Nurse Practitioner Registered
Resume:
Christen Cochran
*** ****** ***, *********, ** **252 Phone: 770-***-**** Email: ****************@*****.***
Objective
I am seeking a position in primary care, urgent care, or mixture of the two as a nurse practitioner. I previously worked as an ER nurse in a very fast paced emergency room for nearly 8 years at Piedmont Henry Hospital. I have worked for the past 3 years in primary care at Khair Family Practice as a Primary Care Provider. I have been seeing many of my patients virtually through televisits since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. I love being a Nurse Practitioner and really enjoy helping others achieve optimal health.
Education
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA DATE EARNED: 2007
JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL
·I graduated with honors in 2007 and was part of the Beta Club and National Honor Society.
ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN THE SCIENCE OF NURSING DATE EARNED: 2010
GORDON STATE COLLEGE
·Major: Registered Nursing Program
BACHELORS DEGREE IN THE SCIENCE OF NURSING DATE EARNED: 2013
GORDON STATE COLLEGE
·Major: BSN program
MASTERS DEGREE IN THE SCIENCE OF NURSING DATE EARNED: 2017
SOUTH UNIVERSITY
·Major: Family Nurse Practitioner Program
Certifications
BASIC LIFE SUPPORT MAY 2010-CURRENT
·I am up to date and current on BLS.
ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT MAY 2010-2017
·I have not renewed my Advanced Cardiac Life Support as I have been working in working in primary care for the last 3 years. I can renew if necessary.
PEDIATRIC ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT NOVEMBER 2010-2017
·I have not renewed my PALS certification since working in primary care, but I can renew if necessary.
EKG INTERPRETATION AUGUST 2010-CURRENT
·I have taken multiple EKG analysis and rhythm strip analysis courses offered at Piedmont Henry Hospital and I am very confident in identifying cardiac rhythms.
ADVANCED STROKE LIFE SUPPORT AUGUST 2010-2017
·I have not renewed the Advanced Stroke Life Support course, but I can if necessary. Due to my ER and Primary care experience, I feel competent in the identification of stroke symptoms and evaluation of possible stroke.
TRAUMA NURSES CORE COURSE MAY 2012
·I completed the Trauma Nurses Core Course in May 2012.
NIHSS CERTIFIED JULY 2017
·I have completed the Advanced Stroke Life Support course.
Awards
SALUTATORIAN DATE EARNED: 2007
JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL
·Graduated 2nd in my class at Jackson High School in Jackson, Ga.
STAR STUDENT DATE EARNED: 2007
JACKSON HIGH SCHOOL
·I achieved the highest SAT score in my graduating class, and was awarded STAR student and given a government scholarship.
DEANS LIST MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT ENTIRE ACADEMIC CAREER
GORDON STATE COLLEGE, SOUTH UNIVERSITY
·I have maintained greater than a 3.9 GPA throughout my academic career.
ER, NOMINATED FOR AJC NURSING AWARD DATE EARNED: 2014
PIEDMONT HENRY HOSPITAL
·In 2014, I was nominated for the AJC Nursing award, which is a great accomplishment in itself. I was not selected as the overall winner, but I was honored to receive the nomination.
ER, EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH DATE EARNED: 2015
PIEDMONT HENRY HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM
·I was awarded the Employee of the Month in the Piedmont Henry Hospital for the month of April 2015. I was nominated and selected from almost 200 employees and it was a great honor.
PIEDMONT HENRY HOSPITAL, NURSE OF THE YEAR NOMINEE DATE EARNED: 2015
PIEDMONT HENRY HOSPITAL
·In 2015, I was one of only a select group at Piedmont Henry to be nominated for Nurse of the Year. This was also another instance where I was honored just to receive the nomination.
SIGMA THETA TAU THE HONOR SOCIETY OF NURSING
SOUTH UNIVERSITY
·I maintained a 4.0 average throughout my nurse practitioner program and therefor became a Sigma Theta Tau member.
Board Certification
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS 2017
·My certification is current and is due to be renewed 2022.
Skills & Abilities
ER, TEAM LEADER JULY 2011- 2017
At the hospital I used to work at, the acute ER is divided between two pods. The charge nurse is in charge of the entire ER, and at one time, we had a team leader for each pod that helped coordinate care. I frequently worked as team leader when this position was available, often two of my three shifts. Piedmont Henry Hospital has now taken this role and changed it to another floor nurse position, lowering the nurse-patient ratio.
ER, PRECEPTOR JULY 2011- 2017
I have been a preceptor for new orientees at Piedmont Henry Hospital for the last 6 years. I used to frequently precept and love being able to teach others. I am very willing to teach others the things I have learned during my ER experience.
ER, CHARGE NURSE APRIL 2015- 2017
Prior to beginning my nurse practitioner program, I became a relief charge nurse in the ER I used work in at Piedmont Henry Hospital. Being charge nurse in this ER can be stressful, as it is a very busy 50 + bed ER. This job requires the use of thorough assessment and critical thinking skills in order to place the sickest and most critical patients into rooms first. It really helped me grow my leadership skills exponentially.
SKILLS
·Suturing lacerations
·I & D
·Cerumen disimpaction
·Fecal disimpaction
·Pelvic exams
·Pap smears
·EKG interpretation
·Exam of eye for corneal abrasion/foreign body
·Measurement of eye pressures using a tonopen
·IV start
·Splinting
·STD counseling/screening
·Reproductive health screening/management
·Prostate examination
·Telehealth Examination
CURRENT JOB
I currently work full time as a Primary Care Nurse Practitioner at Khair Family Practice in Stockbridge, Ga. I have been there since November 2017 and thoroughly enjoy my job and those I work with. We treat patients throughout the lifespan, but treat mostly adult patients. We have many elderly patients with many complicated, chronic health conditions. We also do plenty of sick visits and same day visits, and I am very comfortable with urgent care complaints. Since the start of the Covid-19 Pandemic, we have been doing televisits for all patients with respiratory complaints. I am very comfortable with telehealth and feel that it is going to play a large role in urgent care/sick visits in the future. I love my job very much, but my husband and I are looking to relocate soon. This job looked like a good fit and I would love the opportunity.
Experience
ER TECH PIEDMONT HENRY HOSPITAL DEC 2009- JUNE 2010
·I worked in the emergency room at Piedmont Henry Hospital for the last six months of nursing school as an ER tech. During this job, I improved upon many skills such as IV insertion, foley catheter insertion, and paid close attention to medications being administered by my RN coworkers.
REGISTERED NURSE- ER PIEDMONT HENRY HOSPITAL JULY 2010- CURRENT
·I began my nursing career in the emergency room at Piedmont Henry Hospital. When I worked at this hospital, I took care of many types of patients including critical adult patients, pediatrics, and occasionally, trauma patients. I worked with many cardiac drips on a regular basis, and stabilized critically ill patients, sometimes even holding them in the ER for hours at a time, performing ICU skills and nursing care.
FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER-PRIMARY CARE KHAIR FAMILY PRACTICE NOVEMBER 2017- CURRENT
·I began my nurse practitioner career three years ago at Khair Family Practice in Stockbridge, Ga. My time there has been invaluable, and I have learned so much in my time there. We manage many conditions, particularly Type II DM, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, Hypothyroidism, Asthma, Bronchitis, COPD, Depression, Anxiety, acute abscesses, cellulitis, Acute URI, Acute/chronic allergies, UTI, Flu, Strep, and recently Covid-19.
CLINICAL PRACTICUM SOUTH UNIVERSITY
·Adult health assessment (60 hours)-
Our family health center-1016 E Spring St, Monroe, GA 30655
Preceptor: Amber Foster, FNP
·Adult/Gero (180 hours)-
McIntosh Trail Family Practice- 747 S Hill St, Griffin, GA 30224
Preceptor: Dr. David Van
·Women's Health (180 hours)-
Covington Women's health specialists- 4181 Hospital Dr NE Suite 104 & 100, Covington, GA 30014
Preceptor: Amy Cochran- CNM
·Pediatrics (180 hours)-
Just Us Kids Pediatrics- 2462 GA-34, Newnan, GA 30265
Preceptor: Teresa (Terri) Lane, PNP
·Primary care (180 hours)-
Our family health center-1016 E Spring St, Monroe, GA 30655
Preceptor: Amber Foster, FNP
Interests
My family and I love to travel around the country and visit national parks. We try to go to a big national park annually, and do a lot of hiking, fishing, and camping while we visit the area. We love the outdoors and enjoy kayaking and hiking local areas as well. I also have a personal interest in gardening and art and enjoy painting, refinish furniture, and design ideas for home and outdoor décor.
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