meghan crater
Registered Nurse at Piedmont Plastic Surgery & Dermatology- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-BC)
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB)Aug, 2023- Oct, 2024 -
Nurse
NCBONJun, 2018- Oct, 2024 -
Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS)
American Heart AssociationApr, 2023- Oct, 2024 -
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
NCBONAug, 2023- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Piedmont Plastic Surgery & Dermatology
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United States
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Medical Practices
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100 - 200 Employee
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Registered Nurse
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Sep 2021 - Present
• First assist in procedures and on cosmetic surgeries • Perform suture closure under the guidance of a surgeon. • Participated in all surgical interventions in various specialties. • Developed critical thinking skills necessary to understand the procedure as well as the patient’s needs. • Circulate within the operating room. • Obtain labs and consents from patients. • Recovery patient, monitor vital signs, and provide discharge education. • Quality improvement project involving increasing patient comfort post-surgical and decreasing need to use the on-call line. • Proficient with MS office Show less
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Blue Ridge HealthCare
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Hospitals and Health Care
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100 - 200 Employee
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Registered Nurse
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Apr 2019 - Sep 2021
• Continuously monitor the condition of patients and note any changes. • Confirm the patient information is correctly charted. • Review lab test and report any abnormal results to physicians. • Assess and reassess patient conditions to ensure patient safety. • Collaboration and advocacy within the interdisciplinary team to ensure positive patient outcomes through care plans, and patient and family education. • Continuously monitor the condition of patients and note any changes. • Confirm the patient information is correctly charted. • Review lab test and report any abnormal results to physicians. • Assess and reassess patient conditions to ensure patient safety. • Collaboration and advocacy within the interdisciplinary team to ensure positive patient outcomes through care plans, and patient and family education.
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Rutherford Regional Health Systems
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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100 - 200 Employee
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Registered Nurse
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Oct 2018 - Apr 2019
• Triaged labor and delivery patients • Assisted with deliveries and postpartum care. • Education provided to mothers on nursing/lactation. • Implemented appropriate protocols for postpartum mothers undergoing complication post c-section/delivery as well as initiation of transfer for sick neonates, • Triaged labor and delivery patients • Assisted with deliveries and postpartum care. • Education provided to mothers on nursing/lactation. • Implemented appropriate protocols for postpartum mothers undergoing complication post c-section/delivery as well as initiation of transfer for sick neonates,
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Education
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Carson-Newman University
Master's degree, Family Practice Nurse/Nursing -
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Bachelor of Science - BS, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse -
Western Piedmont Community College
Associate of Science - AS, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse