Registered Nurse Practitioner
Resume:
Andrea M. Dias, MS, ANP
West Hartford, CT 06119
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EDUCATION
University of Connecticut, School of Nursing, Storrs, CT
Masters of Science, May 2012
Adult Geriatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Track
University of Massachusetts, School of Nursing, Amherst, MA
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Cum Laude, May 2009
Psychology Minor
LICENSURE & CERTIFICATIONS
Registered Nurse Licensure
State of Connecticut, current through August 2012
Certification
Eligible for ANCC Adult Primary Nurse Practitioner Exam, anticipated June 2012
Basic Life Support CPR, current through May 2013
ONS Biotherapy and Chemotherapy Provider, current through November 2013
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Adult Geriatric Primary Nurse Practitioner Student
University of Connecticut School of Nursing, Storrs, CT, January 2011 – April 2012
Participated in several clinical rotations throughout CT, including:
Hebron Medical Associates, Amston, CT, Spring 2011
– Managed acute and chronic illness of geriatric adults in a suburban internal medicine clinic.
– Provided primary care medicine by counseling clients regarding health risk factors, smoking cessation, stress management, physical activity, and disease management.
University of Connecticut Women’s Health Center, Storrs, CT, Spring 2011
– Performed gynecological services including annual well-woman examinations, pap smears, sexually transmitted disease screening and management, and contraception consultations to young females in a college community.
– Focused on health maintenance, health promotion, risk reduction, and client education.
Hartford Medical Group Urgent Care, West Hartford, CT, Fall 2011
– Management of adults with acute illness in an urgent care walk-in clinic.
– Conducted health histories, focused assessments, ordered and reviewed diagnostic testing, made diagnoses, prescribed therapy, and monitored treatment efficacy through follow-up appointments.
Connecticut Multispecialty Group, Cardiology, Wethersfield, CT, Fall 2011 & Spring 2012
– Specializing in adult cardiology, focusing on the diagnosis, medical management, and prevention of cardiovascular diseases including coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia.
– Experienced in coronary atherosclerosis screening by conducting exercise stress testing and providing client counseling for risk modification.
– Allscripts electronic medical record experience.
Hartford Hospital Transplant Clinic, Hartford, CT, Spring 2012
– Specializing in the management of individuals status post kidney and liver transplant, providing frequent follow-up examinations to monitor and prevent organ rejection.
– Concurrent management of acute and chronic illness predominantly addressing renal/liver dysfunction, anemias of chronic disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and osteoporosis related to long term immunosuppressive therapy.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Registered Nurse, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
General Surgical Unit, July 2009 – Present
Providing safe patient care on a 42-bed acute post operative general surgical unit specializing in bariatric, plastic, colorectal, surgical oncology, and urology patients.
Leadership experience as unit resource nurse, orientation preceptor, and critical test result (CTR) unit auditor
Cardiac telemetry experience
Advanced Organ Support & Transplant Surgical Unit, August 2011 – Present
Patient population comprised primarily of kidney and liver transplant recipients, donors and clients with end-stage organ disease.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Sigma Theta Tau International, Nursing Honor Society, 2009 – present
Connecticut Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Society, 2012
American Nurses’ Association, 2009 – present
Connecticut Nurses’ Association, 2009 – present
REFERENCES
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