THERESA HOUCHENS, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

**** ****** **, **********, ** 40245

502-***-**** • adu54b@r.postjobfree.com

Summary Statement

Motivated Neonatal Nurse Practitioner with 25 years of clinical experience in a 101-bed Level IV NICU. Possess in-depth knowledge of neonatal disease processes and evidence-based treatment modalities. Manage medical care of premature neonates and infants with complex medical and surgical conditions from prenatal diagnosis and admission through discharge. Seeking to incorporate critical care experience into the Utilization Review Nurse/Case Management arena.

Work Experience

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner • Norton Children’s Hospital, Louisville, KY 1998-Current

• Deliver autonomous, evidence-based medical management of premature infants and neonates with surgical, cardiac, and medical conditions, and chronic illness from admission through discharge.

• Attend high-risk deliveries, resuscitate, and stabilize critically ill patients.

• Review maternal and birth histories, assess, diagnose, and formulate medical care plan and evaluation of new admissions.

• Perform procedures including neonatal resuscitation, intubation, umbilical catheterization, arterial puncture and catheter placement, lumbar puncture, and thoracentesis and thoracotomy.

• Teach and supervise Neonatal Nurse Practitioner students, orient new Neonatal Nurse Practitioners employees, and participate in team teaching rounds.

• Daily review of patients medical data, order and interpret tests results, and direct care based on clinical findings.

• Document electronic admission history and physical, progress notes, and discharge summaries.

• Consult and collaborate with specialists and ancillary teams members.

• Form relationship with parents, providing daily communication of changes in clinical condition and care plan alterations.

• Conduct ongoing discharge assessment and execute discharge plan including ordering home health care, medications, specialty formulas, equipment, and supplies, verifying completion of newborn screening tests and vaccinations, ordering outpatient specialist referrals and follow up appointments, evaluating family needs and barriers to home care, and communicating with primary care provider to ensure effective transition of care.

• Participate in enrollment of research participants, data collection, and implementation of research protocols.

• Assign appropriate ICD-10 diagnostic codes and utilize CPT billing codes. Education

Master of Science in Nursing • Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 05/1998 Bachelor of Science in Nursing • Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky 1989 Skills

• Extensive medical knowledge base

• Detailed-oriented and highly organized

• Strong work ethic

• Decisive in stressful situations

• Excellent communication skills

• Ability to work both autonomously and with teams

• Proficient utilization of Epic and solid understanding of various other computer applications

• Self-motivated learner

Certifications

Board Certified Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Neonatal Resuscitation

Basic Life Support

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