Kendalyn Lipinski
Gibsonia,PA
Summary
Accomplished healthcare professional and AANP board-certified Nurse Practitioner with experience in primary, urgent, and long-term care settings. Motivated to contribute knowledge and expertise as an Advanced Practice Provider:
- Deliver high-quality, compassionate care to a variety of patient populations, especially those underserved
- Build trust and rapport by listening to concerns, advocating for wellness, and providing education on acute and chronic health issues
- Prioritize and organize tasks to efficiently accomplish clinical goals
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Nurse Practitioner
Longevity Health Plan
Pittsburgh, PA
05.2024 - Current
- Prescribe medication regimens, including controlled substances
- Assess need for, order and interpret diagnostic tests and lab work to inform patient care decisions
- Manage acute illnesses such as infections, respiratory exacerbations, and chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, etc.
- Manage follow-up care and provide referrals to specialists when appropriate
- Participate in quality improvement initiatives aimed at improving outcomes for Medicare Part C health plan Members living in long-term care setting
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate patient care within two separate nursing facilities
- Develop individualized care plans in collaboration with healthcare team
- Help patients and families feel comfortable during challenging and stressful situations, including end-of-life
- Advocate for patients to ensure their needs and preferences are addressed
- Utilize various electronic health systems
Nurse Practitioner
CVS Minute Clinic
Pittsburgh, PA
03.2023 - 04.2024
- Perform focused and comprehensive physical exams
- Order and interpret laboratory work
- Manage patients with acute and chronic conditions
- Prescribe indicated therapies, including pharmaceuticals
- Utilize computerized Electronic Health Record (EHR) system
- Maintain strict patient data procedures to comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches
- Help patients and families feel comfortable during challenging and stressful situations; promoting recovery and reducing compliance issues
- Observe strict safety measures, including checking medication dosages before administration to patients
- Promote health by advising patients about diet, hygiene and methods for prevention of disease
Nurse Practitioner
Genesis Medical Associates Inc.
08.2022 - 02.2023
- Identify short and long-range patient care issues that must be addressed; providing information and recommending options and courses of action
- Assess patient health by interviewing patients; performing physical examinations; obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories
- Determine abnormal conditions by administering/ ordering diagnostic tests such as imaging, electrocardiograms, and laboratory studies; interpreting test results
- Document patient care services by charting in EHR
- Perform therapeutic procedures by administering injections and immunizations; suturing; managing wounds and infections
- Instruct and counsel patients by describing therapeutic regimens; provide normal growth and development information; discuss family planning; provide counseling on emotional problems of daily living; promote wellness and health maintenance
- Provide continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans
- Maintain professional certification/license
Professional Staff Nurse
UPMC Lindenbaum Perryman & Associates
02.2020 - 08.2022
- Manage EpicCare InBasket in primary care setting
- Analyze and make decisions regarding medication refill requests in accordance with practice-wide protocols
- Provide laboratory, imaging, and other test results to patients after provider’s review
Registered Nurse
MedExpress
10.2019 - 08.2022
- Obtain health histories, triage, and prioritize care according to medical urgency
- Fulfill standing orders as indicated by patient presentation
- Fulfill additional orders as prescribed by provider
- Assist provider with medical procedures as requested
- Provide hand-off report to local emergency departments for escalation of care
Staff Nurse
UPMC Mercy, Medical Intensive Care Unit
09.2017 - 09.2018
- Assessed and advocated for critically ill adult patients
- Planned and implemented therapies and care activities for optimal patient safety
- Evaluated patient progress and responded to life-threatening events
- Titrated intravenous vasoactive infusions according to invasive monitoring for hemodynamically unstable patients
- Maintained patency and hygiene of endotracheal tubes for ventilated patients
- Managed continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) for severely compromised renal failure patients
- Managed external ventricular drains (EVD) for neurosurgical patients
Business Analyst/ Product Owner
Celtic Healthcare
11.2016 - 04.2017
- Facilitated system changes aimed at improving policy adherence and maximizing Medicare reimbursement
- Mediated daily stand-up meetings for two separate, yet collaborative Agile development teams
- Gathered and wrote evolving requirements in User Story format, supported by highly detailed User Acceptance Criteria
- Reviewed manual test cases ensuring "development reality" did not impede business objectives
- Designed user-friendly system features and sought customer feedback prior to new Sprints
Business Analyst
UPMC
03.2016 - 10.2016
- Developed and defined data analysis processes and procedures for pilot project, while partnering with Quest Diagnostics personnel to meet objectives
- Managed timely flow of protected business intelligence information to various stakeholders
- Identified patient care trends and respective business strategy implications
Systems Analyst
UPMC
05.2015 - 03.2016
- Analyzed and resolved a variety of technical issues regarding Epic and other supportive software systems to improve patient care
- Interfaced with customers and other IT professionals to accomplish timely solutions
- Thoroughly documented and triaged problems beyond the team's scope of practice while protecting patient information
Ambulatory eRecord Systems Coordinator
UPMC
06.2013 - 05.2015
- Accomplished Epic training initiatives from the operational perspective
- Instructed users to operate unfamiliar software and hardware via classroom proctoring, practice site Go-Lives, and one-on-one support
- Monitored and evaluated training activities to determine effectiveness for users
Education
Master of Science - Family Nurse Practitioner
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA05.2022
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA08.2018
Bachelor of Science - Health Services Administration
Slippery Rock University
Slippery Rock, PA05.2013
Skills
- Perform comprehensive and focused physical exams
- Promote patient safety and optimal clinical outcomes
- Prioritize and multitask in fast-paced environments with proven accuracy
- Collaborate with physicians, leadership, and other healthcare professionals to exceed clinical and administrative goals
- Analyze problems and implement solutions
- Patient-centered care in health promotion and disease management
- Project development and leadership
- Staff coaching and development
- Advanced user of Epic, Cerner, AthenaPractice, DocuTap, PointClickCare
MSN Clinical Rotations
- Internal Medicine/ Addiction Medicine/ Medical Marijuana – 43 hours (suburban), 378 hours (rural)
- Women's Health – 75 hours (urban)
- Pediatric Primary Care/ Child Advocacy – 150 hours (urban)
- Integrative/ Addiction Medicine – 7 hours (suburban), 40 hours (rural)
Timeline
Nurse Practitioner
Longevity Health Plan
05.2024 - Current
Nurse Practitioner
CVS Minute Clinic
03.2023 - 04.2024
Nurse Practitioner
Genesis Medical Associates Inc.
08.2022 - 02.2023
Professional Staff Nurse
UPMC Lindenbaum Perryman & Associates
02.2020 - 08.2022
Registered Nurse
MedExpress
10.2019 - 08.2022
Staff Nurse
UPMC Mercy, Medical Intensive Care Unit
09.2017 - 09.2018
Business Analyst/ Product Owner
Celtic Healthcare
11.2016 - 04.2017
Business Analyst
UPMC
03.2016 - 10.2016
Systems Analyst
UPMC
05.2015 - 03.2016
Ambulatory eRecord Systems Coordinator
UPMC
06.2013 - 05.2015
Master of Science - Family Nurse Practitioner
Duquesne University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Duquesne University
Bachelor of Science - Health Services Administration
Slippery Rock University
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