Professional info
Working in an ER setting over the years has provided a wealth of experience and the opportunity to work side by side with many nurse practitioners and medical doctors. The professionals I have worked with have allowed me to ask numerous questions, in addition to sharing in their triumphs and struggles as rural primary health care providers. The most frequent struggle we encounter in the ER is a lack of education when it comes to patient health and lack of education for family members. I truly feel that clear, articulate education can avert the onset of many chronic diseases, or can at least help reduce the severity of the disease. As a DNP prepared FNP I look forward to securing a leadership role where I can help educate not only the patient, but the patient’s family.
Work experience
RN Emergency Room, Ivinson Memorial Hospital, Laramie, WY
2008 - present
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Responsible for the triage process in a 12 bed emergency room, implementing lab work and radiological studies for patients, providing assessment and reassessments to a variety of different patients encompassing all the life stages.
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Responsible for assessment and reassessments of higher acuity patients such as intubated patients, oncology patients, obstetric patients, cerobrovascular accident patients, myocardial infarction patients, and trauma patients.
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Other duties are implementing intravascular access, medication review and administration, inserting nasogastric tubes, inserting urinary catheters, dressing wounds, splints, assisting in set up for procedures performed by emergency room physician, delegating appropriate tasks to employees, medication administration, patient and patienmily education, intra-facility patient transports.
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Accompany patients on inter-facility transports via ground ambulance.
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Approximately 7,648 hours of patient contact
RN VA Medical Center, Cheyenne, WY
2008
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Responsible for the care of both medical and post-surgical patients.
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Other duties included patient and patient family education, assessment and reassessment of adult males and females, review and administration of medications, delegating appropriate tasks to employees, wound assessment, obtaining intravascular access, inserting nasogastric tubes, inserting urinary catheters, dressing wounds, and wound assessments.
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Approximately 200 hours of patient contact
CNA South Lincoln Medical Center, Kemmerer, WY
2002 - 2004
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Responsible for assisting RN’s and LPN’s with day to day nursing activities in small rural hospital.
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Worked on medical floor, surgical floor, OB, and emergency room.
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Approximately 2912 hours of patient contact
Languages
ENGLISH
Skills
WORD
EXCEL
POWERPOINT
University of Wyoming, DNP-FNP
2013 - (anticipated) 2016
The DNP program at the University of Wyoming educates advanced practice nurses (APNs) who utilize evidence to create innovative ways to improve health care. The DNP program provides
clinical experiences in the rural Rocky Mountain region, which is one of the reasons this program was so attractive to me. I am honored, to have been given the opportunity to earn a doctorate degree from the University of Wyoming.
University of Wyoming, BSN
2004 - 2008
The University of Wyoming Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing boasts a "small school" atmosphere. Learning facilities include state-of-the-art classrooms and Clinical Simulation Center. As an undergraduate student, I was initially attracted to the University of Wyoming because I appreciated the diversity of coursework offered at this institution and was fond of the relatively small class sizes compared to similar universities. Since the age of three, I have lived in rural Wyoming communities and was raised a fan of the Cowboys and Cowgirls, so attending UW was a source of pride for me. While I had not anticipated settling down in this state, I now recognize that Wyoming offers tremendous advantages those who live and work here.