Nurse Practitioner
Resume:
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Dedicated and driven nurse practitioner seeking a challenging position as an advanced practice nurse in a busy facility where my extensive medical professional and practical experience will be fully utilized. Background in intensive care, medical-surgical, urgent care, internal medicine, telemetry, and outpatient specialty clinics. A fast learner who adapts easily to new situations and self-motivated professional with commitment to applying optimal care.
•AANP Certified Family Nurse Practitioner that has over 11 years of experience in direct patient care.
•Strong clinical skills enhanced by worldview and natural ability to build rapport with patient and families when managing care.
•Committed to practicing medicine with a holistic approach.
•Follows evidence-based guidelines blended with personal experiences and intuition.
•Extensive quality of care and obtains open lines of communication with all team members.
•Extensive experience mentoring nurses and aiding as a resource person and motivator.
Family Nurse Practitioner
Teaches patient's positive lifestyle modification to achieve a healthy weight and blood pressure.
Provides education related to diabetes such as, HGA1C>5.6 and the disease process to patient and families; medication, diet, and nutritional monitoring; foot care, prevention, and care of complications; blood glucose monitoring and the techniques of self-monitoring and injection
Performs administrative duties, education allied health care students, participates in clinical research to provide latest data to patients about health by doing independent research.
Appropriately orders consults, tests, and interprets results; makes independent decisions in solving complex problems and works collaboratively with attending Physician.
Assists attending Physician as needed to maintain flow and strive to minimize patient wait times
Coordinates patient information including H&P's, test results, etc. Provide patient education regarding health and wellness related to improvements in diet, exercise, and smoking cessation related to hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, CAD, etc. with supplemental literature, lectures, and videos.
Initiates and expedite requests for scheduling special tests and studies such as 2D Echocardiograms, ABI/ANS, Stress tests, and spirometry.
Wound Care including post op site checks and dressing changes.
Perform minor procedures such as skin incisions with or without sutures in a sterile environment
Critical Care Nurse
•Assists with bedside procedures such as TEE, lumbar punctures, thoracentesis, biopsies, intubation, and ventilation, as well as various procedures in interventional radiology, CT, and dialysis.
•Services critically ill patients in MICU, CCU, ER, PACU, Interventional Radiology and Telemetry environments.
•Collaborates with Infection Control and Wound care committee team.
•Provides pain management, wound care, staff supervision, intensive care education and training to staff and new orientees, moderate sedation, medication titration, and continuous monitoring of patients.
Outpatient Specialty Nurse
•Monitored and evaluated pilot program that tracked patient to provider visit time to improve patient satisfaction.
•Triaged patients for appointments and intervened for necessary acute care management immediate treatment needed.
•Initiated consults and call to remind veterans of upcoming appointments.
•Managed and administered immunizations to prevent high risk populations of contracting Hep A, B, Shingles, Pneumonia, and Flu. Administered therapeutic and pain management injections for migraines.
•Assisted with setup and right hand for skin punch/shave biopsies, minor surgeries for skin cancer removal, and incision and drainage.
•Worked in the areas of Endocrine, DM, Pulmonary, Dermatology, Spinal Cord Injury, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Chronic HTN, General Surgery, and Orthopedics.
Supervision
•Serves as a charge nurse to ensure staffing is adequate, fair assignments are given, reports to nursing supervisor and bed board on staffing and bed availability
•Make sure daily duties such as medication fridge temperature, defibrillator, and LUCAS checks are done.
•Evaluated staff performance, providing feedback and mentoring to new staff and orientees.
•Conducted interviews and recommended nurses and medical staff for hire.
Medical- Surgical Nurse
Worked as a multidisciplinary team member by consulting with physicians, social workers, case managers, and other health care professionals
Monitored and assessed patients’ conditions throughout hospital stay and intervene fast to prevent or slow condition deteriorating and after surgery.
Performed delegation to nursing assistants daily with assistance when needed.
Prepared patients for procedures and surgery.
Credentials
(MS) Family Nurse Practitioner # 903819 Expires 12/2022
NPI ID: 157*******
DEA License- Active Expires 02/29/2024
(MS) Registered Nurse License # R883016 Expires 12/2022
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Expires 09/2022
Basic Life Support (BLS) Expires 09/2022
Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) participant
Experience
Registered Nurse- MICU/Outpatient Specialty Clinics 07/2015- Present
VA Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
Nurse Practitioner 08/28/2020- 10/16/2020
SGH Medical Clinic, Mendenhall, MS
128 monitored hours completed, Volunteer
Nurse Practitioner 03/02/2020- 08/13/2020
Heartplus Diagnostic Clinic, Ridgeland, MS
277 monitored hours completed, Volunteer
Registered Nurse- Float Pool 06/2014- 06/2015
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
Registered Nurse- Medical-Surgical/Rapid Admit 07/2009 – 06/2014
St. Dominic’s Memorial Hospital, Jackson, MS
Clinical Rotations
St. Dominic’s Family Medicine Clinic- Magee, MS 01/2019- 04/2019
91 hours
Jones Family Medicine Clinic-Taylorsville, MS 09/2019-12/2019
150 hours
Magee Urgent Care- Magee, MS 06/2019-07/2019
61 hours
G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center- Jackson, MS 06/2019- 07/2019
120 hours
The Women’s Health Center and McComb Children’s Clinic 01/2019-10/2019
90 hours at each clinic, McComb, MS
Education
Master of Science in Nursing, FNP 12/14/2019
University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing 08/02/2014
Mississippi University of Women, Columbus, MS
Associate Degree in Nursing and Applied Science 05/12/2009
Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Wesson, MS
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