Family Nurse Practitioner

Nyoka Dunbar

Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner

********@*******.*** - 843-***-****

• To obtain a position as a Certified Family Nurse Practitioner where health promotion and disease

prevention combine to provide primary care to the underserved and disadvantaged using established

standards and practices.

Work Experience

Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner

Healthlink Rx - Dallas, TX

October 2011 to Present

• Daily responsibilities include: Perform health risk assessments. Obtaining medical history and

performing health assessments, performing physicals, cardio check, disease prevention/teaching.

Promote maintenance and disease prevention. Educat clients about their chronic illness to enhance

compliance for weight loss, diabetes, and an array of other common health issues. Incorporate plan of

cares for chronic problems.

Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner

Whiteglove Housecall Health - Houston, TX

February 2011 to September 2011

• Daily responsibilities include: Worked autonomously in patients' homes or offices diagnosed, treated,

evaluated and managed non-life-threatening acute and chronic illness and disease. Health maintenance

and disease prevention. Obtained medical histories, performed physical and episodic exams and

assessments ages 2 and up. Ordered and/or reviewed necessary labs, tests, medications, and referrals

under the supervision of a MD. Advised patients on plan of care accordingly for any abnormal lab

values. Phlebotomist. Educated patients and families about their acute or chronic illness to enhance

compliance for weight loss, diabetes, and an array of other common health issues. Prescribed/dispensed

and administered medications as needed for individual patients according to their diagnosis Documented

visits using EMR, maintained HIPPA compliance. Worked over 1200 mobile hours, seeing 5-9 patients

a day. Familiar with smartphones, Microsoft Outlook, PCs, and EMR. EMR committee representative

for Houston.

Supplemental staff-Medical/Surgical/Telemetry Nurse

Forsyth Medical Center - Winston-Salem, NC

November 2008 to January 2011

• Daily responsibilities include: Collaborating with members of interdisciplinary teams to effectively

coordinate and deliver care for a variety of patient types, documenting patient histories, physicals and

status via computer charting, electronic medication administration and JCAHO compliance.

Student Nurse Practitioner, Adult/Family Medicine

2

House of Life Family Practice - Winston-Salem, NC

January 2009 to April 2010

• Daily responsibilities include: Health maintenance and disease prevention for the underserved and

disadvantaged adult. Obtaining health histories, performing complete physical and episodic exams and

assessments, diagnosing and incorporating plan of cares for episodic and chronic problems, ordering

and/or reviewing necessary labs, tests, medications, and referrals, and evaluating care and follow up

under the supervision of a DO or MD. Documented visits using EMR. Completed over 300 hours, seeing

25-30 patients a day.

Student Nurse Practitioner, Pediatrics

Forsyth Medical Center - Winston-Salem, NC

August 2009 to December 2009

• Daily responsibilities include: Health maintenance and disease prevention for the underserved and

disadvantaged pediatric community. Obtaining health histories, performing complete and episodic

exams, ordering and/or reviewing necessary labs, tests, immunizations, medications, and referrals under

the supervision of a NP or MD. Completed over 144 hours, seeing 25-30 patients a day.

Specialty Expertise

• Experience of over 8 years in the field of nursing.

• Advanced education, skills and training to diagnose, treat and manage the care of acute and chronic

conditions across the entire lifespan.

• Collaborate with multiple disciplines to promote/provide comprehensive and holistic care to clients

across the entire lifespan.

Student Nurse Practitioner, Women's Health

House of Life Family Practice - Winston-Salem, NC

June 2009 to July 2009

• Daily responsibilities include: Health maintenance and disease prevention for women. Obtaining health

histories, performing complete physical and episodic exams along with pap smears, contraceptive/

hormonal therapies, STI diagnosing/treatment, ordering and/or reviewing necessary labs, tests,

medications, and referrals under the supervision of a DO. Documented visits using EMR. Completed

over 144 hours, seeing 15-20 female patients a day.

Float pool-Medical/Surgery/Telemetry/Step-down Nurse

Roper Hospital - Charleston, SC

December 2005 to August 2008

• Daily responsibilities include: Collaborating with members of interdisciplinary teams to effectively

coordinate and deliver care for a variety of patient types, documenting patient histories, physicals and

status via computer charting, medication and IV therapies, and Super User for electronic charting.

Clinical Experience

Education

Master of Science in Nursing

Winston-Salem State University - Winston-Salem, NC

3

2010

School of Health Sciences - Charleston, SC

2006 to 2006

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Medical University of South Carolina - Charleston, SC

2001

Additional Information

Relocating to South Carolina next month (March 2012)

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