Provide health care services under a collaborative agreement to a patient population aged 16 years+. Experience managing patients with hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, thyroid disease, obesity, chronic kidney disease, asthma, and various acute illnesses. In addition provided routine preventive and routine gynecologic care.• Consultative services of attending physician required for less than 3% of patients • Average annual performance rating 4.2/5.00 (FY 2017-present)• Top Box Scores consistently exceed 90%• Preceptor for Auburn University Master of Science in Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner Program February – March 2019 Spring Semester (total 60 hours).• Preceptor for Walden University Master of Science in Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner Program - August 2019 Fall Semester• Preceptor for University Alabama Birmingham Master of Science in Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner Program May – August 2017 Fall Semester (total 310.7 hours).

Primary care internal medicine practice serving adult and adolescent patients.• Preceptor for North Georgia College and State University Master of Science in Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner Program 2009-2010 (total 162 hours).• Managed back office. Revised scheduling template, reviewed personnel, developed documents for charts, maintained office personnel’s certifications. • Helped select, implement, and customize electronic medical record software for the practice. • Coordinated drug study for the office. Responsibilities included assessing patient eligibility, patient recruitment, patient examination, and maintaining proper documentation.

Staff Nurse III, General Surgery Intensive Care Unit (January 1995-July 1999)One of the Southeast’s leading tertiary care referral centers with a general surgery ICU that specialized in liver failure/transplant, renal transplant, major GI, vascular, and plastic surgeries. • Provided direct patient care to a diverse group of critically ill surgical and medical patients.• Acted as charge nurse approximately 80% of shifts worked. Performed triage, organized transfers/admissions, delegated assignments, and provided patient/family/staff mediation as needed.• Refined care pathways for liver transplant and acute hepatic failure patients. • Developed and implemented protocols for rapid ventilator weaning for liver transplant patients and rectal tube management in all patients. • Oriented new employees and instructed nursing students during clinical rotations.• Implemented new staffing patterns through analysis of patient census data.• Served as the nurse liaison to the hepatology and liver transplant teams addressing nursing concerns and disbursing information on policy and care changes. • Participated on a panel that presented the ethical considerations involved in choosing appropriate transplant recipients to a conference attended by health care professionals and insurance providers.

Staff Nurse II, DeCamp Burn Center (January 1992-December 1994)The burn unit was the tertiary care referral center for all major pediatric and adult burn patients in the Virginia/West Virginia region.