EDUCATION
College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Registered Nurse First Assist, 2012
Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
Master of Science, Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Program, 2010
Chamberlain College of Nursing, St. Louis, MO
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, President’s Honors, 2007
Kaskaskia College, Centralia, IL
Associate of Applied Science, Nursing, 1986
LICENSURE & CERTIFICATIONS
Registered Nurse Licensure
State of Arizona, FNP, RN current through April 2026
State of Illinois, RN current through May 2024
State of Arizona DEA License current through 2026
Certification
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners-Certified March 2026
Basic Life Support-current through January 2025
Advanced Cardiac Life Support, current through January 2025
HOSPITAL
AFFILATION
Currently on Staff at HonorHealth Thompson Peak
Innovative Care Partners Provider
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Family Nurse Practitioner
Grayhawk Medical Group 09/19-2/23
Family Nurse Practitioner:
While Physician was out on Medical Leave I ran the office for 8 months solo seeing 27 patients daily. Responsibilities include diagnosing and treating, and helping patients manage acute and chronic illnesses. Conducting physical examinations and interpreting medical histories, ordering, performing diagnostic test. Rotate on-call coverage on a bi-weekly basis, EMR (Athena), Telemedicine using “go to meeting, and Athena”
Digestive Health Specialist 06/16-09/19
Nurse Practitioner-Gastroenterology
Responsibilities include seeing clinic patients. Responsible for diagnosing and treating, ordering labs and imaging. Ordering necessary procedures for physicians to perform. Helping patients manage acute and chronic illnesses. Hospital rounding. Rotated on call coverage. EMR G-Med
HonorHealth 12/15-06/16
Nurse Practitioner -Gastroenterology
Responsibilities include rounding on patients in hospital and having outpatient clinics. Responsible for diagnosing and treating, and helping patients manage acute and chronic illnesses. Conducting physical examination and writing the medical histories, ordering and performing diagnostic test and preparing patient for inpatient procedures or outpatient testing. Rotated on-call coverage. EMR Epic
Grayhawk Medical Group 04/15-12/15
Family Nurse Practitioner:
Responsibilities include diagnosing and treating, and helping patients manage acute and chronic illnesses. Conducting physical examinations and interpreting medical histories, ordering, performing diagnostic test and procedures, conducting minor office surgical procedures. Rotated on-call coverage on a bi-weekly basis, EMR (Athena)
Tatum Highlands Medical Associates 07/11- 04/15
Family Nurse Practitioner:
Responsibilities include diagnosing and treating, and helping patients manage acute and chronic illnesses. Conducting physical examinations and interpreting medical histories, ordering, performing diagnostic test and procedures, conducting minor office surgical procedures. Rotated on-call coverage on a monthly basis, EMR (Greenway Primesuite)
Southwest Spine and Sports 12/11-06/12
Family Nurse Practitioner:
Responsibilities include diagnosing, treating spinal injuries, ordering appropriate imaging, maintaining patients on appropriate short term and long term narcotics and trigger point injections, EMR
Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 07/11-12/11
Family Nurse Practitioner:
Responsibilities included First assist in surgery, pre-op clearance exams for GYN surgeries. Post-operative follow up and on-call coverage.
Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
RN: 11/08-07/111
Gynecological/Urology Robotics:
Responsibilities include preparing the robot for surgery in gynecology/urology. Practice within AORN guidelines for circulating and scrub duties in gynecological/urology as requested by perioperative services. Responsible for overseeing the perioperative experience for the patient, ensuring equipment and supply availability. Also required to cover call on a rotational basis. Assist staff as necessary in post anesthetic recovery room.
Charge Nurse, Preceptor
North Scottsdale ASC, Scottsdale, AZ 8/04-12/08
RN:
Pain Management:
S Responsibilities include staff scheduling, coordinating team assignments, physician liaison, direct patient care, assume roles in pre-op, intra-op and post anesthesia as needed. Clinical staff educator, infection-control RN. Maintain records of pharmaceutical supplies. Coordinator for State and Local inspections, AAAHC, Medicare, Radiology. Implement employee reviews and evaluations. Review charts for Continuous Quality Improvement.
PROFESSIONAL & VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
REFERENCES
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 2008-Current
Arizona Dominican Medical Friends – participated with medical mission 2007-2010 - Gynecology
Esperanca –GYN surgical medical mission in Nicaragua 2010-2018
Available upon request