Nelly W. Email and Phone Number

• Leads activities and lessons that engage youth in developing career readiness and social emotional skills • Supports Youth Program Instructor in executing Greencorps curriculum• Provide a positive environment for youth to explore their academic, career, and other post-secondary interests• Recognizes social, emotional, physical, and cognitive needs of youth participants• Practices strategies that support healing, recovery and resist re-traumatization• Collaborates with school partners to provide individual assistance to youth as needed• Co-facilitates group bicycle rides and field trips• Adheres to schedule and submits reports for tracking youth progress• Utilizes interpersonal skills and professional behavior to support a positive workplace• Social perceptiveness and empathy and experienced with Trauma-Informed Care approaches• Culturally competent and able to relate and communicate with diverse populations and groups

• Prioritized patient care needs for orthopedic patients across the lifespan in a busy, fast-paced clinic that averages up to 200+ patients per week • Completed detailed and comprehensive medical examinations of every patient to formulate patient-centered care plans• Collaborated closely with case manager, chiropractor, rehab technicians, and ancillary staff to find and correct the root cause of patients’ pain patterns• Performed functional examinations to guide rehabilitation and progression• Administered trigger point injections, tendon sheath injections, and joint injections under ultrasound-guidance• Mentored of new nurse practitioners and medical assistants• Adept in orthopedic-focused examinations• Adept in regenerative medicine – Human Cellular Tissue Product (HCTP), Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP), Palingen Flow, phlebotomy

• Prioritized patient care needs for over 4,000 primary patients across the lifespan• Educated patients regarding preventative care measures, chronic illnesses, and imaging/lab results• Collaborated closely with four medical doctors and two midlevel providers• Initiated prior authorization for diagnosis testing and prescriptions

- Edward Medical Group | Julie Jones, MD- Edward-Elmhurst Walk-in Clinic | Nicole Limon, FNP-BC

• Provided primary nursing care in a busy 22-bed intensive care unit• Effectively titrated vasopressors and conscious sedation to maintain stability of patients’ hemodynamics• Managed emergent situations, such as cardiac arrest, intubation, acute bleeding, seizures, and cardioversion• Recovered and supported patients fresh from open-heart, vascular, and craniotomy surgeries• Proficient in ventilator management and troubleshooting• Adept with cardiac-specified skills – Left ventricular assistive devices, valve replacements, coronary artery bypass grafts, cardiac catheterizations, transcatheter aortic valve replacements, Impella, ECMO, EKOS TPA directed catheters, Remodulin/Flolan drips• Adept with neuro-specified skills – Craniotomies, EVD/subdural drains, lumbar drains, NIH stroke scale

• Prioritized and provided nursing care for adult patients on a high-yield, fast-paced 34-bed telemetry floor• Cared for postsurgical open-heart patients at the busiest Ventricular Assist Device Program in Illinois• Demonstrated expertise in supporting patients with heart failure, open-heart surgeries, and chronic kidney disease• Educated patients and families on plan of care and discharge instructions• Completed RN professional level II within one year of hire• Created a brochure and presented on Total Artificial Hearts to fellow nurses• Precepted newly hired nurses and nursing students• Educated staff on reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections• Adept with telemetry-skills – Left ventricular assistive devices, heart transplants

• Provided quality patient care and assisted with activities of daily living under registered nurse supervision• Preceptor newly hired patient care technicians• Experienced with ortho-skills – Continuous passive motion machines, polar care, braces, and sling