Evelyn Osakwe
Pembroke Pines,US
Summary
Compassionate Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner with more than 10 years experience providing care for oncology, stem cell transplant, and cellular therapy patients. Proficient in obtaining and analyzing patient history, conducting comprehensive assessments and managing adverse effects of oncologic therapies.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Inpatient Lead Nurse Practitioner
Moffitt Cancer Center @ MHS
06.2023 - Current
- Serve as a liaison between APPs and members of various disciplines, improving interdisciplinary communication and collaboration efforts.
- Streamline nursing processes for efficiency, allowing for optimal patient care.
- Support APP Supervisor and team in achieving department’s objectives and goals related to clinical practice, and quality.
- Coordinate patient discharges and transfers to other units with nursing staff, attending and consulting physicians, ensuring smooth transitions with minimal disruptions to continuity of care.
- Co-directs clinical and operational processes on nursing unit with the inpatient Medical Director and unit nursing management team
- Conduct regularly scheduled huddles with the staff APPs.
- Orient new staff APPs.
- Participate in the hiring, evaluation, coaching, and mentoring of staff APPs.
- Create daily patient assignments for APPs
Advanced Practice Practitioner
Moffitt Cancer Center @ Memorial Healthcare System
11.2020 - Current
- Order and interpret diagnostic tests and images.
- Manage both inpatient and outpatient chemotherapy, bone marrow transplant patients, clinical trials, and CAR-T patients.
- Manage the patient through continuum of transplant course. Responsibilities includes evaluating patients for stem cell transplant, immunotherapy and CAR T.
- Management of chemotherapy toxicities, acute and chronic graft-vs host disease, infectious complications.
- Provide close follow up after hospital discharge.
- Manage adverse events associated with CAR-T; monitoring, and treatment of cytokine release syndrome and immune effector cell neurotoxicity.
- Patient and family advanced care planning.
- Maintain accurate and relevant clinical documentation.
- Participate in multidisciplinary daily rounds ensuring appropriate and quality care for patients.
- Attend weekly tumor boards.
- Develop plan of care from assessment and diagnoses in collaboration with physician and interdisciplinary team based on the patient's individual needs.
- Administer intra Ommaya chemotherapy
Staff Nurse
Memorial Healthcare System
10.2008 - 11.2020
- Served as charge nurse for patients on a 33-bed hematology/oncology/bone marrow transplant unit.
- Administered medications including immunotherapy, chemotherapy, and blood products and monitored responses.
- Administered and monitored the infusion of stem cells for allogeneic, autologous transplants and CAR T patients.
- Directed patient care by initiating and following through with plan of care, continuing care, and discharge instructions.
- Cared for, and maintained central lines.
- Performed patient assessments and diagnostic tests to provide physician with important patient health information, presented patient updates daily at nurse driven bedside rounds.
- Served as preceptor and mentor for new graduate and student nurses.
- Member of nursing unit Fall and Education committees.
Patient Care Associate
Memorial Healthcare System
04.2007 - 10.2008
- Reduced patient anxiety through effective communication and active listening skills.
- Maintained clean, safe, and well-organized patient environment.
- Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
- Recorded temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate as directed by medical or nursing staff.
- Monitored patient status and response; conveyed abnormal findings or changes in physical, mental, and emotional conditions to nursing staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Performed phlebotomy, blood glucose measurements, and recorded accurate intake and output.
- Completed documentation of care, actions and patient activities.
- Obtained biological specimens for ordered tests.
Education
Master of Science - Nursing
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL05.2019
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Nova Southeastern University
Boca Raton, United States04.2008
No Degree - Pre-Nursing
Broward College
Fort Lauderdale, FL12.2005
Bachelor of Science - Botany
University of Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria07.1997
Skills
- Strong Verbal and Written Communication
- Comprehensive knowledge of oncology treatment modalities, including chemotherapy, immunotherapy and cellular therapies
- Strong clinical assessment and diagnostic skills
- Diagnostic test ordering and result Interpretation
- Therapeutic Interventions (intra ommaya chemotherapy administration)
- Patient and Family Education
- Epic Systems and Telehealth visits
- Specialist/Consultant Referrals
- Clinical trials experience
- Knowledge of HIPAA, FACT, and Human Subjects research training through CITI program
- Adverse events/symptom management
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Problem solver and leader during crisis with strong clinical judgment
- Excellent time management skill
- Team, patient, and detail focused
Certification
- Registered Nurse Practitioner in the State of Florida.
- Registered Nurse in the State of Florida.
- Adult Nurse Practitioner Certification, ANCC.
- Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN)
- Bone and Marrow Transplant Certified Nurse (BMTCN).
Accomplishments
- Oncology Nursing Society
- Sigma Theta Tau.
- Florida Association of Clinical Oncologist.
- Advanced Practitioner Society for Hematology and Oncology.
- American Society of Clinical Oncology.
- Florida Society of Clinical Oncology.
Timeline
Inpatient Lead Nurse Practitioner
Moffitt Cancer Center @ MHS
06.2023 - Current
Advanced Practice Practitioner
Moffitt Cancer Center @ Memorial Healthcare System
11.2020 - Current
Staff Nurse
Memorial Healthcare System
10.2008 - 11.2020
Patient Care Associate
Memorial Healthcare System
04.2007 - 10.2008
Master of Science - Nursing
Florida Atlantic University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Nova Southeastern University
No Degree - Pre-Nursing
Broward College
Bachelor of Science - Botany
University of Lagos
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