Nurse Practitioner

TARA RUSSELL ELLIS

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CAREER OBJECTIVE

To gain a rewarding career as an Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner in a critical care unit or palliative care department that supports my continued education and growth as an advanced practice provider.

EXPERIENCE

January 2014- January 2014-Present Registered Nurse, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Medical University of S.C.

Provide exceptional care to critically ill patients and their families in the ICU including palliative and end of life care

Preceptor to new staff

COVID ICU charge nurse, MICU back-up charge nurse

Former chair of the Shared Governance Leadership committee for the Medical Intensive Care Unit

Former member of the hospital’s Specialized Medical Team trained to care for patients with highly infectious diseases (cared for patient with suspected Ebola)

Former member of MUSC’s ECMO team, recognized for excellence by the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization

August 2018-August 2019 ECMO Specialist, Medical University of South Carolina

Completed ELSO certified training program to join a team of 30 nurses caring for the most critical patients in the hospital

Responsible for caring for patients on venovenous and venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Cared for ECMO patients in the adult population of the CVICU, MSICU, and MICU along with the pediatric population in the NICU, PICU, and PCICU

EDUCATION

University of South Carolina, Columbia SC

Master of Science in Nursing, Adult Gerontology and Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, May 2019-May 2021

-Graduated in the honor society

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston SC

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, August 2014-August 2015

Trident Technical College, Charleston SC

Associates Degree in Nursing, January 2012-December 2013

The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston SC

Bachelor of Science, June 2001-May 2005

LICENSURES, CERTIFICATIONS, AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Registered Nurse in State of South Carolina

AGACNP- due to graduate in May of 2021 and take ACNPC-AG exam in June 2021

Certified in Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers

Certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support

CCRN, CSRN

Back up relief Staff Leader for Medical Intensive Care Unit

ECMO specialist

Member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners

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