Darrell Peters
Brooksville,FL
Summary
Expert Adult and Geriatric Nurse Practitioner with extensive experience in Assisted Facilities along with Skilled Nursing Facilities, sub- acute care, and long term care. Perform a broad range range of professional advanced practice nursing, focused on providing compassionate, holistic evaluation and management of adult and geriatric persons. Expertise in team communication and oversight of onboarding graduates as a preceptor.
Highly-motivated employee 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.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nurse Practitioner
Optum, UnitedHealth Group
Tampa, FL
05.2012 - Current
- Collaborated with physicians to coordinate optimal patient care outcomes.
- Educated patients and families about medical treatments and self-care management techniques.
- Attended continuing education courses to stay up-to-date on best practices in nursing care delivery.
- Delivered primary care for patients and handled diagnosis, treatment, referral for consultation, or specialty services, follow-up care, evening urgent care call and on-call emergency consultation.
- Communicated concerns regarding patients' status, care and environment to nursing supervisors, clinical care supervisors and case managers.
- Maintained detailed records of patient visits, diagnoses, treatments, and test results in electronic health record systems.
- Reviewed lab results and imaging studies to make accurate diagnoses and develop treatment plans.
- Prescribed medications based on patient needs and current clinical standards of care.
- Managed acute illnesses such as infections, respiratory disorders, or chronic diseases like diabetes or hypertension.
- Coordinated with members of multidisciplinary teams to provide integrated services for complex cases.
- Provided guidance during end-of-life decisions for terminally ill patients and their families.
- Prescribed end of life medications to optimize quality of life while mitigating suffering
- Managed care of critically ill patients with hypertension, diabetes, renal failure, cardiac disease, closed head injuries, strokes, seizures and tumors.
Intensive Care Unit /Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Nurse
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, FL
01.2008 - 05.2012
- Provided comprehensive nursing care for patients with critical illnesses or injuries.
- Assessed patient's condition and monitored vital signs to identify any changes in health status.
- Intravenous chemotherapy and assisted endotracheal intubation
- Developed and maintained professional relationship with members of health care team, patient, and patient's family.
- Assisted developing and implementing individualized patient care plans
- Monitored laboratory values for trends in order to anticipate potential complications.
- Actively participated in interdisciplinary team meetings related to patient care decisions.
- Assisted physicians during complex diagnostic tests or invasive procedures.
- Provided emotional support to families of ICU patients throughout their hospital stay.
- Delivered optimum treatments to critical-care patients following prescribed rules, policies, protocol and procedures.
- Supported appropriate orientation, education, credentialing and continued professional development of associates.
- Developed and maintained professional relationship with members of health care team, patient and patient's family.
Education
Master of Science - Adult Nurse Practitioner
University of South Florida
Tampa01-2012
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain University
Downers Grove, IL01-2006
Skills
- Geriatric Treatment
- Preventive Care
- Patient-centered care
- Geriatric Care
- Diagnostic Testing
- Palliative Care
- Prescribing medications
- Experienced preceptor
- Direct Patient Care
- Lab result evaluation
- Therapeutic Intervention
- HIPAA Guidelines
- Care Plan Development
- Treatment Plan Development
- Records Review
- Licensed RN
- Diagnosis and treatment
References
Available on request
Certification
- Board Certified Clinician (BC)
- Acquired Autonomous License
- American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC)
- NPI
Timeline
Nurse Practitioner
Optum, UnitedHealth Group
05.2012 - Current
Intensive Care Unit /Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Nurse
Moffitt Cancer Center
01.2008 - 05.2012
Master of Science - Adult Nurse Practitioner
University of South Florida
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain University
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