Christina Noel Ross

Family Nurse Practitioner-C

AANP Certification

CURRICULUM VITAE

“Treating the whole body, mind and spirit”

As a primary health care provider, I believe in promoting a positive environment that is encouraging to all patients with focus on providing the safest and highest quality of health care. I encourage and I want my patients to live their best life possible through educating and providing them knowledge to be successful in their own health. I want them to know I sincerely care for their well-being and their success in their healthcare is important to me and their lives matter.

Christina Ross FNP-C

Christina Ross RN, MSN, FNP-C

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Men’s Vitality and Internal Medicine Center

April 2019 – PRESENT

4653 S. Lakeshore Dr.

Tempe, Az 85282

• Testosterone and Hormone Therapy Replacement

• Suboxone Certified Provider

• Men’s health

• Women’s health/Family Medicine

• Internal Medicine

• Telehealth

IPG Integrated Premier Group Specialty

January 2018 - April 2019

123 E. Baseline Rd. D104

Tempe Az 85283

• Contract to work as needed to visit and treat Assisted Living and Group homes

• Providing healthcare to the Assisted Living, group homes

• Internal Medicine for Geriatrics and Assisted Living Residents

• Managing complex medical diagnosis

• Providing safe and best quality medical health care

MyDrNow

March 2017- July 2019

428 S. Gilbert Rd

Gilbert, Az. 85296

• Independent Primary Care Provider in a combined Family and Urgent Care Clinic, Pediatrics, Family, Geriatrics, and Women’s/Men Annual exams, paps, STD, wellness and sports physicals and several other patient care treatments

• Average patients seen are 35-50 in a 12- hour day

• Both scheduled and Walk-in patient appts

• Emergencies and urgent to Wellness Exams, Medication Management and complex medical diagnosis for chronic medical diagnosis.

Hatfield Family Medical Group

August 2016 - April 2017

6820 E. Brown Rd

Mesa, Az. 85207

• Family Nurse Practitioner in a very busy family practice

• 26-30 patients schedule from infants to geriatrics to include preventive medical care and annual wellness exam, sick patients, comorbidity and chronically ill.

Ironwood Cancer Center

May 2016 – August 2016

Mercy Gilbert Rd

Gilbert, Az. 85295

• Spent three months working as an Oncologist FNP with MD

• Credentialed at Chandler Regional Hospital

• Returned to Hatfield Family Medical and Urgent Care.

Hatfield Family Medical Group

November 2015 to May 2016

595 N Dobson Rd D

Chandler, Az 85224

• Family Nurse Practitioner in a very busy family practice

• I love family practice and enjoy this job and it has been an extremely great learning experience.

• 26 – 30 patients daily from preventive and wellness exams to patient education to managing acute and chronic conditions.

• I love to educate and help my patients live the best quality life possible, through promoting and providing education to my patients to live a healthy lifestyle and manage chronic health diagnosis.

• Provide safe patient care and health management from infants to geriatrics

Urgent Care Extra (Banner Urgent Care)

December 2015 - March 2017

Worked at several different Urgent Cares in the San Tan, Tempe, Mesa, Gilbert and Chandler area

• PRN coverage as FNP-C in a high patient ratio Urgent Care

• Manage several patients at the same time and work as the only provider in a busy Urgent Care.

• Patient education and treating emergent and urgent patient situations while remaining calm and reassuring during patient’s moments of extreme stress and illness.

Banner-Baywood Medical Center, Emergency Room

September 2014- November 2015

6644 E. Baywood Ave

Mesa, Az 85206

• Emergency Room nursing in a very busy ED.

• Excellent patient skills, strong patient assessment skills, able to communicate and educate all my patients.

• My strengths are my kindness and calmness and Clinical Thinking Skills, ability to work alone or work as a team member during stressful situations.

• I always put my patients first and work towards developing a safe environment for my patients.

Mountain Vista Medical Center

April 2012 – September 2014

1301 S Crismon Rd

Mesa, Az 85209

• Interventional Radiology. Excellent Nursing skills and assessment skills.

• Radiology Nurse in a busy Radiology Department, specializing in Interventional Radiology, CT, MRI, and Ultrasound. I perform Conscious/Moderate Sedation on patients while undergoing Interventional Radiology, for Biopsy, Port a Catheter Placements, Nephrostomy Tubes, Chemo Embolization, TIPPs, Atherectectomy, Angiograms, and several other procedures are performed in this department that require Conscious Sedation and Monitoring of the patient.

• Excellent Patient skills, Patient Assessments and the strong ability to keep my patient comfortable and safe during the difficult times in their diagnosis of cancer and other disease processes.

• Cross-trained in the Emergency Department and PACU

Memorial Medical Center

July 2011 – April 2012

2450 S Telshor Blvd

Las Cruces, NM 88011

• Radiology Nurse in a busy Radiology Department, specializing in Interventional Radiology, CT, MRI, and Ultrasound. I perform Conscious/Moderate Sedation on patients while undergoing Interventional Radiology, for Biopsy, Port-a-Catheter Placements, Nephrostomy Tubes, Chemo Embolization, TIPPs, Atherectectomy, Angiograms

• Conscious Sedation and Monitoring of the patient.

• Excellent Patient skills, Patient Assessments and the strong ability to keep my patient comfortable and safe during the difficult times in their diagnosis of cancer and other disease processes.

Gila Regional Medical Center

June 2009 – July 2011

1313 E. 32nd St

Silver City, NM 88061

• Registered Nurse in the Day Float Position, worked in various departments of the hospital, these departments included the following

• Out-patient Infusion

• Radiology

• Patient Case Management

• PACU

• Labor and Delivery

• Emergency Room

• Nursing House Supervisor

• Case-Manager and Discharge Planning

St. Joseph’s Hospital Cath Lab/IR

August 2007 - July 2009

350 N. Wilmot Rd

Tucson Az. 85711

• Registered Nurse in the Cardiac Catheter Lab and Interventional Radiology.

• Excellent Nursing Skills, Patient Assessment Skills.

• Conscious/Moderate Sedation Skills

• Critical Thinking Skills, ACLS Skills

• IABP

Gila Regional Medical Center

January 2006 – August 2007

1313 E. 32nd St

Silver City, NM 88061

• Registered Nurse in the “Out-Patient Cancer Center”

• IV/Port/PICC lines starts and management, trouble-shooting each as needed.

• Chemotherapy infusions

• IV IGG, Rituxan,

• Blood transfusions, evaluating lab results

• Critical thinking skills

• Patient assessment and case management during their course of treatments.

• Patient/Family Education during the patient’s treatment and therapies

• Strong Collaboration and communication with the patient, family and physician during their diagnosis and treatments.

• Continued to work in the Emergency Room as a triage and staff nurse.

Gila Regional Medical Center

August 2004 - May 2006

1313 E. 32nd St

Silver City, NM 88061

• Nursing House Supervisor for a 65-bed hospital in a rural community.

• Supervised and Managed the hospital Night Shift

• Cross-trained to all departments in the hospital and worked as a team leader and preceptor.

• Continued to work in the Emergency Room

Gila Regional Medical Center

May 2000 – August 2004

1313 E. 32nd St

Silver City, NM 88061

• Emergency Room Staff Nurse

• Triage

• Critical Thinking Skills

• Treatment and Nursing Care for patients from the basic to critical life threatening situations.

• Able to perform quick and pertinent patient assessments, treatments in emergency situations

Las Palmas

May 1999 – August 2000

1801 N Oregon St

El Paso, Tx 79902

• Critical Care Unit Staff Nurse

• Ventilated Patients in Critical Conditions

• Post-Surgical Open Heart By-pass Surgical Patients

• Cardiac and Surgical Patients

• ACLS Skills and Medications

• IABP

Silver City Fire Department,

1994 thru 1996

Silver City, NM 88061

• First Female Professional Paid Fire Fighter for Silver City.

• Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate

Gila Regional Medical Center

1989 thru 1998

Silver City, NM 88061

• I worked for the hospital as a Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate in the Emergency Department and as a Monitor/Secretary Ward Clerk

United States Navy

1984 thru 1989

• Photojournalist 3rd Class, stationed in San Diego, I worked for Pacific Fleet Imaging Command out of NAS Miramar, 32nd Street, and North Island.

• Honorable Discharge DD214

Education

• Master of Nursing, FNP-C. Family Nurse Practitioner from Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Az. 8/2015

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Western New Mexico University 2011

• Associate Degree of Nursing from Western New Mexico University 1999 Current Certification

• ACLS expires 2/2022

• BLS expires 2/2022

• Suboxone Certification

Expired Certification

TNCC ONS

PALs NRP

STABLE FCC

SKILLS

• Testosterone and hormonal therapy

• Suboxone Certified

• +5 years of Family Nurse Practitioner experience, working independently in Urgent Care, Family Practice, Group Homes and Assisted Living Primary Care, Suturing, Wound Management

• Wellness Exams, Sports Physical, Internal Medicine, Men’s health, Woman’s health, Pediatric Health and Urgent Care

• Experience of 20+ years of nursing in various hospital environments.

• Emergency Room, Nursing Supervisor, ICU, PACU, Out-Patient Infusion, Out-Patient Oncology Department, Float Nurse, Patient Case Management, Labor and Delivery, Cardiac Catheter Lab, and Interventional Radiology.

• Strong Nursing and Patient Knowledge, along with Medication Administration

• Deep knowledge of medical terminology and high tech equipment used.

• Profound ability to observe and identify the problem with the keen knowledge and efficiency of resolving the problem.

• Exceptionally good computer knowledge of excel, word, access, outlook and relative software.

• Fluent and excellent communication skills.

• Strong management and organizational skills.

• Excellent ability to handle the queries, problems and complaints of the patient and their families.

• Excellent Patient Assessment Skills, IV skills, PICC lines and Port Access and Conscious Sedation Skills

• Strong desire to help people and make a difference in their health care.

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