Nurse Practitioner Family Practice

MELISSA ASHLEY

Rainsville, AL ***** • 334-***-**** • *****************@*********.***

Professional Summary

Qualified Nurse Practitioner with 29 years of experience in general family practice, primary care, family practice mental health, hospitality in gastroenterology, urgent care, and occupational health. Working in a leadership role. Adept at managing multiple patients with multiple co-morbid conditions including infants to geriatric patients. Self-directed and solutions-oriented with excellent communication skills. Committed to increasing the quality of patient care through top-of-the-line time management and prioritization. Compassionate, caring, and patient oriented. Accomplishments

• Recipient of the American Veterans Scholarship for Nursing

• Recipient of the Alabama State Nurses' Association Scholarship

• Recipient of the Native American New Echota Tribe Scholarship

• Member of Sigma Theta Tau, scholastic nursing

• Preceptor of greater than 40 successful nurse practitioner students.

• AANC Certified 1997-2027

• Member of the North Alabama Nurse Practitioners Association

• Member AANP 2013-2025

Skills

• Performed DOT exams

• Physicals for multiple companies

• Managed Workman’s Compensation

• Complete History and Physicals

• Ordered and interpreted Lab tests

• Medication Prescribing and Monitoring

• Providing Basic Mental Health Care in Family Practice setting

• Medical Imaging with person interpretation of X-rays

• Urgent Care involving Multiple problems

• Family Health including newborn to geriatric

• Complex Suturing

• Punch Biopsies

• Foreign Body Removal from varying areas

Work History

Nurse Practitioner, 04/2025 to present

Highlands Primary Care – Scottsboro, Alabama

Providing care for all age groups

• Working with patients with multiple co-morbidities.

• Completed Annual Medicare Wellness exams.

• Coordinated with physicians, specialists, and other staff to develop treatment plan for acute and chronic conditions

• Ordered and interpreted diagnostic test to develop, implement and and continue with plan of care.

• Prescribed proper pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments

• Assisted Occupational Health Department and filled in at other offices as needed.

• Provided care for work related injuries including suturing, foreign body removal. Provided injury prevention information.

• Preformed DOT physicals and pre-hire physicals.

• Appropriately diagnosed and treated variety of illnesses and injuries Nurse Practitioner, 09/2024 to 04/2025

TOC- The Orthopedic Clinic – Albertville and Huntsville, Alabama.

• Evaluated urgent orthopedic accidents, joint pain, and chronic pain patients. Worked in an Urgent Care setting seeing patients with joint pain and different arthritic conditions

• Ordered labs as needed and interpreted diagnostic tests, including X-rays with individual interpretation to develop and implemented treatment plans.

• Appropriately diagnosed and treated variety of illnesses and injuries through careful questioning and assessment of patient symptoms.

• Referred to proper orthopedic or other specialists.

• Prescribed proper pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities to support health and comfort of patients.

• Performed casting with varying types of materials, including braces.

• Compared and contrasted results with established medical records to provide proper diagnosis and facilitate proper treatments.

Nurse Practitioner, 06/2024 to 08/2024

Optum Health – Home Visits

• Preformed at home visits on members of this organization.

• Reviewed in-depth all past medical history, surgical history, and family history.

• In-depth review of all medications (prescribed and supplemental).

• Reviewed with patient all medications, the uses of said medications, side effects, and potential interactions.

• Discussed all Wellness recommendations, included but not limited to, vaccinations, mammograms, PSA, DEXA, etc.

• Preformed an in-depth physical examination, including diabetic foot exam.

• Completed a nine-page report that was sent to the patient’s PCP. Nurse Practitioner, 12/2022 to 04/2024

CarePlus Rainbow City – Gadsden and Anniston, Alabama

• Ordered and interpreted diagnostic tests to develop and implement treatment plans.

• Assessed patients to decide individual patient needs and develop care plans in coordination with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.

• Prescribed proper pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities to support health and comfort of patients.

• Performed patient physicals and compared results with established medical records to provide proper diagnosis and facilitate proper treatment.

• Appropriately diagnosed and treated variety of diseases and injuries through careful questioning and assessment of patient symptoms.

• DOT physicals and sports physicals.

• Urgent Care with X-ray interpretation, laceration repair, and foreign body removal. Senior Nurse Practitioner, 02/2018 to 12/2022

Medical Asset Group, LLC – Albertville, Alabama

• Lead Occupational Nurse Practitioner/Provider.

• Increased client load by 50%.

• Provided care for work related injuries including complex suturing, wound debridement, simple fracture care, splinting, foreign body removal including eye and ear and injury prevention.

• Preformed DOT physicals and pre-hire physicals on daily basis

• Working in main clinic with patients with multiple co-morbidity's

• Providing care for all age groups

• Coordinated with physicians, specialists, and other staff to develop treatment plan for acute and chronic conditions

• Ordered and interpreted diagnostic test to develop, implement and and continue with plan of care.

• Prescribed proper pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments

• Provided quality patient care and maintenance of rooms to properly comply safety, health and organizational regulations and federal, state, and local rules.

• Appropriately diagnosed and treated variety of diseases and injuries Nurse Practitioner, 12/2016 to 12/2017

Delta Locums – Brewton, AL

• Assessed patients to determine individual needs and develop care plans in coordination with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.

• Ordered and interpreted diagnostic tests to develop and implement treatment plans.

• Prescribed proper pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities to support health and comfort of patients.

• Provided care for patients 2 months to geriatric.

• Provided wellness exams and EPSDT exams.

• Ordered and interpreted diagnostic test to develop, implement and and continue with plan of care.

• Prescribed proper pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments.

• Educated patients on treatment options, medical needs and non-medical options for treatments and therapy.

• Performed DOT exams.

Nurse Practitioner, 07/2016 to 11/2016

ABC Hospice – Rainsville, Alabama

• Assessed patients to determine individual needs and develop care plans in coordination with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals for care of terminally ill patients.

• Educated patients and families on treatment options, medical needs, and non-medical options for treatments.

• Performed patient physicals and compared results with hospice eligibility, re-certification, and stage of illness

• Educated patients and caregivers on benefits and associated with their hospice care.

• Assessed mental health needs of these patients.

Nurse Practitioner, 07/2012 to 06/2016

Holifield Clinic – Demopolis, Alabama

• Assessing, diagnosing, treating, and educating all ages of clinic patients, newborn to geriatric.

• Patient population consisting of rural health patients. Working with larger health care facility to provide best care possible.

• Working to provide patient care for obstetric and gynecology.

• Ultrasound of GYN and OB patients.

• Performing office procedures such as complex suturing, removal of skin lesions, and foreign bodies.

• Adhered to hospital procedures, policies, and protocols to support patient safety.

• Performed DOT exams.

• Rounded on hospital patients.

• Provided medical services and care to patients with chronic and acute conditions. Lead Nurse Practitioner, 07/2011 to 06/2012

Taylor Internal Medicine – Selma, Alabama

• Assessing, diagnosing, treating, and educating clinic patients. Treating patient population which consisted mostly of rural health patients.

• Seeing 25-45 patients per day.

• Working with newborns to geriatric patients.

• Performing office procedures from complex to suturing, removal of skin lesions, and foreign bodies.

• Interpretation of all urine drug screens.

• Prescribed proper pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities to support health and comfort of patients.

Nurse Practitioner, 06/2009 to 07/2011

G.I. Associates of West Alabama – Tuscaloosa, Alabama

• Evaluation of new consultations for a gastrointestinal hospital practice.

• Preforming extensive physical exams and histories on the hospital patients.

• Working with multidisciplinary healthcare providers/physicians.

• Ordered and interpreted diagnostic tests to develop and implement treatment plans. Family Nurse Practitioner, 03/1997 to 05/2009

Fitz-Gerald and Perret Clinic – Demopolis, Alabama

• Assessing, diagnosing, treating, and educating clinic patients.

• Patient population consisted of rural health patients.

• Providing patient care, newborns to geriatric.

• Performing office procedures such as complex to advanced sutures, removal of skin lesions, foreign bodies, and toenail and fingernail removal.

• Certified in colposcopy, cervical biopsy, and endometrial biopsy.

• Working closely with a completely certified ultrasound department covering cardiovascular, abdominal gynecological and obstetrics. Preforming ultrasound of early OB patients.

• Aspiration of fluid filled breast nodules per ultrasound.

• Assessment of early infertility patients, including lab monitoring, ultrasound with fluid hysterscopy, and medication management, prior to sending to Reproductive Endocrinologist.

• Assessing and treating minor emergencies in the clinic and hospital emergency department.

• Surgical first assistant in Cesarean deliveries, including closing in OR.

• Splinting and casting.

• Performed DOT exams

• Hospital rounds including general medical surgical, labor and delivery, nursery and postpartum.

Associate Nursing Instructor, 06/1993 to 03/1997

University of West Alabama – Livingston, Alabama

• Developed team communications and information for meetings.

• Implemented new critical thinking skills to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.

• Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.

• Conducted research, gathered information from multiple sources, and presented this in teaching material for individual classes.

• Collaborated with team members to achieve target results.

• Created plans and communicated deadlines to complete projects on time.

• Instructed multiple classroom topics including Fundamentals of nursing, geriatric care, women's health, pediatrics, and mental health.

Education

Master of Science: Family Nurse Practitioner, 12/1996 University of Alabama at Huntsville - Huntsville, AL Bachelor of Science: Nursing, 06/1992

University of Alabama at Huntsville - Huntsville, AL Associate of Science: Mathematics, General Science, 1988 Northeast Alabama Community College - Rainsville, AL Certifications

• Alabama Board of Nursing – RN/MSL- 1992

• Alabama Board of Nursing - CRNP 1996

• Licensed DOT Medical Examiner, 2015 through 2035

• BLS Current Certification

• Current DEA license

• AANC 1992-2027

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