Nurse Practitioner
- Job Target: Nurse Practitioner
- Employment Status: Employed - Will Consider Right Opportunity
- Experience Level: Not Specified
- Seeking: Full-Time
- Industry: Nursing Resumes
- Salary:
- Degree: Not Specified
- Security Clearance: Confidential (Level I)
- Travel: Moderate
- Relocate:: No
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Objective
My career objectives are to continue to provide excellent patient care while working in a fulfilling environment such as management or education.
Job Target
Nurse Practitioner
Professional Experience
| 2007 – present |
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nurse Practitioner |
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Work with head and neck surgeons primarily with head and neck cancer patients. My position is new and consists of assisting the physicians and seeing follow-up patients independently. |
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| 2001 – 2007 |
Vanderbilt Medical Group Franklin TN Nurse Practitioner-Walk in Clinic |
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Assessed, diagnosed, treated walk in patients ages 2 months to 100 years. Patients included medical illness of every variety as well as minor trauma patients. I loved this job and left only after being pursued for a year by the head and neck surgeon. |
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| 2003 – 2005 |
Nashville Medical Group Nurse Practitioner Nursing Home |
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I worked with one internest making rounds for him in four nursing homes. My mom was a patient in one of them at the time. I did this as a part time position while working at the Vanderbilt Walk in Clinic |
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| 1997 – 2000 |
Dr Thomas Dake(practice owned by St Thomas Healthcare) Family Nurse Practitioner |
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Family practice private practice. St Thomas sold the practice and my position was deleted. |
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| 1997 – 1997 |
Baptist Hospital Nashville TN Clinical Director of Baptist Affiliates |
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Job responsibilities included preparing physician offices for JCAHO and serving as clinical consultant to all the hospitals owned by Baptist Hospital. Baptist made plans to sell off the doctors offices and some of the hospitals as well as to no longer have the affiliates in the organization. I saw this coming and took the wonderful opportunity with Dr Dake. |
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| 1996 – 1997 |
South Baldwin Family Practice Nurse Practitioner |
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Private family practice in Foley, Alabama. My family and I moved back to Nashville, TN |
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| 1989 – 1992 |
Baptist Hospital Nashville TN Staff Nurse recovery room |
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Caring for patients in the recovery room following outpatient surgery. My family and I moved to Mobile, Alabama so I had to leave. |
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| 1982 – 1989 |
St Thomas Hospital Director of Emergency Services |
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I was the head nurse of emergency services and promoted to director of emergency services. My responsibilities included managing staff, managing budget and overall responsibility for the emergency room. During my time as the director I assisted in designing and planning a new emergency room for the hospital. |
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| 1976 – 1989 |
Baptist Hospital Nashville TN Critical Care Supervisor night shift |
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Started as staff nurse in emergency department and was promoted to Critical Care Supervisor night shift. As Critical Care Supervisor I was responsible for neuro intensive care, medical intensive care, coronary care, coronary step down, dialysis, and emergency services for the 11-7 shift. This position also included the responsibility of managing any code situation in the house for the shift. |
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| 1987 – 1989 |
Southern Hills Medical Center Charge Nurse Critical Care |
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I managed the staff and patients of the critical care unit of the hospital. I left after the birth of my second child. |
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| 1974 – 1976 |
Baptist Memorial Hospital Staff Nurse |
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Staff nurse caring for critically ill patients. |
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Education
| 1996 | University of Mobile – Master's Degree (MA/MS/MBA) |
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Master of Science in nursing with family nurse practitioner speciality. 4.0 GPA |
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| 1995 | University of South Alabama – Bachelor's Degree (BA/BS) |
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Bachelor of Science in nursing |
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| 1974 | Baptist Memorial Hospital School of Nursing – Associate or Vocational Degree (AA/AS/MCSE/etc.) |
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This was not an associate degree it was a Diploma in nursing but that was not optional on the drop down screen. |
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Last updated on: 2008-04-30.





