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Relevant Professional Experience
May 2008- PresentSouthern Illinois University School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
Division of orthopaedics & Rehabilitation
Family Nurse Practitioner
- Coordinate delivery of care for patients in orthopaedic clinic
- Assess, utilizing physical assessment skills, and document the needs of patients and family members
- Participate in developing, planning, organizing, and evaluating the programs in orthopaedics for continuity of care
- Manage individual patient care including health assessment and examination; order and interpret diagnostic studies; develop and implement treatment plans
- Acts as patient and family advocate
- Facilitate continuity of care through the referral of patients and contact the referring physicians
- Rounding on hospitalized patients to transition from hospital to home and outpatient care
- Provide patient and family education and counseling
- Maintain complete and accurate records of all care provided
- Submit billing information
- Participate in research protocols and publication of research findings
July 2007- April 2008 Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
General Internal Medicine
Family Nurse Practitioner
- Assist in the delivery of medical services to patients for acute and chronic illness
- Manage individual patient care including health assessment and physical examination; order and interpret diagnostic studies; develop and implement treatment plan
- Provide patient and family education and counseling
- Provide self management support for patients with chronic illness
- Communicate with other medical providers a summary of clinical data and discuss further evaluation and therapy for each patient
- Maintain complete and accurate records of all care provided
- Submit billing information
- Assisted with the development of EHR
- Assist with quality assurance audits and responses
Aug. 2005-June 2007 Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Office of Education and Curriculum
Curriculum Development Specialist
Nurse Educator
- Year 3 Internal Medicine Clerkship
- Year 2 Doctoring
- Train medical students in segment related clinical skills
- Train students in basic clinical skills including writing and reviewing progress notes, history and physicals, and SOAP notes
- Counselor and advisor to assigned medical students
- Enhancement of educational experiences of medical students
June 2003-Oct. 2004 St. John’s Hospital
Cardiac Registry
Registered Nurse
- Patient assessment, medicine administration, total patient care
- Supervise LPNs and nursing techs
- Monitor telemetry and prepare patients for surgery and procedures
- Work in CCU and telemetry units
June 1999-Aug. 2005 Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Orthopaedic Surgery
Registered Nurse/Clinic Nurse
- Primary clinic nurse for orthopaedic surgeon
- Insure quality and efficient health care delivery to patients
- Liaison between St. John’s Hospital and Memorial Medical Center’s OR, ER and other specialty areas regarding Orthopaedic surgery
- Telephone triage
- Maintenance of patient records, computer skills, billing issues including ICD-9 and CPT coding for inpatient and outpatient care
- Prepare for and assist in minor surgical procedures in the clinical setting
- Provide medical care including histories, portions of physical exams, wound care, and other nursing procedures
- Registered Orthopeadic Tech
- Application and removal of dressings, wound vacs, and casts
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