Antoinette Gamble

Doctoral prepared-certified Nurse Practitioner with expertise in Family Practice. Proficient in patient and family education regarding the management of acute and chronic health conditions. Self-directed professional with superior problem-solving, communication and management skills. Successful in prioritizing tasks and organizing projects to improve the quality of patient care. Motivated professional who adds value to any organization in need of great collaboration, interpersonal and multitasking abilities. Recent graduate with excellent research, technical and problem-solving skills. Detail-oriented and able to learn new concepts quickly. Highly-motivated Nurse Practitioner with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

• Sigma Theta Tau International-Honor Society of Nursing
• Active BLS
• Active Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner Licensure

• Department of Veterans Affairs, 03/2001 - 2006, Renders primary nursing care for U. S. Veterans in the critical care, telemetry, telephone triage, and medicine wards. Collaborates with other healthcare disciplines to provide optimal healthcare. Effectively master the CPRS and VISTA computerized charting systems. Utilized clinical reminders, researched consults, became familiar with the medication formulary, became very active with the annual flu immunization campaign.
• Methodist Healthcare Central, 05/1997 - 2003, Responsible for patient care including, assessments, monitoring, reporting, and documenting patient care. Gaining experience in medical surgical, telemetry, orthopedics, and the emergency departments.

Medical College of Georgia Corrections Division, 10/2006 - Present, Collectively with a team of three physicians and four mid-level clinicians, provide medical care and screening at a maximum security facility for a large population which must be classified, diagnosed, treated, and processed though the largest of three diagnostic prisons in the state of Georgia. Provide medical care, which includes intake history and physical examinations, assessment of medical conditions, diagnosis of new conditions, initiating new treatment plans, and providing counseling for prevention and management of diseases. Provide emergent care and stabilize patients, which commonly include but not limited to, evaluation and treatment of acute chest pain, hypertensive urgencies and emergencies, seizures, respiratory distress, drug overdoses, lacerations, musculoskeletal injuries, and acute surgical emergencies. Make initial assessments and plans, which are presented to physicians for further evaluation and approval. Provide primary care through chronic care clinic for many chronic illnesses and aim to meet established goals for treatment of many chronic diseases including but not limited to HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, diabetes, cardiovascular disease/hypertension, hyperlipidemia, endocrine disorders, and respiratory disorders. Perform problem oriented history and physicals for routine problem visits and injuries. Careful medical record documentation to meet monthly audit standards and ensure accuracy and completeness of patient medical encounters and records.

References furnished upon request.