatment.

•Performed registered nurse duties within scope of practice outline by South Carolina.

•Charge nurse over 41 bed unit

•Group leader for safety

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