Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
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Long Valley, New Jersey 07853
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Certifications
• CCRN, ACLS, BLS. PALS, Hyperbaric Medicine, NIH Stroke, CVVH
• Completed RNFA course at Delaware Valley Community College
• Central Line Placement
• Arterial Line Placement
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts:
St. Michael's College
Associates in Applied Science:
Registered Nurse
County College of Morris
Master of Medical Humanities:
Drew University
Master of Science:
Nursing
Fairleigh Dickinson University
RNFA Certification:
Delaware County Community College Regina Doherty
Experience
Seton Hall University - Adjunct Professor for Acute Care MSN Program
09/2022 - Current
Garden State Urology - Advanced Practice Nurse
08/2022
• Advanced Prostate Cancer Clinic
• Management and triage of hospital patients
Advanced Care Oncology and Hematology Associates - Advanced Practice Nurse
04/2021 - 08/2022
• Inpatient and outpatient care of Oncology and Hematology patients in a large busy practice.
Seton Hall University
01/2020 - Current
• Precepting and education of Nurse Practitioner students for Seton Hall University MSN program.
Chilton Medical Center - Advanced Practice Nurse
01/2020 - 01/2021
• Deployment to the Intensive Care Unit at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic in New Jersey. Provided care and management of critically ill patients, including ventilator management, placement of central venous lines, arterial lines, lumbar punctures and placement of Percutaneous Endoscopy Tubes.
Garden State Urology - Advanced Practice Nurse
01/2017 - 01/2021
• Inpatient-Care of post op patients, diagnostic testing, medication and procedure management. Triage in the hospital for patients requiring emergent procedures and management of existing patients on inpatient and outpatient basis. Cystoscopies performed at the bedside and in the clinic for removal of stents or placement of foley catheters.
• Management of Kidney Stone Clinic-metabolic workup and counseling for patients with kidney stone disease.
• Management of Bone Clinic for advanced prostate cancer patients who are undergoing hormonal therapy.
Atlantic Health - Registered Nurse
04/2014 - 04/2017
• Main Post Anesthesia Care Unit
• Care and triage of post-operative patients. Responsible for managing airway and pain post-operatively. Patient population ranging from ambulatory to critical care, adults and children. Charge Nurse responsibilities included triage of patients from Operating Room to floor or critical care unit, management of staff and communication with physicians, nurses and admissions office.
Atlantic Health - Registered Nurse
03/2005 - 04/2014
• Surgical/Medical/Neurosurgical ICU
• Care of trauma, neurosurgical, stroke and medical critically ill patients in the intensive care unit of a level one trauma center. Responsibilities include, caring for mechanically ventilated patients utilizing external ventricular monitoring devices, licox monitoring, continuous cardiac monitoring, continuous veno-venous hemodilution, hypothermia and normothermia modalities and monitoring of multiple continuous infusions. Ongoing care of families of patients and dealing with critical and end of life issues is required. Communication with physicians required for effective advocating of patients on an ongoing basis.
• Charge Nurse duties include triaging patients into and out of the unit on an ongoing basis, managing assignments and overseeing 32 intensive care unit beds, completing audits and liaising with medical admitting resident and trauma surgeons.
• Education experience includes precepting of newly graduated nurses, student nurses and paramedic students.
• Chairperson of Quality Improvement Committee responsibilities include coordinating monthly meetings, tabulating data for meetings, maintaining annual data, educating auditors, formulating new audits as needed and setting annual goals for the committee.
• Research projects include: Hyperthermia in traumatic brain injury and prevention and treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting.
St. Peter's University Hospital - Registered Nurse
07/2004 - 02/2005
• Care of critically ill medical patients in the medical intensive care unit. Continuous cardiac, ventilator and medication monitoring required.
BJ Associates - Independent Consultant
• Design of benefit plans for corporate clients. Clients included Centra State Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Atlantic Health. Accounts ranged from 2,000 employees to 30,000 employees. Accounts are still on the books at present.
Provident Life and Accident - Senior Brokerage Consultant
• Acquired and managed brokerage accounts in the sale of long-term disability insurance and business insurance. Educated brokers in the use of products offered and closed sales on an as needed basis. Conducted educational seminars to brokers on a monthly basis using multimedia tools. Developed educational tools and presentations. Functioned in a sales capacity for brokers when closing large, multiple employee sales. Monthly, quarterly and annual sales quotas set, met and exceeded on a continuous basis.
Meditest, Inc. - Sales Manager
• Successfully managed sales and staff for a medical services corporation serving the insurance industry. Coordinated sales and marketing efforts and increased sales from 600,000 to 1.3 million in less than three years.
Gordon Publications Inc. - Sales Representative
• Sold advertising space for a medical tabloid publication. Territory included Mid-Atlantic region from Maine to Washington D.C. and Erie, New York to Long Island.
Gordon Publications Inc. - Editor
• Edited and typeset product information and advertising layout for a surgical products tabloid and medical products tabloid publication. Coordinated layout, edited, proofread and finalized magazine editions monthly for a total of thirteen issues per year. Reported to publisher of both magazines.
McGraw-Hill Book Company - Editorial Assistant
• Assisted the medical editor of the Health Professions Division. Responsibilities included coordinating contracts for multiple contributing editors for several textbooks. Textbooks included Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Hurst's The Heart and several small textbook series.
Publications
• Evidence Based Practice Study related to Post operative Nausea and Vomiting. This study resulted in a practice change in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit at Morristown Medical Center of Atlantic Health
• Protocol available
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