Nurse Practitioner - DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Resume:
ERICA
PLIMPTON
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EDUCATION
DNP-FNP Baylor University
**** – 2019
Graduate Student Representative; GPA: 3.9
MPH George Washington University
2006 – 2008
Major: Community Oriented Primary Care
BSN Boston College
2001 – 2005
Honor Society of Nursing- Sigma Theta Tau International EXPERIENCE
Family Nurse Practitioner North Texas Veterans Administration Medical Center 2020 – PRESENT
• Manage a patient case load of 500 active HIV positive veterans in collaboration with infectious disease attendings, residents, and pharmacists
• Examine and evaluate veterans living with HIV to manage their HIV disease along with other sexually transmitted diseases and chronic and acute conditions as needed
• Manage HIV and primary care medications; prescribe opportunistic infection prophylaxis and treatment as needed and provide pre and post-HIV exposure prophylaxis management
• Ensure health maintenance needs are up to date per national guidelines
• Order, monitor, and evaluate laboratory and radiologic evaluations; make referrals to appropriate specialties
• Manage new HIV consults
Emergency Department Staff Nurse Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center 2014 – 2015
• Provided direct patient care across the lifespan; Performed patient triage prioritization in a 21 bed, level 1 trauma center
• Electronic medical record super user- served as staff trainer in new and upcoming electronic documentation upgrades
• Precepted and mentored newly hired employees and student nurses Infectious Disease Nurse Clinician Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center 2013 – 2014
• Provided nursing case management and coordinated complex visits for newly diagnosed and long-term individuals living with HIV
• Advised patients on travel and safety needs prior to international travel; Prescribed and administered travel medications and vaccinations per protocol
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Research Nurse-Nurse Case Manager University of Colorado Denver 2011 – 2013
• Developed the clinical nurse and research nurse roles and functions; Implemented a new telephone triage protocol
• Recruited patients and performed study visits per protocol for HIV clinical drug trials; Assisted principal investigators with identification, evaluation, and reporting of serious adverse events; Participated in QA of research documents and case report forms
• Coordinated complex patient visits for child and adolescent clinics; Performed nursing assessments, phlebotomy, and administration of immunizations and medication injections per protocol Emergency Department Staff Nurse Providence Portland Medical Center 2009 – 2011
• Provided direct patient care across the lifespan and performed patient triage prioritization in a 45- bed emergency department
• Represented emergency nursing staff at the ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Review Committee Clinical Trials Study Coordinator Oregon Health and Sciences University 2009 – 2009
• Recruited patients and performed study visits per protocol for Parkinson’s Disease related clinical drug trials
• Managed regulatory documentation via an electronic IRB system and maintained communication between OHSU’s study team, industry sponsors, the NIH, and the FDA Medical Adherence Nurse Case Manager Whitman Walker Clinic 2008 – 2009
• Assisted in the development of a new medical adherence department and the transition to a medical case management model of care
• Provided nursing case management to newly diagnosed and long-term individuals living with HIV as well as other chronically ill primary care clients
Clinical Trials Study Coordinator Whitman Walker Clinic 2006 – 2008
• Recruited patients and performed study visits per protocol for HIV and HCV clinical drug trials
• Attended monthly IRB meetings and ensured regulatory documents were in place per guidelines Emergency Department Staff Nurse Georgetown University Hospital 2005 – 2006
• Provided direct patient care across the lifespan and performed patient triage prioritization in a 21- bed emergency department
• Precepted and mentored student nurse interns
LICENSE, CERTIFICATIONS, & TRAININGS
• Texas Board of Nursing Registered Nurse License #906326
• Texas Advanced Practice Registered Nurse License #AP143626
• Colorado Compact Nurse Practitioner License C-APN.0002627-C-NP
• Colorado Compact Nurse Practitioner License C-RXN.0001384-C-NP
• ANCC Certification Family Nurse Practitioner # 201-***-****
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support Certified (BLS)- Expiration 4/2023
• Merck Clinical Training Program for Nexplanon
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
• Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC)
• American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) 3
POSTERS & PUBLICATIONS
Publications:
Morgenbesser, L.I., Burgess, A.W., Boersma, R.R., and Myruski [Plimpton], E.M. (2006). Media Surveillance of Elder Sexual Abuse Cases. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 2(3), 121-126. Plimpton, E. (2019). A quality improvement project to increase patient portal enrollment and utilization in women living with HIV as risk of disengagement in care. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 31(1), 1-6. [To print in January 2020]
Poster Presentations:
Plimpton, E. M., & Soltwisch, M. (2019, April) A quality improvement project to increase patient portal enrollment and utilization in at-risk women living with HIV. Poster session presented at the annual North Texas Nurse Practitioners Continuing Education Conference, Dallas, TX. Plimpton, E. M., & Soltwisch, M. (2019, May) A quality improvement project to increase patient portal enrollment and utilization in at-risk women living with HIV. Podium presentation at the annual Texas DNP Conference, Austin, TX.
Plimpton, E. M., & Soltwisch, M. (2019, November) A quality improvement project to increase patient portal enrollment and utilization in at-risk women living with HIV. Accepted for poster presentation at the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care’s national annual fall Conference, Portland, OR.
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