Alicia Binns
Summary
Family Nurse Practitioner graduate with a nursing background in critical care, hospice, and complex patient management. Brings clinical training in primary care, internal medicine, pediatrics, and palliative care, with strengths in assessment, chronic disease management, medication management, patient education, and care coordination.
Overview
1
1
Certification
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse Case Manager
Hospice of the Valley
Phoenix, AZ
07.2022 - Current
- Managed caseload of hospice patients across home and community settings, delivering comprehensive nursing assessments and symptom management to enhance patient comfort.
- Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to develop and implement individualized plans of care focused on comfort, quality of life, and patient goals.
- Coordinated care for patients, families, providers, pharmacies, and facilities, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration among healthcare team members.
- Perform ongoing physical and psychosocial assessments and communicate changes in patient condition to physicians, nurse practitioners, and interdisciplinary team members.
- Educated and supported patients and families on disease progression, medications, end-of-life care, and the dying process to improve understanding and coping.
Travel Registered Nurse
Aureus Medical Group
07.2021 - 07.2022
- Provided care to medically complex and critically ill adult patients in SICU, MICU, and step-down settings at Chandler Regional Medical Center.
- Adapted to diverse clinical environments, ensuring safe, evidence-based nursing care for critically ill patients.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team, enhancing patient outcomes through effective communication and coordinated care.
- Conducted comprehensive assessments, administered medications, educated patients, and coordinated care for individuals with complex medical conditions.
Clinical Nurse – Trauma-Neuro Intensive Care Unit
Banner Desert Medical Center
Mesa, AZ
07.2020 - 07.2021
- Provided care to critically ill trauma and neurologically injured patients in a Level I trauma center.
- Managed complex monitoring and therapies for critically ill patients, including external ventricular drains (EVDs) and continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), ensuring optimal patient outcomes.
- Conducted comprehensive neurological and critical care assessments, swiftly identifying and addressing changes in patient condition to enhance care response.
- Precepted new nurses, fostering development of clinical knowledge and critical care skills to strengthen team competency in high-stakes environments.
Clinical Nurse – Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Ascension St. John Hospital
Detroit, MI
06.2019 - 07.2020
- Delivered critical care to surgical, trauma, and neurologically injured patients in Level I trauma and certified stroke centers, ensuring adherence to best practices.
- Conducted comprehensive assessments and administered medications while implementing evidence-based interventions to optimize patient outcomes.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team members to coordinate complex patient care and facilitate safe transitions of care.
- Instructed patients and families on diagnoses, treatments, procedures, and recovery processes to enhance understanding and support patient engagement.
Family Nurse Practitioner Student
IMS Primary Care
07.2026 - 10.2026
- Provided supervised primary care to adult patients across acute, chronic, and preventive care visits.
- Performed comprehensive health histories and physical examinations.
- Participated in diagnosis, treatment planning, medication prescribing and management, and follow-up care.
- Participated in hypertension and chronic disease management.
- Performed Medicare Annual Wellness Visits and provided individualized preventive health recommendations.
- Provided health promotion, disease prevention, and lifestyle counseling.
Family Nurse Practitioner Student
Arizona Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
10.2025 - 10.2026
- Highly diverse population with a high density of Spanish-speaking patients
- Performed comprehensive histories and physical examinations and participated in diagnostic evaluation and treatment planning.
- Participated in hypertension and chronic disease management.
- Participated in medication prescribing and management.
- Provided preventive care, health promotion, patient education, and lifestyle counseling.
- Performed well-child examinations and provided age-appropriate anticipatory guidance.
- Participated in women's healthcare, including Pap testing.
Family Nurse Practitioner Student
Hospice of the Valley
03.2026 - 05.2026
- Provided supervised advanced practice clinical care to patients receiving hospice and palliative services.
- Participated in symptom assessment, medication management, patient and family education, and interdisciplinary care planning.
Family Nurse Practitioner Student
Moon Valley Pediatrics
03.2026 - 04.2026
- High volume clinic seeing upward of 40 patients per day. Provided supervised pediatric primary care during well-child and acute visits.
- Participated in comprehensive pediatric assessments, preventive care, developmental assessment, anticipatory guidance, and patient/family education.
Education
Master of Science - Nursing – Family Nurse Practitioner
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ10-2026
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Oakland University
Rochester, MI04-2019
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI04-2015
Skills
- Comprehensive health assessment
- Acute & Chronic Disease Management
- Hypertension Management
- Medication Prescribing & Management
- Preventive Care
- Medicare Annual Wellness Visits
- Health Promotion & Counseling
- Patient Education
- Care Coordination
- Palliative care
- End-of-Life Care
- Critical care nursing
- Trauma Nursing
- Neurological Assessment
- EVD Management
- CRRT
- Well-child examinations
- Pediatric Preventive Care
- Developmental Assessment
- Anticipatory Guidance
- Pap Testing
- Women's Health
Certification
Registered Nurse — Arizona & Compact States | License #244831 | 2020 – Present, Basic Life Support (BLS) | Valid through November 2026
Affiliations
- American Nurses Association (ANA)
- Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA)
CONTINUING EDUCATION
DEA-Required Opioid/Substance Use Education | 8 hours completed
Timeline
Family Nurse Practitioner Student
IMS Primary Care
07.2026 - 10.2026
Family Nurse Practitioner Student
Hospice of the Valley
03.2026 - 05.2026
Family Nurse Practitioner Student
Moon Valley Pediatrics
03.2026 - 04.2026
Family Nurse Practitioner Student
Arizona Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
10.2025 - 10.2026
Registered Nurse Case Manager
Hospice of the Valley
07.2022 - Current
Travel Registered Nurse
Aureus Medical Group
07.2021 - 07.2022
Clinical Nurse – Trauma-Neuro Intensive Care Unit
Banner Desert Medical Center
07.2020 - 07.2021
Clinical Nurse – Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Ascension St. John Hospital
06.2019 - 07.2020
Master of Science - Nursing – Family Nurse Practitioner
Grand Canyon University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Oakland University
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of Michigan