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NEPHROLOGY NURSE PRACTITIONER
Accomplishments
  • Certifications:.
Professional Summary
Dual board certification in Family Practice and Acute Care/ Gerontology *Nurse Practitioner for Trauma Services for Level III trauma center *Program development for newly designated Level IV trauma center with successful certification *Eight and one- half years as a Registered Nurse in a critical care environment for a Level II trauma center including two and one- half years as Trauma Nurse Coordinator and one year as nursing supervisor (PRN basis) *Five years experience at a Level II trauma center as an ED EMT *Eight years experience in family practice as a certified medical assistant/ front desk help
Skills
Certifications
ACNPC-AG *FNP-BC *RN/BSN *BLS/ ACLS
Work History
Nephrology Nurse Practitioner, 09/2016 to 04/2017
Colorado Kidney Care – Denver, CO
  • Routine rounding on patients in outpatient dialysis units as well as following patients with chronic kidney disease in the outpatient office setting.
  • Serve as expert clinical resource for staff, patients, and families.
  • Administered and prescribed appropriate courses of treatment, including pharmaceutical medications.
  • Monitored patients' condition and progress and re-evaluated treatments as necessary.

Hospitalist Nurse Practitioner, 01/2014 to Current
Colorado Pulmonary Intensivists – Littleton, CO
  • Ordered and executed diagnostic tests and analyzed diagnostic images to further investigate patient conditions.
  • Administered and prescribed appropriate courses of treatment, including pharmaceutical medications.
  • Prescribes preoperative and postoperative treatments and procedures, such as sedatives, diets and antibiotics.
  • Monitored patients' condition and progress and re-evaluated treatments as necessary.
  • Continuously maintained proper safety and took precautionary measures to avoid the spread of disease and infection.
  • Participated in planning of hospice care for elderly and disabled patients.
  • Admitted and treated patients as part of the hospital's 24-hour on-call services.
  • Developed open rapport with patients, encouraging them to share questions and concerns.

Hospitalist Nurse Practitioner, 01/2014 to Current
Colorado Pulmonary Intensivists – Littleton, CO
  • Lead multidisciplinary rounds.
  • Daily rounding on general inpatient service (medical and telemetry patients) with additional rotations in LTAC facility.
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to develop therapeutic plan of care.
  • Serve as expert clinical resource for staff, patients, and families.
  • Appropriately diagnosed and treated a variety of diseases and injuries in a general practice setting.
  • Ordered and executed diagnostic tests and analyzed diagnostic images to further investigate patient conditions.
  • Administered and prescribed appropriate courses of treatment, including pharmaceutical medications.
  • Advised and educated patients regarding diet, hygiene and effective disease prevention methods.
  • Monitored patients' condition and progress and re-evaluated treatments as necessary.
  • Participated in planning of hospice care for elderly and disabled patients.
  • Developed open rapport with patients, encouraging them to share questions and concerns.

06/2013 to 12/2013
Parker Adventist Hospital Nurse Practitioner, Trauma Services
  • Improve patient outcomes through daily rounding; inpatient management, treatment, and follow up of traumatically injured patients.
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to develop therapeutic plan of care.
  • Lead multidisciplinary rounds.
  • Serve as expert clinical resource for staff, patients, and families.
  • Ensure adherence to hospital policies and procedures as well as state requirements for Trauma Center designation.
  • Assist with policy and procedure development.
Trauma Clinical Coordinator, 03/2011 to 06/2013
Presbyterian/ St Luke's Medical Center
  • Development of new trauma program, policy and procedure development, assess inpatient management, treatment, and follow up of traumatically injured patients.
  • Identify physician concerns and patient care issues.
  • Facilitate communication between patient/ families and care providers.
  • Respond to trauma team activations during working hours.
  • Serve as a patient advocate, as well as a liaison for clinical staff.
  • Assist case management with discharge planning.
  • Ensure adherence to hospital policies and procedures as well as state requirements for Trauma Center designation.
  • Participate in outreach and injury prevention.
  • Provide education for staff, patients, and families.
  • Preparation of monthly morbidity/ mortality conference.
  • Data abstraction and coding for traumatically injured patients.
  • Identification of performance improvement issues.
RN/ BSN, 02/2010 to 03/2011
The Medical Center of Aurora
  • Duties: initial and ongoing assessment of a variety of critically ill patients, medication administration and titration, ventilator monitoring, communicate with physicians regarding patient condition, active patient advocate/ physician liaison, other duties as defined by Colorado law.
Trauma Clinical Coordinator/ Injury Prevention Coordinator, 10/2007 to 02/2010
The Medical Center of Aurora
  • Assist physicians with daily rounds, treatment, and follow up of traumatically injured patients.
  • Identify physician concerns and patient care issues.
  • Facilitate communication between patient/ families and care providers.
  • Respond to trauma team activations during working hours.
  • Serve as a patient advocate, as well as a liaison for clinical staff.
  • Assist case management with discharge planning.
  • Attend multidisciplinary rounds.
  • Ensure adherence to hospital policies and procedures as well as state and ACS requirements for Trauma Center designation.
  • Participate in outreach and injury prevention.
  • Provide education for staff, patients, and families.
  • Participate on a variety of committees.
  • Preparation of monthly morbidity/ mortality conference.
  • Data abstraction and coding for traumatically injured patients.
  • Identification of performance improvement opportunities.
nursing supervisor (PRN), 06/2006 to 06/2007
The Medical Center of Aurora
  • report directly to CEO, CNO, CFO, administrative representative for hospital during off shifts, staffing, decedent affairs, bed control for incoming patients, communicate with staff throughout hospital, problem resolution, staff/patient support, clinical duties when called upon, oversee trauma, cardiac alerts, stroke alerts, COR-0, other duties as needed.
07/2004 to 10/2007
The Medical Center of Aurora ER/ICU
  • initial and ongoing assessment of a variety of critically ill patients, medication administration and titration, ventilator monitoring, communicatewith physicians regarding patient condition, active patient advocate/ physician liaison, other duties as defined by Colorado law.
11/1999 to 07/2004
The Medical Center of Aurora
  • perform EKG, venipuncture, IV start, Foley catheter insertion, plan and maintain specialty carts, stocking of supplies, communication with nurses and physicians regarding patient care, secretarial duties (phones, entering/transmitting orders, and physician liaison).
Medical Assistant/ front office for family practice, 08/1991 to 11/1999
  • venipuncture, injections, urinalysis, obtain and grow cultures, appointment scheduling, diagnostic test scheduling/ preauthorization, generate patient referrals, physician liaison.
Education
Bachelor of Science: 6/2004
Regis University - Denver, CO
BSN program *1/1999- 5/1999 Swedish Medical Center EMS program
2002
CU Denver -
1994
Arapahoe Community College -
Healthcare Informatics Symposium- CSU Pueblo *
Affiliations
Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society *American Nurses Association *Colorado Society of Advanced Practice Nurses *American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Publications
Samaras EA, Real SD, Curtis AM & Meunier TS. (2012) Recognizing nurse stakeholder dissonance as a critical determinant of patient safety in new healthcare information technologies. WORK: A Journal of Assessment, Prevention, and Rehabilitation, 41(s1): 1904-1910.
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Colorado Kidney Care
  • Colorado Pulmonary Intensivists
  • Parker Adventist Hospital Nurse Practitioner, Trauma Services
  • Presbyterian/ St Luke's Medical Center
  • The Medical Center of Aurora
  • The Medical Center of Aurora ER/ICU

School Attended

  • Regis University
  • CU Denver
  • Arapahoe Community College

Job Titles Held:

  • Nephrology Nurse Practitioner
  • Hospitalist Nurse Practitioner
  • Trauma Clinical Coordinator
  • RN/ BSN
  • Trauma Clinical Coordinator/ Injury Prevention Coordinator
  • nursing supervisor (PRN)
  • Medical Assistant/ front office for family practice

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Science : 6/2004
    2002
    1994

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