Family Nurse Practitioner
Current• Caring for patients of all ages (infant to geriatric) within the community, including underserved populations with a high percentage of new immigrants.• Using current evidence, assessing patients with multiple chief complaints, generating differential diagnoses lists, ruling out red flags, performing appropriate diagnostic tests, diagnosing, and developing treatment plans, with attention to preventive care.• For complex or unclear diagnoses, consulting with online resources (e.g., UpToDate), colleagues, and various specialists as indicated—including frequent e-consults. Multidisciplinary consults as needed.• Closing the loop by following up on all labs and other tests, including informing the patients of results by phone or letter.• Earned the organization $40,000 from MassHealth in the form of a Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) grant facilitated by the Mass League of Community Health Centers. Spearheaded this grant to bring the evidence-based Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) to the health center. We will use the CDSMP to improve patient experience and outcomes as well as increase value-based payments under our Accountable Care Organization (ACO)• Adopting therapeutic communication to understand and address patients’ concerns. • Employing my multilingual proficiency to care for English-, Russian-, and Spanish-speaking patients in their native languages.• Developing cost-effective and patient-centered treatment plans.• Charting in a timely, comprehensive, and succinct manner, while coding to capture value. Closing my notes within 48 hours.