Ana Chavalo
FORT PIERCE,Florida
Summary
Highly qualified board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner focused on providing quality wound care and maintaining direct lines of communication with patients and the entire health-care team. Diversely experienced with comprehensive background in inpatient and outpatient wound care. Knowledge of JCAHO standards and Medicare health regulations. Compassionate Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner with 12 years of comprehensive experience providing acute and chronic wound care management for diverse and challenging populations. Skilled at analyzing patient histories and preliminary test results to build diagnosis. In-depth knowledge of skin substitutions application, negative pressure wound therapy and multilayer compression wraps.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Register Nurse Case Manager
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Medical Center
02.2007 - 03.2024
- Proficient ability to quickly assess and identify patient's wound care needs in a fast paced wound center.
- Assist in procedures such as incision and drainage of abscesses, laceration repair, splinting, packing of wounds, dressing changes. Application of TCC, negative wound VAC's, order hospital beds, and offloading medical equipment for patients.
- Order and interpretation of xrays and wound cultures
- Consult with other members of the healthcare team as well as external healthcare providers and hospital staff to coordinate patient care.
- Educated patients and families about wound care processes, medical treatments, self-care wound care techniques, and available community resources.
- Conducted thorough assessments of patients'' physical, emotional, and social needs to develop appropriate interventions and support services.
- Reduced hospital readmission rates by closely monitoring patients'' progress and promptly addressing potential complications.
Education
Master of Science - Family Nurse Practitioner RN To MSN
South University
Savannah, GA03.2024
Bachelor of Science -
South University
Savannah, GA09.2022
Associate of Science - Register Nurse
Indian River State College
Ft. Pierce, FL03.2010
Certification
- AANP Certified Family Nurse Practitioner Licence # F07240198
- Advance Wound Care Certitication #191024621A
- National Provider Indentifier #1003647041
- Florida Registered Nurse Licensure # 9333405
- BLS Certified
Skills
- Acute and chronic wound care expertise
- EMR / EHR - Epic, Healogics
- Fluent in spanish
- Procedure preparations for skin substitution grafix, apligrafs
- Patient's wound evaluation- Diabetic foot ulcers clarifications (wagner Scale) Classification of pressure ulcer, and venous leg ulcers as well as arterial leg ulcers Manual ABI's performed prior to compression therapy initiation
- Family Education - Proper wound care technics
- Strong clinical judgment
- Removing sutures, TCC application, negative wound VAC application and ordering supplies accordingly to patient needs
- Infection control measures to avoid wound infections
- Chronic disease management to avoid wound reoccurrence
- Patient Assessments - Proper identification of wound etiology
- Disease prevention and intervention specialist - Prompt referrals (infection disease, podiatry, dermatology) to avoid delay of treatment
Timeline
Register Nurse Case Manager
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Medical Center
02.2007 - 03.2024
Master of Science - Family Nurse Practitioner RN To MSN
South University
Bachelor of Science -
South University
Associate of Science - Register Nurse
Indian River State College
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