Compassionate highly qualified board-certified Nurse Practitioner with 4 years' experience of acute care in hospital setting and primary outpatient care driven to build strong relationships with patients and their families. Acts as a patient advocate to achieve best possible outcomes.
Skills
Board member of American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Preceptor
Self-directed
Reliable
Windows: 9x, ME, and XP
Software: MS Word, and MS PowerPoint
Education
University of Illinois at ChicagoChicago, Expected in May 2012 ā āMaster of Science: - GPA:
Emphasis in Family Nurse Practitioner/Occupational Nurse Practitioner
Recipient of NIOSH/OSHA Scholarship
University of Illinois at ChicagoChicago, Expected in May 2008 ā āBachelor of Science:Nursing - GPA:
Recipient of
Sigma
Theta Tau Undergraduate Research Poster Award, 2007-2008
Distinguished
Scholar Award, 2004-2006
Certifications
Advanced Cardiac Life Support ( ACLS ) Certification2009 to present
Registered Nurse in IL, license number 041.373464 , since 2009
Pediatric Life Support (PALS) Certification2012 to present
Nurse Practitioner in IL, license number 209009910, since 2012
Current American Nursing Credentialing Center ( ANCC ) Certification, 20120009605
Illinois Controlled Substance License and DEA
Languages
Fluent in oral, written and conversational Arabic
Basic medical conversational Spanish
Medical Mission
ĀĀĀLittle By Little Haiti Medical MissionĀ - Gramothe,
Haiti
APN-student medical mission (March-April 2012)Ā
Independently
perform history & physical and appropriate physical exam in patients
of all ages
Visits presentations
ranged from acute, urgent, preventative, prenatal and pediatric exams to
well care visits
Order
clinical tests, diagnose, and manage the medical problems
Prescribe
medications and make recommendations for other therapeutic forms of
treatment (albuterol breathing, wound I&D, etc.)
Additional Information
Experience
Baptist Health - APN Perryville, AR, 01/2016 - Current
ED Observation/ Clinical Decision UnitĀ
Work independently to provide high quality patient care for patients in 23hrs observation Perform admission, patient history, physical examinations, and diagnose, treat, and manage acute and chronic health problems on initial day of admissionĀ
Discharged and performed discharge summaries or transfer patient inpatient
Assisted in training of Nurse Practitioner students in association with University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing
Baptist Health - APN Sherwood, AR, 07/2013 - 01/2016
Work
independently to provide high quality patient care in performing medical
screening on refugees from different countries including but not limited to
Iraq, Congo, Nepal, Burma, Ethiopia, Somalia etc.
Performed
physical exam for legal purposes for green cards, people with asylum status,
school/ sport physical, occupational health exams, and general wellness exams for males, females, geriatric patients, and children 2 weeksĀ and up.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā
Performed
acute minor care and physical examination, including pap smears, bimanual exam,
digital rectal exams,Ā incised
and drained simple abscess with cellulitis, removed sutures and staples.
Ā Ā
Clinical
preceptor for Nurse Practitioner students from University of Illinois at
Chicago College of Nursing and Resurrection UniversityĀ
Ā
Bariatric Clinic
temporaryĀ coverageĀ for 8 months
toĀ provide high quality patient care for medical clearance for
Bariatric surgeries including (Gastric Sleeve, Gastric Band, and Bypass).
Assisted
in transition from paper documentation to NEXTGEN EMR system.
Baptist Health - APN White Hall, AR, 02/2013 - 01/2016
Pre-operative
Services Hospitalist
Ā
Collaborate with surgeons for history and physical of pre-operative clearance
Perform patient history and physical examinations, and communicated findings to surgeons and anesthesia team &Ā updates to history and physicals done by patient\'s PCP within 30 days of the scheduled procedure
Perform procedures including staples removal, sutures removal, central, intra-osseous, and arterial line removal, and JP drain removalĀ Ā Ā
Inpatient Hospitalist
Collaborated with in house hospitalists in taking care of all the non-insured āself Payā admissions and WorkedĀ independently to provide high quality patient care in this newly created role
Perform admission, patient history, physical examinations, and diagnose, treat, and manage acute and chronic health problems on initial day of admission and for their fellow up inpatient care
Ā Attended meetings three times a week with the inpatient physicians advisor and collaborative team of socials workers, case managements, and physical therapist to improve quality of care and shorten length of stay Clinical
Baptist Health - APN Little Rock, AR, 09/2012 - 07/2013
Collaborated with on-call physiciansĀ to perform admission, patient history & physical examinations, and diagnose, treat, and manage acute and chronic health problems for all patients on the on-call list 6-20 patients a dayĀ
CompletedĀ 40+ hours of clinical work in Internal Medicine/Family Medicine.
Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare - RN Lisle, IL, 03/2009 - 09/2012
Telemetry Step down/ Cross trained in ED
Assigned
to provide patient care for 6-7 patients
Assisted
with the admittance and discharge of patients
Performed
clinical tasks according to hospital policies
Provided
acute & close monitoring of adults acute & chronic disease for
arrhythmias, MI screening, anticoagulation therapy, cardiac & peripheral
diagnostic procedures
Prepared
patients for TEE, Thoracentesis, cardiac catheterization, pacemaker
implantation, Bronchoscopy, IVC filter, and stress testing and performed
peritoneal dialysis, Continuous Bladder irrigation, prepare patient for
hemo-dialysis
Monitored
chest tubes & various drainage devices
Closely
monitors effectiveness of IV drip cardiac medications & insulin drip with
every 2 hour blood glucose monitoring
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