Nurse Practitioner Post Op
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JACKIE STAFFORD, RN, BSN, MSN, FNP-C
NPI 156*******, DEA MS 2421799
Meridian,MS 39305
*************@*****.***
MS license # 813602-active
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Family Nurse Practitioner
Highly skilled career professional with 10 + years in clinic and hospital as a Hospitalist Practitioner. Includes swing bed patients in the past, inpatients currently, outpatients in a bed currently and in the past, and limited Emergency Room service
Part of a group of Nurse Practitioners to begin the NP program in the Hospitalist department of a 1,000 bed facility with responsibility for 2 facilities including greater than 500 patients nightly
Established a methodical approach to patient care incorporating all disciplines resulting in elimination of family and patient complaints.
Building a limited rural practice into a much larger practice.
Responsible for a sleep clinic
Participation in multi-discipline meetings
Board Examination
2010
License, State of Mississippi, Family Practitioner and RN
License, State of Mississippi, RN
Oklahoma License RN, APRN
2010
1983
2014
EXPERIENCE
Hospitalist Nocturnist Nurse Practitioner
Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
2020-Feb 28 2023
Fl license #: 173188 -active
Admitting of patients for White-Wilson Medical clinic at night
Answer calls from floors for 250 bed facility
Rounding on day shift as necessary
Diagnosis for patients from ED
Placing orders, reconciliation of medications, ordering labs, imaging, medications as necessary
Interpret labs, imaging, with assistance of radiologist as necessary
Ordering antibiotics and treating sepsis as necessary
Managing Diabetic patients’ with abnormal glucose
Admit to higher level of care as necessary
Utilization of alcohol withdrawal protocol as necessary
Manage stroke patients; CVA vs TIA, pt that has or has not received tpa in ED
Saint Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma
2015 – 2021
Addressing care of adult patients from all areas of the 1,000 bed facility to inpatient and Observation and 2 locations with the exceptions of specialty care areas and ICU’s
Discharges and rounding during day shifts
Floor call for 11 busy floors during night shift at the main location and 4 units at the secondary location
Facilitate throughput of patients from ED to rooms
Problem solve issues for inpatients, improve communication between staff and providers, as well as families and staff
admit orders, H & P, medication reconciliation assistance to physician
Discharge planning ( limited at night)
Treat medical issues including treatment of sepsis, respiratory distress not requiring a higher level of care, transition to higher level as necessary, addressing newly placed dialysis catheter issues including bleeding, treatment of new onset atrial fibrillation, flutter.
Identification of dysrhythmias and initiate treatment
Order antibiotics according to protocols and pt specific issues
Interpret abnormal labs and treat as able
Interpret stroke patient issues; decide if physician care is needed in collaboration with physicians
Treat for permissive hypertension
Treat hyper/hypoglycemia including adjusting insulin and follow up
Address difficult urinary catheterizations including referral to urology
Identify acute abdomen and initiate immediate physician notification
Alcohol withdrawal protocol
Ascites monitoring; lab values addressed
FNP-C, clinic and hospital
Cardiology Clinic of Muskogee, Epic Medical Center, Eufaula Nursing Home 2013-2015
Assessment and management of chronic hypertension, cardio-vascular risk factors, hyperlipidemia, and congestive heart failure
Referral for echocardiogram, stress tests, holter monitors, tilt tests, event monitoring
Assessment and referral for pacemakers, ICD’s
Follow up and monitoring of patients discharged from hospital as well as post-op for PPM or ICD placement
Emergency care for patients with cardiac arrest, chest pain, Hypertensive emergency, tachycardias, bradycardias, chf exacerbation.
Primary care for chronic conditions of all sorts
2011-2013
Stone County Hospital and Clinic, Wiggins, MS
Picc line insertions
Simple suturing
I & D
Una boots
Acute and swing bed patients, managing alone with collaborator oversight
Sleep study assessments
Cryotherapy for viral warts
Punch biopsy
Pap smears
DOT physicals
School sports physicals
Employment physicals
Adjunct faculty for MGCCC at Perkinston
Clinical instructor
Clinicals for 1st year students
Registered Nurse Experience
2012
Clinical Supervisor, RN
2007-2010
Tulane Hospital and Clinic, New Orleans, LA
Supervise staff for 3 floors and 90 patients
Precept new nurses- Our Lady of The Lake
Peritoneal Dialysis
Chemo certified (expired)
Defibrillation trained
Sedation Nurse, pre-op, post-op
2003-2007
Cedar Lake Surgery Center, Biloxi, MS
Pre-op and Post-op
Pain management sedation
Minor surgical procedures
Cath Lab RN(start up new lab)
2001-2003
Biloxi Regional Medical Center, Biloxi, MS
Heart Catheterizations
Carotid angiography
Peripheral angiography
RN, Intermediate care / Cath lab
1997-2001
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, Gulfport, MS
12 post-op CABG patients
Telemetry and Cardiovascular disease patients
Defib certified
Lab did up to 30 caths a day divided among three rooms
EP studies
PPM insertions, ICD insertions, IPPB pump insertions
External pacemaker use
Ablation studies
Sheath removal and recovery
Control room, monitoring and recording
Code participation regularly
Quality improvement program member
Professional Home Health 1996-1997
Staff nurse
Singing River Hospital 1993-1995
2West Staff Nurse-Med-Surg
EDUCATION
Masters Degree of Nursing
2010
University of Southern Mississippi
Long Beach, Mississippi
Bachelors Degree of Nursing 1993
William Carey University
Biloxi, Ms
Associates of Science Degree 1983
Mississippi Gulf Coast community College, Jefferson Davis Campus
Biloxi, MS
Workshops:
Management Series workshop 1995
Landmark and Arrow Inservice for Picc line insertion 1996
Basic ICD Function and Follow-up 1999
Dialysis Access and Management- Hands On Anatomic workshop 2000
Peripheral Intervention: Materials, Methods and Case 2000
PICC Fundamentals-Arrow Inernational
2012
And many others.
AFFILIATIONS
Mississippi Nurses Association
2011
Sigma Theta Tau
2010
National Honor Society
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
American Academy of Sleep Medicine, expired
Oklahoma Nurses Association
Society of Hospital Medicine
1978
2016
2013
AWARDS
Community Health Award from instructors recommendations
1993
National Honors Society of Nurses 2010
Nurse of the Day for Congress at Oklahoma State Capitol 2019
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