Solomon Joshua

Enthusiastic, compassionate and resourceful Nurse Practitioner. Possess excellent communication, teaching and mentoring skills. Strong background in acute and critical care. Nursing experience of 15 years with seven years in the capacity of nurse practitioner diagnosing, treating and following up with patients across- life span population including pediatrics to geriatrics.

I am amendable to opportunities to apply my talents and skills; to be challenged and continue to grow professionally and personally.

Advanced Nurse Practitioner Intensivist and Hospitalist - Pulmonary Medicine Associates, California Sutter Roseville Medical Center and Hospital, Vibra Hospital, Folsom - California

(2025-04)

• Manage 55+ acute cases weekly in critical care settings
• Provide comprehensive health assessments, differential diagnosis, and prescribe treatments under the protocol in the direct management of acute and chronic illness and disease
• Assess the need for appropriate diagnostic workup, order and interpret laboratory results and imaging study with a goal to establish appropriate diagnosis and treatment course
• Provide cost-effective, high-quality care based on best practice evidenced based medicine
• Provide care for acutely and critically ill patients, managing average caseload of 16 patients per shift
• Provided code blue/stroke and rapid response care to patients with decompensating or declining health conditions, handing over 65 cases per month with high success rates
• Perform advanced procedures including intubation, Central lines insertion, Hemodialysis catheter placement, Thoracentesis, Paracentesis, Arterial line insertion for acute hemodynamic monitoring, bed-side suturing and assisted in Tracheostomy and peg tube placement
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to enhance patient outcomes, reducing hospital/ICU length of stay
• Implement evidence-based practice, increasing patient's recovery rate
• Collaborate with medical team to ensure accurate diagnosis and treatment, improving patient's overall satisfaction scores

Critical Care/Intensive Care (ICU) Nurse Practitioner - Benchmark Hospitalists and Intensivists, Mercy Medical Center and Hospital, Merced - California

(2025-04)

• Provide comprehensive acute care to individuals with diverse range of medical conditions
• Provide high quality acute care to critically ill patients in a fast-paced acute setting, ensuring their comfort, well-being and safety
• Using clinical guidelines and evidence-based protocols to develop and manage critically ill-individuals with complex medical comorbidities
• Coordinate and collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement patient care
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives focusing on enhancing patient outcomes and care delivery
• Engage as clinical expert in acute and critical care settings, providing guidance and support to healthcare teams
• Conduct comprehensive physical assessment, History and physical examinations, order and interpret diagnostic tests, administered medications and treatments acutely and safely especially in code situations
• Conduct daily rounds, perform admission of new patients, follow-up, discharge and consultation for other specialty in assessment and management of unstable acute patients
• Perform advanced procedures including intubation, Central lines insertion, Hemodialysis catheter placement, Thoracentesis, Paracentesis, Arterial line insertion for acute hemodynamic monitoring, bed-side suturing

Advanced Nurse Practitioner (APRN-Board Certified) Hospitalist/Internal Medicine - Stanford health Care - California

(2025-01 - 2025-05)

• Provide comprehensive health assessments, differential diagnosis, and prescribe treatments under the protocol in the direct management of acute and chronic illness and disease
• Assess the need for appropriate diagnostic workup, order and interpret laboratory results and imaging study with a goal to establish appropriate diagnosis and treatment course
• Provide cost-effective, high-quality care based on best practice evidenced based medicine
• Provide care for acutely and critically ill patients, managing average caseload of 10 patients per shift
• Provided rapid response care to patients with decompensating or declining health conditions, handing over 75 cases per month with high success rates
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to enhance patient outcomes, reducing hospital/ICU stay by 15%
• Implement evidence-based practice, increasing patient's recovery rate by 20%
• Collaborate with medical team to ensure accurate diagnosis and treatment, improving patient's satisfaction score by 25%

Advanced Nurse Practitioner (APRN-Board Certified) Hospitalist/Internal Medicine - Loma Linda University Hospital - California

(2024-02 - 2025-05)

• Responsible for performing comprehensive assessment, obtained complete history and physical examination
• Initiating admission orders for treatment, reconciling home medications and managing patients admitted under hospitalist team using clinical & best practice guidelines
• Assessing the need for appropriate diagnostic workup, recognizing and interpreting lab results and imaging study with a goal to establish appropriate diagnosis and treatment course
• Responsible to Prescribe medications, place orders, perform procedures and respond to emergency and immediate condition changes of acute patients to stabilize and achieve wellness
• Manage the pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of various disease and disorder
• Manage acute and critical care patients, closely monitoring and provide care for decompensating and life-threatening conditions
• Perform adept assessment for safe and effective patient discharge or transfer from acute setting
• Perform medical consultations, preoperative and postoperative care as well as follow up visits
• Works collaboratively with other disciplines to develop and implement of holistic care plan
• Evaluate and manage between 15-20 patients each shift

Advanced Nurse Practitioner (APRN-Board Certified) – Hospitalist/Internal Medicine - HCA Facilities - Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, Mountain View Hospital and Medical Center, Southern Hills Hospital, Riverside Community Hospital - Las Vegas, Nevada; Riverside, California

(2019-08 - 2025-03)

• Responsible for rounding with Internal Medicine and Hospitalist team
• Manage care and treatment plan for COVID-19 population and various debilitating health conditions
• Demonstrates knowledge of the specific diseases/infections and age-appropriate treatment therapies
• Provide complex clinical evaluation, diagnostic testing, and appropriate interventions for patients in the Intensive Critical Care Units (ICU), Trauma and Neuro/Stroke units, Medical, surgical and cardiac units
• Interpret diagnostic testing, including labs, radiological imaging, nuclear medicine studies, cardiac rhythms, Echocardiograms, ABGs and pulmonary studies
• Perform medical consultations, preoperative and postoperative care as well as follow up medical visits

Advanced Nurse Practitioner (APRN-Board Certified) Hospitalist/Internal Medicine - Sound Physicians - University Medical Center/UMC - Las Vegas, Nevada

(2018-11 - 2022-12)

• Order and interpret radiographic studies, laboratory and diagnostic studies
• Performing comprehensive History & Physical Examination, admissions, discharge patients effectively
• Assessing and developing a plan of care for acute and complex patient populations and ordering appropriate testing, treatments, medications and consults
• Performing and documenting comprehensive physical and psychological exams of patient
• Making complex clinical decisions to improve patient care and outcomes
• Review and analyze individual treatment plans for appropriate level of care
• Provide instruction and counseling to patients and their families to provide evidence-based care

Infectious Disease Provider & Hospitalist Nurse Practitioner - St. Rose Dominican Hospital & Medical Center - Henderson, Nevada

(2022-04 - 2023-12)

• Appropriate Diagnosed and treat a variety of diseases and injuries in trauma and hospital settings
• Managed infectious disease response for COVID, Ebola, Zika virus and emergent diseases
• Order and evaluate diagnostic testing and images to further investigate patients' conditions
• Provide oversight in surveillance and managed infection control programs
• Managed patients with communicable conditions including COVID, influenza, tuberculosis, HIV
• Managed complex conditions including Necrotizing pneumonia, Osteomyelitis, bacteremia sepsis, meningitis, monkey pox
• Participate and enhanced infectious disease response for Ebola, Zika virus and emergent diseases
• Provide recommendations and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to provide best practice

Advanced Nurse Practitioner (APRN-Board Certified) – Hospitalist - VA Medical Center and Hospital - Las Vegas, Nevada

(2018-07 - 2023-05)

• Perform comprehensive history and physical examination, admissions, discharge, follow-up rounding effectively and safely
• Order and interpret radiographic, laboratory and diagnostic studies
• Assessing and developing a plan of care for acute and complex patient populations
• Order appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, treatments, prescribed medications and consults