Family Nurse Practitioner – Institutional Special Needs Plan (I-SNP) at PROVIDER PARTNERS HEALTH PLAN CLINICAL MANAGEMENT (2025-08 – Present)
- Independently diagnose and treat primary, acute, and chronic disease in medically complex adults across multiple skilled nursing facilities.
- Perform detailed histories and physical examinations, diagnose acute and chronic conditions, develop treatment plans, prescribe medications, and order and interpret laboratory testing and diagnostic studies.
- Manage complex chronic illnesses including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, heart failure, hyperlipidemia, chronic kidney disease, thyroid disease, obesity-related comorbidities, and multimorbidity.
- Evaluate patients for changes in condition and initiate timely treatment with the goal of preventing unnecessary emergency department visits and hospitalizations.
- Perform medication reconciliation and ongoing medication management in patients with complex treatment regimens and polypharmacy.
- Provide patient, family, and nursing education regarding chronic disease management, medications, nutrition, safety, preventive care, and treatment goals.
- Manage patients following hospitalization through transitional care visits, medication review, diagnostic follow-up, and coordination of specialty recommendations.
- Collaborate with physicians, nursing, pharmacy, dietary, therapy, specialists, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team.
- Maintain comprehensive clinical documentation supporting continuity of care, quality outcomes, and Medicare requirements.
Nurse Practitioner at DEACONESS CLINIC – ENT & NEUROLOGY (2018-12 – 2025-07)
- Independently evaluated and managed adult and pediatric patients in busy specialty practices.
- Obtained comprehensive histories, performed physical examinations, established differential diagnoses, developed treatment plans, prescribed medications, and ordered and interpreted diagnostic testing.
- Managed patients with headache disorders, neuropathies, dizziness, balance disorders, hearing disorders, sinus and upper-airway disease, facial pain, and other acute and chronic conditions.
- Provided extensive patient and family education regarding diagnoses, medication therapy, behavioral modifications, treatment expectations, and long-term disease management.
- Coordinated specialty referrals, imaging, laboratory studies, procedures, and longitudinal follow-up.
- Adapted successfully to diverse specialty populations while maintaining a strong foundation in whole-patient assessment and chronic disease management.
Family Nurse Practitioner at TRI-STATE COMMUNITY CLINIC (2017-02 – 2018-12)
- Provided comprehensive primary and acute care in employer-based outpatient health clinics.
- Diagnosed and treated common acute illnesses and chronic medical conditions while emphasizing preventive care and wellness.
- Managed medications and chronic conditions including diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, thyroid disorders, and other common primary-care diagnoses.
- Performed health assessments, preventive screenings, laboratory evaluation, and individualized patient counseling.
- Educated patients regarding lifestyle modification, medication adherence, disease prevention, nutrition, and long-term health goals.
- Coordinated specialty referrals and follow-up care as clinically indicated.
Family Nurse Practitioner at FRANKLIN FAMILY PHYSICIANS / BELLA VI SPA & AESTHETICS (2012-12 – 2017-02)
- Provided comprehensive primary care to adults and children in a busy outpatient family medicine practice.
- Diagnosed and managed acute illness and chronic medical conditions across the lifespan.
- Managed diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, thyroid disease, and other chronic conditions commonly associated with cardiometabolic risk.
- Provided preventive care, wellness examinations, patient education, medication management, and lifestyle counseling.
- Ordered and interpreted laboratory and diagnostic testing and coordinated specialty referrals.
- Performed office-based and aesthetic procedures including Botox, dermal fillers, laser treatments, and prescription skincare therapies.
Registered Nurse – Cardiac Telemetry / ICU Stepdown at ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL (2010-02 – 2013-01)
- Provided high-acuity nursing care for patients with myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias, respiratory failure, and other complex cardiovascular and medical conditions.
- Performed continuous cardiac monitoring, EKG interpretation, medication administration, and recognition of acute clinical deterioration.
- Educated patients and families regarding cardiovascular disease, medications, risk reduction, and post-hospital care.
- Received STAR Program recognition for clinical excellence and patient advocacy.
Procedure Nurse / Research Coordinator at ADVANCED PAIN CARE CLINIC (2008-06 – 2010-04)
- Assisted with comprehensive management of patients with chronic pain conditions and complex medication regimens.
- Assisted physicians with interventional pain procedures including epidural injections, facet procedures, radiofrequency ablation, joint injections, and intrathecal pump management.
- Provided patient medication triage, education, procedural counseling, and follow-up.
- Coordinated clinical research studies and maintained regulatory and research documentation.
- Developed clinical policies and operational improvements, including initiatives that reduced supply costs by approximately 50%.
Clinical Manager | Research Coordinator | Diabetic Educator | Infusion Nurse at OLIVER HEADACHE & PAIN CLINIC (2001-06 – 2008-06)
- Progressed through multiple clinical and leadership roles in a multidisciplinary practice providing primary care as well as headache and pain management services.
- Provided direct patient care and supported evaluation and management of patients with both acute and chronic medical conditions.
- Served as Diabetic Educator, providing individualized education on blood glucose management, medications, nutrition, lifestyle modification, and complication prevention for patients with diabetes and related chronic conditions.
- Assisted with primary-care management, medication follow-up, laboratory monitoring, IV therapy, phlebotomy, and office-based procedures.
- Assisted physician with headache and interventional pain management procedures.
- Served as Research Coordinator for clinical studies and maintained regulatory and study documentation.
- Advanced into clinical management with responsibility for staff training, recruitment, workflow, regulatory compliance, chart review, and implementation of an electronic medical record system.
Registered Nurse – Cardiac Telemetry at DEACONESS HOSPITAL (1999 – 2001-06)
- Provided inpatient nursing care to patients with acute and chronic cardiovascular disease, including heart failure, myocardial infarction, arrhythmias, and patients recovering from cardiac procedures.
