Ashley Drake

ACNP-BC

Santa Barbara, CA *****

228-***-****

xtsywq@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Profile

• American Nurses Credentialing Center Board Certified Acute Care Nurse

Practitioner

• Registered nurse with 4 years’ experience in an acute care hospital, 6

months experience in a correctional facility, and 6 months experience in a

military facility.

• Leader and problem-solver with a reputation for composure, quick thinking

and adaptation.

• Highly efficient, compassionate, and competent when working with diverse

patient populations including the elderly, incarcerated, military personnel,

homeless, psychiatric patients, and patients of different ethnical/cultural

backgrounds.

• Self motivated to work independently, unsupervised, and equally effective

as a team member.

• Proficient in patient and staff education, delegation, and collaboration with

a variety of health care professionals.

Objective:

• Obtain employment as a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner

specializing in Adult Acute Care.

Work experience

Current Employer: Advantage RN, since March 2010

􀂃 Cottage Hospital: Santa Barbara, CA: Orthopedics Unit

o Telemetry/Medical/Gynecological surgery overflow

o Travel RN position

Nurse Practitioner: World Wide Village, April 2010

􀂃 Leogane, Haiti: Field Hospital and Clinic

o Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients suffering from

acute and chronic conditions within a clinic setting

o Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients in an acute care

field hospital providing emergency, critical care, medical, and

surgical care.

o Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team

o Exhibited cultural competence when treating, educating, and

providing discharge planning and follow-up for Haitian patients.

Registered Nurse, Staff Positions

􀂃 Ocean Springs Hospital: Medical/Surgical/Oncology/Telemetry Unit:

Ocean Springs, MS: 2009- 2010

􀂃 Ocean Springs Hospital: Orthopedic/Neurology Unit: Ocean Springs, MS:

2005-2006

􀂃 Hancock Medical Center: Medical/Surgical Unit: Bay St. Louis, MS:

February 2005-August 2005

Registered Nurse, Advantage Nursing Services Inc. (Gulfport, MS) 2008- 2009

􀂃 Per Diem work in medical/surgical and telemetry units at a variety of local

hospitals.

Registered Nurse, RESPECT-Mil Care Facilitator (Germany) 2007- 2008

􀂃 Responsible for implementation of the RESPECT-Mil program within the

health clinic and two battalion aid stations at the Schweinfurt, Germany

U.S. Army bases.

􀂃 Trained providers, nurses, medics, nursing assistants, and other

supportive staff and care facilitators in the Bavarian region on how to

operate and incorporate the program.

􀂃 Development of Standard Operating Procedures for suicide and a suicide

contract as it related to the program.

􀂃 Coordinated and managed care of active duty soldiers with depression

and post-traumatic stress disorder.

􀂃 Responsible for collecting and organizing data related to the program and

presenting it via telephone conference to the program administrators in the

US.

􀂃 Administration and assessment of tools utilized to assess post-traumatic

stress disorder and depression.

􀂃 Liaison between primary health care providers, soldiers, behavioral health

personnel, and community programs.

􀂃 Provided education to soldier enrolled in the program on medications,

diagnosis, and treatment options.

􀂃 Supervised administrative assistant.

Registered Nurse, Oahu Community Correctional Facility (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Jan. 2007- Sept. 2007

􀂃 Travel nursing position requiring quick adaptation and orientation to the

facility.

􀂃 Served as charge nurse, which involved delegation and assistance of

other staff.

􀂃 Provided sick call (in house triaging) and education for inmates with

medical complaints.

􀂃 Followed nursing protocols for treating patients based on subjective and

objective findings.

􀂃 Assisted physicians and nurse practitioners with their clinics.

􀂃 Performed initial medical/psychiatric assessments on new inmates.

􀂃 Determined need for suicide and safety watch as well as the need for

psychiatric evaluation for inmates.

􀂃 Performed vital signs, dressing changes, blood draws, TB skin tests, urine

pregnancy screens, suture removal, and urinalyses on inmates.

Registered Nurse, Travel positions on medical/surgical/telemetry units

􀂃 University of Mississippi Medical Center: Jackson, MS: July 2008-

September 2008

􀂃 Hilo Medical Center: Hilo, Hawaii: October 2006-January 2007

􀂃 St. Luke’s Hospital: San Francisco, California: April 2006-October 2006

Licenses & Certification

􀂃 ANCC Board Certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

􀂃 Licensed Nurse Practitioner- California

􀂃 Licensed Registered Nurse- Alabama

􀂃 Licensed Registered Nurse- California

􀂃 Licensed Registered Nurse- Mississippi

􀂃 ACLS Certification

􀂃 BLS Certification

􀂃 American Lung Association Tobacco Cessation Teaching Certification

Education

2009 MSN, Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Specialty,

University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL

2004 BS, Nursing, University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, MS.

2002 AA, Pre-Nursing, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Gautier, MS.

Clinical Rotation Experience:

Graduate Program

University of South Alabama Medical Center

Orthopedics 40 hours

Hem/Oncology 47 hours

Emergency Medicine 96 hours

Singing River Hospital Systems:

Internal Medicine 183 hours

Cardiology 50 hours

Nephrology 41 hours

Infectious Disease 40 hours

Pulmonary/Critical Care 56 hours

Gastroenterology 41 hours

Neurology 47 hours

Independent Clinics:

Endocrinology 40 hours

ENT 8 hours

OB/GYN 10 hours

Ophthalmology 8 hours

Total hours clinical experience: 1107 hours

Professional Presentations:

􀂃 Asthma: Presented to 3rd level ADN Students

􀂃 Case Presentation; Myasthenia Gravis: Presented to ACNP

students/professors

References available upon request

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