Besa Tutra

Advanced Practice Nurse at John Brooks Recovery Center
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Location
Northfield, New Jersey, United States, JE
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Albanian Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Italian Native or bilingual proficiency
  • French Full professional proficiency
  • Spanish Limited working proficiency

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Credentials

  • MSN
    American Nurses Credentialing Center

Experience

    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Advanced Practice Nurse
      • Mar 2021 - Present
    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • Family Nurse Practitioner
      • Feb 2016 - Present

      Responsible for the management of care for patients with chronic pain including evaluation, examination, diagnosis and treatment. Skills include trigger point injections, intra-articular injections and nerve blocks. Work in the office setting from four different locations. I also am addiction- certified by ASAM and an Suboxone provider. Responsible for the management of care for patients with chronic pain including evaluation, examination, diagnosis and treatment. Skills include trigger point injections, intra-articular injections and nerve blocks. Work in the office setting from four different locations. I also am addiction- certified by ASAM and an Suboxone provider.

    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Nurse Practitioner
      • May 2018 - Feb 2021

      Interventional Radiology Interventional Radiology

    • OR RN
      • Nov 2013 - Feb 2016

      Began as a graduate nurse in the Operating Room where I worked in the pre-op, intra-op, and post-operative. I prepared patients for the interventional procedures, including taking history and physical, starting IVs, then operating the fluoroscopy machine and monitoring patients in the OR to taking care of them when transferred to the post-op. Began as a graduate nurse in the Operating Room where I worked in the pre-op, intra-op, and post-operative. I prepared patients for the interventional procedures, including taking history and physical, starting IVs, then operating the fluoroscopy machine and monitoring patients in the OR to taking care of them when transferred to the post-op.

    • Medical Assistant
      • Oct 2006 - May 2012

      Interviewed new patients regarding their medical history, compiling very detailed history of the presenting condition, organized medical records for independent medical evaluations, wrote appeal letters to insurance companies regarding denials of approvals for interventional procedures, as well as wrote addenda as requested by the insurance companies. Interviewed new patients regarding their medical history, compiling very detailed history of the presenting condition, organized medical records for independent medical evaluations, wrote appeal letters to insurance companies regarding denials of approvals for interventional procedures, as well as wrote addenda as requested by the insurance companies.

    • Physician
      • 2002 - 2006

      Executed control over pharmacies and prescriptions of expensive drugs and their indication for use. Educated physicians about safe prescribing and raising awareness about cost-effectiveness. Participated in creating formularies of medications for the state insurance company. Executed control over pharmacies and prescriptions of expensive drugs and their indication for use. Educated physicians about safe prescribing and raising awareness about cost-effectiveness. Participated in creating formularies of medications for the state insurance company.

    • United States
    • Medical Practices
    • Family Physician
      • 1998 - 2002

      Responsible as the primary MD in a primary care office. Managed adult patients with general medical complaints. Services included health screenings and testing, as well as medical education to patients. Responsible as the primary MD in a primary care office. Managed adult patients with general medical complaints. Services included health screenings and testing, as well as medical education to patients.

Education

  • Thomas Jefferson University
    Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), Family/Individual Across Lifespan Nurse Practitioner
    2014 - 2015
  • Thomas Jefferson University
    Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
    2012 - 2013
  • University of Tirana, Faculty of Medicine
    Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
    1991 - 1997

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