Professional, compassionate Family Nurse Practitioner with over 5 + years of experience in urgent care settings. A team player focused on providing quality care and maintaining direct lines of communication with patients and the entire healthcare team. Proficient in patient and family education regarding the management of acute and chronic health conditions. Self-directed professional with superior problem-solving, communication and management skills. Successful in prioritizing tasks and organizing projects to improve the quality of patient care. Seeking position in facility focused on diagnosing and managing both common and complex medical conditions in patients of all ages.
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Urgent Care/Women Health/Pediatrics: viral URI, asthma, strep pharyngitis, bronchiolitis, allergic rhinitis, contact dermatitis, poison ivy, bronchitis, eczema, gout, Lyme disease, diarrhea, otitis media and externa, back pain, conjunctivitis, corneal abrasion, sprains, fractures, candidiasis, bacterial vaginitis, mastitis, pap smears, STI, UTI, migraine, impacted cerumen, headache, pneumonia, COPD, angina, shingles, sports physicals.
Adult Medicine: anxiety, depression, headache, arthritis, obesity, hypertension, osteoporosis, diabetes mellitus, Parkinson's Disease, BPH, yearly complete physical examinations.
- Obtained pertinent history, performed physical exams, diagnosed medical conditions, as well as treatments.
- Managed pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of various disorders and diseases.
- Managed patients with acute yet complex medical conditions such as asthma, pneumonia, and COPD.
- Reviewed lab test results.
- Assessed need for, ordered, obtained and interpreted appropriate lab tests.
- Maintained HIPAA compliance in all facets of daily work.
- Prescribed medication, including controlled substances.
- Streamlined operational efficiencies, assessing patient symptoms and recording confidential data onto electronic medical record systems (EMR) for physician diagnosis and treatment.
- Educated and guided patients and families about medical diagnosis, healthcare needs, and plan-on-care.
- Aided physicians, providing pre-procedure patient instruction for endoscopies, colonoscopies, and breathe tests and administering immunizations and TB skin tests.
- Elevated clinical care proficiencies, educating patients on specialized medications for Crohns, ulcerative colitis, and Hepatitis B/C treatments.
- Ensured exceptional patient-care service, executing flawless customer service and account management.
- Increased client satisfaction ratings, providing major/minor surgery recovery care for adult and pediatric patients.
- Drove data collection accuracy scores, recording client account information with zero discrepancies for all hospital based outpatient practices.
- Strengthened clinical efficiencies, performing vital sign readings, reviewing patient questionnaires, medicating, discharging, and alerting physicians of patient concerns.
- Eliminated patient-care discrepancies, scheduling visits, obtaining demographic data, and verifying physician instructions.
- Boosted process improvements, developing quality care systems to create SOPs and best practices.
- Expanded patient care best practices, monitoring phase II recovery clients through to discharge.
- Generated client retention, utilizing customer alliance building strategy to implement best practices.
- Improved outpatient care efficiencies, providing assistance to post-cardiac treatment clients.
East Alabama Medical Center - Opelika, IL - RN-Outpatient Surgery/Endoscopy, 03/2003-08/2003
PACU University of Kentucky Medical Center - Lexington, KY - RN-PACU (Major Recovery Room), 03/2001-03/2003
Saint Joseph Hospital - Lexington, KY - RN-Telemetry 3 East, 06/1999-03/2001
- Certified Family Nurse Practitioner in the State of Illinois
- Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
- Epic, IC-Chart, MedTech, Microsoft Office suite
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- University of St. Francis
- Eastern Kentucky University
Job Titles Held:
- Nurse Practitioner-Urgent Care
- RN II - Digestive Health Center/Gastroenterology
- RN - The Surgery Center
- RN - Outpatient Care Center
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- Masters of Science
- Bachelors of Science
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