Wound Care Clinical Nurse
Resume:
LINDA ELLARD **** E. ***th St. S.
Bixby, OK *****
*.*.*.*******@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
Experienced APRN-MSN Clinical Nurse Specialist, seeking an adult-gerontology APRN-CNS position, which will make use of comprehensive healthcare training, excellent communication skills and self-directed prioritization.
Nursing style blends professionalism, capability and compassion to truly integrate patients' medical and emotional care within hospital, facility or private duty environment. Communicates well with physicians, colleagues and patient families, ensuring continuity of patient care.
EDUCATION
RN-ADN bridge program
Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, OK, 74119
Graduation date: May 2013
RN-BSN career mobility program
University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK, 74135
Graduation date: May 2014
RN-MSN Clinical Nurse Specialist program
University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK, 74135
Graduation Date: May 2017
Certifications: ACLS, BLS
PROFILE
Demonstrated aptitude for developing new skills
Readily develop rapport with patients, families, staff and other healthcare professionals
Adapts well to diversity of patients, culturally and socioeconomically.
Strong analytical skills. Assess conditions and implements appropriate interventions.
Efficient and flexible to meeting diverse needs and varied situations.
Able to multi-task effectively.
Dedicated individual; reputation for consistently going beyond what is required, efficient.
EXPERIENCE
Elite Wound Care, LLC 06/2024-current
APRN, Wound care
Performs in-home thorough history and physical on patients and develop and implement a plan of care for each patient.
Provides mobile wound care on a weekly basis to provide convenience and comfort to patients.
Educate patients and caregivers on wound care techniques and prevention.
Collaborate with other healthcare professionals to improve skin and wound health.
Provide and support counseling to patients and caregivers.
Providing comprehensive wound management, including reducing causative factors, controlling odor, assessing nutritional needs, and providing and applying topical therapies.
Maintains continuing education for the most up-to-date wound care recommendations and guidelines.
Act as a patient advocate regarding care and coordination for each patient.
Demonstrate competencies in wound care including but not limited to vital signs, wound assessments, wound photography, wound dressings, vascular assessments, diabetic foot care, wound care dressings, off-loading, compression therapy.
Thoroughly assess wounds, including its location, size, depth, and condition of surrounding tissue, to determine the appropriate debridement method and develop a treatment plan.
Tracking the progress of wound healing and adjusting care plans as needed.
Frugal Doctor PLC 10/2019-current
APRN, Chronic Pain & Addiction medicine
Establishes communication with referral sources to ensure adequate treatment planning.
Understands the value of an interdisciplinary approach to addiction treatment.
Recognizes the potential for substance use disorders to mimic a variety of medical and mental health conditions and the potential for medical and mental health conditions to coexist with addiction and substance abuse.
Applies guideline practices, policies, and outcomes of the most generally accepted and scientifically supported models of treatment, recovery, relapse prevention, and continuing care for addiction and other substance-related problems to practice.
Recognizes the social, political, economic, and cultural context within which addiction and substance abuse exist, including risk and resiliency factors that characterize individuals and groups and their living environments.
Manages chronic pain and opiate use disorder with scheduled narcotics under the supervision of a physician.
Evaluation of patients on long-term opioid medications for aberrant behavior, misuse, overuse, and ordering screenings when indicated such as, urine drug screens and random pill counts.
Knowledge of chronic pain medication management, diagnosis and interventional procedures.
Tulsa Hospitalist Group 01/2018-current
APRN, Internal medicine/Infectious Disease
Provides direct medical care, consultation, coordination, and referrals for diverse, adult to gerontological population with a broad range of medical issues.
Track and document patients’ status and needs through patient interviews and chart reviews along with direct communication between all levels of healthcare providers from nursing, case managers, and other specialists.
Care is prioritized based on acuity level.
Assists in emergency response for management of life-threatening related events. Provides symptom management for treatment related toxicities
Utilize quality improvement tools to develop processes that promote continuous improvement in delivery of patient care, patient outcomes or workflows.
Participates in the development and monitoring of patient outcomes per established practice protocols for purposes of quality and performance improvement.
Develops and implements patient management plans and assist in provision of continuity of care through discharge from hospital.
Works hand-in-hand with Infectious Disease providers, providing consultations and direct patient care. Collaborates closely with ID attending to adequately and safely treat patients with complicated infections to promote healing.
Demonstrates knowledge of the different diseases, treatment therapies for the specific patient.
Applies antibiotic stewardship.
Assists in coordinating infection control activities, to minimize the risk of healthcare-associated infections.
Maintains a knowledge base on current infectious etiologies through continuing education, published literature, internet access and professional organizations.
Advanced Pain Management of Oklahoma 07/2022-07/2024
APRN, Chronic pain/Interventional pain management
Conduct thorough medical history and physical exam, assess nature and severity of pain.
Discuss treatment options for treating pain including multimodal approaches under the supervision of a physician
Follow best practice on opioid prescribing under the supervision of a physician.
Models’ collaboration with physicians and other healthcare providers to improve pain management.
Understanding indications for interventional pain management, expected outcomes and potential complications.
Recognizing common pain syndromes and assessing relevant comorbidities.
Ordering and interpreting appropriate tests with the assistance from a physician.
Communicate with patients and patient families about treatment plans
Identify possible preventive interventions to reduce pain and improve function.
REFERENCES
oAndrene Thompson
-Mobile phone: 918-***-****
-Email: *******@*****.***
oJennifer Magness
-Mobile phone: 918-***-****
-Email: ****************@*****.***
oHolly Fullbright
-Mobile phone: 319-***-****
-Email: ************@*******.***
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