Nurse Practitioner Registered
Resume:
Tercilia (Cilia) Lafortune
Brandenton, FL ***** 239-***-**** adib2i@r.postjobfree.com
FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER
Self-driven, compassionate, and well-rounded Nurse Practitioner with experience in direct patient care, team leadership, and patient education. Able to assess and gather patients’ medical history, support patients with multiple chronic co-morbidities, diagnose, treat, perform diagnostic interventions, and complete follow-up as required. Consults with patients and family members on pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment modalities. Documents and successfully applies results of patient diagnostics encompassing assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, and treatment changes. Thrives in fast-paced, high stress environments. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Care Vision, MedGen, and Cerner.
Areas of Expertise
Strong Leadership Skills
Treatment Plans & Diagnoses
Patient Education
Patient Safety
Impactful Presentation Skills
Qualitative Patient Care
Precepting & Teaching
Diagnostic Tests & Screenings
Infectious Disease Practice
Written/Verbal Communication
Follows HIPAA Regulations
Preventative Care
Disease Management
Program Improvement
Change Management
EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS
Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner, Purdue Global University, Chicago, IL (1/2019) – GPA 3.7
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, State College of Florida, Bradenton, FL (5/2011) – GPA 3.56
Associate of Arts in Nursing, Manatee Community College, Bradenton, FL (5/2006) – GPA: 3.54
Family Nurse Practitioner, National Board Certification, American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) (4/2019)
Florida Registered Nurse License (9/2006)
KEY SKILLS ASSESSMENT
Promote patient education, disease prevention, and teaching on various disease processes.
Review and order labs and medication, and collaborate with a team of physicians and specialists.
Obtain health histories, perform physical examinations, and develop effective plan of care for each patient.
Effectively manage chronic and acute illnesses and focus on safety and delivering high quality care for best outcomes.
Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate direct and indirect nursing care and identify outcomes for patients.
Evaluate and provide treatment for patients utilizing nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation in compliance with facility procedures.
Write orders for medications, treatments, diagnostic procedures, and lab tests.
NURSING EXPERIENCE
Rejuvanated Health Care Center, St. Petersburg, Fl Nurse Practitioner in Practice Collaborating with another Nurse Practitioner, providing direct medical care, consultation, coordination, referrals for diverse general population age 16-giatric with Broad Range of medical issues. Monitor and documents patient’s medical issues, status, through interview and by chart review. Managing patients’ medical issues through prioritizing as evidence by their medical diagnosis and labs results.
Monitoring and managing patient blood pressure, Diabetes, Hypercholesteremia and analyzing and interpreting laboratories X-ray results and formulating and implementing plan of care which is tailed to each patient.
Performing CryoTschock Therapy which reduces Cellulites, Fat Deposits, and Reduces wrinkles, smooth and tightening the skin.
Performing and providing Anti-Aging procedures such as Botox, Platelet Rich Plasma Injection to facial area and to men for hair loss.
Inserting IV and transfuse intravenous Nutrients IV Therapy treatments
Managing and promoting healthy lifestyle by educating and empowering patients with the knowledge and the importance of healthy lifestyle and how to maintain healthy weight by consuming health diet, exercising and prescribing Weight Loss Medications. Monitoring and providing patients with healthy diet plans and weekly weight loss monitoring.
Treats and managing patient with Drug addiction with medical and Pharmaceutical interventions and collaborating with other health care providers.
Treats patients and referral patients to in patient rehabs for Alcohol abuse
07/2019-Present
BAYFRONT MEDICAL CENTER, St. Petersburg, FL 2014 – 03/2020
Registered Nurse, Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Provide safe, efficient and competent care based upon professional and organizational standards for critically ill patients in a trauma ICU.
Monitor patient hemodynamic ( cally), intracranial pressure, and lumbar drains.
Ventilate patients. ( Assist physicians with intubating patient who are having problem maintaining their airway. Also, report and prepared for Emergently intubation, and administering appropriate medications prior to intubation)
Monitor patients on continuous renal replacement.
Assist physicians with inserting Bolts/EVD, tracheostomy, percutaneous, endoscopic gastrostomy, chest tubes, and arterial lines.
Assist with minor wash out and debridement, bronchoscopy at the bedside.
Care for patients with open abdomen after severe gunshot wounds, for patients with orthopedic fractures and tractions, and complex wounds.
Care and monitor ventilating patients post-operatively.
Monitor labs, diagnostic results, and report abnormal labs to physicians and other healthcare providers.
Obtain 12-lead EKG for cardiac symptoms.
Monitoring and applying wound vac to patient. Monitor for leakage and troubleshooting the wound vac and report to the appropriate providers.
Set up and apply traction to patient with severe fractions of the trochanters or hips
Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver safe and effective patient care.
SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Sarasota, FL 9/2006 – 5/2014
Registered Nurse, Neurology and Urology Unit
Cared for post-operative, laminectomy, anterior, and posterior cervical corpectomy and laminectomy, craniotomy patients.
Monitored patients post-TPA and stroke patients.
Provided care for patients suffering from cerebral vascular accidents and monitored patients with robotic prostatectomy, open prostatectomy, TURBT, continuous bladder irrigations, and ( Perform) manual bladder irrigations.
Monitored patients’ heart via telemetry. ( Continous cardiac monitoring and report abnormal ECG’s and EKG’s to Physicians in charge.
Reported any abnormal changes in patients’ conditions to appropriate physician or provider.
Earlier Experience as a Certified Nursing Assistant
Sarasota Memorial Health and Rehab, Sarasota, FL (2004 – 2006)
Sarasota Health Care Centers, Sarasota, FL (2001 – 2004)
The Fountains at Lake Point Wood, Sarasota, FL (1997 – 2001)
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