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Nurse Practitioner Registered

Location:
Grosse Pointe, MI
Posted:
November 24, 2020

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Jennifer M. Buszka

*** ********** *****

Grosse Pointe, MI 48230

Cell: 313-***-****

Email: adh3hx@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Wayne State University 2007-2010 MSN, Nurse Practitioner (NP-BC) Women’s Health Specialty

Madonna University 1994-1998. BSN

SUMMARY

Results oriented nurse practitioner with proven ability and experience in effective patient care, seeking an opportunity to utilize advanced practice skills and communication techniques to provide evidenced based information and compassionate support to patients and their healthcare needs.

Strengths include:

Eliciting detailed patient history

Evidence based practice

Excellent clinical skills

Independent implementation of patient specific management plans

Patient education/counseling

Leadership/advocacy

Program development

Project management

Selected Achievements and Key Experiences

Effectively implemented primary health promotion and prevention program at Beaumont Hospital Grosse Pointe. The focus of the program was on new mothers and young families.

Raised community and physician awareness about health promotion and prevention services offered by program.

Within first year of implementation of the program over 300 families were educated and supported through the program.

Beaumont Hospital – 2011 Health Hero Award Recipient. While working with Maternal Infant Health Program. Reduced preventable hospitalizations and ER visits.

As nurse Practitioner in community setting reduced preventable hospitalizations and ED visits.

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

NURSE PRACITITIONER- MICHIGAN INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY 6/16-PRESENT

•Advocating for urology patients, as well as facilitating access to and movement through the health care system.

•Providing health and wellness counseling to patients across the lifespan, including prevention of urologic diseases (such as urinary tract infections, urinary incontinence, urologic cancers, and kidney stones).

•Diagnosing, evaluating, and treating critical conditions (such as hematuria, urinary retention, and acute urinary tract pain).

•Diagnosing, evaluating, and treating ongoing conditions (such as prostate disorders, urinary incontinence, stone disease pelvic floor disorders, sexual dysfunction, and fertility issues).

•Work closely with the Women’s Pelvic Floor specialist evaluating pelvic prolapse, OAB and Interstitial Cystitis. Evaluate post-operative pts status post TVT, TVTO, Interstim placement and robotic sacrocolpopexy

NURSE PRACTITONER –DMC UROLOGY 4/14 – 5/16

Advocating for urology patients, as well as facilitating access to and movement through the health care system.

Providing health and wellness counseling to patients across the lifespan, including prevention of urologic diseases (such as urinary tract infections, urinary incontinence, urologic cancers, and kidney stones).

Diagnosing, evaluating, and treating critical conditions (such as hematuria, urinary retention, and acute urinary tract pain).

Diagnosing, evaluating, and treating ongoing conditions (such as prostate disorders, urinary incontinence, stone disease pelvic floor disorders, sexual dysfunction, and fertility issues).

Work closely with the Women’s Pelvic Floor specialist evaluating pelvic prolapse, OAB and Interstitial Cystitis. Evaluate post-operative pts status post TVT, TVTO, Interstim placement and abdominal sacrocolpopexy .

Initiated the PTNS program.

Development of erectile dysfunction and OABs clinics, independently diagnosing and treating approximately 100 pts per month.

Perform bladder instillations for IC population.

Actively becoming proficient in Cystoscopies while performing over 75 procedures with attending physician present.

Work in collaboration with general urologists while seeing patients on their schedules.

Serving as a change agent to promote and provide excellent evidence-based care.

Educating multidisciplinary staff and serving as a role model, preceptor, and mentor to other staff.

Developing and/or participating in research to improve patient care and each patient’s quality of life.

NURSE PRACTITIONER – MICHIGAN WOUND CARE & HYPERBARIC INSTITUTE 2/2013-12/2014

Preform in-depth health history and physicals, assessments, diagnoses and treatments for populations with chronic pressure ulcers, vascular wounds, diabetic ulcers and other skin disorders.

Independently billing for 150 patients per week.

Order appropriate diagnostic labs and tests to appropriately diagnose and treat infections of wounds and skin.

Worked collaboratively with physicians, social workers, family, key care givers and any appropriate ancillary medical personnel in long term care facilities and clinic setting.

Competent rounding in long term care facilities

HOME CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER – HOME PHYSICIANS 5/2012-12/31/2012

Performed in-depth health risk assessments on all assigned members, in skilled nursing facilities (SNF), assisted living facilities or in members’ homes.

Worked collaboratively with physicians, social workers, family, key care givers and any appropriate ancillary medical personnel.

The responsibilities included: history review, health education, physical exam, medication review and diagnosis confirmation in the home care, SNF and assisted living settings. Provided understanding of patient’s wellness level conducted through comprehensive health assessment.

Focused on but not limited to patients with disease states including: diabetes, COPD, CHF and coronary artery disease.

Effectively documented on EMR systems.

Knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid and Medicare Advantage programs.

PROGRAM COORDINATOR – PARENTING PROGRAM

BEAUMOUNT HOSPITALS 8/2010-8/2012

Coordination of nationally award winning primary health promotion and prevention program that serves approximately 5000 families per year.

Screen patients for program that emphasized health promotion and prevention issues to families after the birth of a baby. With focus being on, but not limited to, post-partum depression, transition to parenthood, childhood development, breastfeeding and common childhood illnesses.

Recruit volunteers to work with patient population and create support network between hospital and patient.

Supervise and training of over 300 volunteers about primary health promotion and prevention concepts so that they may educate and support the patient population.

Facilitate patient support groups that focus on health promotion and prevention topics. Specifically postpartum depression support groups.

Collaboration with multidisciplinary team to provide resources and referrals within the healthcare system.

Act as educator to patient populations, hospital staff and community.

Resource to hospital staff, develop evidence based materials, research program development.

REGISTERED NURSE, BSN

BEAUMOUNT HOSPITALS 1/2006-8/2010

Responsible for overall management of patient care on Women's Health Unit, including labor and delivery.

Responsible for the care of patients ranging from labor and delivery to complicated gynecological diagnoses.

Managed care of patients with urological and gastrointestinal disorders.

Collaboration with multidisciplinary team to meet and often exceed patient’s needs.

Trained in the OR as scrub and circulation nurse for C-sections.

Competently insured safety in emergency situations with the outcome being healthy babies and healthy mothers.

COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATOR

BEAUMOUNT HOSPITALS 5/2006-8/2010

Facilitated infant care classes focusing on care infant from birth to three months.

Worked with expecting parents easing transition to parenthood through education.

REGISTERED NURSE, BSN

BON SECOURS HOSPITAL 6/1998-9/2004

Worked with patients to reduce the risks of further heart conditions, developing plans to prevent future heart problems, and provided rehabilitation services for those recovering from heart problems.

Collaboration with cardiologists to help patients by assessing patients’ current risk of heart attack or heart disease.

Assisted patients in setting their goals for their health, and they provide assistance with implementing changes t lifestyles.

Cared for patients who had a variety of heart-related conditions, including congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy unstable angina, myocardial infarction, cardiac dysrhythmia, and coronary artery disease.

Additional job responsibilities included cardiac monitoring, health assessments, stress test evaluations, and post- surgical care.

LICENSURE

Registered Nurse License, State of Michigan

March 2019, License # 470-***-****

Nurse Practitioner License, State of Michigan

June 2019, License # 470-***-****

CERTIFICATIONS/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Certified and trained to support families coping with mental illnesses such as perinatal mood disorders.

2011 Beaumont Hospital - Community Health Hero Award Winner

2015 AUA member



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