SUMMARY
Registered Nurse with *+ years of patient care experience. Possesses a Master’s degree in Nursing and recently graduated with a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree with active licensure as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Eager to learn and utilize previous neurology, family medicine, and urgent care knowledge to effectively fulfill the Nurse Practitioner position.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL
Registered Nurse 2 – 11W Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit May 2019 – Present
Critically manage and care for patients suffering from neurological disease, trauma, or related disorder
Monitor patients’ conditions to ensure hemodynamic stability and provide support, including identification of changes, evaluation of cardiac or ventilator activity, and titration of vasoactive medications
Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL
Registered Nurse 2 – 12W Neurosciences Intermediate Care Unit July 2016 – May 2019
Deliver comprehensive care to neurological and neurosurgical patients, including those with stroke, brain trauma or malformations, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis or myasthenia gravis, and other complex conditions requiring frequent neurological monitoring
Ability to use clinical judgment and knowledge to care for patients and perform standardized skills, such as respiratory or tracheostomy care, wound care, intravenous therapy
Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL
Nursing Assistant II – 12W Neurosciences March 2015 – June 2016
Organize and provide basic care activities to patients that assist the role of Registered Nurses
COMMITTEES & LEADERSHIP
Charge Nurse
New nurse and nursing student preceptor
Unit Advisory Committee
Stroke Committee
CERTIFICATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
Family Nurse Practitioner, FNP-BC August 2023 – 2028
Registered Professional Nurse – Illinois, License Number 041.441989 June 2016 –Present
Clinical Nurse Leader – Commission on Nurse Certification, AACN June 2016 – Present
Basic Life Support – American Heart Association April 2014 – 2024
Advanced Cardiac Life Support – American Heart Association February 2018 – 2024
NIHSS Stroke Scale – National Stroke Association January 2017 – Present
Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International February 2015 – Present
EDUCATION
Rush College of Nursing September 2019 – April 2023
Doctorate of Nursing Practice, Family Nurse Practitioner GPA: 4.0/4.0
Nurse Practitioner Student Residency: Northshore Immediate Care January – April 2023
Nurse Practitioner Student Rotations: Tapestry 360 Community Health Clinic May – December 2022
Rush College of Nursing May 2014 – 2016
Masters of Science in Nursing, 2016 GPA: 3.73/4.0
University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign May 2008 – 2012
Bachelors of Science in Community Healthy, Health Administration; Dean’s List GPA: 3.80/4.0
PUBLICATIONS
Melissa Simon, E-shien Chang, Manrui Zhang, Jenny Ruan, XinQi Dong. The Prevalence of Loneliness Among U.S. Older Adults. Paper published in Journal of Aging and Health 10/2014; 26(7):1172-88. DOI: 10.1177/0898264314533722. Source: PubMed
OTHER SKILLS
Language: English (Native), Chinese-Cantonese (Fluent), Chinese-Taishanese (Fluent), Mandarin (Beginner)