Physician Assistant Resume Profile
Experience
Physician Assistant
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- include treating a vast diverse psychiatric population of patients. Medication management, initial intakes and crisis/emergency psychiatric patient care.
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Tomah, WI. VA Medical Center. PA in the residential program-serving patients with substance abuse, PTSD and dual diagnosis. Tomah,
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care to the County Patients, also serving as the Nursing Supervisor. LaCrosse WI.
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- Manager for global medical company. Implementing advanced wound therapy product. San Antonio, TX.
- Finish my Master's Degree. Five Months .
- Practiced at Fort McCoy WI. In the Troop Medical Clinic and the Soldier Readiness Center, demobilizing and mobilizing soldiers.
- Practicing as an Urgent Care/ Emergency Room Physician Assistant in a small rural clinic.
- Practicing as a Surgical Physician Assistant in Trauma/Critical Care/Surgery. Practiced in Sport's Medicine/Orthopaedic Surgery encompassing scheduled orthopedic cases as well as orthopedic trauma call.
Physician Assistant Student
- Clinical experiences in the acute care setting as a Physician Assistant Student with Dr. Anton Kidess, Internal, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
- Clinical experience in Family Medicine as a Physician Assistant Student at the Augusta Family Medicine Clinic, Augusta, Wisconsin.
- Clinical experience in Emergency Medicine as a Physician Assistant Student at Luther Hospital Level Two Trauma Center, Emergency Room, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
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Critical Care Flight Nurse
- Providing direct patient care and critical management in the prehospital critical care environment during transportation of patients from accident scenes and interfacillity transports.
- Advanced skills include: Rapid Sequence Intubations, Cricothyrotomies, Needle decompression, Peicardiocentesis, Ventilator Management, Homodynamic Monitoring, and all prehospital Advanced Life Support Procedures.
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Critical Care Registered Nurse
Provided direct patient care and initiating care plans for a variety of neuro, cardiac, pulmonary, surgical, and pediatric critical care patients. Functioned as Charge Floor Nurse and preceptor for newly hired staff and nursing students.
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- Staff Charge Nurse for the Medical, Surgical, and Emergency Department. Staff Charge Nurse for weekends at the Whitehall Nursing Home.
- Supervised seven full-time staff of LPNs and CNAs, while implementing patient care plans and participating in the Whitehall Nursing Home's Patient Care Plan Committee.
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- Provided home health care to a variety of clients in the county and functioned as the Women,
- Infant, and Children, WIC Immunization Nurse.
- Licensed Practical Nurse:
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Provided all duties associated with the position of LPN in a small, rural hospital.
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Provided pediatric home health care for pediatric patients.
Skills, Abilities or Specialties
- Proficient in conducting physical examinations as well as diagnosis and treatment of patient's medical/surgical and psychological conditions.
- Work extensively with ancillary services such as, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and surgical Services.
- Work independently in a clinical setting, as well as performing all duties within the operating room in accordance with the scope of Physician Assistant Practice.
- Provide appropriate education/counseling to patients and their families.
Qualifications and Certifications
- Licensures:
- Physician Assistant Wisconsin and Iowa Registered Nurse
- Licensed Practical Nurse
- Certifications:
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider Patient Balloon Pump Transport Certification
- National Institute of Health Stroke Screen Certified
Current and Past Committees/Organizations
- Served on the Process Improvement Team in Clinical Services I-Team Member, staffed Elder/Adult Abuse Cases
- Drafted a Variance to the State of Wisconsin, outlining the out-patient psychiatric practice. This was the first one to be considered and now has become a statewide variance.
- Chancellor's List, Master's Program 2006
- Society of Emergency Physician Assistant's
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses
- Indianhead Chapter of American Association for Critical Care Nurses
- National Flight Nurse Association
- Cerebral Perfusion Protocol Committee Sacred Heart Hospital
- Quality Assurance Committee The Spirit of Marshfield
- Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Organization
- American Association of Physician Assistants
- Disease Management Service committee member
- Devising trauma protocols for the Emergency Room
- Brain Attack STAT team
Leisure Activities
- Time with my pets K 9's my Girl's Landscaping
- Walking and Bike Riding Gardening
- Refinishing Furniture Traveling
- Reading Home Improvements
- Knitting/Crocheting Spending time with family
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