SENIOR NURSE PRACTITIONER
(2025-04)
- Care for male and female patients with multiple urological medical issues; pre-operative/post-operative care; primary provider in local/rural office
- Coordinate care with physicians, specialists, and other medical staff to develop treatment plans for acute and chronic urological conditions, including kidney, bladder, and prostate disease
- Assisted with procedures PRN/performed procedures including cystoscopy including providing pre/post operative care and follow up
- Xiaflex (REMS training completed), Lupron, and testosterone therapy management
- Pessary fitting, care, and follow up
Nurse Practitioner - Kingston of Ashland
(2024-09 - 2025-03)
- Primary provider for 100 bed facility that covers skilled and long-term care residents
- Facilitate admissions, individualized and comprehensive treatment plans and follow up on all residents
- Evaluation and treatment of daily care, labs/radiology/referrals
- Complete discharge preparation and summaries
- Leader/educator for nursing staff
Nurse Practitioner - Illumia Healthcare
(2024-07 - 2024-09)
- Nurse practitioner on the Advanced Illness Management team
- Facilitate advanced illness management and palliative care for Empatia/Illumia patients, ensuring a comprehensive, individualized treatment plan, while demonstrating excellent clinical skills and ethical, relevant judgment
Clinical Practice Educator - WellBe Senior Medical - Independence, OH
(2023-03 - 2024-07)
- Provides education to new employees and provides/assists with continued education to current employees within the organization
- Perform leadership role for clinical communities and APP
- Serve on multiple projects to improve quality of educational support to preceptors and other providers within the organization
- Provide leadership and positive support to current APPs in the field regarding patient care and education needs
- Collaborate with CMD and CD to provide leadership and educational needs to communities
Field APP - WellBe Senior Medical - Independence, OH
(2023-03 - 2024-07)
- Work as CPE and APP with small patient panel
- Performs assessments, prescribes medications appropriately and orders/interprets test results related to current patient panel
- Refers to appropriate resources for quality patient care as needed (ie., LISW)
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team and participate in regularly scheduled team meetings
- Deliver palliative care, and when needed, end of life care to patients and families
- Facilitate family meetings with WellBe community team as needed
- Partners with other clinicians
- Provides primary care to patients in the home using current clinical guidelines
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner - Mercy Medical Center – CCF - Canton, OH
(2022-04 - 2022-08)
Remote nurse practitioner position (part time) assisting in the transition of the Portage Family Practice during Covid shut down.
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner - Veteran's Administration - Canton, OH
(2021-06 - 2021-11)
- Multiple acute/episodic visits and chronic medical care management
- Covered several LTC facilities for patient care needs 1-2 days/week
- Provide care to adult and elderly patients with multiple medical issues
- Specific focus and experience with mental health disorders common in primary care on daily basis
- Appropriate follow up for patients provided
- Responsible for own patient schedule and follow up
- Multiple-in-office procedures provided as needed
- Telemedicine 1-2 days/week
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner - Mercy Medical Center - Canton, OH
(2016-02 - 2021-06)
Worked as NP in multiple areas over time working within Mercy Medical Center. In all NP positions throughout career, I have worked as a sole provider on many occasions which required me to manage/direct nursing staff in the care of patients and appropriate follow up.
- Primary Care of Louisville (2019-2021): Multiple acute/episodic visits and chronic medical care management, Provide care to adult and elderly patients with multiple medical issues, Specific focus and experience with mental health disorders common in primary care on daily basis, Appropriate follow up for patients provided, Responsible for own patient schedule and follow up, In office procedures as needed, Telemedicine 1-2 days/week
- Trauma Services (2017-2019): Trauma NP for level two trauma center; performed multiple trauma procedures such as CT insertion and Q-ball pain pumps under ultrasound guidance, Care for trauma patient(s) from ER presentation through discharge/transfer, Responsible for managing and evaluating appropriateness of patient care and discharge planning, Responsible for managing staff in outpatient trauma clinic and seeing patients as scheduled, Provided coverage for the Pre-Surgical Testing Center and Bl
- Pulmonary Intensivist Group (2016-2017): Worked with pulmonary intensivist physician group to care for patients with pulmonary disorders and/or inpatient intensive care unit (ICU), Specific experience in pulmonary hypertension, ILD, and other pulmonary diseases, Member of multiple hospital committees including bloodless medicine and sepsis committees
Associate Professor of Nursing - Kent State University - Kent, OH
(2003-07 - 2016-02)
- Taught various courses throughout the undergraduate (BSN) and graduate nursing (MSN) program(s) including leadership and management, fundamentals of nursing, critical care nursing of the adult, pharmacology, assessment of the adult, nursing research, advanced health assessment of the adult, advanced pharmacology, and intensive writing courses
- Served as the RN-BSN completion program manager/coordinator/faculty
- Wrote grant proposal to receive monies to assist in the education of nurse practitioner students who lived in rural areas of the Appalachian Mountains with the goal of increasing access to affordable health care for residents
- Member of course curriculum development, assessment, and evaluation committees for several of the above courses for improvement purposes and maintenance of evidence-based practice/curriculum standards
- Provide student advising for undergraduate (BSN) and graduate (MSN) students
- Experience in teaching in formal face to face fashion and/or online or both methods
- Most courses also carried both clinical and didactic components. Responsible for overseeing all clinical students in the program and providing guidance as appropriate
- Continued to work as part-time/as needed nurse practitioner while teaching full time for Kent State University to stay current with practice and certification
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner - Kidney & Hypertension Specialists - Canton, OH
(2010-01 - 2013-01)
- Provided full care for nephrology patients on hemodialysis including lab and med adjustments and education
- Performed rounds in two outpatient units and nocturnal dialysis units
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner - Family Medicine of Stark County - North Canton, OH
(2007-01 - 2010-01)
- Included well visits, physical assessment, lab/diagnostic orders and interpretation, evaluation, management
- Teamed with physicians to provide comprehensive patient care, referrals, and high-risk management strategies
- Women's Health care – contraception and menopause management, female exams
- Prescribed medications and treatments for patients and maintained accurate records
- Established office with directives to effectively locate, hire, accredit, and train new nurse practitioners in the practice
- Precepted and supervised nurse practitioner students and new hire nurse practitioners
- Several in office procedures performed
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner - Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Wooster, OH
(2005-01 - 2007-01)
- Worked in urology department caring for male and female patients with multiple urological medical issues; pre-operative/post-operative care including urodynamics and testosterone pellet placement
- Coordinated with physicians, specialists, and other medical staff to develop treatment plans for acute and chronic urological conditions, including bladder and prostate disease
- Presented urology focused group and individual patient including community education sessions
- Assisted with/participated in procedures including cystoscopy, vasectomy, etc. while providing pre/post operative care
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner - Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Wooster, OH
(2002-01 - 2004-01)
Worked in urology department caring for male and female patients with multiple urological medical issues; performed pre-operative/post-operative care
