Joan H. Douglas
Bowling Green,KY
Summary
Highly motivated Family Nurse Practitioner with more than 9 years of experience in diverse medical disciplines, including sleep medicine, urgent care, and pain management. Personal highlights include a collaborative work style, strong interpersonal skills, excellent oral and written communication skill sets, and strong adherence to science/evidenced practices in order to provide patients appropriate options for an improved quality of daily living using life-style, behavioral health, interventional modalities, and medicinal therapies.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Nurse Practitioner
Commonwealth Pain and Spine
08.2021 - Current
- Proficient in developing, implementing and re-evaluating new and ongoing plans of care for a diverse population of patients with chronic pain.
- Excellent communication between patients, family and colleagues to provide best possible outcomes for patients in pain.
- Ability to provide counseling options and emotional support to patients coping with chronic pain.
- Effective management of daily schedules, including, but not limited to, seeing 28-31 patients a day, reviewing labs, imaging, new referrals, ongoing incoming questions from patients, faculty and colleagues in a timely fashion.
- Peer to Peer Reviews on an as needed basis.
- Careful oversight pertaining to opioid use management, including explanation of risks, benefits, and dangers of overuse with patients and their caregivers.
Nurse Practitioner
Med Center Health
03.2017 - 08.2021
- Diagnose and treat acute illnesses in a busy urgent care setting.
- Diagnose and treat minor emergencies.
- Triaged higher levels of acuity and facilitated transfer to appropriate level of care.
- Implemented medical treatment plans and management of multi-life support systems for critically ill patients.
- Post-operative care for a busy medical-surgical unit.
- Augmentation of hospital protocols during medical emergencies.
- Patient teaching, implementation, and evaluation of treatment plans utilized in the acute care setting.
- Effectively communicated patient needs with personnel and caregivers to ensure the best positive patient outcomes.
Radiology Intervention, RN/Outpatient Recovery, RN
The Medical Center
08.2002 - 04.2015
- Interventional RN for radiology, cardiology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, and neurology procedures.
- Planned and implemented patient care throughout the pre-operative, peri- and post-operative care in an outpatient setting.
Occupational Health, RN
Methodist/LeBonheur Health Systems
10.1997 - 04.1999
- RN for Promus Hotel Corporation.
- Executive physicals and wellness programs.
- Workman Compensation reviews.
Medical-Surgical and Critical Care, RN
Methodist/LeBonheur Health Systems
06.1995 - 05.1998
- Implemented medical treatment plans for a diverse population of adult populations management of multi-life support systems for critically ill patients for a large teaching hospital.
- Post-operative patient care for a busy medical-surgical care unit.
- Patient teaching, implementation, and evaluation of treatment plans utilized in the acute care setting.
- Effectively communicated patient needs with personnel and caregivers to ensure best positive patient outcomes.
Education
Master of Science - Nursing
South University
Savannah, GA06.2016
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Memphis, Lowenburg School of Nursing
05.1995
Skills
- Effective written and verbal communication
- Identifying appropriate therapies
- Knowledge in Pharmacology
- Cultural competence
- Pain Management
- Conflict resolution
- Multi-tasking
Affiliations
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Licensures And Certifications
- APRN license, 3010873
- NPI license, 1346793528
- DEA license, MD4808917
- DOT license, 4702329349
- RN license, 1095143
Timeline
Nurse Practitioner
Commonwealth Pain and Spine
08.2021 - Current
Nurse Practitioner
Med Center Health
03.2017 - 08.2021
Radiology Intervention, RN/Outpatient Recovery, RN
The Medical Center
08.2002 - 04.2015
Occupational Health, RN
Methodist/LeBonheur Health Systems
10.1997 - 04.1999
Medical-Surgical and Critical Care, RN
Methodist/LeBonheur Health Systems
06.1995 - 05.1998
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Memphis, Lowenburg School of Nursing
Master of Science - Nursing
South University
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