Krystal Hopson, Lead Nurse Practitioner
Missouri City
Summary
Conscientious, efficient, integrity-driven Lead Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner dual certified in Primary Care with over 15 years clinical experience in the Intensive Care Unit caring for critically ill adult and geriatric patients. Highly skilled in taking a holist approach to patient-centered care along with addressing family care needs in a high stress environment to deliver the best, high quality care while maintaining positive relationships within the interdisciplinary team.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital
Sugar Land
06.2024 - Current
- Support continuous quality improvement initiatives to reduce costs and improve patient satisfaction
- Developed protocols that ensured continuity of care across shifts and departments.
- Track and manage huddle board metrics
- Dayshift work schedule
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital
Sugar Land
06.2021 - Current
- Daily management, treatment, and discharge of patients with various acute conditions including Neurological, Cardiovascular, and General emergencies including insertion of various lines and running CODE Blues
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to provide high quality, patient-centered care to both patients and visitors
- Respond to CERTS, CODE Blues, CODE Strokes, and STEMIs within the ICU, med-surg floors, and surrounding facilities for patients and visitors
- Provide lectures to nursing staff to enhance critical thinking skills and patent care management
- Offer continuous support and resources to nursing staff on various floors to aide in the recognition of impending emergencies
Staff Nurse/Relief Charge Nurse in Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital
Sugar Land
06.2014 - 06.2021
- Manage 20-bed surgical ICU with critical conditions including septic shock, congestive heart failure, mechanical ventilation, open-heart surgeries, TAVR, heart catheterizations, craniotomies, abdominal surgeries, lumbar laminectomies, hypothermia treatments, IABP, and CRRT
- Utilizes research and evidence-based practice to provide holistic, quality care to patients and families
- Strong resource for staff to promote professional growth
- Delegate and assign duties to meet staffing goals to prioritize critical patients and ensure safety protocols are followed at all times
Staff Nurse/Relief Charge Nurse in Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Baptist St. Anthony’s Hospital
Amarillo
07.2007 - 06.2014
- Began as an entry level nurse and successfully completed a six-month orientation intensive care nursing program
- Commended for strong critical thinking, leadership skills, and ability to handle challenging patients and clinical situations
- Part of the code team to respond to codes within the hospital
- Preceptor for new graduate nurses as well as nursing students
- Utilize managerial and clinical experience as a relief charge nurse to provide support and guidance for employees
- Responsible for planning, coordinating, and evaluating unit bed assignments and nursing activities
- Care of critically ill patients ranging from CABG, IABP, craniotomies, minor trauma, and abdominal surgeries to GI bleeds, orthopedic surgeries, gastric bypass, CEAs, etc
- Worked alongside Life Gift organization to ensure that potential donors who met criteria were called in promptly
Assistant Store Manager
McDonald’s Restaurant
01.1999 - 01.2007
- Assistant Manager of a high-volume, fast paced restaurant who provided optimum customer care to thousands of consumers
- Responsible for ensuring the restaurant is productive and complied with safety, security, and food service guidelines and regulations
- Creating employee schedules as well as hiring staff to promote a positive work environment and providing adequate staffing to meet high-volume times to maximize productivity
- Tracking customer satisfaction and resolving customer complaints
- Improving customer service by attending classes within the organization to enhance customer service skills
- Motivating and recognizing staff for great service and efforts provided to customers and promotions of staff members
- Scheduling maintenance and thorough cleaning of equipment
- Responsible for monthly inventory of store items while ensuring proper ordering and receiving of products
- Updating promotional signs and logos
- Ensuring timecards are correct prior to turning in payroll
- Training of new employees and ongoing growth of current employees
- Counting registers before and after shift and making appropriate bank deposits
- Setting and meeting daily targets to further assist with monthly goals
- Outlined shift duties and posted proper signage to keep employees properly informed
Education
Post Master of Science in Nursing - Adult-Gero Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
University of Texas At Arlington
Arlington, TX12.2020
Master of Science - Adult-Gero Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
UTMB At Galveston
Galveston, TX12.2017
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ01.2011
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Amarillo College
Amarillo, TX05.2007
Associate of Applied Science - Computer Information Systems
Amarillo College
Amarillo, TX05.2003
Skills
- Central Lines
- Arterial Lines
- PICC Lines
- Quinton Catheters
- Removal of Chest tubes
- Removal of Swan-Ganz lines
- Removal of Quinton Catheters
- Removal of IABPs
Certification
- Registered Nurse (Expires April 2027)
- Advanced Practice License - CNP (Expires April 2027)
- ANCC - Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certification (Expires February 2026)
- ANCC - Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certification (Expires May 2028)
- Prescriptive Authority (Expires April 2027)
- Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) (Expires January 2027)
- Emerging Neurological Life Support (ENLS) Certification (Expires May 2026)
- BLS/ACLS (Expires April 2026)
Quality Improvement/ Research Projects
- 2025 Strategy Creation Team Member for STEEPLE Project
- 2024 Hyperglycemia QI Project
- 2024 Nurse Practitioner POCUS Program
Professional Growth Courses
- 2024 - Emerging Leader Program
- 2024 - Emotional Intelligence Course
Conferences
- 2025 TNA Nurses Day at the Capital (Austin, TX)
- 2024 ANCC National Magnet Conference and ANCC Pathway to Excellence Conference (New Orleans, LA)
- 2024 Action STAT Advanced Practice Provider Boot Camp (Houston, TX)
Presentations
- January 2025 - presenter to 4W med-surg nurses with focus on atrial fibrillation
- October 2024 - presenter for ICU CV Bootcamp with focus on post-operative complications of CV surgery
- September 2023- presenter for ICU and med-surg with focus on acute care injury
- August 2023 - presenter for ICU CV Bootcamp with focus on post-operative complications of CV surgery
Committees
- 2025 ICU Sepsis Task Force Champion
- 2024 APRN Peer Review Panel Member
Accomplishments
- 2024 Houston Methodist APP Emerging Leader of the Year Award
- 2023 Nominee for Crowning Achievement Award for Excellence in Nursing
- 2023 Nominee for Excellence in Nursing Award
- 2015 - 2017 University of Texas at Medical Branch: Summa Cum Laude
- 2008 - 2011 University of Phoenix: National Honors Society
Memberships
- Standard ANA & Texas Nurses Association
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Lead Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital
06.2024 - Current
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital
06.2021 - Current
Staff Nurse/Relief Charge Nurse in Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital
06.2014 - 06.2021
Staff Nurse/Relief Charge Nurse in Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Baptist St. Anthony’s Hospital
07.2007 - 06.2014
Assistant Store Manager
McDonald’s Restaurant
01.1999 - 01.2007
Post Master of Science in Nursing - Adult-Gero Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
University of Texas At Arlington
Master of Science - Adult-Gero Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
UTMB At Galveston
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Phoenix
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Amarillo College
Associate of Applied Science - Computer Information Systems
Amarillo College
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