Advanced practice nurse, managing veteran health care in a high paced, high-demand internal medicine clinic

Family Nurse Practitioner Program

Caring for patients from newborn through the end of life, I evaluated, diagnosed, and created a treatment plan for patients with minor illnesses, women’s health, and patients with multiple co-morbid conditions. Minor procedures included suturing minor dermatology procedures, and incision and drainage. I developed care plans customized to patients newly discharged from the hospital and planned individualized follow-up care, as well as Medicare chronic care management and annual Medicare wellness… Show more Caring for patients from newborn through the end of life, I evaluated, diagnosed, and created a treatment plan for patients with minor illnesses, women’s health, and patients with multiple co-morbid conditions. Minor procedures included suturing minor dermatology procedures, and incision and drainage. I developed care plans customized to patients newly discharged from the hospital and planned individualized follow-up care, as well as Medicare chronic care management and annual Medicare wellness plans. I have spent more than 500 hours of precepting nurse practitioner students. Show less

Caring for patients from 2 years of age through the end of life, I evaluated, diagnosed, and created a treatment plan for patients with minor illnesses, women’s health, and patients with multiple co-morbid conditions. Minor procedures included suturing minor dermatology procedures, and incision and drainage. I have spent more than 100 hours of precepting nurse practitioner students.

Evaluate and treat patients in the family practice, obstetrics and well-child clinics at the Hays County Health Department, which serves indigent and underserved populations

Registered nurse, pediatric emergency department, caring for children aged newborn through 17 years of age in a 22-bed pediatric ER. Triage charge nurse and preceptor for the graduate RN program as well as newly hired nurses.

Provide coaching for students enrolled in the UT Arlington RN-BSN program, serving 20-40 students every five weeks. Monitor student works progress and work collaboratively with faculty.

Clinical nurse abstractor at the Joint Trauma Service/Joint Trauma Registry Fort Sam Houston, abstracting data from military trauma records, and database entry based on data dictionary requirements. Manager, role II theater trauma facilities, collaborating with deployed trauma nurse coordinators (TNC) to submit data for entry. Education and training staff members for new staff and teaching the TNC course for nurses about to deploy to Afghanistan military medical facilities in that role… Show more Clinical nurse abstractor at the Joint Trauma Service/Joint Trauma Registry Fort Sam Houston, abstracting data from military trauma records, and database entry based on data dictionary requirements. Manager, role II theater trauma facilities, collaborating with deployed trauma nurse coordinators (TNC) to submit data for entry. Education and training staff members for new staff and teaching the TNC course for nurses about to deploy to Afghanistan military medical facilities in that role. Co-creator of the Military Orthopedic Trauma Registry. Show less

Registered nurse, active duty. Medical-surgical charge nurse 2000-2002, ER/trauma nurse 2002-2007, with two deployments. One deployment to Diego Garcia providing medical support for deployed aircraft maintenance and services personnel. A second deployment to Iraq as a trauma nurse. Training and education officer for the ER at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, creating and teaching the curriculum for the emergency severity index 3 to 5 conversion.

Cardiac critical nursing care for patients in the Mohawk Valley's leading cardiac hospital. Response to all in-house and ER codes as part of code team.

Circulating and scrub nurse specializing in ENT and cardiovascular surgery

Staff nurse working in medical surgical and peri-operative units.