Christopher Nicholas, MSN/FNP-C

**** *. ******** **, ********, ID 83646

Phone: 208-***-**** E-Mail: adgu63@r.postjobfree.com

Career Objective

Highly skilled and experienced nursing professional with diverse experience is continuing education to transition to a Family Nurse Practitioner role offering superior clinical knowledge and patient care skills in addition to providing:

Effective clinical judgment and clinical reasoning skills for establishing differential diagnoses.

Assessment, diagnosis, and management of common acute and chronic health care issues

Successfully developed collaborative skills involving the client, family, and the intradisciplinary health care team

Develop critical diagnostic thinking through interpretation of subjective and objective data, identification of normal and abnormal conditions

Collaborate with the individual, family, and community as well as other health care professionals for the purpose of ensuring high-quality, holistic primary care services.

Clinical Rotations

June 2018: Life Span Health Focus

January 2020: Women’s Health Focus

June 2020: Children and Adolescent Health

June 2020: Primary Care Focus

Professional Experience

West Valley Medical Center, Caldwell, ID October 2014-Current

ER Floor Nurse-

Provide professional nursing care for assigned patients in the emergency room. Triage each patient and determine priority of care based on physical, psychological and social needs as well as factors influencing patient flow through the emergency care system.

Perform focused assessment of chief complaints of each patient in a timely manner according to established triage guidelines.

Assist physicians during examinations and procedures. Perform various patient tests and administer medications.

Riverview Rehabilitation, Boise, ID November 2013-November 2014

Floor Nurse-

Evaluated assigned patients within a rehabilitation environment and planned, implemented and documented nursing care.

Assisted physicians during examinations and procedures. Performed various patient tests and administered medications.

Promoted patients' independence by establishing patient care goals and teaching patients and families to understand conditions, medications, and self-care skills.

St Luke’s Elmore Medical Center, Mountain Home, ID June 2014-September 2014

Pre-Op/Circulator/PACU Nurse-

Evaluated operating room patients and planed, implemented and documented nursing care. Effectively got patients ready for procedures including but not limited to starting IV and fluids, prepping patient for surgery and making sure consents are signed and all appropriate paper work is provided for physicians.

Provided quality assistance to the physicians during operating procedures and functioning in a circulating nurse role. Evaluated post-operative patients and plans, implements and documents nursing care.

Assessed patients for pain and maintain hemodynamic stability, neurological stability, and pain management.

Education

Purdue University Global - August 2020

Masters of Science in Nursing – Family Nurse Practitioner

Boise State University, Boise, ID - April 2016

Bachelors of Science in Nursing

Breckinridge school of Nursing at ITT-Technical Institute, Boise, ID - September 2013

Associate Degree in Nursing

Licenses/Certifications

Idaho Board of Nursing Professional License # N-46669, Advanced Cardiac Life Support,

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners FNP # F10200145

Basic Life Support For Health Care Providers, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, TNCC, and ENPC