Elizabeth Hunt

Earnest Family Nurse Practitioner Student with experience collaborating with other healthcare professionals to plan, manage, and assess patient treatments. A friendly and empathetic individual with a strong work ethic and excellent time management and critical thinking skills. Dedicated to providing quality healthcare to patients.

• Registered Nurse (RN), OH #442622, exp 10/31/2025
• Basic Life Support (BLS), March, 2024

Primary Care Clinic ( 130 hours) October 2023-January 2024
Louis Stokes Department of Medical Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio

• Obtained complete health histories and documented them in an organized manner.
• Performed physical examinations and documented in an organized manner.
• Managed new and chronic conditions.
• Identified and ordered appropriate preventative health screenings and followed up on results.
• Identified and ordered appropriate diagnostic testing per the patient's symptoms and physical exam.
• Interpreted screenings and diagnostic testing results and treated when indicated.
• Facilitated warm handoffs to mental health professionals when indicated.

Nephrology Clinic (40 hours) May 2023-August 2023
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio

• Dialysis route education for patients needing dialysis.
• Monitored renal function of patients with severe CKD.
• Rounded on hemodialysis patients.
• Performed physical exams and documented findings.
• Ordered indicated lab tests.

Inpatient Colorectal Surgery (90 hours) May 2023-August 2023
University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio

• Managed half of the inpatient colorectal surgery patients with diagnoses such as Crohn's, ulcerative colitis, colorectal cancer, and fistulas.
• Educated patients with new ileostomies about dehydration management.
• Served as a member of the interdisciplinary team by assisting care coordinators and social workers with discharge planning.
• Prescribed long-term parenteral nutrition, blood thinners, and antidiarrheals.
• Managed patients on the floor, and ordered electrolytes, fluids, and antibiotics per clinical status.
• Examined and evaluated patients pre- and postoperatively for a variety of colorectal surgery procedures.
• Placed order sets and care pathways for patients after colorectal surgery.
• Assessed consults in the emergency department for the colorectal oncology service and ordered proper tests and imaging, interpreted results, and treated when indicated.

Outpatient Cardiology Clinic (130 hours) January 2023-May 2023
University Hospitals Concord Medical Center, Concord, Ohio

• Managed outpatient care for patients with a cardiologist with diagnoses such as hypertension, atrial fibrillation, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, amyloidosis, and heart attacks.
• Collaborated with the cardiologist to manage complex cardiology diagnoses.
• Adjusted blood thinners, statins, and blood pressure medications accordingly.
• Performed physical exams and ordered laboratory testing and preventative screenings. accordingly, interpreted results, and performed intervention when indicated.
• Ensured patients were up-to-date on imaging, labs, and diagnostics tests.
• Observed in-office procedures such as echocardiograms and stress tests.
• Reviewed test results with patient and NP.

Pre-admission Testing (130 hours) August 2022-December 2022
University Hospitals Parma Medical Center, Parma, Ohio

• Medical optimization for patients undergoing surgery with general anesthesia for surgeries such as joint replacements, prostatectomies, hysterectomies, hernia repairs, and eye surgeries.
• Ordered appropriate laboratory testing, imaging, and EKGs per patient's medical history.
• Interpreted test results and reported abnormal results to the appropriate physicians.
• Ensured patients were up-to-date on imaging, labs, and diagnostics tests.
• Escalated patients requiring more testing prior to surgery due to abnormal assessment or testing results to the primary team or anesthesia.

Available upon request