DAKOTA JORDAN, PA-C

**** * ****** **, ***********, MI 49333 616-***-**** adi30w@r.postjobfree.com Education

MASTER OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDIES DECEMBER 2020 GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ALLIED HEALTH MAY 2018 GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE MAY 2016 GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE Clinical Education

● FAMILY MEDICINE JAN 2020-FEB 2020 THORNAPPLE VALLEY FAMILY HEALTH PRECEPTOR: DIANA LIGHTFOOT, PA-C

Obtained a full history and performed annual physical exams; including pelvic exams, pap smears, and prostate exams, as well as ordering and interpreting annual physical blood work

Ordered rapid diagnostic tests, evaluated and treated episodic conditions

Followed and managed chronic conditions i.e. diabetes, asthma, COPD, and hypertension

● PSYCHIATRY MARCH 2020 FOREST VIEW PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL PRECEPTOR: DR. JAMES VAN HAREN, MD

Rotated in an inpatient adolescent psychiatric unit

Admitted and worked up adolescent patients to the inpatient unit

Assisted in medication selection for managing chronic psychiatric symptoms as well as situations of acute distress

● OB/GYN JUNE 2020 SPECTRUM HEALTH OB/GYN PRECEPTOR: HOLLY WHITE, PA-C

Performed routine pap smears, obtained cultures for inspection under the microscope, and evaluated and treated multiple gynecologic complaints

Assisted with insertion and removal of IUDs and Nexplanon devices

Assisted with ultrasounds including 20 week anatomy ultrasounds, fetal growth ultrasounds, pelvic ultrasounds, and transvaginal ultrasounds

Followed patients throughout pregnancy from 8 weeks to delivery, routinely measuring fundal height and auscultating fetal heart tones with a doppler

Assisted with vaginal deliveries

● RURAL/UNDERSERVED MEDICINE JULY 2020 CATHERINE’S HEALTH CENTER PRECEPTOR: DEBRA BOSSENBROEK, NP

Worked as part of a team seeing patients in an outpatient setting geared towards expanding access to healthcare for low income individuals

Performed health maintenance exams and managed both acute and chronic conditions, often in the setting of patients with many comorbidities

Identified and assisted patients in overcoming barriers to appropriate testing, treatment, and/or follow up

Connected patients to resources to allow them to receive appropriate care

● INTERNAL MEDICINE AUG 2020-OCT 2020 SPECTRUM HEALTH BUTTERWORTH AND BLODGETT PRECEPTORS: SPECTRUM HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP HOSPITALIST PAS AND NPS

Performed admissions to the hospitalist service; including seeing patients in the emergency department and deciding on an inpatient treatment plan after reviewing the patient's chart, ordering and interpreting labs and imaging, and consulting with a multidisciplinary team of providers

Carried out routine consultations and rounding. Common tasks included monitoring daily labs and adjusting treatment accordingly, clearing postoperative patients for discharge, and communicating with nurses on the floor to optimize patient care

● GENERAL SURGERY OCTOBER 2020 SPECTRUM HEALTH GERBER HOSPITAL PRECEPTOR: DR. JEREMY KUIPER, MD

First assisted the general surgeons in the OR as part of a small, tight-knit team in a rural hospital where there were no residents present. I assisted many laparoscopic and open hernia repairs, appendectomies, and cholecystectomies

I was on call for the entirety of this rotation and assisted in emergent procedures including several exploratory laparotomies, colectomies with primary anastomosis, endoscopies, thoracentesis, and bowel decompressions

Reviewed labs, vitals, medications, and nursing notes on post-operative patients in the morning before surgical cases began each day

Performed minor procedures in-office such as cyst removals, lipoma removals, and incision & drainage of abscesses

Participated in surgical consults and post-operative follow ups in the clinic

● EMERGENCY MEDICINE NOVEMBER 2020 SPECTRUM HEALTH BUTTERWORTH EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PRECEPTOR: NATE ZALENSKI, PA-C

Managed patients with a variety of emergent conditions including acute coronary syndrome, pulmonary embolism, stroke/TIA, migraines, lacerations, and cardiac arrest

Skills performed include but are not limited to CPR, laceration repair, slit lamp exam, closed reduction of dislocations, and abscess drainage.

● PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE NOVEMBER 2020 HELEN DEVOS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL PRECEPTOR: AMANDA LARES, NP

Evaluated pediatric patients in the emergency department at a level 1 trauma center and managed several conditions that are relatively unique to the pediatric population; including foreign bodies in the nares, bronchiolitis, and croup

Used evidence-based guidelines formulated specifically for pediatric patients to assist in clinical decision making in emergent conditions (example: PECARN criteria to determine the need for imaging in head injury)

Calculated pediatric dosing for medications

Sutured facial lacerations with the assistance of child life specialists occupying the patient

Licenses

· PA-C NCCPA CERTIFIED DECEMBER 2020

· BLS/ACLS Certified American Heart Association ACTIVE THROUGH 2/2021

· Medications for Addiction Treatment Waiver Training AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ADDICTION MEDICINE MEMBERSHIPS

· Michigan Academy of Physician Assistants

· American Academy of Physician Assistants

HONORS AND AWARDS

● GVSU Graduate School Award for Academic Excellence in the Degree Program o Fall 2020

● GVSU Phi Kappa Phi Award

o Fall 2020

● Dean’s List

o GVSU Winter 2018, GVSU Fall 2017, GVSU Winter 2017, GVSU Fall 2016, GRCC Fall 2015, GRCC Fall 2014

● President’s List

o GRCC Winter 2016, GRCC Winter 2015,

● Inducted Into Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

o Winter 2016

● Delta Pi Alpha Academic Honor

o Winter 2016

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