DEBORAH CAINE SPITZER
Lehigh Acres,FL
Summary
Diligent and compassionate Registered Family Nurse Practitioner seeking an FNP position in an outpatient clinic or setting. Over 20 years of clinical experience in intensive and acute care. Collaborative offering excellent patient assessment skills, a broad knowledge base and a dedication to providing holistic, high-quality care while building trusting relationships with patients and their families.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Home Health Nurse, Pediatrics
Aveanna Healthcare
Fort Myers, FL
10.2019 - Current
- Prioritize, manage and provide primary care to children with intense medical needs including ventilation, BIPAP, total parental nutrition, gastric tubes and feeding and skin and ostomy care.
- Communicate with families, physicians and other team members about patient's needs, progress and plan of care.
Cape Coral, FL
06.2019 - 08.2019
- (140 hours) Adult and children ( 2 years and older) sick visits (walk ins welcome), annual and sports physicals, work related injuries, interpretations of labs, medication and pain management, Diabetes, hypertension, renal failure, suturing, cryotherapy, lab services, EKG's Primary care- Mother Daughter Primary Care.
Registered Nurse
Cape Coral Hospital
Cape Coral, FL
07.2015 - 08.2019
- Provided primary care of acute and chronically ill ICU patients and their families including ventilators, medication administration, noninvasive cardiac monitoring, arterial lines, vasoactive drips, BLS and ACLS protocols, skin and wound as well as ostomy management.
- Educated patients and their family about their medical conditions, medications and plan of care.
- Communication with physicians and other members of the healthcare team about patient's progress and needs during multidisciplinary rounds and as needed.
Endocrinology- Endocrinology of Naples
Naples, FL
05.2019 - 07.2019
- (160 hours) Physical assessments of adults ages 20 to 93.
- Diabetic foot assessments.
- Interpretation and treatment of labs.
- Diabetes, thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, hormones regulation, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and osteoporosis.
- Urgent and Primary care- All Wright Medical.
Registered Nurse
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
06.1990 - 07.2015
- Provided primary care of acutely ill medical surgical ICU patients and their families including ventilator and Intra-aortic balloon pump, Swan Ganz catheters, Roto prone bed therapy, CRRT, medication administration including vasoactive drips, ACLS protocol and wound/skin care and ostomy management.
- Educated the patient and family and communicating with the physician and health care team about patient's condition and needs during daily rounds and as needed.
- In addition to taking a patient assignment, rotated as charge nurse managing patient bed placement and assisting peers as a clinical resource using critical thinking and decision-making skills.
- Active member of skin/ostomy, staff interview and shared governance teams.
- Level IV on the clinical ladder in Magnet facility.
Pediatrics-Dr. Beverly Anarumo's Office
Port Charlotte, FL
01.2002 - 01.2004
- (120 hours) Pediatric primary care including wellness checks ages newborn to 21years old, assessment and care of acute and chronically ill children, influenza, URI, allergies, asthma, strep throat, pulmonary diagnosis, ADD and ADHD.
Women's health- Contemporary Health Center
Fort Myers, FL
01.2002 - 01.2003
- (35 hours) Both men and women's hormone replacement, women's health including annual exams, STIs diagnosis and treatment, restorative aesthetic services such as PRP, laser skin treatment, Botox injections, Medi weight loss and liposuction.
Adult primary care
Plantation, FL
01.2001 - 01.2002
- (66 hours), and walk ins as needed, annual physicals, women's health, diabetes, hypertension, STI's, thyroid, hyperlipidemia, aesthetic services such as platelet rich plasma therapy (PRP), Botox injections and B12 Lipotropic injections for weight loss.
Education
Master of Science - Family Nurse Practitioner
Kentucky Christian University
05.2020
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Berea College
1990
Skills
- Primary acute care
- Chronic disease management
- Critical thinking
- Strong clinical judgement
- Patient and family advocacy
- Lab/ABG interpretation
- Medication administration
- Intravenous therapy
- Telemetry
- Phlebotomy
- Tracheostomy care
- Skin and ostomy care
- Regulatory compliance
- Patient safety
- Positive workflow
- Mentoring
- Leadership
- Acute care, Primary Care
- Allergies, Progress
- Chronically ill, Protocols
- Critical thinking, Research
- Decision-making, Skin care
- Diabetes, Telemetry
- Diabetic, Therapy
- Diagnosis, Plan of care
- Disease management, Ventilation
- EKG's, Workflow
- Injections
- Interpretation
- Laser
- Leadership
- Team lead
- Regulatory compliance
- Managing
- Medication administration
- Mentoring
- Pain management
- Patient care
- Patient safety
- Phlebotomy
Certification
Affiliations
American Association of Critical Care Nurses
American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Florida Nurse Practitioners Network
Additional Information
- Scholastic research Capstone project on Childhood obesity and screen time in Fayette county, KY (November 2019) Team lead of an evidenced base research project on the nurses' perceptions of open visitation and the effects on patient care in the adult Intensive care unit at Baptist Health Lexington (2013-2015)
Timeline
Home Health Nurse, Pediatrics
Aveanna Healthcare
10.2019 - Current
06.2019 - 08.2019
Endocrinology- Endocrinology of Naples
05.2019 - 07.2019
Registered Nurse
Cape Coral Hospital
07.2015 - 08.2019
Pediatrics-Dr. Beverly Anarumo's Office
01.2002 - 01.2004
Women's health- Contemporary Health Center
01.2002 - 01.2003
Adult primary care
01.2001 - 01.2002
Registered Nurse
Baptist Health Lexington
06.1990 - 07.2015
Master of Science - Family Nurse Practitioner
Kentucky Christian University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Berea College
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