KERRY EHLERT-DONOVAN, FNP-C
Professional Summary
Seasoned Nurse Practitioner with more than 10 years of experience and more than 20 years of experience as a Registered Nurse in the medical and healthcare industry. Extensive experience in the outpatient setting, treatment of acute and episodic disease management, pain management and home health. Continually exceeds expectations by creating valuable partnerships and works well with individuals at all levels of the organization, including stakeholders, customers, vendors, and team members.
Skills
•Excellent Customer Service & Patient-Focus
•Strong Clinical & People Skills
•Inspired by Challenging & Meaningful Work
•Compassionate & Serving with a Purpose
•Evaluating Patients Pre & Post-Treatment
•Accurate & Detailed Documentation
•Acting as a Patient & Family Advocate
•Performing Ongoing Assessments of Status o Strong Work Ethic & Team Player
•Effective Organization & Prioritization Skills
•Multi-Tasking & Time Management Skills Professional Demeanor & Appearance
•Honest, Friendly & Personable
•Excellent Verbal & Written Communication
Nurse Practitioner Experience
Obtaining health histories, performing physical exams, evaluating x-rays and lab
tests, and collaborating with medical staff in the diagnosis, management, and
follow-up of patients.
Working both independently, and as a team player, conjunction with treating
Physicians to develop long-and short-term goals consistent with treatment plans,
standards of practice and the plan of care, incorporating patient preference and
discussing the plan of care.
Providing compassionate nursing care to all patients using the intellectual
guidelines of the nursing process, while promoting the patients' well-being and
bringing a greater quality of life to countless patients.
Completing patient assessments, observing, and interpreting patient's symptoms
and communicating them to physicians, while collaborating with Physicians and
Nurses to devise individualized care or treatment plans for patients.
Fostering a supportive environment to care for patients and their families, as well
as providing education to the patients and notifying families of changes in patients
conditions such as treatment steps, prevention, healthy habits, and home care.
Skillfully managing specialized procedures including pap smears, soft issue and join injections, and the insertion and maintenance of peripherally inserted central lines.
Specializing in promoting health wellness, counseling patients, providing consultations, making referrals, assessing for disease prevention, and processing lab work, while providing pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments
Compassionately providing physical examinations, risk assessments, diagnoses, treatment for acute illness and chronic disease management, education, and minor wound care.
Participating in a multidisciplinary team of medical professionals to assess, evaluate, and diagnose patients and develop effective treatment plans under direction of the physician, doctor, or charge nurse on duty.
Advocating for patient Well-being by offering educational guidance as well as support in illness management, homecare, medication antideficit, diet, nutrition, and exercise, while fully advocating for patient wellbeing, and instructional education for both the patient and the family
Nurse Practitioner Professional Work Experience
Elgin Treatment Center, Illinois Department of Corrections 10/22/2018 to present, 847-***-**** First Physicians Inc. 06/13/2018 to 10/19/2018, 773-***-****
ONYXM.D., Agency: University of Illinois at Springfield, Irving TX 02/13/2018 to 02/27/2018, 817-***-****
ONYXM.D., Agency: HSHS, st. John's Hospital of Springfield, Irving, TX 03/19/2018 to 04/29/2018, 817-***-****
Community Health Partnership of Chicago, Il 04/05/2017 to I I /24/201 7, 815-***-****
CompHealth Services, Agency: Freeport Health Network in Freeport, Il - 01 /201 7 to 03/201 7, 800-***-**** Integrated Health, B.C. Crystal Lake, Il I I /30/2015 to 12/29/2016, 815-***-****
Healthstat Inc. Watlow in Richmond, IL I I /04/2015 to 1 1 /20/2016, 877-***-****
Take Care Clinic in Walgreens: Round Lake Beach, IL 07/1 1 1 to I I /30/2015, 800-***-****
Licensure & Professional Affiliations
Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner in IL — 209008821 — 05/2022
Registered Professional Nurse IL - 041264666 - exp. 05/2022
Advanced Practice Nurse Controlled Substance in IL — 309009098 — exp. 5/2022
Drug Enforcement Act # ME3721241 — exp. 08/31/24
Certified in Basic Life Support & CPR — 08/31/2022
Certified in Advanced Life Support — exp. 10/2/2023
Member of American Academy of Nurse Practitioners — exp. 11/24/21
Member of American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program - exp. 02-28-2021
NPI # 172*******