Brandy Newtown

Completed an intensive Family Nurse Practitioner program with over 780 hours of supervised clinical practice in diverse outpatient and primary care settings. Training provided broad, evidence-based experience managing acute, chronic, and preventative care needs across all age groups, with an emphasis on culturally competent, patient-centered care.

Adult & Gerontology (15 weeks/270 hours)

UNC Family Medicine Fuquay Varina, NC

Jennifer Fay MSN, APRN, FNP-C

· Performed comprehensive health exams addressing chronic conditions, disease prevention, and health promotion

· Focused on evidence-based practice guidelines to develop individualized care plans and treatments

· Reviewed labs and diagnostics applicable to each case study to facilitate diagnosing

· Educated patients and families on diagnosis, medications, and follow-ups

Women’s Health (10 weeks/180 hours)

Raleigh OBGYN Raleigh, NC

Kristin Allison, MSN, FNP-BC, WHNP-BC

· Conducted comprehensive gynecological exams, Pap smears, and breast exams

· Managed contraception, including IUD/Nexplanon/OCP counseling and administration (and removal if IUDs)

· Provided prenatal counseling & postpartum assessments

· Treated common conditions such as irregular menses, UTIs, vaginitis, & STIs

· Addressed common conditions including: PCOS, perimenopausal, & menopausal conditions

· Provided prenatal & postnatal care, interpreted EFM and NST

· Educated with evidence-based practice recommendations for women’s health

Pediatrics/Adolescents/Young Adult (10 weeks/180 hours)

Pinehurst Medical Clinic Sanford, NC

Dr. Jennifer Normann (Family Practice & Pediatrics)

· Conducted well-child exams, including growth and developmental assessments

· Administered and counseled on immunization schedules per CDC guidelines

· Diagnosed and treated common pediatric illnesses, including otitis media, URIs, gastrointestinal, and dermatological conditions

· Addressed behavioral concerns, ADHD screenings, and anticipatory guidance

· Participated in school & sports physical and adolescent health visits

· Provided sexual and reproductive health counseling, STI testing, and contraceptive management

· Addressed mental health concerns including anxiety, depression, and eating disorders

· Managed skin conditions such as acne

· Emphasized confidentiality and autonomy in care delivery

Adult Primary Care

Pinehurst Medical Clinic Sanford, NC

Dr. Jennifer Normann (Family Practice & Pediatrics)

· Assessed and managed multi complex and chronic conditions, including hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, thyroid disorders, and asthma

· Performed physical exams and preventive screening (lipid panels, cardiovascular risk assessments, cancer screenings, and recommended immunizations)

· Aligned evidence-based practices with clinical guidelines from USPSTF, ADA, JNC-8, supporting and facilitating shared decision-making

· Managed acute conditions such as musculoskeletal injuries, respiratory infections, and GI conditions

· Addressed and managed polypharmacy

· Performed cognitive & fall risk assessments

· Addressed goals of care, advanced directives, and palliative care management

· Coordinated care with families, caregivers, & multidisciplinary teams

· Promoted functional independence and quality of life

· Worked alongside physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other specialists to provide collaborative & holistic care.

7 East/Medical, Surgical, Bariatrics, Telemetry

• Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care plans in consultation with healthcare professionals.
• Evaluate medical information, as well as provide direct and individualized bedside nursing care to pre- and post-surgery patients.
• Preparing, administering, and recording prescribed medications.
• Changing dressings, inserting catheters, inserting NG tubes, starting IVs, caring for PICCs and Central lines.
• Continuously monitoring patients’ vital signs and reporting any abnormalities to providers.
• Seek assistance from the critical care response team with any critical changes in a patient's condition.
• Report lab values and any individualized concerns to providers promptly.
• Maintain and update medical records and charts.
• Answer questions and educate patients and families on surgical procedures and post-surgery care.
• Multidisciplinary collaboration on individualized discharge planning.
• Adhere to the best nursing practices, standards, and protocols.
• Support teamwork, quality outcomes, and patient satisfaction.

Newborn Nursery

• Responsible for the admission of newborns
• Provide ongoing care to newborns that need additional care such as feeding/growing, IV antibiotics, NAS recovery, phototherapy, etc.
• Perform TCBs, vaccine administration, lab collections, and intravenous therapy.
• Perform thorough head-to-toe assessments on neonates from 34 weeks to full term.
• Report abnormal findings and concerns to providers
• Perform essential newborn care teaching to caregivers.
• Assisted with sterile and operative procedures involving neonates.
• Consistently collaborate with team members to support a healthy working environment.

• Medical Surgical Oncology
• Nurse manager for 38-bed Medical/Surgical Oncology Department with 54 FTE’s
• Served as the manager, team leader, and clinical educator due to extreme staffing shortages and budget allowances.
• Participated in and supported the new graduate residency program by teaching hospice & palliative care.
• Engage staff in educational opportunities such as Chemotherapy Certification, Clinical Ladder, and LPN to RN programs. Developed an inpatient chemo team
• Engage staff in leadership opportunities such as assisting with skills fairs and attending open forums on patient experience and process improvement.
• Significantly improved HCAHPS scores by performing leader rounding and discharge follow-up phone calls. Noted improvements in nurse communication, doctor communication, responsiveness, and discharge instructions.
• Implemented the teach back method during discharges; validated patient/caregiver comprehension with discharge phone calls.
• Co-leading a multidisciplinary falls team; process improvement initiative to standardize fall protocols that align with TJC & CMS
• Actively involved in promoting SAFE Hourly rounding (Process Improvement)
• Implementation of the dementia project; funding received from a Foundational Grant; the project was distributed to all of CFVH's outlying hospitals and continues to demonstrate Evidence-Based Practices.

• Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
• Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Recruit participants/subjects for obstetrical research studies
• Assist with managing investigational products, study monitoring, and audits.
• Evaluate processes to sustain subject retention.
• Execute research tasks in accordance with the standard practices and daily processes in accordance with the NCBON Nurse Practice Act, as well as with institutional, state, and federal guidelines.
• Employ procedures for collecting, preparing, processing, shipping, and maintaining specimens.
• Maintains study-level documentation for studies, including those that are complex in nature.

• Bedside Working Director
• Transformational Clinical Leader
• Introduction of current evidence-based practices such as postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) protocol, transitioning to quantitative blood loss
• Team Stepps (CUS, Briefing, Debriefing, SBAR, BSSR); Just Culture
• Organizational presentations on Quality Assurance Process Improvement with quantitative, measurable data
• Received LeapFrog recognition for 2020-2021
• Development & Growth of Nursing Practice
• Recruitment and Retention; Productivity
• Team Stepps teaching, implemented shared governance/decision-making, unit committees, simulation training with local college, obtained online training for staff nurses on current EBP
• Process Improvement
• Developed a standard nomenclature for announcing the urgency of unscheduled cesarean sections to improve communication and response times to emergent cases.
• Collaboration with Emergency Director to implement ACOG’s postpartum hypertensive algorithm.
• Policy Revisions
• Policy reviews & revisions following regulatory recommendations
• Examples:
• PPH policy revision to reflect ACOG & AWHONN recommendations.
• Hypertensive Crisis Policy in accordance with ACOG
• Unit & Interdisciplinary Educator/Mentor/Resource Nurse
• Simulation training on PPH, Hypertensive Crisis, Shoulder Dystocia, and Emergency Cesarean Section
• Obtained grant funding by completing the CDC LOCATe Tool
• STABLE training for L&D, Respiratory, and Emergency Dept
• Grant funding facilitated online training for OB Emergencies & EFM
• Implementation of AORN Practices among the OB & OR staff
• Research & Project Coordinator
• Randomized study of postpartum women & information retention
• 4th trimester project with UNC Perinatal Outreach
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration (OBs, midwives, & Peds)
• Collaboration with Peds on admission protocols & neonatal hypoglycemia
• Collaboration with OBs and midwives on hypertensive crisis, PPH, C/S nomenclature
• Reported measurable data such as preventable harms (PPH, birth injuries); improved awareness & practice changes among providers.

• Charge Nurse
• Resource, Preceptor, & Mentor
• Unit Practice Council
• Infection Control Liaison
• Clinical Ladder for Nurse IV
• Six Sigma & TEAM Stepps Training

• Served on Unit Committees, unit scheduler.
• Maintenance of Policies & Procedures
• Charge Nurse Postpartum, Newborn Nursery, Labor, & OBOR