Nurse Practitioner Clinical Instructor
Resume:
Paula P. Wood RN, BSN, MSN, FNP-C
Collinsville, Virginia 24078
276-***-**** (Home)
276-***-**** (Cell)
Email: **********@*****.***
Objective
To secure a position as a Family Nurse Practitioner in a facility where staff functions as a team, while allowing employees to function at their full capacities, and supporting personal and professional growth.
Demographics
A Family Nurse Practitioner with ten years of Registered Nurse experience in labor, delivery, postpartum, neonatal, preoperative, perioperative, post anesthesia, and hospice settings. I have one year of family practice/acute care setting experience, a year of women’s health experience and four years in urgent care in my role as a Nurse Practitioner. My experience also includes instructing Associate’s degree nursing students in first, second and final semesters. Focused on delivering cost-effective and quality health care while providing education to patients and their families.
Education
Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia
Master of Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner December 14, 2013
Family Practice clinical, (total of 336 hours)
Carilion Family Medicine Dr. Merris Stambaugh, MD
Martinsville, Virginia
Martinsville Family Medicine Dr. Patrick Favero, DO
Martinsville, Virginia
Carilion Internal Medicine Tonya Robertson, FNP
Roanoke, Virginia
Women’s Health clinical (total of 168 hours)
Carilion Ob/Gyn Associates Suzanne Barron, NP
Rocky Mount, VA
Pediatric clinical (total of 112 hours)
Carilion Adolescent Clinic Suzanne Barron, NP
Roanoke, VA
Martinsville Pediatrics Dr. Noonan, Self, and Gunturu
Martinsville, Virginia
Family Healthcare Center Linda Morrill, FNP
Brosville, Virginia
Radford University Radford, Virginia
Bachelor of Science, Nursing December 20, 2008
Patrick Henry Community College Martinsville, Virginia
Associate of Science, Nursing December 10, 2004
Licensure
Family Nurse Practitioner- State of Virginia
Registered Nurse Licensure – State of Virginia
DEA- prescriptive authority
Prescriber’s License- Virginia Board of Nursing
PALS certification
ACLS certification
DOT Federal certification
Professional Experience
UNC Rockingham Urgent Care Mayodan, North Carolina
Independent Nurse Practitioner, February 2020- present
Novant GoHealth Urgent Care Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Independent Nurse Practitioner, January 2020- present
MedExpress Urgent Care Martinsville &Danville, Virginia
Independent Nurse Practitioner, October 2015-December 2019
Provide urgent care to patients of all ages
Work as part of the team following facility guidelines on care of patients to
provide excellent care in short amount of time
Work as independent nurse practitioner in facility since May 2017
Piedmont Access To Health Services, Inc. Martinsville, Virginia
Nurse Practitioner, Community Clinic January 2015- October 2015
Provide primary care to patients of all ages, including physicals and annual
exams of all ages
Work independently as a primary care provider for individual group of patients
Carilion Obstetrics/Gynecology Roanoke, Virginia
Nurse Practitioner, Ob/Gyn March 2014- December 2014
Provide care for both routine and high risk gynecology and obstetric patients
Work as part of the team following facility guidelines on care of patients to
provide excellent care
Regularly supervise students as part of a teaching facility (PA, NP, and
medical students
Carilion Clinic Hospice Roanoke, Virginia
Nurse Practitioner, Hospice March 2014-December 2014
Complete face to face certification visits for new and renewing patients in
Hospice care
Document patient’s head to toe assessment and acuity level per
hospice/Medicaid guidelines
Collaborate with Hospice medical directors to ensure that patient’s are
appropriate for hospice care
Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital Rocky Mount, Virginia
Registered Nurse, Hospice March 2013- March 2014
Execute daily operations of patient care independently to patient homes and
long-term care facilities.
Monitor, record and report symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions.
Provide comfort measures and support to patients and families in the last
months of life.
Provide updates and inform attending physician of patient changes and offer
suggestions on management of care.
Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital Rocky Mount, Virginia
Registered Nurse, Surgical Services December 2009- March 2013
Execute daily operations of patient care in perioperative setting. Maintain
accurate, detailed reports and records.
Monitor, record and report symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions.
Assist; circulate in the operating room, providing care and treatment under
surgeon’s supervision.
Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment and supplies, and assisted in
ensuring that the stock of supplies was maintained.
Work regularly in Outpatient department where patient were prepped for
procedures, preoperative information is gathered and relayed to staff.
Trained and worked routinely in Post Anesthesia Care Unit.
Worked as a staff nurse in Labor and Delivery/Postpartum/Nursery when
needed to assist due to shortage in staffing.
Patrick Henry Community College Martinsville, Virginia
Adjunct Clinical Instructor August 2012- December 2013
August 2008-May 2009
August 2016-May 2017
Responsible for supervising first and final semester nursing students during
clinical on rehabilitation/long-term care facility and Medical-Surgical unit.
Duties included grading care plans and focus sheets submitted for various
clinical sites and weekly evaluations of student progress.
Morehead Memorial Hospital Eden, North Carolina
Registered Nurse, Birthing Center July 2006- October 2011
Executed daily operations of patient care in LDRP setting.
Maintained accurate, detailed reports and records.
Monitored, recorded and reported symptoms and changes in patients’
conditions.
Consulted and coordinated with health care team to implement and evaluate
patient care.
Assisted in the delivery of infants and provided prenatal and postpartum care
and treatment under obstetrician’s supervision.
Prepared patients for, and assisted with, examinations and treatments.
Prepared room, sterile instruments, equipment and supplies, and ensured that
the stock of supplies was maintained.
Performed triage telephone inquiries of prenatal problems and complaints.
Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital Roanoke, Virginia
High Risk Labor and Delivery RN December 13, 2004-June 23, 2006
Provided care for patients in high-risk suites, including antepartum,
peripartum, and postpartum.
Assisted/circulated in vaginal deliveries of infants, including twin gestations.
Routinely provided care in busy triage area on unit, providing care to
determine if symptoms warrant admission to unit.
Professional Memberships
American Nurses Association
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Virginia Nurses Association
Professional Growth
Preceptor to Associates Degree Nursing Students August 2008- May 2017
Honors
Sigma Theta Tau: Epsilon Chi Chapter Radford University 2008
Scholarly Achievements
Summa Cum Laude, Radford University December 2008
Grants
New College Institute August 2007-December 2008
Old Dominion University January 2013
Community Involvement
Active member 2014- 2017
Charity League of Martinsville & Henry County Martinsville, Virginia
Sunday School Instructor, Volunteer 2009- 2013
Stone Memorial Christian Church Collinsville, Virginia
Instructor, Heart Healthy classes 2009
Martinsville & Henry County Coalition on Health and Wellness
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