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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Career Development Leadership
References
Career Development Leadership
Certification
Timeline
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Julia Balunis, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner-FNP
Annandale,VA
Julia Balunis, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC

Summary

Mission and values: To provide individualized patient-centered care, focusing on initiating strong patient connections, aimed at providing compassionate, evidence-based care for those experiencing addiction.

Overview

32
years of professional experience

Work History

Minerva

Home Infusion Case Manager Nurse
05.2024 - Current

Job overview

  • Clinic and home infusion administration of Immune Globulin, TPN, Anti-infective, and Biologic Medications.
  • Line maintenance included the following: Port access, PSC, midlines, long dwell PSCs, and PICCs
  • Central and peripheral line care, a strong focus on teaching patient Rx and line care independence.

George Mason University

Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) at MAT Clinic
08.2023 - 05.2024

Job overview

  • Lead MAT clinical GTA in a Provider role for 50-110 daily clients experiencing Opioid Use Disorders. MAT clinic GTA; lead 4-8 BSN and 2-5 DNP students through the MAT clinic process of patient intake and treatment processes.
  • Led Clinic Support for Nurse Panel; Lead BSN support to follow up with patients and provide healthcare education, LTBI panel; bridge and coordinated care for Latent Tuberculosis screened patients within the Nurse panel setting.
  • Clinic Lead at the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center; guide BSN and DNP students in Hypertension and Diabetic management
  • Coordinate CSB patients with GMU providers
  • Familiar with EMRs: Credible, BlueHR, Practice Fusion, and most recently, Athena
  • Assist in facilitating DNP student projects at the Nurse Panel
  • Developed new systems/process workflows for the Nurse Panel sites.

George Mason University

Instructional Support
07.2022 - 06.2023

Job overview

  • BSN Clinical lab Didactic and remote instruction support NUR 305, 337, 425, 455

Option Care Health Bio Scrip Infusion Services

Clinical Infusion Nurse
01.2018 - 01.2023

Job overview

  • Collaborative health-promoting relationships with patients, pharmacists, and physicians
  • Primary nurse case management, direct patient care in pharmaceutical clinic settings
  • Placement of midlines and PICC lines.

Fairfax County Public Schools

Cued Speech Transliterator
01.2016 - 01.2018

Job overview

  • Serving the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHOH) community within the Fairfax school system, as a Cued English Transliterator, is an immersion experience that better enables me to serve the DHOH who utilize cued speech in healthcare.

CORAM Healthcare-CVS Specialty Infusion Company

Clinical Infusion Nurse
01.2012 - 01.2016

Job overview

  • Clinic and home infusion administration of Immune Globulin, TPN, Anti-infectives, and Biologics
  • Line maintenance included the following: Port access, PSC, midlines, long dwell PSCs, and PICCs
  • Central and peripheral line care, a strong focus on teaching patient Rx and line care independence.

Visiting Nurses Association of Southeastern Connecticut

School Nurse
01.2009 - 01.2012

Job overview

  • Per-Diem School Nurse for the Waterford, Groton, East Lyme, New London school districts
  • Duties included Assessments, Topical, Oral, GI, INH medication administrations, enteral feedings, emergency medication administration, 504 planning and collaboration
  • Individual student medical chart management.

IgG America

Per-Diem Nurse
01.2007 - 01.2012

Job overview

  • Home and Clini Infusion Nurse Client Infusions administered and managed
  • IGIV, SCIG
  • Licensed in CT, RI and MA.

CORAM Healthcare

Primary Nurse Case Manager
01.2002 - 01.2006

Job overview

  • Tri-state licensed infusion nurse
  • Experience included Per-diem hours focusing on inotropic, hydration, pain, and palliative care, enteral, anti-infective, TPN, chemotherapy, laboratory blood work
  • Peripheral and central catheter maintenance
  • Experience with on-call.

American Red Cross

Blood Collections Charge Nurse
01.1996 - 01.2002

Job overview

  • Responsible for the safe screening and procurement of Autologous and Homologous blood donations.

CORAM Healthcare

Primary Nurse Case Manager
01.1995 - 01.1996

Friends Who Care

Field Nurse Supervisor
01.1993

Job overview

  • Home health nursing care general duty.

CORAM Healthcare

Primary Nurse Case Manager
01.1994 - 01.1995

St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital

Graduate Nurse, ICU/CCU and Telemetry
01.1993

Yale Community Hospital

Medical-Surgical, ER/Urgent Care Nurse
01.1993 - 01.1994

Education

George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

Doctorate-Family Nurse Practitioner
05.2024

University Overview

  • Phone: 703.993.1000
  • GPA: 3.96
  • Honoree of Sigma Theta Tau

University of Michigan-Flint
Flint, MI

RN To BSN Articulation Program
01.2004

University Overview

Phone: 800.942.5636

Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI

University Overview

  • Phone: 616.331.5000
  • NUR 400-Advanced Physical Exam
  • NUR 310-Professional Seminar

Saint Clair County Community College
Port Huron, MI

University Overview

  • Phone: 800.553.2427
  • Clinical experience; Medical, Surgical, Telemetry, Mental Health, Pediatrics and Leadership. “Graduate Nurse” status obtained May 1993. Received RN license June 1993.

Skills

  • Expert MAT coordination an Opioid Use Disorder treatment and management
  • Experienced head-to-toe assessments
  • Strong clinical decision-making, and an organized global approach to patient healthcare
  • PICC and Midline certified

Career Development Leadership

APRN VA 0024190618

RN VA 0001184800 (Multi-state privilege)

NPI# 163992091

Taxonomy Nurse Practitioner-Family 363LF0000X

ANCC FNP-BC 2022151477


References

  • Dr. Rebecca Sutter, DNP, FNP-BC, NUR 921, NUR 922, NUR 981
  • Cheryl A. Oetjen, DNP, APRN, FNP, Associate Professor & Interim Director School of Nursing, CHHS, George Mason University, 703.993.1954, Coetjen@gmu.edu
  • Angelina Harman, DNP, FNP-BC, NUR 714 (Advanced Health Assessment), aharman1@gmu.edu
  • Victoria Garrison, MD-BC, NURS 713 (Clinical Decision Making), vgarriso@gmu.edu

Career Development Leadership

  • Minerva, Home Infusion Case Manager Nurse, 05/11/24, Current, Clinic and home infusion administration of Immune Globulin, TPN, Anti-infectives, and Biologics. Line maintenance included the following: Port access, PSC, midlines, long dwell PSCs, and PICCs. Central and peripheral line care, a strong focus on teaching patient Rx and line care independence.
  • George Mason University, Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA), Summer 2023, 05/24/24, Lead GTA at Nurse Panel; Lead BSN support to follow up with patients and provide healthcare education, LTBI panel; bridge and coordinated care for Latent Tuberculosis screened patients within the Nurse panel setting. MAT clinic GTA; lead BSN and DNP students through the MAT clinic process of patient intake and treatment processes. Clinic Lead at the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center; guide BSN and DNP students in Hypertension and Diabetic management. Coordinate CSB patients with GMU providers. Familiar with EMRs: Credible, BlueHR, Practice Fusion, and most recently, Athena. Assist in facilitating DNP student projects at the Nurse Panel. Developed new systems/process workflows for the Nurse Panel sites.
  • Instructional support, Fall-Spring 2022-2023, BSN Clinical lab Didactic and remote instruction support NUR 305, 337, 425, 455
  • Option Care Health Bio Scrip Infusion Services, Clinical Infusion Nurse, 2018, 2023, 703.230.4638, 4151 Lafayette Center Drive Suite 600, Chantilly, VA, 20151, Collaborative health-promoting relationships with patients, pharmacists, and physicians. Primary nurse case management, direct patient care in pharmaceutical clinic settings. Placement of midlines and PICC lines.
  • CORAM Healthcare-CVS Specialty Infusion Company, Clinical Infusion Nurse, 2012, 2016, 800.698.0508, 4115 Pleasant Valley Rd. Suite 200, Chantilly, VA, 20151, Clinic and home infusion administration of Immune Globulin, TPN, Anti-infectives, and Biologics. Line maintenance included the following: Port access, PSC, midlines, long dwell PSCs, and PICCs. Central and peripheral line care, a strong focus on teaching patient Rx and line care independence.
  • Fairfax County Public Schools, Cued Speech Transliterator, 2016, 2018, 703.764.5600, 4910 Willet Drive, Annandale, VA, 22003, Serving the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHOH) community within the Fairfax school system, as a Cued English Transliterator, is an immersion experience that better enables me to serve the DHOH who utilize cued speech in healthcare.
  • IgG America, Per-Diem Nurse, 2007, 2012, 877.674.9700, 514 Progress Drive, Suite X, Linthicum Heights, MD, 21090, Home and Clini Infusion Nurse Client Infusions administered and managed. IGIV, SCIG. Licensed in CT, RI and MA.
  • Visiting Nurses Association of Southeastern Connecticut, School Nurse, 2009, 2012, 860.444.1111, 403 North Frontage Road, Waterford, CT, 06385, Per-Diem School Nurse for the Waterford, Groton, East Lyme, New London school districts. Duties included Assessments, Topical, Oral, GI, INH medication administrations, enteral feedings, emergency medication administration, 504 planning and collaboration. Individual student medical chart management.
  • CORAM Healthcare, Primary Nurse Case Manager, 2002, 2006, 800.227.3675, 7150 Gateway Dr. Suite E, Columbia, MD, 21046, Tri-state licensed infusion nurse. Experience included Per-diem hours focusing on inotropic, hydration, pain, and palliative care, enteral, anti-infective, TPN, chemotherapy, laboratory blood work. Peripheral and central catheter maintenance. Experience with on-call.
  • American Red Cross, Blood Collections Charge Nurse, 1996, 2002, 313.833.4440, 100 Mack Avenue P.O. Box 33351, Detroit, MI, 48232-5351, Responsible for the safe screening and procurement of Autologous and Homologous blood donations.
  • CORAM Healthcare, Primary Nurse Case Manager, 1995, 1996, 734.454.0800, 45801 Mast Street, Plymouth, MI, 48170-6057
  • CORAM Healthcare, Primary Nurse Case Manager, 1994, 1995, 616.698.0272, 4334 Brockton Drive SE, Suite D, Kentwood, MI, 49512-4052
  • Yale Community Hospital, Medical-Surgical, ER/Urgent Care Nurse, 1993, 1994, 810.387.2111, 420 North Street P.O. Box 129, Yale, MI, 48097, Brenda Carmos, RN, DON
  • Friends Who Care, Field Nurse Supervisor, 1993, 2770 Carpenter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, 2770 Carpenter Road, Ann Arbor, MI, 48108
  • St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital, Graduate Nurse, ICU/CCU and Telemetry, 1993, 586.263.2300, 15855 Nineteen Mile Road, Clinton Township, MI, 48038

Certification

DNP, FNP-BC

Timeline

Home Infusion Case Manager Nurse

Minerva
05.2024 - Current

Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) at MAT Clinic

George Mason University
08.2023 - 05.2024

Instructional Support

George Mason University
07.2022 - 06.2023

Clinical Infusion Nurse

Option Care Health Bio Scrip Infusion Services
01.2018 - 01.2023

Cued Speech Transliterator

Fairfax County Public Schools
01.2016 - 01.2018

Clinical Infusion Nurse

CORAM Healthcare-CVS Specialty Infusion Company
01.2012 - 01.2016

School Nurse

Visiting Nurses Association of Southeastern Connecticut
01.2009 - 01.2012

Per-Diem Nurse

IgG America
01.2007 - 01.2012

Primary Nurse Case Manager

CORAM Healthcare
01.2002 - 01.2006

Blood Collections Charge Nurse

American Red Cross
01.1996 - 01.2002

Primary Nurse Case Manager

CORAM Healthcare
01.1995 - 01.1996

Primary Nurse Case Manager

CORAM Healthcare
01.1994 - 01.1995

Field Nurse Supervisor

Friends Who Care
01.1993

Graduate Nurse, ICU/CCU and Telemetry

St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
01.1993

Medical-Surgical, ER/Urgent Care Nurse

Yale Community Hospital
01.1993 - 01.1994

George Mason University

Doctorate-Family Nurse Practitioner

University of Michigan-Flint

RN To BSN Articulation Program

Grand Valley State University

Saint Clair County Community College

Julia Balunis, DNP, APRN, FNP-BCNurse Practitioner-FNP