Accomplished family nurse practitioner with significant expertise in outpatient and inpatient infectious disease care, excelling in patient care management, and mentorship roles. Track record of implementing quality improvement initiatives and enhancing infectious disease control through collaborative efforts. Expertise in Epic EMR, facilitating stakeholder engagement to boost healthcare delivery and staff retention. Focused on promoting innovation in clinical education.
Hi, I’m
Jasmine A. Berry DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Nurse Practitioner
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Overview
15
years of professional experience
5
Certifications
Work History
Atlanta ID Group/Piedmont HealthcareFayetteville, GA
Lead Advanced Practice Provider /QI Specialist
04.2024 - 01.2026
Job overview
- Delivered primary infectious disease care for patients while handling diagnosis, treatment, referral for additional specialty services, and follow-up care within the outpatient and inpatient settings.
- Managed pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments of various infectious disorders and diseases.
- Created and maintained an EMR-integrated tracking list of patients on outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) to ensure follow-up, surveillance of labs, and prevention of readmissions directly related to OPAT therapy.
- Created and revamped outdated clinical materials, such as smart phrases in the EMR, a logbook for samples of antiretroviral therapy received from pharmaceutical companies, and diagnosis- or treatment-specific educational handouts for patients.
- Collaborated with physicians and the practice administrator to assess and address clinic needs, as well as the care rendered to patients that specifically involved the Advanced Practice Providers (APP) and Medical Assistants (MA).
- Provided and assisted with scheduled monthly and as-needed education for APPs and MAs.
- Assisted with APP recruitment, onboarding, orientation scheduling, mentorship, and retention of new APPs.
- Spearheaded tactics such as staff position appreciation efforts to improve staff retention and morale.
Veterans Administration-Tennessee Valley Healthcare SystemNashville, TN
Postdoctoral Nursing Fellow/VA Quality Scholar
07.2022 - 04.2024
Job overview
- Quality improvement-focused fellowship for clinicians, highlighting the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration for the improvement and furthering of healthcare research and scholarship, operations leadership, and quality and safety education.
- Participated in strategic planning sessions to improve service delivery models.
- Collaborated with healthcare teams, analyzed data, and engaged with stakeholders to support the development of Veteran health programs offered or needed.
- Created quarterly presentations and reports outlining the progress and accomplishments of the Fellow for the Executive Leadership Team at the Tennessee Valley VA.
Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, GA
Part-time Instructor
08.2023 - 12.2023
Job overview
- Course lead for master's level prerequisite course: Pharmacology for the Advanced Practice Provider (NURS 7550) in various nurse practitioner specialty programs.
- Developed engaging lesson plans and conducted lectures to enhance the learning experience for a diverse student population.
- Updated multiple lectures, previously embedded, and revamped the course with relevant and timely clinical content, utilizing interactive educational technology to meet current student needs.
- Incorporated current events into lessons in order to engage student interest in real world applications.
Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, GA
Part-time Clinical Instructor
08.2021 - 05.2022
Job overview
- Mentored and facilitated master's-level (Family and Adult-Gerontology) nurse practitioner students in their final program course (Advanced Practicum - NURS 7360).
- Conducted clinical site visits, graded SOAP notes, reviewed goals and objectives for student journals, monitored clinical hours, and assisted with board preparation and role transition.
- Collaborated with other healthcare professionals to ensure optimal patient care during clinical rotations.
Atlanta ID Group/Piedmont HealthcareFayetteville, GA
Advanced Practice Provider
06.2017 - 04.2022
Job overview
- Delivered primary infectious disease care for patients while handling diagnosis, treatment, referral for additional specialty services, and follow-up care within the outpatient and inpatient settings.
- Managed pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of various infectious disorders and diseases.
- Counseled patients regarding lifestyle modifications needed to reduce their risk for reinfection or worsening infection.
- Assisted with APP recruitment, onboarding, orientation scheduling, mentorship, and retention of new APPs
- Provided clinical guidance and mentorship to medical assistants and newly hired APPs.
Hiram Weight Loss Hiram, GA
Nurse Practitioner (PRN)
03.2017 - 06.2018
Job overview
- Counseling and monitoring of patients requesting weight management options, including medications, and health maintenance strategies.
- Prescribed medications (Phentermine, Vitamin B12, and LipoVite injections) based on patient needs and goals, while adhering to set clinical parameters and ethical standards of care.
- Maintained detailed records of patient visits, diagnoses, treatments, and test results using the clinic's paper charting system.
- Appropriate counseling and referrals were made for patients not meeting prescribing parameters, or needing additional testing, or follow-up.
Resurgia Health SolutionsAtlanta , GA
Nurse Practitioner
11.2016 - 02.2017
Job overview
- Delivered primary care for patients, and handled diagnosis, treatment, referral for consultation or specialty services, follow-up care within the home, and assisted living facilities for patients unable to travel to traditional brick-and-mortar buildings.
- Performed physical exams, ordered and evaluated lab tests, provided appropriate pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies, in addition to setting up needed durable medical equipment (DME), and home health services.
- Collaborated with collaborating physician to coordinate optimal patient care outcomes.
Piedmont Fayette HospitalFayetteville, GA
Staff Nurse
04.2013 - 10.2016
Job overview
- Intermediate Care Unit (IMCU)/ Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
- Assessed physical, psychological, physiologic, and cognitive status of patients.
- Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures, and nursing best practices.
- Directed patient care by initiating and following through with plan of care, continuing care, and discharge instructions.
- Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
Emory Saint Joseph's HospitalAtlanta, GA
Staff Nurse
03.2011 - 04.2013
Job overview
- Cardiovascular (CV) Step-down/Post open-heart/heart transplant/LVAD care
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
- Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eliminate non-compliance problems.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
Education
Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, GA
Doctor of Nursing Practice
05.2021
University Overview
Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, GA
Health Literacy Certificate
05.2021
University Overview
Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, GA
Master of Science from Nursing
05.2016
University Overview
Specialty area: Family Nurse Practitioner
Samford UniversityBirmingham, AL
Bachelor of Science from Nursing
12.2010
University Overview
The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, AL
Some College (No Degree) from Pre-Nursing Studies
University Overview
Skills
- Patient care management
- Critical care and nursing
- Health counseling
- Infectious disease control
- HIV/AIDS care
- STD care and counseling
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- OPAT management
- Weight management
- Medication prescribing
- Health promotion
- Health coaching techniques
- Clinical mentorship and education
- Clinical care standards
- Epic EMR proficiency
- Workflow optimization
- Policy development and planning
- Healthcare innovation and creativity
- Team leadership and collaboration
- Staff mentorship and care staff supervision
- Record management
- Literature review skills
- Communication skills
- Curriculum design
- Group instruction facilitation
- Microsoft Office 365 expertise
- Quality improvement/QI strategies
- PDSA cycle application
- Process mapping
- Stakeholder engagement
- Professional ethics
Certification
Family Nurse Practitioner, The American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Certification #F0516951; Expires: May 2026
Certification #F0516951; Expires: May 2026
Accomplishments
Accomplishments
• Invited to sit on the School of Nursing (SON) Alumni Advisory Board Member, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA (2024)• Publishing my DNP project findings in a scholarly journal, Health Promotion Practice (2024)
• Doctorate of Nursing Practice Student Service Award (2021)
• Third Place Poster Winner-DNPs of Color Virtual Conference (2021)
Publications
Publications
Berry, J.A., Powell, R.M., Cranford, J. (2024). The stress of advancement: A nurse practitioner’s exploration in providing culturally competent care to addressing barriers to obesity prevention in Black women. Health Promotion Practice, 10.1177/15248399231221767.
Presentations
Presentations
- A Day in the Life of an Infectious Disease Nurse Practitioner/Sex Education, Achieve 365, Columbia High School, Decatur, GA, 12/17/25
- Common Infectious Disease in Primary Care, Practical Updates in Primary Care 2025 Conference, Healthcare Made Practical (HMP) Global, Virtual, 04/01/25, 05/09/25, 07/18/25, 09/19/25
- A Day in the Life of an Infectious Disease Nurse Practitioner, Achieve 365, Columbia High School, Decatur, GA, 02/27/25
- The Side Effects of Sex, Wellness Seminar, Columbia High School, Decatur, GA, 12/18/24
- Metabolic Disease in Overweight and Obese Veterans Living with HIV: A Needs Assessment, Quality and Patient Safety Council (QPSC), Tennessee Valley Healthcare System VA, Nashville, TN, 01/18/24
- Flipping the Script: Providers Share Their Stories Navigating Breast Cancer, DNPs of Color 2nd Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., 10/23/23
- Hot Topics in QI and IS, The Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research Scholarly Series, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 10/03/23
- Obesity and Cardiometabolic Disease in Veterans Living with HIV: Exploring the Role of Lifestyles and Social Determinants of Health (SDoH), Vanderbilt Symposium on Implementation Research in the Learning Health System, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 05/15/23
- Obesity and Cardiometabolic Disease in Veterans Living with HIV: Exploring the Role of Lifestyles and Social Determinants of Health (SDoH), Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research-Works in Progress Seminar, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 05/02/23
- The Stress of the Obesity Diagnosis: Assessing Barriers to Obesity Prevention in Black Women Using the Teach-Back Method, Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS), Orlando, FL, 03/02/23
- Managing the Care of the Complex Patient, Associate of Science in Nursing 9th Annual Leadership Seminar, Dallas, GA, 09/28/22
- Employee Whole Health at the Tennessee Valley VA, VAQS Summer Institute, Houston, TX, 08/09/22
- Using Teach-back to Assess and Decrease Barriers to Obesity Prevention, SOPHE 2022 Annual Conference (virtual), 03/22/22
- Project B.L.A.C.K. Barriers Lifted After Cultivating Knowledge, DNPs of Color Virtual Conference, 10/23/21
- Date Your Provider: Thoughts on Black Health and Self Advocacy, Dynamite Hill Podcast, Atlanta, GA, 09/07/21
- Project B.L.A.C.K. Barriers Lifted After Cultivating Knowledge: Assessing Individual Barriers to Obesity Prevention in Black Women Using the Teach-Back Method, 2021 Lewis College Virtual Graduate Research Conference, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 04/12/21
- Behind the Front Lines: A Healthcare Provider Battling a Pandemic, Melanated Conversations Podcast, Virtual, 09/21/20
Work Preference
Work Type
Part TimeContract WorkLocation Preference
RemoteHybridOn-SiteTimeline
Lead Advanced Practice Provider /QI Specialist
Atlanta ID Group/Piedmont Healthcare
04.2024 - 01.2026
Part-time Instructor
Georgia State University
08.2023 - 12.2023
Postdoctoral Nursing Fellow/VA Quality Scholar
Veterans Administration-Tennessee Valley Healthcare System
07.2022 - 04.2024
Part-time Clinical Instructor
Georgia State University
08.2021 - 05.2022
Advanced Practice Provider
Atlanta ID Group/Piedmont Healthcare
06.2017 - 04.2022
Nurse Practitioner (PRN)
Hiram Weight Loss
03.2017 - 06.2018
Nurse Practitioner
Resurgia Health Solutions
11.2016 - 02.2017
Staff Nurse
Piedmont Fayette Hospital
04.2013 - 10.2016
Staff Nurse
Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital
03.2011 - 04.2013
Georgia State University
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Georgia State University
Health Literacy Certificate
Georgia State University
Master of Science from Nursing
Samford University
Bachelor of Science from Nursing
The University of Alabama
Some College (No Degree) from Pre-Nursing Studies