Nurse Practitioner Family

ALESSANDRA HENDERSON, MSN, APRN, FNP-C

**-*** ** ****** • Waialua- Hawaii • 96791

**************@*****.*** • 305-***-****

Professional Summary

Seeking a position as a Family Nurse Practitioner within an organization that diagnoses and manages both complex and common medical/surgical problems in patients of all ages. Professional Family Nurse Practitioner with 5 years of experience as a Nurse Practitioner and 10 years of clinical expertise as a Registered Nurse ensuring high standards of culturally competent care for a wide variety of patients with diverse needs. Energetic and motivational leader dedicated to driving top quality patient care, developing and training staff, with the ability to build relationships from day one.

Skills

• Advanced assessment skills and strong clinical judgment as a Nurse Practitioner

• Successful assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of pediatric and adult illnesses

• Wound care management

• EKG interpretation

• Venipuncture expert

• Fluent in Portuguese and Spanish

• Computer proficiencies in MS Word, MS Excel, Outlook, and EMR Certifications

• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, AANP, anticipated 9/2017

• Basic Life Support, BLS, current

Professional Experience

Babylon Health, Inc

Remote Family Nurse Practitioner - Part time Position 8/2020 - Present

• Family Nurse Practitioner providing outpatient care through live video visits utilizing Babylon Secure Telehealth Platform.

• Outpatient services include diagnosis and treatment of a wide array of acute and chronic conditions.

• Safely perform examinations including patient’s observations.

• Accurately ordering diagnostic tests.

• Interpret results and make determinations based on applicable regulations.

• Educating and integrating patient’s observations into the plan of care to ensure acceptance and compliance.

• Promoting excellence in customer relations with each patient encounter. 1

ALESSANDRA HENDERSON, MSN, APRN, FNP-C

Family Nurse Practitioner

Hawaii Pacific Health –

Straub Pearlridge Clinic, Internal Medicine/ Family Practice 04/06/2020 – Present

• Performs initial assessment of assigned special patient populations. Conducts physical examinations as necessary.

• Performance of Medicare Wellness Assessments.

• Performs specialized procedures on assigned patients as deemed appropriate by Medical Director for assigned area.

• Prepares appropriate documentation regarding the status of patients and their families.

• Records vital signs and other information regarding patient care, treatment, or procedures done on chart.

• Participates in triage activities and performs resuscitation of specified patient population as necessary.

• In collaboration with the attending physician, writes individualized treatment plans (daily, if necessary) and procedure orders for assigned patients. Facilitates treatment of assigned patients as outlined in treatment plan.

• Maintains communication with private medical doctors relative to the general status of assigned patients.

• Coordinates the long-term follow up for assigned patients off therapy, if necessary.

• Promotes excellence in customer/patient relations with all encounters. Family Nurse Practitioner

Mama Mia Family Clinic and Pediatrics, 11/2017 to 3/2020 Las Vegas, Nevada

• Follows guidelines and protocols to deliver evidenced based treatment plans to family members and their children.

• Providing care for Families and Children with extensive psychological and physiological conditions; treating anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and providing care for patients with PTSD; managing medications alongside other interdisciplinary members of the health care system.

• Responsibilities include obtaining medical history, performing medical exams, diagnosing, and treating medical conditions, prescribing medications and treatments, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, and collaborating with physicians

• Provides evidenced based care to a high concentration of pediatric patients utilizing Medicaid screening exams and managing vaccination schedules

• Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures as deemed necessary and appropriate for plan of care in collaboration with supervising physician

• Fluent in Spanish (and Portuguese), which is an asset to educate and guide this population of mostly Hispanic patients/families on disease prevention and healthy life choices

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ALESSANDRA HENDERSON, MSN, APRN, FNP-C

• Communicates and collaborates effectively with all team members to ensure optimal patient outcomes, safety and patient satisfaction

Registered Nurse, Case Manager

Kindred at Home, 01/2014 or 3/15 to 10/2017

Las Vegas, Nevada

• Develops individualized care plans and consults with other team members and healthcare providers through interdisciplinary meetings to manage client cases

• Counsels and educates patients and their families regarding treatment options, the plan of care, and available resources to achieve mutually agreed upon goals

• Provides care to acute and chronic wounds based on principles of moist wound healing

• Administers and manages enteral feeding and medication intravenously while providing appropriate teaching on how to manage access sites and ensure independency at home

• Promotes disease management of diabetic patients to guarantee safety and proper medication administration at home

• Coordinates and evaluates performances of interdisciplinary members, LPN’s, and CNA’s to ensure compliance of care plan

Registered Nurse, Pediatric Unit

Sunrise Children’s Hospital, 7/2013 to 11/2013

Las Vegas, Nevada

• Utilizes evidenced-based nursing treatment plans to ensure positive outcomes while fostering a healing and safe environment for infants, children and adolescents

• Recognizes clinical changes in patient status and implements appropriate interventions with concise communication of assessment and plan of care to physician

• Educates patients/families about medications, disease condition and health maintenance Registered Nurse

All Care Home Health, 12/2013 to 2/2015

Las Vegas Nevada

• Strong analytical skills, capable of assessing medically complex conditions, to include evaluation of the appropriateness of home care and implementing appropriate interventions including transfers into facilities with skilled care

• Supervises CNA’s and LPN’s and serves as a liaison between the patient and the medical community to ensure that continuity of care

• Involves patients and families in the plan of care explaining all rehabilitative measures and treatment options to ensure mutually agreed upon goals

• Highly skilled in complicated wound care management 3

ALESSANDRA HENDERSON, MSN, APRN, FNP-C

Registered Nurse

Always Better Care Home Health, 6/2012 to 2/2013

• Independently performs health assessments of the patients physical and mental, state, social support and living environment to formulate a nursing diagnosis and implement a plan of care to meet the patient’s needs

• Collaborates with health professionals and interdisciplinary team members to ensure optimal patient outcomes

• Provides highly skilled care grounded in evidenced based care guidelines and clinical knowledge for at home patients; adept wound care skills Education

Master of Science in Nursing, 7/2017

South University

Savannah, Georgia

• Family Nurse Practitioner Specialty

• GPA 3.71

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 2/2012

Touro University

Las Vegas

• GPA 3.55

Affiliations

• American Associations of Nurse Practitioners, AANP Licensure

• APRN, State of Nevada, issued 10/2017, current

• Registered Nurse, State of Nevada, issued 4/2012, current

• APRN, State Hawaii, issued 7/ 2019, current

• Registered Nurse, State Hawaii issued 7/2019, current Interests

• Research, quality improvement projects, and wound care certification

• Love doing arts and crafts with my kids, wall painting, cooking, hiking, running, biking and being silly together as a family

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ALESSANDRA HENDERSON, MSN, APRN, FNP-C

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