Nurse Practitioner Nursing

BERNADETTE N. KIMEMIA DNP, ARNP, FNP-C

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Everett WA 98208

Phone:407-***-****

E-mail: *********@*****.***

Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and Emergency/Urgent Medicine

Clinical program director and subject matter expert in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine.

Innovative Leader of advanced nursing practitioners and physician assistants across multiple domains with clinical and operational experience and sucess in patient care, coordination of care, resource utilization and team approach and management.

Commited to an ongoing learning and progressive improvement in transition of care for patients and families in communitie served.

Highly motivated clinician with excellent critical thinking skills who works great with both a team as well as individually.

Energetic, Flexible and adapts easily to changing working environment and schedules.

Education

Chamberlain University, Downers Grove, IL.

Doctor of Nursing Practice, Family Nursing Practitioner 2018-2020

Chamberlain University, Downers Grove, Il

Masters of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner 2015-2017

Bethune Cookman University, Daytona Beach, FL

Bachelors of Science in Nursing 2006-2010

Academic Appointments

Adjuct Instructor- Walden University, School of Nursing 2018-2020

Profesional Practice and Experience

Swenson Healthcare, PLLC September, 2018-Present

Family Nurse Practitioner, DNP FNP-C

Family Medicine/ Internal Medicine.

Specialization in Internal medicine within transitional care and post-acute care.

Direct Patient care within family and internal medicine, assessing, triaging, diagnosing, creating a treatment plan and following up on different medical ailments.

Prescribing per DEA requirements and clinical guidelines for different ailments inclusing controlled substances.

Assisting, developing and improving processes and post-acute and transition care.

Supervising and mentoring new Nurse practitioners and Physician assistants.

Educational forums facilitation and development for providers as well as nursing and facility staff to improve processes and quality of care.

Work closely with other providers to improve quality of care, different metrics and patient outcomes.

Swenson Healthcare, PLLC

Clinical Program Director, Nurse Practitioner ARNP, DNP 2018-2020

Clinical subject matter expert addressing areas of identified by quality improvement measures.

Provide education and mentorship to new mid-level providers on subject matter and ongoing education resources.

Develop educational guideline on subject matter, metrics and data analysis to ensure improved outcomes and quality of care provided.

Working with different organizations nursing and clinical staff in improving processes to enhance quality of care and improved patient outcomes.

Partner using telehealth and telephonically for educational services both for patients and nursisng staff addressing care gaps.

Team Health

Family Nurse Practitioner, ARNP, DNP. 2018-2020

Family Medicine/ Emergency Medicine.

Responsible for direct patient care, assessing, triaging, diagnosing and creating treatment plans for different disease processes.

Bedside procedures ranging from Incision and drainage, Lac repairs, Pap-tests etc.

Reading and interpretation of diagnostics tests for diagnosis purposes and treatment plan creation and follow-ups.

Triaging acute patients and initiating work-ups and follow-ups and safeguaring patients stabilization efforts.

Consultation with other providers and specialists on different patients presentations and disease process for best practice and possible outcomes.

Mentorship of other mid-level practitioners and continuing education and networking for improved quality of care.

Educational forum for both nursing and organization staff in different emergencies policies and protocols while supporting clinicans and staff.

Telehealth provision of services, assessments, diagnostics and treatment.

Medical Staffing Network

Clinical Nursing manager and Acute ARNP, MSN. 2016-2019

Emergency Nursing.

•Acute care provider within the emergency department, fast tract, Lean flow tract sections in providing medical care for acute and sub-acute patient.

•Clinical Nursing manager within emergency department, Trauma and intensive care units.

•Charge nursing staff and leader in the Emergency department overseeing nursing staff and coordination of care with different medical and nursing personnel.

•Assisting in development and improving budget, resource utilization and care transistion within different units in the emergency department

•Working and function as a Bed traffic control, Lean flow control personnel to ease with flow of patients within different emergency room settings.

•Work in different areas within emergency room from triage, lean flow track, super track/fast track, acute and trauma areas within the emergency department.

•In the Emergency room, receive patients from triage or ambulance with assorted health conditions, stabilize, diagnose, medicate and transition them to inpatient status or discharge.

•Perform emergent life saving measures using ACLS, PALS protocol.

•Patient care to critical care patients on vent and trach and multiple disease processes

•In charge of the care provided to the patients for the shift responsible to enhance overall patients well being

•Respiratory functioning i.e. suctioning tracheas, ensuring patients ventilation as a major priority in this critical care unit.

•Alert different lab works and patients’ conditions to the physicians as deemed necessary.

•Oversee overall patients well being physically, mentally and spiritually as my major priority to enhance healing.

•Take an active part in extubating and spontaneously awaking previously intubated critical patients

•Take part of rapid response team that answered to rapid response requests to all units within the hospital.

Advent Healthcare

Ease Orlando Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers

Director of Nursing Services 2016-2017

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•Nursing manager to acute care nursing facility.

•On call manager on weekends coverage for staffing and management of the facility.

•Implement QAPI (Quality and improvement) processed and tools to measure outcomes.

•Attend, propose, and present morning meetings with other department heads and take part of interdisciplinary team.

•Oversee RN, LPN, CNAs and other personnel in on duty daily as a team leader and enhance team work.

•Working hand in hand with Medical Director and other Medical staff to provide quality care and interventions to patients with different disease processes.

•Communication with the Medical Director on different change in conditions and overall outlook of patients.

Orlando Health

PACU Unit/ Trauma.

Charge and Staff Nurse. 2010-2016

•Receiving outpatients as well as inpatients scheduled for surgical procedure

•Receiving trauma inpatients as well as flown in from different facilities, triaging and ensuring patients wellbeing as they await surgical procedures.

•Preparing patient going into surgery from CABG to orthopedic to plastic surgery.

•Starting peripheral IVs gauges 22 to 16 rating on the procedure being done

•Verifying patients consents and all paperwork ready for surgery

•Playing a vital role as patients advocate to verifying correct procedure, correct surgical site as dictated by JHACO protocol prior to surgery

•Receiving patients post anesthesia after surgery

•Stabilizing patients until they are ready to be transferred to different unit, from ICU to medical surgical floors.

•Working hand in hand with medical doctors, anesthesiologists, CRNAs and wide range of medical personnel for the patients’ wellbeing

•Initiating and continuous monitoring on patients on different medication drips and monitoring patients well being

•Initiating and monitoring patients on blood and blood products transfusions.

•Initiating codes protocol per ACLS guidelines and ensuring patients’ wellbeing during and after codes and resuscitation.

Florida Hospital Celebrations Health

Progressive Care Unit- Staff and Charge Nurse 2010-2015

Providing nursing care on a nursing ration 2:1 or 4:1 in critical care or progressive care.

Taking care of patients with different type of drips i.e. Dopamine drip, heparin, and insulin.

Receiving patients from emergency room or operating room with different disease processes and stabilizing then and providing continued care.

Starting peripheral IVs from gauges 18-22 based on patients’ disease processes.

Administration of blood and blood products and monitoring patients thereof.

Administrations of sedation medications for patients on a vent or intubated patients to keep them comfortable while maintaining their respiratory drive,

Providing code care to patient following ACLS protocol in emergent cases.

Discharging patients or transferring them to lower level medical floors as they stabilize.

Comforting patient’s families and providing education to patients and their loved ones regarding their disease process and what is to be expected.

Professional Associations and Societies.

Doctor of Nursing Practice 2019-2020

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners 2018-2020

Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurse Association 2019-2020

American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners 2016-2020

American Nurses Credentialling Center 2018-2020

American Nurses Associaation 2010-2020

Emergency Nurses Association 2010-2020

Awards/Honors

Instutional Award of Practice Excellence December, 2019

Swenson Healthcare PLLC.

Sigma Global Nursing Excellence

Instutional Award of Nursing Excellence October, 2010

Bethune Cookman University

Summa Cum Laude May, 2010

Research and Grants

Purposeful hourly rounding using SHaRPS process effects on 30-day Hospiptal readmission rate and patient satisfaction Metrics March 2020.

Triage Screening in the emergency department effects on substance abuse and prescribing in the emergency deparmemt May 2018.

Publications

Pending publications.

Journal Articles

Presentations

International, National, or Regional

Advent health, Orlando Florida

Substance abuse strategies to care in the emergency department - 10/2017

Orlando Health, Orlando Florida

Mental Health access to care and resources, to address over-utilization of emegergency

department resources. 05/2016

References Available Upon Request

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