Amanda Ball
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Sergeant Bluff, Ia 51054 *********@*****.***
Career Objective
Advanced practice nurse practitioner with specialization in family medicine driven to build a strong relationship with patients and their families. Acting as a patient advocate to achieve the best possible outcomes.
Professional Skills and Qualifications
Highly self-motivated individual to acquire and master clinical skills as a nurse practitioner.
Over ten years’ experience in critical care.
Disciplined & energetic employee who establishes rapport with patients a colleagues.
Excellent attention to detail
Experience in assessing and managing critically, acutely, chronically ill patients
Compassionate interpersonal competency dealing with patients and their families.
Open minded communicative provider
Professional Experience
Mercy One Medical Center, Sioux City, IA 2020- Present
Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner- ICU
Managing patient in an acute care setting. Closely monitoring acute conditions.
Provides complex clinical assessments, diagnostic testing, and therapies for acutely ill medical and surgical patients.
Assess the need for, order, obtained and interpret any lab test, or procedures.
Preform consultations for patients with any critical needs.
Place necessary central lines or art lines as needed on critically ill patients
Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to minimize complications and improve overall health.
Unity Point Health, Cedar Rapids, IA 2017- 2020
Vascular Lab Nurse
Provides high quality care with in a procedural area including vascular procedures and some cardiac procedures.
Collaberates and assists where needed the vascular surgery team with procedures in a hybrid procedure room.
Provides moderate sedation and monitoring for the procedures.
Provides necessary critical interventions for unstable patients.
Functions as a professional role model and resource person providing guidance to co-workers
University Of Iowa Hospital Clinics, Iowa City, IA 2014-2017
SNICU and SWOT Team Nurse
Provided high quality care to patients in a 38 bed surgical neuro intensive care unit.
Closely monitored and treated acutely ill trauma, neuro, and surgical patients.
Served as an expertise resource to colleagues throughout the hospitals on various floors with the SWOT team assisting in codes, rapid responses, or need for questions or help with any further nursing needs.
Worked collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
Avera Mckennan, Sioux Falls, SD
Emergency Room Nurse 2011-2014
Acquired and demonstrated the clinical skills to provide high quality care to patients in a 16 bed, level ll trauma center.
Demonstrated initiative and a commitment to quality patient care by independently completing an advanced EKG interpretation class and received necessary trauma courses like TNCC and ENPC.
Identified potential patient safety issues and assisted in developing initiatives that increased safety.
Neuro Acute Nurse 2009 - 2011
Provided high quality patient care on a 20 bed neuro acute floor.
Provided direct patient care to patients that suffered neurological injuries, neuro surgeries, and spinal surgeries.
Served on the unit patient safety committee to help identify patient safety issues and worked collaboratively with other unit staff to identify possible solutions.
Mentored registered nursing students from a local community college and university collages during their clinical experiences.
Education
Masters in Science and Nursing with specialization of Family nurse practitioner. Graduated November 12, 2019.
Bachelors in Nursing, 2016
Walden University, Minneapolis, MN
Associate Degree Nursing, 2009
Northwest Iowa Community College, Sheldon, Ia
Certified in CPR and ACLS
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
The National Society of Leadership and Success 2018 – 2020
PRECEPTOR EXPERIENCE FOR FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER
Mercy Clinic- Central City, IA
Tanya Walters- 144 hours
St. Lukes Pediatrics- Cedar Rapids, IA
Seth Webb & Kourtney Yoder- 144 hours
Eastern Iowa Women’s Health- Cedar Rapids, IA
Nicole Baccam- 144 Hours
Unity Point Westdale Family Medicine Clinic- Cedar Rapids, IA
Nikki Woolley- 144 Hours
REFERENCES
Will provide upon Request