ANGELA VENEZIA, DNP, CPNP-PC, APRN

**** ***** ***** ******, *******, FL, 32827 407-***-**** adnqmy@r.postjobfree.com Dear University:

I am seeking a position as nursing faculty with your organization. I have attached my resume for your consideration. I am highly motivated to transition from my current direct patient care position to nursing education.

I completed my bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. My career goal from age ten was to be a nurse, and I have passionately pursued a variety of patient experiences throughout my career to diversify my skill portfolio. After educating nursing and nurse practitioner students through preceptorships for years, I was motivated to pursue a career in education. I returned to school in 2015 earning a Post-Master’s Nurse Educator certificate, and I went on to earn a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree from the University of Central Florida. I have focused my career to build towards this ultimate goal of educating our future nurse clinicians and practitioners. I have worked as a registered nurse in the emergency room, labor and delivery, newborn nursery, post-partum, level one and two neonatal intensive care, general pediatrics, pre- and post- operative pediatrics, inpatient pediatric neurology, pediatric oncology/hematology, pediatric neurosurgery, pediatric bone marrow transplant, pediatric step down ICU, pediatric home health, and pediatrics in a camp setting for children with disabilities. I have worked as a pediatric nurse practitioner (PNP) in pediatric hematology/oncology, primary care outpatient pediatrics, alternative and integrative medicine pediatrics, at a camp for children with disabilities ranging from ventilator dependent to healthy siblings, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), and inpatient seeing newborns in a mother baby unit. I am organized, energetic, personable, and eager to make this exciting transition. I have also included my teaching philosophy which I developed during my post-master’s nurse educator courses at UCF. My future plans include achieving Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) certification upon securing a position in education, and eventually earning a PhD. Thank you so much for your consideration,

Angela Venezia, DNP, CPNP-PC, APRN

8306 Lower Perse Circle Fax : 407-***-****

Orlando, FL 32827 Phone : 407-***-****

E-mail: adnqmy@r.postjobfree.com

Angela D. Venezia, DNP, CPNP-PC

Summary

Professional

Objective

A dedicated Advanced Practice Registered Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with 26 years of clinical experience, seeking a position that will make use of my comprehensive health care experience, excellent communication skills, and passion for teaching to serve as a nurse faculty member to provide nursing education to our future nurses and nurse practitioners. Possesses excellent communication, teaching and mentoring skills from over 20 years of precepting Medical assistants, Nurses, and Nurse Practitioner students from associate nursing through doctoral study roles. Education 2017-2019 University of Central Florida Orlando, FL Doctor of Nursing Practice

2015 – 2016 University of Central Florida Orlando, FL Post-Master’s Nurse Educator Certificate

Fall 2014 University of Central Florida Orlando, FL Preceptor Development Course

1998 - 2000 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX Master’s of Science in Nursing

Major: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

1992 - 1994 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing

Major: Nursing

1990 – 1992 Navarro Junior College Corsicana, TX

Associate’s in Science

Major: Pre-nursing

Certification

Licensure

Licensed as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in the State of Florida Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner – Primary Care (CPNP-PC) by the Pediatric Certification Board, Inc (PNCB)

Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Florida Certified in Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)

Certified in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) for infants, children, and adults Certified in Quality improvement through the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

(IHI)

Trained in Clinical Homeopathy through the Center for Education and Development of Clinical Homeopathy (CEDH)

Certified in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) 1996 to 2012 Chemotherapy Biotherapy provider through Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses (APHON) 2006

Professional

experience

06/2020 – Present True Health Orlando, FL

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

• Federally qualified health center duties include assess, diagnose, order, and evaluate diagnostic tests, prescribe treatment, provide education in the outpatient setting for pediatric patients birth to 18 years old.

• Precepting AdventHealth Family Nurse Practitioner students.

• Precepting University of Central Florida Family Nurse Practitioner students.

• Peer review audits of charts to meet quality measures and compliance with patient centered medical home goals.

• Properly utilize GE centricity and Athena electronic medical record (EMR) system

04/16 – 06/2020 Pediatrics of Central Florida Orlando, FL Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

• Collaborative pediatric primary care physician practice duties include assess, diagnose, order, and evaluate diagnostic test, prescribe treatment, provide education for patients birth to 21 years old in the outpatient setting, and for newborns in the inpatient seeing at AdventHealth Celebration hospital

• Perform cryotherapy for skin tags and warts.

• Utilize silver nitrate application for omphalitis.

• Remove sutures and staples.

• Perform and interpret tympanometry.

• Precept nurse practitioner students.

• Patient centered medical home (PCMH) transformation manager

• Design, implement, and train all staff on all electronic medical record (EMR) templates and order sets in eClinicalworks (ECW) when the practice transitioned from Greenway Intergy EMR in 2018.

04/10 – 03/16 The Franz Center for Children Orlando, FL Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

• Collaborative pediatric primary care integrative medicine physician practice duties include assess, diagnose, order, and evaluate diagnostic tests, prescribe traditional and alternative treatment, provide education in the outpatient setting.

• Perform cryotherapy for skin tags and warts.

• Utilize silver nitrate application for omphalitis.

• Remove sutures and staples.

• Precept nursing students, nurse practitioner students, and medical student residents.

• Implement, and train all staff on MacPractice EMR 05/08- 04/10 All About Kids Pediatrics Orlando, FL Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

• Collaborative pediatric primary care physician practice duties include assess, diagnose, order and evaluate diagnostic tests, prescribe treatment, provide education in the outpatient clinic.

• Perform cryotherapy for skin tags and warts.

• Utilize silver nitrate application for omphalitis.

• Incision and drainage of simple abscesses.

• Remove sutures and staples.

• Perform and interpret tympanometry.

• Interpret pulmonary function test (PFT) results.

• Properly utilize Greenway intergy EMR system

05/01- 05/08 Walt Disney Memorial Cancer Institute Orlando, FL Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

• Collaborative pediatric oncology/hematology physician practice duties include assess, diagnose, order and evaluate diagnostic tests, prescribe treatment, provide education both for hospital inpatients and in the outpatient clinic.

• Perform lumbar punctures and instill intrathecal chemotherapy.

• Perform bone marrow aspiration and biopsies.

• School re-entry liaison that included attending school meetings as an advocate for the patient with an oncologic or hematologic process and Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) support.

• Supervise and educate nursing staff.

• Developed computer database for chemotherapy orders based on Children’s Oncology Group (COG) protocols.

• Educate nursing students and nurse practitioner students through preceptorship.

• Collaborated with a UCF Psychology PhD. student on research project for her doctoral dissertation “Parent perception of child’s quality of life who is receiving chemotherapy treatment”.

• Developed and performed multiple lecture series for the School nurses for Orange, Osceola, Lake, and Polk Counties about children with cancer and considerations for return to school after diagnosis and treatment.

• Educate inpatient nursing staff on pediatric oncology diagnosis and chemotherapy treatment protocols

10/00- 04/01 Favorite Nurses, Nurse’s Network San Antonio, TX Agency Staff Registered Nurse

• Perform primary inpatient nursing care for hospitalized pediatric patients of varying diagnoses.

09/00 -10/00 Healthy Kids Pediatrics San Antonio, TX Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

• Collaborative practice with primary care pediatrician in an office setting. 01/96 - 08/00 Methodist Children’s Hospital San Antonio, TX Staff Registered Nurse

• Perform primary nursing care for pediatric oncology, neurology, cardiology, bone marrow transplant, & surgical patients and administer chemotherapy.

• Perform primary nursing care for pediatric patients with varying diagnoses.

• Educate families on cancer diagnoses, treatment regimens, and medication side effects.

09/96 - 04/01 Camp C.A.M.P. San Antonio, TX

Registered Nurse

• Perform nursing care for pediatric patients with disabilities in a respite and summer camp setting. Administer PO & gastrostomy medications and feedings. Supervise respite care staff.

• Head Nurse of summer camp - summer 1996. Duties included assess, diagnose,

& prescribe treatment for episodic illnesses and injuries according to protocols.

• Staffing and supervision all nursing, medical, and medical student staff.

• Care of ventilated patients and their tracheostomies.

• Emergency management of patients with seizure disorder or other acute emergencies of patients with congenital anomalies and developmental disabilities.

04/98 - 11/98 Olsten Health Services San Antonio, TX Home Health Registered Nurse

• Admit, discharge, and provide primary home nursing care and assessment of pediatric, newborn infant, and premature infant patients with varying diagnoses.

07/94 - 12/95 Southwest General Hospital San Antonio, TX Staff Nurse

• Perform primary nursing care for pregnant females before, during, and after birth.

• Perform primary nursing for newborn infants in a mother/baby care environment. 12/93 – 07-94 Olsten Health Services San Antonio, TX Home Health Aide

• Perform primary home health care for adult and geriatric patients including bathing, feeding, tube feeding, transferring, light housecleaning, cooking, transportation to and from medical appointments.

• Respite care for pediatric patients with autism. Teaching

Experience

09/2001 – Present Orlando, FL

Preceptor

• Educated through preceptorships Registered Nurse (RN) students, Medical Assistant (MA) students, Medical Doctor (MD) Residents, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) students, Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Master’s and DNP students in their pediatric practicum for AdventHealth University, University of Central Florida (UCF), University of South Florida (USF), Maryville University, South University, Loyola University School of Nursing, and the University Of Delaware School of Nursing.

• Served as preceptor for over 40 students totaling over 5300 clinical hours over the past 20 years.

Activities 08-05 to 05-11 National Association for Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) Scholarship Chair, local chapter

• Responsibilities included notifying all Florida pediatric nurse practitioner accredited graduate programs of the scholarships available, receive and review submissions, determine candidate for award, notify winning candidate, design certificate, announce and present award to candidate at local chapter conference yearly.

• Attend quarterly local board meeting.

Professional

memberships

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)

National Association for Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) Florida Nurse Practitioner Network (FNPN)

Board member Florida NAPNAP local chapter 2005 to 2011 Children’s Oncology Group (COG) April 2001 to March 2008 Association of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology Nurses (APHON) 2002 to 2006 Texas Nurse Practitioners (TNP) 2000 to 2001

Volunteer

experience

Medical Staff Volunteer Camp C.A.M. P.

• Volunteered over 1000 hours over 7 years nursing and nurse practitioner care for pediatric patients with disabilities in a camp setting, respite care setting, emergency respite care, day care, diagnostic clinic, and early intervention program.

Academic

Awards

Santa Rosa Scholarship 1999

Colonel Jean P. Migliorino Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) Scholarship 1999 Professional Nurse Traineeship 1998 - 2000

Camp C.A.M.P. Medical volunteer of the Year 1997

Americorps National Service Educational Award 1996 Doctoral

Project

Venezia, A. D. (2019). Integration of a Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS)into an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) to increase evidence based practice of pediatric patients with Down Syndrome in a pediatric practice. Presentations Venezia, A. D., Franz, S. C., M.D., New Parents Night, an introduction to the Franz Center for Children and Wellness, Orlando, FL, recurring 2012 – 2016. Venezia, A. D., Childhood Anxiety, Orlando FL, 2012. Venezia, A. D., Homeopathic Pearls, Orlando, FL, recurring 2011 – 2016. Tyykila, A. D., Childhood Anemias. Current Issues in Pediatrics Florida Chapter of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) Spring Conference, Orlando, FL, 2005.

Tyykila, A. D., Return to School for the Child with Cancer. Recurring lecture for Osceola, Lake, Orange, Seminole county school nurses, teachers from 2004 to 2008. Tyykila, A. D., Childhood Brain Tumors. Recurring lecture for nurses at Florida Children’s Hospital nurses as part of chemotherapy certification course. 2004 to 2008. References Lyndsey Sutherland, DNP, APRN

Family Nurse Practitioner

Adjunct Professor University of Central Florida

3519 Marwood Drive

Orlando, FL, 32806

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Aixa Catala, DNP, FNP, APRN

Family Nurse Practitioner

Dean South University Orlando

687 Blairshire Circle

Winter Park, FL 32792

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More references available upon request

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Teaching Philosophy

Angela D. Venezia

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I possess a true passion for nursing practice. Nursing is a calling to provide intimate caring service when people are at their most vulnerable. I have been a pediatric nurse practitioner for twenty years in clinical practice and precepted students for eighteen of those years. I am thrilled when my students get excited with new experiences and taking that next step toward competent practice. I now want to contribute more to my profession by educating and guiding our future nurses and nurse practitioners in a university setting. My style of teaching can be described as relaxed guidance. I select learning experiences that are appropriate for the student and use real world patient examples in my teaching. Preparing our future nurses

I identify most with cognitive learning theory that stresses students take an active rather than passive role in their learning. I strive to tap into my students’ inner motivation to grasp a concept. If I can comprehend their motivation; I can utilize it and mold it to the individual learning concept in a way that is meaningful to them. I can direct students to resources that will guide them towards self-study exploration.

In our current society, information overload is an epidemic. With so many sources available, learners have difficulty finding reliable information quickly. I know reliable sources I use to navigate practice and can share that focus with students as medicine rapidly evolves. The education I have accumulated over the years of practice will be invaluable to my teaching. My students will get excited at my grasp of alternative therapies, and I am excited to share some of the amazing things it can achieve in health of patients. Personally, I work best through logical linear steps. Since nurses in training are generally task oriented, learning through sequential reproducible steps will be grounding, as it is concrete and tangible. I am detail oriented rather than a big picture learner. If I encounter a student who starts with the big-picture, I can provide the details will help fill in the blanks for both of us. From the VARK guide to learning styles, I am a multimodal learner; this will be an asset to teaching as 60% of learners fit into this category. I feel comfortable utilizing multiple formats for Running head: TEACHING PHILOSOPHY 9

classroom or clinical teaching including but not limited to lecture, clinical vignettes, videos, links, articles, textbooks, and interactive discussions.

In lectures, I am at ease in front of a large audience. I prepare with appropriate research on my topic to be adequately prepared for questions. I am comfortable with PowerPoint presentations and craft slides, which are more than just bullet point highlights. I utilize pictures and picture graphs as I realize many learners are visual like myself. Teaching caring through example

To transform new nurses into holistic healers, I would model my passion for caring for patients in clinical practice. I have years of nursing practice experience in many environments and that knowledge will serve my students well to give them a foundation for learning. I utilize rich illustrative examples when teaching concepts. Painting a vibrant clinical picture from real life cases solidifies memory and applies nursing theory to tangible nursing practice. Promote Excellence

I had undergraduate instructors who were considered the “hard” instructors. These clinical instructors had a reputation of high expectations, and pushing the envelope to achieve that. I value that those instructors expected me to research my patients the night before clinical, study the medications, build pathophysiology maps of their disease processes, and then reiterate and explore those concepts with the instructor the next day. It was invaluable to help me assimilate classroom learning. I expect to use those same techniques in my future students. Those instructors molded me to be better prepared, strive for excellence in delivery of nursing care, and understand caring for patients is a profound responsibility. I had other instructors who were very laid back, relaxed, and allowed a free flow of ideas and that also helped me flourish as a student. I strive to be a good blend of both styles fostering students to grow their own ideas, and challenging to mold excellence in nursing and nurse practitioner profession.

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I have always had an interest in furthering nurse practitioner practice in state legislation. I want to illustrate nurse practitioner competence and quality of care, and I feel that can be best achieved with the support of a university academic setting. The climate is now to facilitate a change in practice in Florida with our healthcare coverage challenges and the current waves of innovation. I want to be a player in that innovation and I believe that begins and ends with education of our future practitioners.

I have research interests, which include alternative therapies effectiveness, perception of health, nutrition counseling, and integration of health disciplines toward a common goal of best practice. I am highly motivated to be active in a university to continue to advance teaching standards, being involved in my community to recruit star students who will be a true asset to the nursing and nurse practitioner profession.

Summary

I believe what makes a great teacher is comfort with teaching, great knowledge base, flexibility to adapt to student learning styles, variety of approaches, willingness to share classroom presentation with experts in their fields, clear assignments, and a true love of the profession they are instructing on. Teachers get better at what they do when they learn from their students. Students are great at questioning why things are done the way they are and that stimulates critical reflective thought. Students give feedback through body language, which can be valuable to evaluate their comprehension of a concept. I understand the gravity of developing excellent competent future clinicians. As nursing shortages continue, it is critical to train nurses prepared to excel. The key to this monumental task is quality in education. This quality starts in recruiting candidates who are up for the challenge, continues with fostering knowledge base development, finishes with excellent job internship for skill refinement, and culminates in excellent practitioners who are ready to practice and continue learning to advance their profession.

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