Dedicated and hard working Nurse Practitioner with years of experience managing complex patient case loads and steadfast commitment to providing high quality and compassionate patient care.
Work History
Nurse Practitioner - Pre Surgical Testing, 10/2006 to 11/2009 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center – New York, NY
Performed comprehensive history and physical examinations, as well as, anesthesia evaluations on adult patients scheduled for surgery
Educated patients about pre-operative, peri-operative, and immediate post-operative periods
Nurse Practitioner - Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, 07/2001 to 10/2006 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center – New York, NY
Responsible for comprehensive medical management of adult stem cell transplant patients from admission through discharge
Oversaw patient care to ensure adherence to research protocols
Educated nursing staff about new or amended protocols
Served as a resource for the nursing and rotating medical house staff
Worked directly with Attending Physicians and served as liason between nursing and medical staff
Clinical Nurse II-III - Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, 05/1997 to 07/2001 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center – New York, NY
Provided comprehensive and complex nursing care of adult stem cell transplant patients, other various hematology/oncology patients and malignant melanoma patients
Administered chemotherapy and biotherapy
Served as charge nurse, oversaw unit operations, managed staffing and scheduling issues, participated in unit based and hospital-wide committees
Precepted new nurses to the unit, acted as a resource for less experienced nurses and staff members
Staff Nurse-Senior Staff Nurse, 07/1995 to 05/1997 New York University Medical Center – New York, NY
Responsible for the comprehensive nursing care of adult rehabilitation/medical patients
Served as charge nurse and preceptor
Education
Master of Arts: Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, 2001 New York University - New York, NY
Bachelor of Science: Nursing, 1995 Villanova University - Villanova, PA
Accomplishments
Weinstock D, Conlon M, et al. Colonization, Bloodstream Infection, and Mortality Caused by Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Early after Allogenic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 2007;13:615-621.
Presented Nursing Grand Rounds at MSKCC with Dr. Kent Sepkowitz February 2005. Topic: Contemporary Issues in the Management of Neutropenic Fevers
Participant in Oncology Nurse Expert Panel - April 2003, Denver, Colorado. Topic: Invasive Fungal Infections
