Augustine Brown Email & Phone Number

Cary, NC

• Assist with consultations of initial vein, PAD and UFE patients
• Perform medical histories and limited, vascular-related physical examinations for patients in an outpatient setting
• Conduct post-procedural follow-up; evaluate outcomes, diagnose complications, ensure healing, less pain, reduction in inflammation, and overall resolution, and manage subsequent therapies alongside the attending.
• Complete documentation of all activities in the EMR in a timely and accurate fashion

Bronx, NY

• Performed consults with collaborating physicians within the practice according to the collaborative practice agreement
• Performed medical/surgical histories and limited, vascular-related physical examinations in an outpatient setting
• Prescribed and ordered appropriate medications/therapy, labs, tests, and procedures for adult and geriatric patients who had HIV or other infectious diseases, or were experiencing drug addiction
• Interpreted and integrated findings of diagnostic tests and procedures to form health management plans
• Provided wound care for acute and chronic venous, diabetic, trauma, arterial and other wounds requiring specialized treatment including application of dressings/bandages, simple debridement and suture/staple removal
• Assessed patients for status changes and instituted appropriate interventions

Greater New York City Area

• Provided in-home risk/health assessments; took medical histories, performed physical exams including blood pressure and checking vitals, the heart, lungs, stomach, and hearing, and conducted cognitive and peripheral.
• Provided teaching instructions to patients to reinforce their understanding of the disease process and assist them in managing their health conditions
• Recognized signs/symptoms such as respiratory distress/COPD requiring emergent/urgent care; handled as per protocol
• Performed data entry of in-home assessments in a timely fashion

New York, NY

• Promoted from Clinical Nurse I in 2009 due to drive, commitment, achieving results, and excellence in performance
• Preceptor to 4-5 newly hired nurses every 2-3 months for four weeks
• Provided pre-op and intraoperative care, instructing patients on the surgical procedure, the food and medications to be taken and those to avoid, bringing them to the operating room and positioning them, and reviewing.
• Cross-trained to function as a scrub nurse, to provide preoperative instructions in a call center, provide post-procedural follow-up calls, and to verify medical clearances/labs

Brooklyn, NY

• Provided direct patient care to critically ill adult and pediatric patients in a 9-bed surgical intensive care unit
• Assessed, monitored and charted patients’ status while communicating any changes to the M.D.
• Implemented treatments and administered medications as ordered
• Oriented newly hired critical care staff nurses

Brooklyn, NY

• Provided routine prenatal care in a busy community hospital-based prenatal clinic
• Triaged walk-in and telephone callers
• Instructed patients on, and reviewed their ability to, self-administer medication
• Oriented newly hired staff nurses to the unit
• dministered STD treatment as ordered

Master'S Degree, Adult & Gerontological Nurse Practitioner

Bachelor'S Degree, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse