Anita (Kellam) Bekker

Executed management of patient care ranging from stable, self limiting acute to chronic problems, disease prevention and root cause treatment.

• Perform minor surgical procedures and assisted in operating room.
• Neurosacral Modulation therapy for urinary incontinence
• Educated patients on treatment options, medical needs and non-medical options for treatments and therapy.
• Prescribed appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities to support health and comfort of patients.
• Used Meditech to create detailed patient reports on patient's condition status and treatments received.
• Coordinated with physicians, specialists and other medical staff to develop treatment plans for chronic conditions, including diabetes and heart disease.
• Worked in women's health services, including providing a variety of contraception options, counseling on reproductive issues, evaluation of prenatal patients and limited in office ultrasound, diagnostic treatment for abnormal cervical cytology, endometrial biopsies for abnormal uterine bleeding, vaginal prolapse management with use of pessaries.
• Treatment of overactive bladder with pretibial nerve stimulation.
• Provided preventive care such as well-child checks, adult physicals and gynecological examinations.

• Managed team of medical support personnel. Collaborated with internal departments to resolve issues for improved services.
• Coordinated patient care integral part of interdisciplinary team.
• Assessed diagnostic radiology films.
• Conducted weekly patient case conferences
• Oversaw overall primary care, including case management, medication management, quality assurance.
• Reviewed test results to properly diagnose illnesses or conditions.
• Developed and supervised sexual assault response team.

• Followed all policies, procedures and hospital regulations for protocol compliance and patient safety.
• Assessed, evaluated and cared for neonate and pediatric patients.
• Administered medications and fluids and checked vital signs on critically ill newborns.
• Responded to emergency situations such as pre-eclampsia, early labor and fetal distress.
• Coached new mothers with breastfeeding techniques, postpartum self-care and infant care to promote easier transition into motherhood.
• Assisted obstetricians and midwives with deliveries and cared for newborns directly after birth.
• Assessed infant health directly after birth using APGAR and monitored health for specified amount of time for any changes in status.
• Cared for pre-term infants in Level 3 neonatal intensive care unit.
• Supported physicians in both planned and emergency Cesarean section procedures.
• Aided with induction of labor for women suffering from complications such as preeclampsia.