Nurse Practitioner Registered

Siddhita Parekh

West Caldwell New Jersey *****

Phone: 516-***-**** Email: adin89@r.postjobfree.com

O B J E C T I V E

To obtain a position that offers a constructive and challenging work environment, allowing me to reach optimal healthcare standards and performance and to enhance my clinical knowledge to an advanced level. K E Y S K I L L S / E X P E R I E N C E

• Three years of experience in Cardio Thoracic Intensive Care Unit

• Three years of experience in critical care and open heart surgeries

• Two years of experience in the Medical Surgical Step down Unit.

• Primary care experience for geriatric population

• Critical care knowledge and experience

• Ventilator weaning and managing patients on ventilators

• Experience with Intensive Care drugs and drips

• Post-op and pre-op patient preparation and care

• Care Assessment – Critical patients & Med-Surgical patients

• ACLS & BLS certified

• Treatment plans & Discharge planning

• HIPPAA & JCAHO Knowledge

• Multilingual (English, Hindi and Gujarati)

• Active organizational skills and good analytical skills

• Effective interpersonal and communication skills

• Computer savvy: MS Office Suite; worked with integrated computer system programs such as PRACTICE FUSION, ECLIPSE, LIPIX, SUNRISE and INVISION

P R O F E S S I ONAL E X P E R I E N C E

Internal medicine - Geriatric care May 2017- January 2019

Responsibilities:

• Internal Medicine office treating patients ages 21-100+.

• Provide care to 15-20 patients per day including full physicals, follow up appointments and acute visits.

• Provides assessment, diagnostic and medical management of chronic diseases including Diabetes, Hypertension, Coronary Artery Disease, Hyperlipidemia and Mental Health.

• Medication prescribing including controlled substances.

• Current DEA license as well as New Jersey RN and NP licensure.

• Experience with PRACTICE FUSION, VISION, ECLIPSE for EMR charting. Saint Barnabas Medical Center January 2015- January 2017 Cardio Thoracic Intensive Care Unit

Responsibilities: Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the critical nursing care of assigned patients Hackensack University Medical Center February 2014- January 2015 Cardio Thoracic Intensive Care Unit

Responsibilities: Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the critical nursing care of assigned patients

• Recover and Care for patients post surgeries like Heart Valve repairs and replacements, CABG, Aortic dissection repair and maintenance, Lobectomy, Thoracotomy and other cardio thoracic surgeries

• Titration of anesthetic drugs, positive & negative inotropes, diuretics, insulin drips and pain medication drips. Regular assessments and observation of patients with drips

• Care for intubated patients with vents, wean patients off vents, care for extubated patients and patients on various respiratory maintenance devices

• Manage and work medical devices like SVo2 monitors, Prime infusion pumps, continuous cardiac monitors and electro cardiogram machines.

• Collaborate with Health Team Members in planning and carrying-out treatment regimen

• Provide and maintain a safe, clean, noise-controlled environment for patients to reduce stress and anxiety

• Participate in patient and family education

North Shore Long Island Jewish System January 2013 – February 2014 Cardio Thoracic Intensive Care Unit

Responsibilities: Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the critical nursing care of assigned patients

• Care for patients with first day post op Heart Valve repairs, CABG, Aortic dissection, Lobectomy, Thoracotomy and other cardio thoracic surgeries

• Titration of anesthetic drugs, positive & negative inotropes, diuretics, insulin drips and pain medication drips. Regular assessments and observation of patients with drips

• Care for intubated patients with vents, wean patients off vents, care for extubated patients and patients on various respiratory maintenance devices

• Collaborate with Health Team Members in planning and carrying-out treatment regimen

• Provide and maintain a safe, clean, noise-controlled environment for patients to reduce stress and anxiety

• Participate in patient education

• Document the patient's medical record with observations and action taken during patient's hospital stay North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System March 2011 – January 2013 Medical Surgical Step Down Unit

Responsibilities: Assessed, planned, implemented and evaluated the nursing care of the assigned patients.

• Cared for patients with general medical issues and post-surgery patients

• Prepared patients for surgeries, by providing surgery related education to patient and family and also prepping patient with pre op medications

• Patient Admission and Discharge planning

North Shore Long Island Jewish System January 2012, March 2012 and January 2013 Orient New Nurses for the hired NSLIJ to the unit

• Oriented new nurses hired to the unit at NSLIJ

• One-on-one education of nursing skills

• Helped new nurses develop critical thinking

• Evaluated their performances based on their progress in 2 months

• Interviewed new prospective nurses for the institute Research Project: Project Red

• Collected data samples from patients with Pneumonia

• Provided patient education on pneumonia by videos and written information

• Follow up appointments with pulmonologists, primary doctors and discuss their discharge medications

• Follow up phone calls for treatment continuation

• Kept a track of readmissions of the sample patients with pneumonia E D U C ATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s in Nurse Practitioner Adult and Geriatric - Rutgers University, New Jersey

• Licensed Nurse Practitioner in New Jersey

• AANP certification of Adult and Geriatric Nurse Practitioner 2017

• Advanced Adult and Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Degree 2017

• Licensed NY State Registered Nurse

• Bachelor’s degree (BSN) from Adelphi University, December 2010

• BLS from American heart Institute, 2014

• ACLS from American Heart Institute, 2014

• Certified in NIH Research, October 2010

• NIHSS certified 2013

• Certified in Early Sepsis Detection 2013

• Certified in IABP balloon therapy 2013

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