Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Affiliations
Research
Timeline
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Cristy Walsh

Portales,New Mexico

Summary

Family Nurse Practitioner with specialized care of women including gynecology care, pregnancy and post-menopause. Special interest in hormone therapy for women and men to include pellet therapy.

Overview

56
56
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Certified Nurse Practitioner/Certified Nurse Midwife

Women's Medical Center
Clovis, NM
07.1999 - Current
  • Full scope women's health care including prenatal care, postpartum and gynecology care.
  • Gyn procedures including colposcopy, IUD's, Nexplanon's, EMB's and SIS's
  • Hormone specialist including pellet therapy for men and women
  • Intrapartum care and management of the laboring mom and vaginal birth. Delivery of babies from July 1999 to August 2018

Family Nurse Practitioner

Alexander Family Practice
Portales, NM
05.1994 - 06.1999

Full scope family practice for men, women and children including health maintenance and illness, prenatal visits and well child care.

Nursing Instructor

Clovis Community College
Clovis, NM
08.1989 - 05.1993
  • Monitored progress of each nursing student and provided formal evaluation upon completion of clinical placements.
  • Developed and created clinical assignments to assess student nursing skills.
  • Coached underperforming students to help meet clinical objectives
  • Assessed nursing student knowledge levels and abilities with detailed assessments.

Family Nurse Practitioner

South Plains Health Providers Organization
Muleshoe, TX
08.1993 - 04.1994

Care of indigent and migrant workers in a rural health care practice. Responsibilities included the management of care of families including health maintenance and illnesses.

Adjunct Faculty Instructor

Eastern New Mexico University
Portales, NM
01.1994 - 05.2007

Responsible for teaching health assessment as a course requirement in the BSN completion program, also offering a special topics course in women's health. Responsibilities also included involvement in department of nursing faculty meetings.

Registered Nurse

Roosevelt General Hospital
Portales, NM
01.1988 - 03.1993

PRN position in L&D, postpartum and newborn nursery

Registered Nurse

Plains Regional Medical Center
Clovis, NM
10.1988 - 01.1993

Staff RN on Women's Unit

Registered Nurse

Scott & White Hospital
Temple, TX
05.1987 - 10.1988

Staff RN in high-risk L&D unit

Education

No Degree - Post-Master's Nurse Midwifery Certificate

University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM

Master of Science - Family Nurse Practitioner

West Texas A&M University
Canyon, TX
05.1992

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

West Texas A&M University
Canyon, TX
05.1987

Skills

Gynecology care

Prenatal care

Hormone therapy

Accomplishments

Member: Sigma Theta Tau-Honor Society for Nursing

District IV-NMNA Outstanding Advanced Practice Nurse for 1995-1996

NMNA: Marion Fleck Award for Clinical Excellence, 1996

Certification

ANCC-Certified Nurse Practitioner

ACNM-Certified Nurse Midwife

New Mexico Dept. of Health, CNM

New Mexico Board of Nursing, RN, C-FNP

Affiliations

American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)

New Mexico Nurse Practitioner Council

American Nurses Association: Served on task force on Advanced Practice, Scope & Standards

Research

"Effects of Epidural Anesthesia on Labor Progression: MSN Thesis, January 1991

Timeline

Certified Nurse Practitioner/Certified Nurse Midwife

Women's Medical Center
07.1999 - Current

Family Nurse Practitioner

Alexander Family Practice
05.1994 - 06.1999

Adjunct Faculty Instructor

Eastern New Mexico University
01.1994 - 05.2007

Family Nurse Practitioner

South Plains Health Providers Organization
08.1993 - 04.1994

Nursing Instructor

Clovis Community College
08.1989 - 05.1993

Registered Nurse

Plains Regional Medical Center
10.1988 - 01.1993

Registered Nurse

Roosevelt General Hospital
01.1988 - 03.1993

Registered Nurse

Scott & White Hospital
05.1987 - 10.1988

No Degree - Post-Master's Nurse Midwifery Certificate

University of New Mexico

Master of Science - Family Nurse Practitioner

West Texas A&M University

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

West Texas A&M University
Cristy Walsh