Huey Metts
Advanced Practices Registered Nurse
Lakeland,FL
Summary
Experienced healthcare professional with a successful track record in advanced nursing roles. Achieves positive patient outcomes and enhances care delivery. Highly regarded for collaborating effectively with interdisciplinary teams and adapting to evolving healthcare environments. Expertise in advanced clinical assessments and a strong commitment to patient-centered care.
Overview
44
44
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
APRN Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Premier Heart and Vascular Center
06.2023 - 07.2024
- Provided education for patients and families on disease management, treatment options, and preventative measures.
- Improved patient outcomes by utilizing evidence-based practice and collaborating with multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
- Evaluated patient progress and responses to various treatments.
- Led in-service training sessions for nursing staff, promoting best practices in advanced practice nursing care delivery.
- Diagnosed and responded to illnesses and physical conditions through prescription of medication and health counseling and education.
- Assessed patient conditions by performing thorough examinations and asking appropriate medical questions.
- Ordered lab tests and interpreted test results and maintained patient records.
- Reduced hospital readmission rates through effective discharge planning and coordination of follow-up care services.
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Central Florida Health Care, Inc.
07.2014 - 05.2023
- Demonstrated expertise in patient care, backed by Florida license and a degree in Advanced Practice, as well as full national certification as Nurse Practitioner, Specialty – Adult
- Acknowledged proficiency in electronic record documentation
- Strong people management skills with the ability to empathize with patients’ suffering
- Discussed care plans with patients and explained test results and proper use of medications.
- Educated patients on treatment options, medical needs, and non-medical options for treatments and therapy.
- Conducted screenings, diagnostic treatment, and rehabilitative services on primary health care team.
- Assessed patient conditions by performing thorough examinations and asking appropriate medical questions.
- Delivered high level of care and service to patients through email, video chat and online assessments.
Adjunct Faculty Instructor APRN
Florida Southern College
01.2017 - 12.2020
- Highly competent and dependable teaching professional with a track record of imparting lessons
- An excellent communicator who has strong speaking, writing, research and analytical skills
- Highly qualified in assessing and evaluating the student’s performances and implementing need-based lesson plans to address the weak areas
- Recognized for prioritizing and completing tasks promptly
- Full command on contemporary teaching methods and classroom aides
- Proficient in computer programs including MS based applications, Outlook, and internet
- Advised and mentored students on academic progress, career goals, and personal development.
- Established positive relationships with students, fostering a supportive and inclusive learning environment.
Cath Lab/ EP lab RN
Brandon Regional Medical Center
06.2012 - 07.2014
- Earned a reputation as a valuable and cooperative coworker by: being fair, honest, and willing to help others when needed; effectively resolving conflicts at appropriate times; and assisting new managers and other staff to become familiar with policy and operations
- Easily establish rapport with people of all ages, cultures, and beliefs
- Developed solutions as part of quality management team
- Demonstrated ability to apply sound knowledge to diverse applications
- Demonstrated skills in writing and presenting
- Enhanced patient satisfaction through effective communication, empathy, and timely response to their needs.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Improved patient outcomes by providing high-quality nursing care and implementing evidence-based practices.
Manager Cath Lab/ EP Lab
Florida Hospital Zephyrhills
07.2008 - 05.2012
- Easily establish rapport with people of all ages, cultures, and beliefs
- Managed and motivated employees to be productive and engaged in work.
- Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
- Developed effective internal controls and always operated within budget
- Developed solutions as part of quality management team
- Helped prioritize work schedules and delegated assignments
- Designed custom spreadsheet programs for internal use as well as for clients
- Dealt tactfully and effectively with difficult customers
- Demonstrated ability to apply sound knowledge to diverse applications
- Ability to assess organizational needs and implement administrative procedures
- Business generalist with record of achievement in applying marketing, administrative and human resource skills to effectively manage projects and ongoing operations
- Effective in stressful situations
- Resolved staff member conflicts, actively listening to concerns and finding appropriate middle ground.
- Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
- Dealt tactfully and effectively with difficult customers
- Excellent mediator, arbitrator, and facilitator
- Experienced manager with excellent team abilities
Patient Care Manager, Cath Lab/EP Lab
Lakeland Regional Medical Center
08.2006 - 06.2008
- Interviewed and evaluated personnel
- Proven ability to turn projects around that are behind schedule and over budget
- Identified new methods for cutting operating costs while increasing services
- Increased the effectiveness and professionalism in each position held
- Well-developed management skills
- Utilize all assets and resources available, maximizing employee productivity and performance to achieve corporate goals and objectives
- Oversaw all deliverance of patient care - medical surgical, neurological, and cardiac critically ill
- Assisted with all angiography exams: Cerebral Angiograms, Aortograms with Leg Run Offs, Angioplasty of Diseased Arteries, Renal Angiograms with Angioplasty, and Mesenteric Angiograms
- Interacted daily with a variety of personnel including physicians, radiology technologists, other medical staff, and patients; directly assisted physicians in performing invasive and non-invasive procedures
Nurse Manager Cardiac Program
Focused Health Program
08.2005 - 07.2006
- Consulted and trained customers on proper use of medical products
- Originated Activities of Daily Living Program that helped patients achieve maximum potential of independence from a functional standpoint and brought in money to the department
- Attended interdisciplinary meetings with nurses, physicians, social workers, dietary and other therapeutic staff
- Prepared daily and weekly reports and wrote discharge notes, documentation and summaries
- Served on employee satisfaction and patient satisfaction committees
- Developed continuing education serials for staff and external health care professionals
- Utilized extensive community nursing experience to establish an empathetic and sensitive client rapport
- Assessed client needs and discussed client/care giver goals to determine strategies to meet objectives
- Referred pertinent resources from within the community to the care givers to help facilitate client recovery
Lead RN Intervention Radiology/ Cath Lab/ PICC Coordinator
Mac Neal Healthcare Network
08.2003 - 08.2005
- Interacted daily with a variety of personnel including physicians, radiology technologists, other medical staff, and patients; directly assisted physicians in performing invasive and non-invasive procedures
- Assisted with all angiography exams: Cerebral Angiograms, Aortograms with Leg Run Offs, Angioplasty of Diseased Arteries, Renal Angiograms with Angioplasty, and Mesenteric Angiograms
- Served as preceptor for orientation of new employees in the lab and interventional radiology
- Supervised cardiac monitoring, health assessment, and administration of medications
- Administered medications accurately and safely, reducing medication errors and adverse reactions.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction through effective communication, empathy, and timely response to their needs.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for comprehensive patient care plans, resulting in better health outcomes.
Cardiac Cath Lab / GI lab RN
Gottlieb Memorial Hospital
10.2002 - 06.2003
- Provided direct nursing care to critically ill patients in the coronary care unit
- Played an integral role in reporting patient changes in condition and symptoms to physicians
- Served as preceptor for orientation of new employees in the lab and ICU
- Maintained quality control standards and unit achieved 'perfect rating' status during state regulated inspections
- Provided medical care to those in need including, but not limited to diabetes, cardiac, wound and palliative care
- Coordinated patient education, serving as a liaison between patients, families, physicians, and other health care professionals, problem-solving and complaint resolution, enhancing patient emotional and physical comfort, participating in treatment planning and staffing, and evaluating and charting patient progress
- Managed training and supervision of aides and nursing staff
Cardiac Cath/ EP Lab RN
Loyola University Medical Center
06.2001 - 11.2002
- Served as liaison between family members, medical and specialty personnel
- Assisted with all angiography exams: Cerebral Angiograms, Aortograms with Leg Run Offs, Angioplasty of Diseased Arteries, Renal Angiograms with Angioplasty, and Mesenteric Angiograms
- Communicated with intensivist concerning patient care coordination
- Administered medications accurately and safely, reducing medication errors and adverse reactions.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction through effective communication, empathy, and timely response to their needs.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Prepared rooms and sterilized instruments for daily use
- Oversaw all deliverance of patient care - medical surgical, neurological, and cardiac critically ill
- Played an integral role in reporting patient changes in condition and symptoms to physicians
Supervisor Cardiac Cath Lab
St. Alexius Medical Center
07.1999 - 05.2001
- Maintained inventory of rental equipment and supplies
- Organized master schedule of installations and personnel
- Established priorities and expedited workflow
- Planned, developed and implemented operating procedures to improve product quality
- Reviewed and analyzed production, quality control, maintenance, and operational reports to ascertain cause of nonconformity with product operating specifications
- Analyzed and improved departmental operations
- Established new procedures resulting in increased productivity and more efficient resource utilization
- Closely coordinated job schedules and needs with all departments to ensure smooth operation
- Completed projects ahead of schedule and under budget
- Reviewed projects for financial feasibility
- Oversaw daily operations of the department, ensuring smooth workflow and timely completion of tasks.
- Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
Interventional Radiology RN
Westlake Medical Center
05.1998 - 07.1999
- Utilized assessment skills to identify changes in patient's status and communicated observations to medical personnel
- Formalized a training and mentoring program for new nurse practitioners
- Maintained files and records, in addition to submitting required reports
- Assisted a wide variety of patients of all age groups, performing venipuncture, splinting, inserting catheters, performing EKGs, assisting with sutures, ordering lab tests and performing transfers
- Performed nursing functions ranging from starting I.V.'s and dispensing medications to suturing, splinting and providing CPR
- Directed case management and financial assessments for all patients
- Alleviated pressures caused by staffing shortages, directly responsible for low turnover rate of skilled nursing unit
- Attended interdisciplinary meetings with nurses, physicians, social workers, dietary and other therapeutic staff
Special Procedure Tech
Hines VA Hospital
10.1980 - 06.1998
- Maintained files and records, in addition to submitting required reports
- Performed Emergency Department X-Rays and CT scans as directed by physicians
- Established, monitored and conducted initial and continuing education training requirements for personnel
- Assisted medical personnel in the planning, evaluation and delivery of patient care including inpatient care, outpatient care, emergency services, and disaster preparedness
- Prepped patients for x-rays (measured and recorded FSAP, and lumbar lateral measurements), processed x-rays and prepared envelopes
- Assisted in creation, revision, and implementation of operating instructions, policies, and job descriptions
- Performed duties pertaining to care and treatment of neurological patients
Education
Master of Science - Nursing
Florida Southern College
Lakeland, Fl08.2013
Master of Business Administration - Healthcare
Benedictine University
Lisle, IL08.2006
Bachelor of Science - Healthcare Leadership
National Louis University
Wheeling, IL06.2002
A.S. - Nursing
Malcolm X College
Chicago, IL05.1997
A.S. - Radiology Technology
Malcolm X College
Chicago, IL05.1980
Skills
- Effective written and verbal communication
- Clinical judgment
- Adult health management
- Family guidance
- Diagnosis and treatment
- Diagnostic test interpretation
- Physician support
- Reliability
- Physical examination
- Time management abilities
Certification
- ARNP, American Academy of Nurses Practitioners, Florida, 2014, ANP-C # A0514008
- Board of Nursing ARNP, #9254038
- ARRT, American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, Florida, 1980 to 2015, CRT license in Florida Retired #72527
- RCIS, Cardiovascular Credentialing International Retired, Florida, 2013 to 2015
Phonenumbers
773-719-1838
Affiliations
- PFC Army Reserves for 11 years
- AANP A0514008
- Register Nurse 9254038
Timeline
APRN Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Premier Heart and Vascular Center
06.2023 - 07.2024
Adjunct Faculty Instructor APRN
Florida Southern College
01.2017 - 12.2020
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Central Florida Health Care, Inc.
07.2014 - 05.2023
Cath Lab/ EP lab RN
Brandon Regional Medical Center
06.2012 - 07.2014
Manager Cath Lab/ EP Lab
Florida Hospital Zephyrhills
07.2008 - 05.2012
Patient Care Manager, Cath Lab/EP Lab
Lakeland Regional Medical Center
08.2006 - 06.2008
Nurse Manager Cardiac Program
Focused Health Program
08.2005 - 07.2006
Lead RN Intervention Radiology/ Cath Lab/ PICC Coordinator
Mac Neal Healthcare Network
08.2003 - 08.2005
Cardiac Cath Lab / GI lab RN
Gottlieb Memorial Hospital
10.2002 - 06.2003
Cardiac Cath/ EP Lab RN
Loyola University Medical Center
06.2001 - 11.2002
Supervisor Cardiac Cath Lab
St. Alexius Medical Center
07.1999 - 05.2001
Interventional Radiology RN
Westlake Medical Center
05.1998 - 07.1999
Special Procedure Tech
Hines VA Hospital
10.1980 - 06.1998
Master of Business Administration - Healthcare
Benedictine University
Bachelor of Science - Healthcare Leadership
National Louis University
A.S. - Nursing
Malcolm X College
A.S. - Radiology Technology
Malcolm X College
- ARNP, American Academy of Nurses Practitioners, Florida, 2014, ANP-C # A0514008
- Board of Nursing ARNP, #9254038
- ARRT, American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, Florida, 1980 to 2015, CRT license in Florida Retired #72527
- RCIS, Cardiovascular Credentialing International Retired, Florida, 2013 to 2015
Master of Science - Nursing
Florida Southern College
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