Rhea Caratao-Mojica, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, AGNP-C

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Rego Park, NY 11374

Contact number: 732-***-****

Email address: adpyzl@r.postjobfree.com

Education

Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing CUNY, New York, New York

Adult/ Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Program

February 2011- January 2014 GPA: 3.848

Cebu City Medical Center- College of Nursing, Cebu City, Philippines

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

June 2002- March 2006 GPA: 3.80

Licenses/Certifications

Adult Health and Gerontology Nurse Practitioner (ANCC and AANP), State of New York

Registered Nurse (RN), State of New York

BCLS (CPR and AED) certification by American Heart Association

ACLS certification by American Heart Association

Professional Experience

NYU Langone Astoria Medical Associates, Astoria, NY- February 2017- present

Position: Nurse Practitioner, primary care, internal medicine practice

•Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical for complex acute, critical, and chronically ill patients.

•Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs.

•Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities

•Implements interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain physiologic stability

•Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.

•Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals.

•Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools.

Marissa T. Santos, MD PC, Queens, NY- February 2016- present

Position: Nurse Practitioner, primary care, internal medicine practice

•Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical for complex acute, critical, and chronically ill patients.

•Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs.

•Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities

•Implements interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain physiologic stability

•Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.

•Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals.

•Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools.

IPC Healthcare/HealthFirst AssuredCare, Brooklyn, NY- November 3, 2015- August 2016

Position: Nurse Practitioner

Performs initial assessment of new members to establish clinical baseline and then performs quarterly to assess health status. Based on member needs, order diagnostic services as necessary.

Provide or ensure that annual preventative care services are administered and properly documented in medical record.

Collaborates with facility medical and clinical staff, as well as Healthfirst care management team when skilled level of care is required.

Regularly consult and report to collaborating physician.

Meet on a monthly scheduled bases with facility inter-disciplinary care team and Healthfirst care management team to update care plans, discuss concerns regarding member status or treatment.

Initiate end-of-life discussions regarding palliative/hospice care as appropriate.

Visiting Nurse Services of New York (Bellevue Hospital Center- onsite), New York, NY- March 9, 2015- October 28, 2015

Position: Home Care Consultant

Responsible for assessing/evaluating patients referred to VNS Home Care program to determine appropriateness of admission.

Establishes/promotes and fosters ongoing collaborative communication system with institutional personnel to establish coordinated home care.

Manages and facilitates the safe and timely transfer of patients from a hospital or skilled nursing facility to the care of the Agency

Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY – August 1, 2011- March 6, 2015

Position: Procedure Room/ Perioperative Services Staff Nurse

Assess patients pre-operatively: providing education/ discussion on what to expect during and after the procedure; make sure informed consents, H&P and blood works are done and up to date

Assess patients intra-operatively: monitoring patient’s response to sedation/medication and pain

Asses patients post-operatively: monitoring patient’s response to sedation/medication and pain post-operatively; recover patients under sedation

Provide education and post-operative discharge instructions and conduct follow-up calls after 1-2 days post procedure

Assist in minor procedures (e.g excision of lipoma, D&Cs, LEEP, Hystersocopy/Polypectomy, VNUS Ablation/ Mircophlebectomies, Podiatry procedures, High Resolution Anoscopy)

Cross-trained in Ambulatory Surgery Unit, Endoscopy Unit, Pre-Surgical Testing, Operating Room

Dewitt Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, New York, NY - December 8, 2008- July 22, 2011

Position: Long-term/ Sub-acute Rehab Staff Nurse

Assessment of physical, psychological, spiritual and cultural needs of patients and their families

Development of goals and plan of care with patients and family

Evaluation and modification of plan of care based on patient's progress

To collaborate between patient, family and different members of the interdisciplinary team to ensure the best possible care is provided

Administration of medications, treatments, and nursing care while maintaining the patient's privacy and dignity

Continually assess patient level of pain, and ensure patient is free of, or has minimal level of pain

Monitor patient’s PT/INR for patient’s on anticoagulants, refer results that are elevated and monitor accordingly

Provision of emotional support through the use of therapeutic communication to the patients, and their families.

Proper documentation of patient's progress and condition

Chong Hua Hospital, Cebu, Philippines- August 28, 2007- June 16, 2008

Position: Intensive Care Unit/ Endoscopy Unit Senior Nurse

Assist the physician in delivering care to patients undergoing endoscopic procedures. (e.g. PEG placement, foreign body removal, colonoscopy, ERCP)

Performs IV cannula insertion for IV medications

Administer IV sedation medications according to physician’s order

Assess patient’s response to sedation including vital signs, level of consciousness and comfort level

Nurse Practitioner Student Related Learning Experience

NY Rehab and Pain Management, Astoria, NY -September- December 2012, total hours: 213

Primary specialty care clinical exposure- pain management/ intervention pain management

With minimal training on trigger point injections, knee injections, interlaminar/ transforaminal epidural injections, and facet joint injection

NYU Rusk Institute, New York, NY -February- May 2013, total hours: 186

Acute care clinical exposure in a Neuro- Rehab Unit catering to post TBI and non-TBI cases

Dewitt Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, New York, NY- June- July 2013, total hours: 100

Geriatric clinical exposure- sub-acute and long-term care/ end-of-life care

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY- September- December 2013, total hours: 185

Primary care clinical exposure at Occupational Health Services plus 1 rotation (8hours) at the Anticoagulant Service

Awards/Affiliations

Magna Cum Laude- Masters of Science in Nursing -Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Program (January 2014);

GPA: 3.848

Cum Laude- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (March 2006); GPA: 3.80

Dean’s Lister (BSN program)- 2002-2005

Salutatorian- High School (March 2002)

First Honorable Mention (3rd Honors)- Elementary (March 1998)

Member: Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing (since: April 2013), American Association of Nurse Practitioners (since: September 2013), Philippine Nurses Association- New York (since: April 2014), Society of Rogerian Scholars (since: July 2014)

Publications

Being One with the Universe: Finding that Silver Lining in Their Dying. (2015). Nursing Science Quarterly, 28(3), 229-233

The Science of Unitary Human Beings in a Creative Perspective. (2015). Nursing Science Quarterly, 28(4), 297-299

Skills

Computers: Knowledge of MS Word, MS Power Point, EMRs

Languages: Fluent in English and Filipino (Cebuano and Tagalog)

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