Courtney E. Reynolds, MSN, FNP-C, CCRN
Lincoln University,PA
Summary
Compassionate Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner with 5 years of comprehensive experience providing acute care and chronic disease management for diverse and challenging populations and over 20 years of critical care nursing experience. Skilled at analyzing patient histories and preliminary test results to build diagnosis, while remaining committed to engaging with patients/caregivers to best understand goals build a tailored plan.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nurse Practitioner - Advanced Heart Failure/MCS
Christiana Care Health System
05.2019 - Current
- Provide streamlined and quality care to patients across spectrum of heart failure, including care of inotrope-dependent patient during, throughout, and following progression to advanced heart failure options (LVAD, transplant).
- Served as team "superuser" during rollout of StoryHealth, an informatics program that works to streamline guideline directed medical therapies in patients with Heart Failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).
- Serve as primary educator and equipment specialist before, during, and after implantation of Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD) for over 50 patients.
- Provide heart failure specific population-focused health care through identification and close follow-up of patients with high-risk for readmission.
- Network with other advanced heart failure centers, including local transplant centers.
Registered Nurse II
Neuro Critical Care Complex, Christiana Care Health System
7 2013 - 05.2019
- Provide direct patient care to individuals with neurologic illness and injury including stroke, seizure disorders, intra-cerebral malignancy, neuro-muscular disorders, and isolated neurologic trauma, and serve as patient/family educator and advocate to all patients/families within NCCC.
- Serve in various leadership roles, including Charge Nurse, preceptor, and Central-line Associated Bloodstream Infection (C.L.A.B.S.I) prevention member.
Registered Nurse II
Surgical Critical Care Complex, Christiana Care
8 2009 - 7 2013
- Provide direct patient care to individuals requiring treatment for multi-system traumas, neurologic compromise, and serve as patient/family educator and advocate to all patients within SCCC.
- Serve in leadership roles on unit, including co-chair of unit-based Education Committee, Charge Nurse, and member of Preceptor Committee.
Clinical Director
Willow Tree Hospice, LLC
9 2006 - 7 2009
- Assure overall clinical management of nurse-owned hospice program start-up, with oversight from hospice program Administrator, growing average daily census to over 50 patients.
- Communicate with all contracted entities, government agencies, providers, staff, patients, and families to assure a high quality of care delivery and compliance with Medicare hospice guidelines.
Registered Nurse II
Lankenau Hospital, Main Line Health System
06.2004 - 7 2007
- Provide direct patient care to patients with varying multi-system organ dysfunction due to myriad of conditions.
Registered Nurse
Lankenau Hospital, Main Line Health System
9 2002 - 6 2004
- Provide direct patient care and assessment for individuals with various medical and/or cardiac illnesses.
Education
Master of Science - Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Track
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA2018
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University Of Delaware
Newark, DE2002
Skills
- Fast learner with excellent attention to detail
- Highly dependable and professional
- Solution-focused critical thinker
- Diplomatic and constructive communicator
Certification
- American Association of Nurse Practitioner (AANP) certification
- Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) provider
Publication(s)
- Co-author of "Care of the Aging LVAD"; The Connection, Official Newsletter of the American Association of Heart Failure; Issue No 76, Fall 2023
Affiliations
- Member, American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), 2006-current
- Member, Pennsylvania Coalition of Nurse Practitioners (PACNP), 2017-current
- Member, American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), 2018-current
- Member, American Association of Heart Failure Nurses, 2019-present
Additional Information
- Drexel University 4.0 Scholars - June 2018
- Nurse Ambassador, Christiana Care Health System, Surgical Critical Care Complex - 2011
- Salutatorian - University of Delaware, Nursing Class of 2002
- W.W. Laird & M.D. Laird Award Recipient - Fall 1999 - May2002
- MBNA Delaware Scholar Recipient - Fall 1998 - May 2002
References
Available on Request
Timeline
Nurse Practitioner - Advanced Heart Failure/MCS
Christiana Care Health System
05.2019 - Current
Registered Nurse II
Lankenau Hospital, Main Line Health System
06.2004 - 7 2007
- American Association of Nurse Practitioner (AANP) certification
- Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) provider
Registered Nurse II
Neuro Critical Care Complex, Christiana Care Health System
7 2013 - 05.2019
Registered Nurse II
Surgical Critical Care Complex, Christiana Care
8 2009 - 7 2013
Clinical Director
Willow Tree Hospice, LLC
9 2006 - 7 2009
Registered Nurse
Lankenau Hospital, Main Line Health System
9 2002 - 6 2004
Master of Science - Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Track
Drexel University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University Of Delaware
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