Registered Nurse Practitioner
Resume:
Jennifer Mothershed
Havre de Grace, MD 21078
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Professional Experience
Medstar Franklin Square Hospital, Baltimore, MD January 2020 to Present
Family Nurse Practitioner, Vascular Surgery
●Contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies, procedures, quality standards, and safety standards.
●Complies with governmental and accreditation regulations.
●Establishes medical diagnoses and provides age-appropriate comprehensive and/or episodic care to patients presenting with acute and/or chronic medical/surgical problems, following practice and/or hospital policies and procedures.
●Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs, effectively communicating positive findings to patients and referring physicians to ensure continuity of patient care.
●Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities monitoring effectiveness of interventions.
●Performs clinical procedures independently within scope of practice after demonstrating proficiency in procedural skills pertinent to practice/specialty area.
●Performs history and physical assessments of patients that are accurate, complete, concise, relevant and appropriate for age, gender, clinical problem and unit.
●Acts as a liaison between patient, physician, and allied health professionals to facilitate patient's transition between health care settings.
●Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals.
●Monitors medical/emotional condition of patients, reporting changes to appropriate personnel.
●Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools.
●Maintains accurate, complete, concise and timely documentation in the electronic medical record.
●Maintains a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic environment for patients and families in accordance with hospital standards.
●Prepares, completes and maintains records of patient charges.
●Maintains all required reports, records, statistics, etc.
●Complies with governmental and accreditation regulations.
●Demonstrates behavior consistent with MedStar Health mission, vision, goals, objectives and patient care philosophy.
●Participates in meetings and on committees and represents the department and hospital in community outreach efforts. Participates in multi-disciplinary quality and service improvement teams.
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital, Bel Air, MD
Registered Nurse: Float Pool (various hospitals within Medstar) Jan 2016-Jan 2020
●Responsible for multiple departments within the hospital to include the Emergency Room (adult and pediatric patients), medical-surgical units, cardiac units, IMC, ICU, and rehab units. Prior help in the infusion center, cardiology for stress test and bubble study echocardiograms. Finished my time in the Cardiac Cath lab and Interventional Radiology/Vascular Surgery at Union Memorial.
●Only nurse in Medstar that would travel to 4 different Baltimore region hospitals.
●Provide empathetic and emotional support for patients and their families
●Administer medications under the supervision and direction of the physician. Medications range from those given in an emergency room setting to Intensive care setting and include moderate sedation.
●Document assessments and progress of patients through the Cerner system.
●Perform procedures such as IV’s, NG Tubes and Foley catheter insertion. Prepare and maintain arterial lines, central lines, PICC lines, dialysis catheters and femoral arterial sheaths.
●Hemodynamic monitoring of patients regardless of form of monitoring
●Care of patients on various forms of respiratory ventilation
●Full working knowledge of admission process
●Distribution and education to patients on their medical illnesses
●Working knowledge in a critical care setting to include most critical care interventions
●Maintained ACLS, BLS, PALS and Stroke accreditation
●Age range of patient population serviced is newborn to end of life care
●Lab draws both in ER patients and inpatient units
●Assist ER MD and Intensivist in critical care intervention
Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, Bel Air, MD
Registered Nurse: Float Pool (Both hospitals within system) July 2008-November-2015
●Worked in all areas of the hospital to include: ER (adult and pediatric), medical-surgical units, telemetry units, cardiac units, IMC, ICU, oncology and orthopedic units.
●Provided empathetic care and emotional support for patients and their families.
●Administer medications within scope of practice under the direction of physician.
●Documenting assessments and progress of patient through Meditech system
●Competent to place IV’s and NGT’s. Preparation and maintenance of arterial lines, central lines and PICC lines
●Received several recognition awards from CEO for excellence in patient care
●Care of patients on various forms of respiratory ventilation
●Full working knowledge of entire admission process
●Distributed education to patients based on their medical illnesses
●Working knowledge in a critical care setting to include most critical care interventions
●Responsible for being Team Leader in the ER setting
●Handled outpatient rapid responses on hospital property
●Oversaw nursing students during their nursing school clinical rotation and oversaw newly hired nurses during their orientation to the various nursing units throughout the hospital.
●Maintained ACLS, BLS and stroke accreditation
●Age range of patient population was newborn to end of life
●Base Station Certification for emergency room
●Insertion and care of Foley catheters
●Care of patients on cardiac balloon pumps
●Law draws both in ER and inpatient units to include central line draws
●Assisted Intensivist in critical care intervention
Chesapeake Surgical Center, Elkton, MD
Registered Nurse-PRN August 2013 to February 2018
●RN in an outpatient surgical center
●Assist patients in the pre-operative phase and in the PACU phase
●Knowledge of preparing patients for various procedures and recovery for all procedures
●Understanding the recovery process and phases and recovery
●Knowledge of critical care and stabilization of patients in need of those intervention
●Assist in mandatory annual training for the facility.
●Developed education binders and plan for all employees
●Taught small workshops to encompass educational plan and meet those mandated requirements.
●Thrive working in a fast paced environment
Chesapeake Medical Staffing, Town, MD
Registered Nurse-PRN October 2011 to Present
●Agency RN at various facilities in and around the Baltimore area
●Contracted at Baltimore Washington Medical Center for a year where I worked in Pediatric and Adult Emergency Rooms
●Credentialed to work ICU, Tele, ER, Medical-Surgical, Interventional Radiology, Pre-op and PACU
●Maintained PALS, NRP, ACLS, BLS to function in all capacities
Union Hospital of Cecil County, Elkton, MD
Registered Nurse December 2009-May 2012
●Patient care to a 10 bed ICU, Charge nurse of the ICU after 11 months.
●Moved to Interventional Radiology for 1 year after the ICU
●ACLS, stroke champion and unit based education
●Played an integral part to ensure the hospital did not lose Stroke Accreditation. We not only were reaccredited for Stroke certification, but we received the longest length which is 5 years
●Hemodynamic monitoring for all types of critical care patients
●Care for vented patients
●Knowledge of critical care medications and procedures
●Admission of patients from ED and transfers from other floors
●Rapid Response team for all of inpatient hospital patients
●Daisy Award Winner; Nationally recognized award-January 2011, nominated multiple other months
●Pre-procedural assessment of patients requiring interventional procedures
●Monitor patients who receive conscious sedation
●Administer sedation medications under the order of the physician
●Provide post procedure monitoring and transfer of care
●Knowledge of Interventional Radiology procedures such as angiograms, TEE’s, Cardioversions, pacemaker insertion, tunneled catheters, biopsies by way of CT and US, and other procedures.
Hart to Heart Ambulance Company, Forest Hill, MD June 2007-March 2009
Critical Care Transport Nurse, PRN
●Transport critical care patients to different hospitals
●Knowledge of all Maryland Medical Protocols to facilitate proper crews on day to day QA process to ensure the correct crew for the patient
●Knowledge of all critical care drips with the ability to transport patients on multiple drips
●Transport of patients with balloon pumps from cardiac catheterization lab to appropriate facilities to continue appropriate care
Bel Air Volunteer Fire Department, Bel Air, MD
Paramedic June 2007-March 2009
●Advanced life support for community of Bel Air
●Provided in house education and training to all providers including fire service
●Harford County preceptor for ALS and BLS providers
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Paramedic July 2005-May 2007
●Provided patient transport within hospital from all units to various testing areas
●Provided patient transport from outside hospitals to Johns Hopkins Hospital
●Critical Care transport with on-staff nurses
●Knowledge of Johns Hopkins and Maryland transport protocols
●Worked closely with RN to provide a high level of care
●Working knowledge of monitors, pumps, vents, VAD, and balloon pumps.
●Working knowledge of neurologic monitoring equipment such as ICP monitoring
Educational Experience
Graduated from Havre de Grace High School in 1995
Completed RN through CCBC Catonsville in 2007
Completed BSN through Stevenson University in 2017
Completed MSN Family Nurse Practitioner Program with a graduation date of August 2019
Hobbies/Interests
I was a volunteer paramedic since 2004 and active in the fire service until deciding to continue my education further. During that time I held the office of ALS training officer, the preceptor program director and the IV Technician program director during that time as well for almost 3 years. I oversaw every Paramedic in the county and was in charge of making sure that all mandatory education was fulfilled. I taught for Essex Community College in their Paramedic Program from the fall semester of 2005 until approx 2015, when being in school made it difficult to continue. I was concurrently an ACLS instructor as well. I desire to get back into teaching now that my education is completed.
I chose to go back to school because I realized that I wanted to do more with my career. I enjoyed being a nurse, as you can see by my background I have had a strong medical background that actually goes back to 1998, where I was a GNA for the state of Maryland. I decided that being a nurse just wasn’t enough. I want to have more of an impact on my patient’s lives, in a more continuous way, and I feel that obtaining my Family Nurse Practitioner will allow that ongoing relationship that I desire, coupled with maintaining a level of health that they may not have had before. Fostering those close relationships and seeing patients with chronic conditions live a happier, fuller life is what drove me to become a Family Nurse Practitioner.
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