FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER
Compassionate, capable, patient-focused professional with multifaceted experience in critical care, providing high level of expertise, ambition, and drive to enhance the quality of patient outcomes within acute and home care environment. Easily build affinity and trust with people from all backgrounds, age groups, and life circumstances. A goal-driven individual with unmatched commitment, sound diagnostic, and problem resolution skills. Dependable team player with the ability to remain calm and composed in the face of potential emergency and life-threatening situations. Delivers uncompromising work ethic, positive bedside manner/demeanor, and optimistic communication skills in difficult situations. Master and Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, coupled with several certifications and bilingual proficiency in English and Polish.
Patient Relations
Case Management
Medical Assistance & BCLS
Patient Assessment
Leadership & Teamwork
Admission/Discharge Processes
Documentation & Scheduling
Microsoft Suite, EMR Applications
Total Parenteral Nutrition
Quality Patient Service
CORE COMPETENCIES
LEADERSHIP PROJECT
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL, Suffern, NY
Liaised with Susanne Stone, RN, CIC, ICP, and Donna Chaffee RN, ICP, in developing the program that aims to prevent and control the infections, decrease hospital stays and costs by promoting Hand Hygiene between patients and visitors.
Encouraged front desk assistants and dietary staff to distribute educational brochures and hand sanitizers in support to the program and ensured compliance of the team.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MEDICAL CITY OF DALLAS/MEDICAL CITY HEART AND SPINE HOSPITAL, Dallas, Texas July 2020– Present
Registered Professional Nurse
Division Float Pool: PCU, Oncology, Inpatient Rehab, Neurology, Spine, Cardiac, Orthopedic
Monitor patient’s condition and assessing their needs to provide the best possible care and advice.
Observing and interpreting patient’s symptoms and communicating them to physicians.
Counsel and educate patients and their families on treatment plans.
Administer medications, change wound dressings and care for other treatments options.
Execute and assist in basic cardiac life support (BCLS) and other condition-stabilizing intervention during emergency cases and medical procedures, as well as blood and blood product transfusions or IV infusions, and IV fluids including total parenteral nutrition (TPN), and phlebotomy procedures via venipuncture for laboratory tests.
Collaborate with physicians and care team to devise individualized care plans for patients.
NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN/WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER, New York, New York June 2019– July 2020
Family Nurse Practitioner
Neurosurgery: Interventional Neuroradiology
Responsible for conducting a thorough physical assessment and medical/surgical history for interventional radiology patients.
Evaluates patients pre-and post-procedures.
Prescribes out-patient medications according to New York State law, including controlled substances with DEA authorization.
Educates patients regarding their disease and treatment.
Identifies potential candidates for clinical research trials.
Works in collaboration with the attending supervising/collaborating physician in accordance with state law and hospital regulations, hospital policy, protocols and clinical pathways.
NYU LANGONE HOSPITAL- BROOKLYN, Brooklyn, New York July 2017 – May 2019
Family Nurse Practitioner
Neurosurgery: Spine/Brain
Works collaboratively with the attending physician, consulting physician(s), and other disciplines to identify, develop, and implement an appropriate plan of care that maximizes individual patient/family preference and enhances quality, access, and cost-effective outcomes.
Prescribes medical equipment, devices, physical and occupational therapy, and home health services per practice protocol.
Prescribes out-patient medications according to New York State law, including controlled substances with DEA authorization.
Formulates the plan of care, along with the attending physician, patient and family, based on expected goals of care and length of stay.
Orders customary laboratory, radiological and diagnostic studies per practice protocols, differentiates between normal/abnormal findings and follows protocols for abnormal findings, which may include referral to consulting physicians per customary pattern of the attending MD or with the collaborating physician.
Performs complete health history, physical examination and psychosocial assessment of patients within the designated practice
Considers needs and behaviors of specific patient age and cultural groups in all patient care.
MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL, New York, New York 2013 – 2017
Registered Nurse
GP8C: Critical Care, Spine/ENT unit GP8W: Stroke, Epilepsy, Neurology Unit GP8E: GU/Orthopedic GP9E: GI Unit
Provide exceptional care and prevention plans including informing patients and the public about various health conditions, advice and emotional support to patients and their family members and responsible for assisting in developing plans related to improving the patients’ conditions in various units of the hospital that led to promotion to critical cases.
Assist top neurosurgeons in establishing a care plan for patients who have undergone spinal surgery as well as developing pain management plan with the acute pain team, ensuring proper adjustment of pain relievers considering the patients mental and physical conditions. Collaborated with the interdisciplinary spine team for post-operative complications preventions.
Monitor patients and inform the neurosurgeons on any change in the mental status postoperatively by recommending the best possible action for each patient.
Liaise with the physicians about the patients’ improvement after the operation and ensured proper care plans are ready for continuous development even after discharge.
ACCUCARE NURSING AND HOMECARE, Nanuet, New York 2011 – 2013
Registered Nurse
Augmented service to ensure quality patient care in a home care setting and maintain positive relationship with the family, physicians, therapists and nurses in developing the best and most accurate plan for the patients’ improvement.
Performed several procedures such as ventilator care, catheterization, suctioning, tracheostomy care, G/J tube care and oxygen and respiratory therapy while complying with the standards and regulations.
Produced reports on patients’ status and improvement and ensured availability when needed by other nurses and therapists.
Informed the patient and family on current and potential medical conditions and advised preventive ways and actions.
DOMINICAN COLLEGE, Orangeburg, New York 2007 – 2011
Resident Assistant / Volunteer, House-on-the-Hill
Built a residential community through programming, acting as a para-counselor for students and first resource for academic or institutional questions while complying with residence policies.
Assisted in the daycare program and interacted with 70+ children with age from newborn to 5-year old, to enhance physical and learning situation by playing and working inside and outside the facility.
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, Orangeburg, New York 2007 – 2009
Volunteer Mentor
Supported young adults in accomplishing issues and life challenges and encouraged the team in meeting their potential.
Provided personal college experiences as part of helping and inspiring the group.
MIDNIGHT RUN, New York, New York 2007 – 2008
Volunteer Mentor
Donated and distributed primary necessities as a way of helping improve the life of homeless people in New York City.
Imparted blessings by sharing to the less fortunate.
Additional experience as Family Nurse at Mount Sinai Internal Medicine Practice Preventive Clinic, primary care clinic at Clifton-Wallington Medical Group, OB/GYN private practice office at Bergen Country MD Coccoziello, acute pain management at Pain Management MD SZCZECH Anesthesiologist, Pediatric practice office at Aelia Pediatrics, infection prevention & Control at Good Samaritan Hospital, Surgical-Maternity-Pediatric Unit at Nyack Hospital, Mental health unit at Phelps Memorial Hospital, Medical Surgical unit at Westchester Medical Center, Geriatrics at The Jewish Home at Rockleigh.
EDUCATION CREDENTIALS AFFILIATIONS
Master of Science in Nursing (GPA 3.6)
Dominican College, Orangeburg, New York, 2016
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Top 10% with Honors Degree)
Dominican College Eugene Levy Merit Scholarship
Dominican College, Orangeburg, New York, 2011
Texas State Board of Nursing Certified
License No: 989758
Texas State Board Certified Nurse Practitioner in Family Health with Prescriptive Privileges
License No: AP146097
New York State Board Certified Nurse Practitioner in Family Health with Prescriptive Privileges
License No: F341553-1
American Academy of Nurse Practitioner Certified
Certification No: F02170785 NPI No: 154*******
New York State Drug Enforcement Administration Authorized
National Provider Identifier
No. 154*******
New Jersey State Board of Nursing Certified
License No: 26 NR 15715800
New York State Board of Nursing Certified
License No: 646513-1
Certified Basic Cardiac Life Support
Certified Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Sigma Theta Tau International
Zeta Omega-at-Large Chapter
Sr. Miriam Catherine Nevins
O.P. Alpha Chi Honors Award
Alpha Chi Nominee
National Honor Scholarship Society
Alpha Lambda Delta Nominee
National Academic Honor Society for freshmen
Elected to Who's Who among Students in American Universities & Colleges