Elizabeth Douglas
Jeffersonville,VT
Summary
Highly motivated nurse practitioner interested in providing health services to the Essex/Burlington community.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nurse Practitioner
Lamoille Health Partners
06.2024 - Current
- Performing comprehensive physical examinations and documenting patient histories to gather information and identify health issues.
- Order and interpret diagnostic tests to develop and implement treatment plans.
- Prescribe and manage pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments to treat underlying causes and to relieve symptoms.
- Provide medical services and care to patients with chronic and acute conditions.
Chronic Care Manager- APRN
Lamoille Health Partners
07.2021 - 06.2024
- Manage the health needs of patient's chronic health issues.
- Formulate plans of care to optimize patient's health potential.
- Conduct AWE exams, and other scheduled visits pertinent to the patient.
- Triage as necessary.
Office RN
Lamoille Health Partners
07.2021 - 11.2022
- Assess patient health status based upon presented symptoms and directed patient to appropriate level of care or acceptable alternative venue.
- Sterilize instruments and equipment and stock unexpired supplies and medications to prepare patient care areas.
- Track, review, and monitor diagnostic test results and assisted in management of patient care between visits.
- Reinforce health education, counsel and advise to patients and families and assess patient educational needs, prioritize patient learning needs, identify barriers to learning and use educational tools to encourage non-adherent patients.
- Complete paperwork and prior authorizations and scheduled appointments for patients.
- Evaluate patient histories, complaints and current symptoms.
- Perform triage on incoming patients and determine severity of injuries and illnesses.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Use first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enact prescribed treatment strategies.
- Administer different therapies and medications in line with physician orders and treatment plan.
School Nurse- RN
Coventry Village
07.2020 - 06.2021
- Coordinated with families, school personnel and healthcare professionals on behalf of students to advocate for healthcare needs and provide medical information to appropriate parties.
- Addressed student care needs, collected vitals as needed, dressed wounds and managed medication administration.
- Answered health related called regarding students, identified issues, and determined how best to provide assistance within parameters established by the school and supervisor.
- Documented on students' health visits to the nurse's office, and when correspondence took place with students' parents, and when conversations occurred with medical professionals associated with students.
- Monitored infection control procedures to ensure school wide health and safety.
Medical Surgical RN
University Of Vermont Medical Center
09.2019 - 12.2020
- Administer prescribed medications, and start intravenous fluids.
- Document in patients' chart, recording intake and output.
- Educating patients and families, and while also providing support when needed.
- Measuring and recording patients' vital signs.
- Assisting patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, and standing and walking.
- Being an integral member within a healthcare team, and participating in assessing patient needs, planning or modifying care, and implementing interventions.
High-Tech Pediatric RN
UVM Home Health Network Home Health And Hospice
03.2016 - 01.2020
- Providing home health care to pediatric clients around Chittenden & Grand Isle counties in Vermont.
- Assuring that the safety and physical comfort of the client are meet as well as the patient’s emotional and spiritual needs.
- Administering prescribed medications and treatments, high-tech medical equipment (suctioning, bi-pap, cough assist, smartvest, g-tube, overhead hoyer lift, & venting).
- Observing and recording all pertinent information and reporting to the appropriate supervisor and physician.
Helping client's ADLs, along with cleaning client's residence as needed. - Teaching patients, family members, and auxiliary nursing personnel proper health maintenance care.
LPN
The Arbors at Shelburne
12.2016 - 01.2019
- Assist with the administration of physician prescribed medications and treatments.
- Working and communicating with various health care professionals.
- Providing interventions & support for mainly geriatric clients with memory loss related diseases.
- Educating family, residents, & staff.
- Documenting & charting.
- Assisting with development of care plans.
- Completing assessments.
- Managing/overseeing assigned floor/unit
Resident Health Advisor- LVN
Cliffside Malibu
03.2016 - 11.2016
- Possesses the specialized knowledge and clinical skills necessary to provide care for people with physical disability and chronic illness
- Performs hands-on nursing care by utilizing the nursing process to achieve quality outcomes for Clients
- Provides direction and supervision of ancillary nursing personnel, demonstrates professional judgment, uses problem solving techniques and time-management principles, and delegates appropriately
- Coordinates nursing care activities in collaboration with other members of the interdisciplinary rehabilitation team to facilitate achievement of overall goals
- Coordinates a holistic approach to meeting patient's medical, vocational, educational, and environmental needs
- Supervises Clients as they self-administer medications
- Demonstrates effective oral and written communication skills to develop a rapport with clients, their families, and health team members and to ensure the fulfillment of requirements for legal documentation and reimbursement
- Acts as a resource and a role model for nursing staff and students and participates in activities such as nursing committees and professional organizations that promote the improvement of nursing care and the advancement of professional rehabilitation nursing
- Document electronically
- Assists with the intake of clients into the facility
- Continue constant communication with each Client's doctor & psychiatrist
- Help Clients keep track of the daily program schedule
- Communicate with each Client, assist/help & motivate when needed
Resident Care Associate, Medication Technician, & LPN
The Residence at Shelburne Bay
03.2014 - 01.2016
- Provides patients' personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves; assisting with travel to the bathroom; helping with showers and baths
- Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary; ambulating, turning, and positioning patients; providing fresh water and nourishment between meals.Provides adjunct care by administering enemas, douches, nonsterile dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, sitz and therapeutic baths; applying restraints
- Maintains patient stability by checking vital signs and weight; testing urine; recording intake and output information.
- Provides patient comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transporting patients; answering patients' call lights and requests; reporting observations of the patient to nursing supervisor
- Documents actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records
- Maintains work operations by following policies and procedures
- Protects organization's value by keeping patient information confidential
- Serves and protects the hospital community by adhering to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and standards
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; participating in professional organizations; maintaining licensure
- Enhances nursing department and hospital reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
- Administers prescribed medications to patients and maintains related medical records under supervision of nurse
- Verifies identity of patient receiving medication and records name of drug, dosage, and time of administration on specified forms or records
- Presents medication to patient and observes ingestion or other application, or administers medication, using specified procedures
- Takes vital signs or observes patient to detect response to specified types of medications and prepares report or notifies designated personnel of unexpected reactions
- Documents reasons prescribed drugs are not administered
- Gives direct patient care, such as bathing, dressing, and feeding patients, and assisting in examinations and treatments
- May receive supply of ordered medications and apportion, mix, or assemble drugs for administration to patient
- May record and restock medication inventories
- Assess the need for, order, obtain, and interpret appropriate lab tests
- Pharmacological and non-pharmacological management and treatment of various disorders and diseases
- Effective counseling in health maintenance and disease management
- Effectively supervise LVNs, NAs, and non-clinical staff
- Demonstrate ability to lead and motivate outstanding healthcare teams
- Ensure HIPAA compliance
- Diagnose and treat patients with chronic and acute health problems such as MI, arrhythmias, asthma, COPD and pneumonia
- Develop and implement nursing care plans
- Develop patient care plans, including assessments, evaluations and nursing diagnoses
- Document patient information obtained from interviews
- Delegate staff nurse duties
- Ensure efficacy of treatments through monitoring of treatment regimens
- Train new staff on quality control procedures
- Follow infection control procedures
- Assist patients with daily functions
- Assist residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, lifting and transferring
- Experience with various medical conditions including Parkinson's, Dementia, Diabetes, Cancer, Alzheimer's and Paget's disease
- Authorize drug refills and provided detailed prescription information to pharmacies
Caregiver
ARMISTEAD CAREGIVER SERVICES
05.2013 - 08.2013
- Kept records of everyday activities and health information regarding each client
- Helped clients or residents with the activities of daily living
- Talked and gave company to clients
- Helped with sanitation and housekeeping duties of elderly or client's room, bathroom, and common area
- Performed household tasks Created and maintained a pleasant work environment.
Pediatric Volunteer
University of Vermont Medical Center
12.2012 - 07.2013
- Interacted with patients and siblings, including participating in activities, such as reading books, games, and artwork.
- Washed and organized toys, books, and games.
- Assisted Child Life Specialists, in various tasks.
- Provided occasional help in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Education
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN NURSING -
Vermont Technical College
Williston, VTPRACTICAL NURSING CERTIFICATE -
Vermont Technical College
BenningtonHEALTH SCIENCES -
National University
San Diego, CAALLIED HEALTH -
Community College of Vermont
Winooski, VermontBACHELOR OF ARTS -
University of Vermont
Burlington, VTSTUDY ABROAD PROGRAM- INDIA -
Castleton State College
Castleton, VermontLEAD AMERICA -
Loras College
Dubuque, IowaDoctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)- FNP
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA05.2022
Skills
- Confident public speaker Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Proven patience and self-discipline Adobe Reader
- Patient-oriented
- Personal and professional integrity
- Effectively influences others
- Flexible
- Great Customer Service
- Hardworking
- Strong Interpersonal Skills
Certification
- Family Nurse Practitioner: Certification Through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 2022
- APRN, Vermont 2022
- Registered Nurse, Vermont, 2019
- Licensed Practical Nurse, Vermont, 2015
- American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Providers CPR & AED Certification
References
Blake McKnight, APRN, Family Practice Associates, Cambridge, VT E-mail: mcknight vt@yahoo.com
Kelly Jo Miller, APRN, Family Practice Associates, Cambridge, VT
Kristy Pillsbury, RN, School Nurse Lead, Jay Elementary School, Jay, VT Phone: (802) 673-5736
Sabrina Blanchard, Medication Technician, The Residence at Shelburne Bay, Shelburne, VT: Cell: (802) 999-6481
Wayne Crandall, Resident Care Associate, The Residence at Shelburne Bay, Shelburne, VT: Cell: (802) 353-8919
Timeline
Nurse Practitioner
Lamoille Health Partners
06.2024 - Current
Chronic Care Manager- APRN
Lamoille Health Partners
07.2021 - 06.2024
Office RN
Lamoille Health Partners
07.2021 - 11.2022
School Nurse- RN
Coventry Village
07.2020 - 06.2021
Medical Surgical RN
University Of Vermont Medical Center
09.2019 - 12.2020
LPN
The Arbors at Shelburne
12.2016 - 01.2019
High-Tech Pediatric RN
UVM Home Health Network Home Health And Hospice
03.2016 - 01.2020
Resident Health Advisor- LVN
Cliffside Malibu
03.2016 - 11.2016
Resident Care Associate, Medication Technician, & LPN
The Residence at Shelburne Bay
03.2014 - 01.2016
Caregiver
ARMISTEAD CAREGIVER SERVICES
05.2013 - 08.2013
Pediatric Volunteer
University of Vermont Medical Center
12.2012 - 07.2013
ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN NURSING -
Vermont Technical College
PRACTICAL NURSING CERTIFICATE -
Vermont Technical College
HEALTH SCIENCES -
National University
ALLIED HEALTH -
Community College of Vermont
BACHELOR OF ARTS -
University of Vermont
STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM- INDIA -
Castleton State College
LEAD AMERICA -
Loras College
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)- FNP
University of Massachusetts Amherst