Nurse Practitioner
Resume:
Mary Lavery-Fisher
Culpeper, Virginia 22701
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540-***-**** (Daytime)
540-***-**** (Evening)
540-***-**** (Mobile)
Education
Radford University in Radford, VA
August 1983 to May 1987 BSN obtained
University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA
September 1996 to May 2001 MSN obtained
Clinical Nurse Specialist – Psych/Mental Health track
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner with license to prescribe
Concord Law School in Los Angeles, CA
August 2005 to December 2007
Breyer State University in Los Angeles, CA
December 2007 to December 2008 JD obtained
Professional Experience
Family/Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Culpeper Family Practice; Culpeper, Virginia
September 2004 to Present
Currently responsible for the medication management and counseling of psychiatric conditions in a family practice setting. Also provide primary care needs for those with psychiatric conditions. Duties include participating in the quality assurance, and financial analysis of the Culpeper Medical Associates. This incorporates coordinating decision making for a multi-practice medical corporation.
Nurse Practitioner
Virginia Psychiatric Medicine; Culpeper, Virginia
(Owned by Culpeper Family Practice and then purchased by Chrysalis Counseling)
October 2001 to July 2004
Functioned to treat acute psychiatric disorders in an inpatient and outpatient setting. In this setting, provided therapy and medical management for patients with multiple disorders.
RN/Utilization Review
Culpeper Regional Hospital; Culpeper, Virginia
March 1996 to August 2001
Staff nurse in a medical-surgical setting as well as psychiatry. This included functioning as a primary nurse and charge nurse. Jobs also included working with third party payers to facilitate discharge planning, quality assurance, and case management at all levels of care. Coordinated the utilization review committee as well as presented quarterly case management and quality assurance reports to the Board.
Registered Nurse
Radford Hospital; Radford, Virginia
November 1994 to March 1996
Primary nurse for acutely ill medical-surgical patients
Nursing Supervisor
Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute; Falls Church, Virginia
August 1993 to August 1994
Nursing Supervisor for a 114-bed state acute psychiatric care facility. This included management of nursing and ancillary staff across three shifts. Many of the management duties included assuring the quality of care met the mission and vision of the facility.
Registered Nurse
Psych Institute of DC; Washington, DC
May 1988 to August 1993
Charge and primary nurse role for psychiatric inpatients of all ages
Concurrent Roles
Assistant Professor
Piedmont Virginia Community College; Charlottesville, Virginia
August 2004 to May 2008
Clinical and class room faculty for Associate Degree Nursing students. Duties included functioning as the clinical faculty in both the Pediatric Med-Surg as well as Psychiatric settings. In this role, assumed care for children with all disorders including oncological, medical, and surgical disorders in a tertiary care facility. Also directed care for the medical and psychiatric needs of all patients.
Registered Nurse
University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA
January 1996 to May 2001
Primary nurse and charge nurse at a tertiary care facility. Duties included providing primary care nursing and charge nurse duties.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Radford University; Radford, Virginia
August 1996 to December 1996
Assisted in the class room education of nursing students as a graduate teaching assistant
Qualifications
Currently a speaker for the Pfizer Corporation related to cutting edge topics in Pharmacology.
Multiple years of experience in the psychiatric and medical setting as well as a Juris Doctorate focusing on the intricacies of the health care system.
Strong legal liability and outcomes assessment back ground.
Frequent presentations in the college setting related to medical and pharmacological issues.
Multiple speaking engagements to local groups such as the local education association and the Alzheimer’s Association.
Honors and Memberships
Member of the Sigma Theta Tau Honorary Nursing Research Group
Member of The Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners
Member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Member of the Culpeper Medical Associates Advisory Board
Owner and President Medical Risk Solutions,LLC
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