Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

• Aug 2021 - Present

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (NP) – Locum Tenens 8/2021 – Current• Neurosurgery NP; Provisionally credentialed at Fountain View Surgical Center. 01/2019 – 03/2019• Neurovascular Surgery NP; Credentialed at UNM Hospital. 12/2021 – 01/2022 • Hospitalist; Emergency Credentialed at Spectrum Big Rapids. 12/2021 – 03/2022• Neurosurgery NP; Credentialed with Sentara (Norfolk/Virginia Beach) 06/2022 – Current Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (NP) – Locum Tenens 8/2021 – Current• Neurosurgery NP; Provisionally credentialed at Fountain View Surgical Center. 01/2019 – 03/2019• Neurovascular Surgery NP; Credentialed at UNM Hospital. 12/2021 – 01/2022 • Hospitalist; Emergency Credentialed at Spectrum Big Rapids. 12/2021 – 03/2022• Neurosurgery NP; Credentialed with Sentara (Norfolk/Virginia Beach) 06/2022 – Current

Vascular Surgery Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP-BC)

• Oct 2019 - Feb 2021

• Collaborative practice role in a teaching service.• Managed patients’ pre-op, post-op and on-the-floor care in five hospitals.• Credentialed at Harper, Hutzel, Heart Hospital, Children’s and Karmanos• Opened my own practice: wound care clinic for chronic vascular insufficiency pathologies (UNNA boots, wound vacs, specialty dressings).• Vascular Surgery Clinic duties for two surgeons.• Created and maintained protocols for patient discharge and follow-up.• Created ‘Vascular Surgery Guide for Residents’. Poster presentations accepted; Publication 8/17/2021.

Acute Care Cardiology Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP-BC)

• May 2019 - Sep 2019

• Process improvement including clinic flow, orientations, and set -up and critical evaluation of E-Visit platform for Congestive Heart Failure patients.• Insurance duties: Peer to Peer for patient testing, dissemination of regulations for testing approval, and process optimization. • Provisionally credentialed at Beaumont Royal Oak.• EPIC and Cerner hospital training completed. • Process improvement including clinic flow, orientations, and set -up and critical evaluation of E-Visit platform for Congestive Heart Failure patients.• Insurance duties: Peer to Peer for patient testing, dissemination of regulations for testing approval, and process optimization. • Provisionally credentialed at Beaumont Royal Oak.• EPIC and Cerner hospital training completed.

Adult Nurse Practitioner

• Dec 2016 - Mar 2019

• Busy clinic and procedural setting: diagnoses and treatment of chronic pain using nerve blocks, radiofrequency nerve ablations, spinal stimulation, epidural administration, pain medication pumps, pharmaceutics and, lifestyle modifications.• Started initiative to move from pain scoring (0-10) to functionality analysis.• Worked with the DEA and community to minimize the misuse of opioids. • Busy clinic and procedural setting: diagnoses and treatment of chronic pain using nerve blocks, radiofrequency nerve ablations, spinal stimulation, epidural administration, pain medication pumps, pharmaceutics and, lifestyle modifications.• Started initiative to move from pain scoring (0-10) to functionality analysis.• Worked with the DEA and community to minimize the misuse of opioids.

Electrophysiology RN

• Nov 2014 - Jan 2017

• Expertise in diagnostic and interventional procedures to correct cardiac electrical conduction problems.• Advanced to lead EP-RN and preceptor within seven months of hire; FDA certification in Cardiomems.• Optimized and implemented state-of-the art EP lab, procedures, and protocols.• Responsibilities include: assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care, case documentation on Cardiolab/Maclab and Mediguide, circulating functions during procedures, scrubbing for surgical implantation of pacemakers and internal cardiac defibrillators (ICD); programming and evaluation of pacemakers and defibrillators, mapping and pacing protocols of electrical currents using inter-cardiac catheters, and venous/arterial sheath removal procedures.• Pre- and Post- op care of cardiac cath / EP patients including patient and family education.• Patient consent; discharge

AGACNP

• 2015 - 2016