Nurse Practitioner Family
Resume:
Dr. Zina M. Byrd, DNP, FNP-BC
Phone: 919-***-****
Email: ***********.**@*****.***
Zebulon, NC 27597
SUMMARY:
•Critical-Thinker: Can assess a patient's health, as well as detect changes in symptoms, health, or pain, and will know when action is necessary.
•Compassionate: Sympathetic to a patient's needs, and able to deal with people in various states of pain, trauma and tragedy.
•Attention to Detail: Needed to help doctors operate, administer medicines and work with specific treatments that, if wrong could prove fatal.
•Organized: Know how to organize and prioritize the care of multiple patients, with differing needs, in different stages of health and risk.
•Calm Under Pressure: Able to function in an urgent, chaotic atmosphere where life-or-death situations occur almost daily.
•Patient: Patience is required when giving care under stressful circumstances.
•Communicator: Active listener and good communicator in helping to keep patients and families calm and help them to understand and participate in their care. Communicates well with members of interprofessional team.
EDUCATION
East Carolina University College of Nursing, Greenville, NC 8/2014 – 5/2017
Doctorate in Nursing Practice/Family Nurse Practitioner
United States Air Force 2006 - 2011
Nursing Services Management Course
School of Aerospace Medicine: Expeditionary Medical Support Basic Course
Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute: Emergency Medical Preparedness/Response Course
Air University: Squadron Officer School Correspondence Program
East Carolina University College of Nursing, Greenville, NC 2004 - 2006
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh, NC 8/1992 – 5/1995
Associates Degree in Nursing: Valedictorian
LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS
•Certified Medical Examiner
•NC RN
•ANCC Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
•DEA Authorized
•BLS
EXPERIENCE:
Family Nurse Practitioner Responsibilities
•Functions independently to perform appropriate history and physical for complex acute, critical, and chronically ill patients.
•Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s specific needs.
•Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities
•Implements interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain physiologic stability, including but not limited to serving in the first assisting role.
•Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.
•Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.
•Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals.
•Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools.
Facilities Worked
Spectrum Healthcare, St Louis, MO 02/08/2022-Present
Dumfries Health Center (Family Practice Clinic)
His Beloved Family Practice, PLLC, Zebulon, NC 10/2019-11/2021
Family Nurse Practitioner (Medical Office)
Humana Home Advantage, Deerfield, FL 4/2021-9/2021
Family Nurse Practitioner (Home Health Assessments)
Physician Solutions Medical Staffing, Raleigh, NC 12/2020-4/2021
Family Nurse Practitioner (Public Health Department)
The Judge Group Medical Staffing, Wayne, PA 4/2020-10/2020
Family Nurse Practitioner (Home Assessments)
Shepherd’s Care Medical Center, Zebulon, NC 3/2020-8/2020
Family Nurse Practitioner (Non-Profit Medical Office)
Minute Clinic CVS, Clayton, NC 10/2018-09/2019
Family Nurse Practitioner (Retail Health)
A-Line Staffing Solutions, Seymour Johnson AFB 2/2018-9/2018
Family Nurse Practitioner (Family Medicine Clinic)
Advanced Health, Chantilly, VA 9/2017-2/2018
Family Nurse Practitioner (Home Assessments)
Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc., Rocky Mount, NC 6/2017-9/2017
Family Nurse Practitioner (Primary Care Medical Clinic)
Emergency Room Clinical Nurse Responsibilities:
•Collect current symptoms, as well as a detailed patient history and then consult and coordinate with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.
•Performs triage, while considering both physical and psychosocial elements.
•Manage basic life support needs and stabilize patients until the attending physician is available, based upon nursing standards and protocol.
•Initiate corrective action whenever information from monitoring equipment shows adverse symptomatology.
•Record patients’ current vital signs.
•Work directly under physicians, assisting them during exams, diagnostic testing and treatments to include I&D’s, splinting, and minor suturing.
•Prepare, administer (orally, subcutaneously, IM, and IV) and record prescribed medications.
•Report adverse reactions to medications or treatments in accordance with the policy regarding the administration of medications by a licensed registered nurse.
•Provides IV therapy, clean and bandage wounds, provide basic bedside care, maintain proper supplies and appropriate medical equipment to care for patients, and report any suspected abuse to the appropriate agencies.
•Initiate patient education plan, as prescribed by physician. Teach patients and significant others how to manage their illness/injury, by explaining: post-treatment home care needs, diet/nutrition/exercise programs, self-administration of medication and rehabilitation, as well as provide referrals to other healthcare professionals for follow-up treatment.
•Display professionalism while completing multiple urgent tasks in a timely manner.
•Record all care information concisely, accurately and completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format and on the appropriate forms.
Facilities Worked:
Duke Raleigh Hospital Emergency Room, Raleigh, NC 7/2015-2/2017
Emergency Room Clinical Nurse II
VA Travel Nurse Corps (00-TNC) Emergency Medicine 11/2013-8/2014
VHA Interim Staffing Program, Phoenix, AZ
Emergency Room Clinical Nurse
Cone Health Emergency Department, Greensboro, NC 9/2012-6/2013
Emergency Room Clinical Nurse
United States Air Force, Eglin AFB 8/2006-12/2011
Officer in Nurse Corp: Served as in-house Nursing Supervisor.
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