QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

A family nurse practitioner with over 11 years of experience as a registered nurse, serving as a student nurse preceptor and providing quality care to patients in an inpatient, acute care hospital setting. Over 25 years of experience as a lab manager and research associate on vaccine development research studies. Highly transferrable detail-orientated, organizational, critical and analytical thinking skills. Seeking to be part of a team in an organization that fosters professional growth, excellence in best practice, and adopts a collaborative approach to ensure the best possible clinical outcomes.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner December 2019

Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University, Atlanta, GA

Master of Public Health: Prevention Science May 2018

Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA

Bachelor of Science in Nursing May 2007

Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of Mercer University, Atlanta, GA

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology May 1993

Emory University, Atlanta, GA

PROESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Signify Health-Atlanta, GA August 2020-Present

Nurse Practitioner

Performs Home Health Risk Assessments for Aetna, United and Wellcare members.

Performs home and telehealth assessments.

Perform comprehensive physical and psycho social assessment.

Performs health maintenance screening and risk evaluation.

Conduct home risk assessments by identifying and controlling potential hazards.

Identify urgent and non-urgent issues to refer to case management.

Communicate with member’s primary care physician pertinent information.

Performs AIC testing, and Peripheral artery disease (PAD) screening.

Work among 4-6 counties in Georgia.

Emory University School of Nursing-Atlanta, GA August 2020-Present

Clinical Nurse Instructor

Instruct medication management skills lab for student nurses.

Instruct eight first year student nurses, enrolled in the Fundamental course, for six weeks at Emory University Hospital Midtown.

Supervise all student nurses and their clinical activities to ensure optimal level of care in the clinical setting and compliance to course curriculum.

Train student nurses on the operation of the NOVA glucose meter and check each student off.

Train student nurses on giving/receiving report, medication administration, assess and chart vital signs, pain and blood glucose on PowerChart, and assist with specific nursing care (AM Care, meals, and toileting).

Instruct student nurses to understand the disease process, treatment plan and nursing management.

Facilitate and organize post conferences to allow each student nurses to share their clinical experiences.

Develop and maintain good professional relations with student nurses and employees of the nursing schools and participate in all activities.

Collaborate with academic programmers, of the course curriculum, to prepare for clinical instructions and clinical technical procedures.

Grade student nurses assignments and provide feedback.

Emory University School of Medicine-Atlanta, GA August 1991-September 2020

Research Specialist Lead Supervisor

Central administrative resource for lab personnel in two research facilities.

Instruct five undergraduate and eight graduate students on laboratory procedures and protocols and supervise five employees.

Oversee the maintenance and routine processes of the lab-sterilization, and preparation of media/solutions; manage and monitor ordering of supplies and equipment, and prepares budget records and invoices; conduct annual lab inspections and a liaison to the university’s regulatory mandated offices.

Assist with human clinical trials for microneedle patch for a flu vaccination.

Prepare and perform several assays: ELISAs, plaque assays (vaccine and flu virus), hemagglutination assays (HA), and mycoplasma detection assays.

Perform a diversity of experiments, collect and analyze data.

Five authorships in various scientific journals for contributions to research projects.

Piedmont Hospital-Atlanta, GA October 2007-January 2019

Staff Nurse

Served as a preceptor, providing training and assistance to student nurses on proper patient care and oriented them in clinical facilitation.

Informed patients and their families on disease processes, performed medical-surgical procedures and other aspects of therapeutic regimens, including medication and pain management techniques.

Collaborated effectively with an interdisciplinary team of medical and health care professionals comprised of a physician, nurse manager, dietician, social worker, case manager, and physical therapist.

Served as relief charge nurse several shifts a month; including staffing, admissions, discharges and coordination of activities in a patient care area.

Developed patient care plans, assessments, evaluations and nursing diagnoses.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS

Family Nurse Practitioner Certification #: F02201163 Expiration: 2/26/2025

Georgia Registered Nurse License-RN190858 Expiration: 1/31/2021

Certified BLS-CPR Expiration: 4/08/2022

NPI #: 152******* Issued: 5/05/2020

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