Registered Nurse Practitioner

Summary of Qualifications

Dedicated Clinical Nurse with 10 years’ experience, 1 year in the clinic and OR setting, 5 years in the hospital setting and 4 years in the clinic setting as an RN. Completion of an accredited graduate-level program with preparation in Advanced Practice Nursing, specializing in Women’s Health. Specialty training in Orthopedics with a Reconstruction Surgeon. Caring and empathetic professional with a passion for providing quality care. Reliable, trustworthy, honest and loyal. Demonstrates excellent rapport with patients, peers and supervisions. Maintains a calm and reassuring demeanor in high-pressure situations. Maintains patient charts and confidential files. Obtains health histories and educates patients about health care needs, screening appropriate for specified ages, and follow-up instructions. Versed in medical terminology. Skilled in medication administration. Trained in electronic charting. Competent in developing education as well as implementation and sustainability through auditing.

Areas of Expertise

Professional Collaboration and Physician Relations

Orthopedics

Excellent interpersonal skills, problem analysis and decision-making skills

High level of autonomy

Patient and family focused

Thorough physical assessments

Gynecology

Childbearing and Pregnancy Care

Health Maintenance and Disease Prevention

Patient Satisfaction

Education Development and Implementation and Sustainability

Lactation Counseling in the Inpatient and Outpatient Setting

Discharge Follow-up

Professional Experience

Decatur Orthopedic Center

Nurse Practitioner July 2019-Current

Works in collaboration with an Orthopedic Reconstruction Surgeon. Provides care in the clinic, hospital and operation room settings. Performs health history intake, physical exams, formulate care plans, surgery planning, ordering and interpreting laboratory and diagnostic exams as well as patient education. Rounds on patients in the hospital providing admission and discharge planning as well as inpatient ordering. Consults on inpatient and emergency department patients. Assists in the operating room as a 1st assist in all orthopedic cases to include revision and reconstruction surgeries as well as infection cases. Collaborates closely with hospitalist as well as infectious disease and anesthesiology. Exhibits organizational skills with success in time management and prioritizing tasks. Demonstrates leadership skills with effective communication and coaching of nursing staff. Proficient in computer skills including but not limited to orders, progress notes, discharge summaries, services billing, data retrieval and clinic notes.

St. Mary’s Hospital

Women and Infants Unit Educator/Nurse Leader/Lactation Counselor/Quality Initiative Lead February 2016 – July 2019

Provides education for staff on a 16 bed Obstetrical Unit. Developed an annual education plan for implementation. Developed an Obstetrical specific Residency Program. Pioneered the implementation of the inpatient and outpatient lactation consult. Collaborates with Providers regarding breastfeeding education for pregnant women in the Prenatal Clinic Office. Exhibits organizational skills with success in time management and prioritizing tasks. Demonstrates leadership skills with effective communication and coaching of colleagues. Assists with Interviews for potential candidates. Maintains colleague education binders ensuring fulfillment of education requirements within designated timeframe. Collaborates with Level II nursery educator to compose competencies and plan for unit. Collaborates with OB Chair to develop and revise policies and procedures specific to Labor and Delivery. Collaborates with SCIPAC to develop and implement critical thinking exercises for staff through Mock Codes and topics that correlate for competency. Participates in quarterly Morbidity and Mortality Review Meetings that review cases to identify trends in quality and access of care for patients. Assists in chart reviews and process review for IRIS tracking compliance. Provides the Perinatal Network with data abstracts of high risk, low-frequency cases for review. Participates in quarterly service line meetings with updated quality data trends for on-going initiatives and reported quality metrics. Collaborates with the Director of the Women and Infants’ Center to ensure all criteria met to maintain Baby Friendly Designation as well as IDPH Designation as a Level II facility. Leads and assists in hospital orientation for new nurses. Teaches Mentor Class, Preceptor Class, Charge Nurse Class as well as Residency follow-up sessions with special focus on horizontal violence, crucial conversation, delegation and escalation with regards to the chain of command. Assists with leader rounding on all postpartum patients as well as completing discharge call backs for all delivered patients to improve HCAHPS scoring.

Community Medical Clinic

Registered Nurse November 2011- November 2015

Obtains and Records patient vital signs, health history, and current medication lists. Works with patients who are aged across the lifespan from newborn to geriatric. Administers immunizations as well as various other replacement hormones and vitamins. Successful in time management and prioritizing tasks. Collaborator that exhibits strong work ethic and punctuality. Demonstrates flexibility by commuting to outlying clinics.

St. Johns Hospital

Registered Nurse 2009-2011

Provided exceptional nursing care, in a 38 room Obstetrical Unit, for laboring and delivered mothers, newborns, patients recuperating from gynecological and Cesarean surgeries, and triage for potential labor patients. Surgical Scrub Tech during cesarean deliveries. Monitored patients for vital signs, clear airways, bleeding, circulation, pain control and lactation needs. Conducted an initial assessment for patients transported by paramedics or helicopter to the hospital’s Obstetrical unit, compiling a health history for medical staff. Collaborated with professionals across the organization to construct a plan of care for patients. Assisted surgeons by circulating and/or scrubbing Cesarean Surgeries.

Nurse Tech 2007-2009

Provided nurse tech care within the activities of daily living for patients in a 38 room Obstetrical Unit. Obtained vital signs, cleaned and stocked laboring rooms following deliveries, assisted in nursery, and stocked the operating room for cesarean surgeries. Assisted surgeons by scrubbing Cesarean Surgeries.

Education

Master of Science in Nursing, WHNP December 2015

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Bachelor of Science in Nursing May 2008

Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL

Diploma May 2004

Shelbyville High School, Shelbyville, IL; National Honor Society

License & Certifications

Registered Nurse 2009 – Current

Advanced Practice Nurse 2017- Current

Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner – Board Certified since February 2017

Basic Life Support (BLS) since 2004

Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) 2009-2011

Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) since 2016-2019

Memberships & Committees

Current-

National Certification Corporation

National Association of Orthopedic Nurses.

Nursery Committee – Christ Tabernacle Church

Previous-

South Central Illinois Perinatal Network/SCIPAC

HSHS OB Collaborative

ILPQC and IDPH Hypertension Initiative

ILPQC and IDPH Hemorrhage Initiative

ILPQC and IDPH MNO Initiative

OB/Peds/NICU Epic Workgroup

Breastfeeding Support Group Leader

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