Expert Details
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Legal Nurse
ID: 735582
Florida, USA
I am a Board Certified Nurse Family Nurse Practitioner with over twenty years experience in Pediatrics. Expert Legal Nurse Consulting Experience in Pediatrics. Experience in urgent care, emergency department, primary care, faculty practice and hospital practice.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Family Nurse Practitioner with over 30 years of Family Practice experience in various settings
including Primary Care, Urgent Care, Emergency Department and Inpatient Hospital Care.
• Majority of Nurse Practitioner Experience focused in Pediatrics, Women’s Health and Family Practice.
• Certified Legal Nurse Consultant with experience pertaining to Pediatric and Adult Clients.
• Joint Faculty and Clinical Practice positions held with three Schools of Nursing and Medicine.
• Current working knowledge of multiple EMR systems used in primary care and hospital settings
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 1982 | Degree: MSN | Subject: Family Nurse Practitioner | Institution: University of Kentucky |
Year: 2002 | Degree: | Subject: Certified Legal Nurse Consultant | Institution: Vickie Malazzo Institute |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 2018 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner | Department: Pediatric Private Practice |
Responsibilities:• In Pediatric private practice in South Miami office• Provide well child checks, wellness physicals, and treat ill episodic pediatric presentations • Evaluate and refer pediatric cases to Specialists and Emergency Department when indicated |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2017 to 2018 | Employer: Pediatric Associates | Title: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Provided per diem coverage for 15 various offices and after hour pediatric offices.• Office visits were focused on well child checks, episodic ill visits and after hours care. • Busy office scheduling 38-42 visits a day per provider. • EMR utilized in practice |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2018 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Clinical Professor | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Lead Instructor in Community Health providing Clinical Instruction in Community settings such as Camillus Housefor the Homeless and Feeding South Florida • Clinical Instructor at Nicolas Children’s Emergency Room for Maternal Child Health Clinical rotation |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2019 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Professor | Department: Faculty Nursing |
Responsibilities:Clinical Instructor for clinical sites. Providing clinical instructor in Maternal Child Health and Fundamentals of Nursing, Pediatric Emergency Room and Labor and Delivery. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2002 to 2017 | Employer: Baptist CHildren's Hospital | Title: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner | Department: Pediatric Emergency Room and Inpatient Hospital |
Responsibilities:• Responsibilities included overseeing, on the 6pm-6am shifts, the care of 56 a Children’s 56 bed Hospital, which included a16 bed monitored step down unit, as well as a 8 bed Intensive Care Unit. • Completed admission orders to the Pediatric Hospital, from BCH Pediatric Emergency Room, as well as accepting transfers from 5 other area hospitals. • Functioned autonomously without on site physician. Advanced Practice protocols with the Pediatric Hospitalists. • Number of completed admission orders, and admission History and Physicals, varied from 8 to 20 per night. • Utilized Center EMR system for admissions and 3 other systems for transfers from other hospitals • Provided weekly Restorative Yoga Classes for BCH Nurses and caregivers. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1998 to 2010 | Employer: Barry University School of Podiatry | Title: Associate Clinical Professor | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Provided lecture and clinical laboratory for entry-level Podiatry students.• Lead Instructor responsible for Advanced History and Physical Assessment. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1996 to 2002 | Employer: Baptist Health Systems | Title: Family Nurse Practitioner Emergency Services | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Practiced with BHS Initial Urgent Care Centers at King's Bay, Westchester and West Kendall sites, providing care toAdult and Pediatric Clients. • Concurrently working with Baptist Children's Hospital Emergency Departments in Kendall and Homestead ERs. • Gained and refined skills in evaluating, assessing, and managing urgent and emergency presentations in person's of all ages. • Provided Adult ER coverage in South Miami, Deering and Homestead's Emergency Departments. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1996 to 2002 | Employer: Drs. Julio Casas and C. Augustus | Title: Pediatric / Family Nurse Practitioner | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Practiced with Women's Health and Pediatric combined private practice.• Worked with both the pediatrician and OB-GYN Physician performing well woman, prenatal, newborn and well child visits, while managing common illnesses in the pediatric, obstetric and gynecologic population. • Conducted Lamaze, Prenatal Yoga, Childbirth Education, Newborn Care, and Breastfeeding Instructional Classes. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1996 to 2004 | Employer: Miami Dade Community College | Title: Adjunct Clinical Instructor | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Clinical Instructor for undergraduate Nursing Students enrolled in their first clinical Fundamentals of Nursing Classes• Provided lecture and clinical supervision for students in Family, Pediatric, Women’s Health and Geriatric Practice Settings. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1986 to 1996 | Employer: University of Miami Schools of Medicine and Nursing | Title: Associate Professor Faculty Family Practice | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Responsible for the original clinical structure for the Master's Level Family Nurse Practitioner Program.• Designed and implemented each core clinical course including Adult, Pediatric, Women's Health and Geriatric studies. • Held a Joint Associate Professor clinical position with the University of Miami School of Medicine and School of Nursing. • Supervised, in my clinical practice, Medical and Nursing Students completing their final clinical practicums in Family Practice. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1979 to 1982 | Employer: University of Kentucky | Title: Neonatal Nurse Clinician | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Neonatal Nurse Clinician in a 52 bed tertiary care NICU at the University of Kentucky Teaching Center• Managed the Care of Neonates in high acuity Neonatal Intensive Care Unit following Advanced Practice Protocols |
Career Accomplishments
Licenses / Certifications |
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CERTIFICATIONS ANA Certified as Family Nurse Practitioner BLS and PALS Certified RN/ARNP State of Florida Certified Legal Nurse Consultant C.L.N.C. ASPO Childbirth Educator/ Lactation Consultant 500 hour Certified Yoga Therapist and Certified Children’s Yoga Instructor |