Grundy Center Nurse Practitioner

Education

Palmer College of Chiropractic - **** Brady Street, Davenport, Iowa 52803

Candidate for Doctorate of Chiropractic degree, October 2020 July 2017 – October 2020

Valedictorian, 4.0 GPA

Central College - 812 University Street, Pella, Iowa 50219

BA of Biology with Chemistry Minor August 2013 – May 2017

Magna Cum Laude 3.87 GPA

Clinical/Work Experience

Independent Contractor at Eberline Family Chiropractic November 2020 – Present

-Providing chiropractic care to the town of Grundy Center and surrounding community.

-Certified Medical Examiner for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (December 2020)

Doctoral Preceptorship June 2020 - October 2020

Eberline Family Chiropractic – Grundy Center, Iowa

Hands on, patient centered care in a private practice with practitioner supervision

Responsibilities include reviewing patient charts, providing clinical input, taking and interpreting x-rays, and providing patient care.

Clinical Intern – Palmer College of Chiropractic November 2019 – June 2020

Providing patient care to students, faculty, and the community in the Palmer Clinics and Rehabilitation Department.

Applying clinical, medical decision making to patient care based on physical examination and patient history.

Along with patient care, other responsibilities included taking and reading x-rays and other diagnostic imaging studies.

Teaching Assistant

Physical Diagnosis and Neuromusculoskeletal Diagnosis Labs

Student patient for Clinic Entrance Exams with the responsibility of providing feedback on intern performance.

Clinical Skills

-Assess a patient’s medical condition by reviewing medical history, listening to their concerns, and performing physical exams.

-Conduct physical examinations on both spinal and extremity complaints, noting ranges of motion, posture, gait and functional movement patterns.

-Take and interpret x-rays, as well as ordering and interpreting other lab panel results.

-Apply knowledge, exam findings, and patient history to make an accurate diagnosis and explain diagnosis to patient.

-Establish an appropriate treatment and management plan.

-Willingness to work in an interdisciplinary setting to provide the highest patient outcomes to health and well-being.

-Knowledge in flexion and extension directional preference movements.

-Knowledge in nutrition and willingness to teach and coach patients about their nutritional health.

-Perform mobilizations and adjustments to the proper areas of the spine and extremities by using manual spinal manipulation techniques.

-Ability to educate patients on rehabilitation exercises to improve long term recovery and promote overall health and wellness.

-Large interest in furthering skill set in areas such as: McKenzie Protocol, functional movement screenings, flexion and extension, dynamic neuromuscular stabilization, dry needling and Acupuncture, and more.

-Recognize limitations of my knowledge and strive to gain and apply new knowledge and skills.

Activities

Motion Palpation Club

Adjust-a-thon Seminar, Kansas City, MO September 2019

Full Spine Seminar April 2019

Activator Seminar July 2019

Advanced Soft Tissue Seminar May 2019

Extremity Club

Dr. Mitch Mally Lower/Upper Extremity Seminar September 2018/November 2018

Central College Football Team August 2013- November 2017

Strength and Conditioning Team Captain

4x Academic All Conference

First Team All Conference

COSIDA Academic All American

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