JESSICA VELOZ
adhrs9@r.postjobfree.com
Education:
•Texas Woman’s University- College of Nursing
Area of study: Master of Science – Family Nurse Practitioner Program Completion: August 2013
Certified to practice as a Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. AANP Certification: F1113325
Board certified with prescriptive authority by the Texas Board of Nursing. APRN license: AP125553; DEA certified
•Prairie View A&M University – College of Nursing- TX RN: 736441
Area of study: Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (graduated December 2006)
Clinical Education Experience
Employment History
Baylor College of Medicine: Harris Health – Walk in minor care clinic - November 2014 to present
Family Nurse Practitioner
Community based, focused health care facility, minor urgent care
Primary population: Patients above 18months of age
Next Level Urgent Care - September 2015 to December 2015
Family Nurse Practitioner
Community based urgent care setting providing assessment and treatment of a variety of medical conditions including lacerations and fractures
Primary population: All age groups
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital: Registered Nurse - January 2007 to November 2014
Medical surgical floor nurse / telemetry monitoring
Primary population: Adults / Geriatrics
Skin/wound resource nurse: participate in quarterly pressure ulcer prevalence study, serve as resource for other nurses in staging and treating wounds, in-service staff on quality of care and methods of prevention, wound vac management
Daily tasks include reading telemetry strips and notifying physicians of any significant dysrhythmias or changes in patient status, developing individualized plans of care and modifying them as needed. Initiation and maintaining IV cardiac medications exp: Primacor, Amiodarone, and Cardizem drips
Resource (charge) nurse for unit, frequent inter-departmental communication to maintain patient flow and assign beds. Address patient concerns or complaints. Assist nurses with patient care.
Nursing Preceptor: responsible for orienting and training new graduate nurses and experienced nurses hired by St. Luke’s Hospital. Preceptor to nursing students from different colleges and universities during their nursing clinical rotations
Research Experience/ Presentations
Part of a team that conducted evidence based project at St. Luke’s Hospital with a goal of improving the quality of care provided to the inpatient geriatric population. Findings have been disseminated through abstract development and professional conference presentations. Titled: Early Mobilization of Hospitalized Geriatric Patients
Presentation: (2012) Geraldine Smith, MSN, RN; Claudia Smith, PhD, RN; & Jessica Veloz, BSN, RN: Presented at NETNEP 2012 conference in Baltimore, Maryland
Presentation: (2013) San Jose Clinic executive/ administrative board- Moving Forward: Providing Safe and Effective Care for patients on long term anticoagulation
References
Provided upon request