Krystal Kennedy
Ayden,NC
Summary
Dedicated Family Nurse Practitioner with progressive nursing background and advanced training. Delivers top-notch care to patients of diverse ages and backgrounds. Diagnoses and treats wide-ranging conditions using strong assessment, diagnostic, and treatment planning abilities. Preventive healthcare Care coordination Patient assessment Interdisciplinary collaboration Healthcare education . Wound debridement Immunization administration Training Research
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nurse Practitioner
Allergy Partners
10.2023 - Current
- Assessed patients to determine individual needs and develop care plans in coordination with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.
- Performed comprehensive physical examinations and documented patient histories to gather information and identify health issues.
- Educated patients on treatment options, medical needs, and non-medical options for treatments and therapy.
- Prescribed appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities to support health and comfort of patients.
- Ordered and interpreted diagnostic tests to develop and implement treatment plans.
Family Nurse Practitioner
Greenville Family Doctors, P.A
11.2020 - Current
- Quality assurance
- Treatment planning
- Annual examination coordination
- Splinting
- Suturing
- Diagnostic test interpretation
- Verbal communication
- Prioritization, Compiled assessment data with systematic approach to incorporate physiologic, psychosocial, cultural, cognitive, and other key points for comprehensive looks at patients' backgrounds and current states
- Contributed to team meetings and conferences to enhance interdisciplinary approach to primary healthcare delivery
- Counseled and educated patients, family members, and caregivers on preventive health and treatment options
- Delivered expert preventive healthcare, including screening for common ailments and immunizing against communicable diseases
- Offered patients personalized information about proper treatments for diseases and ways to reduce individual risk factors for complications
- Compiled available information and developed successful treatment plans to reduce symptoms and address underlying conditions
- Reviewed patients' self-reported symptoms, clinical presentations, and laboratory reports to accurately diagnose chronic conditions.
- Completed routine and annual examinations to spot untreated problems such as high blood pressure
- Arranged referrals for specialized patient care to treat complex problems such as cancer and advanced heart disease
- Used skills in suturing, splinting, and wound debriding to handle common injuries
- Counseled patients about benefits and consequences of each treatment approach to help make informed healthcare decisions
- Prescribed diagnostic tests such as CBCs and EKGs to assess patients' conditions
- Watched vulnerable patients closely to quickly intervene in adverse reactions to prescribed treatments
- Educated patients about potential side effects of prescribed treatment regimens as well as identified interactions and contraindications.
Staff nurse
Vidant Medical Center
01.2012 - 10.2020
- As a staff nurse in the medical ICU, I provide care for acutely ill patients with various diseases
- The patients in this unit have multiple complex disease processes including pneumonia, respiratory failure, ARDS, end stage renal disease, stroke, and DKA
- Charge nurse: Working as the medical intensive care unit charge nurse at a level one trauma center presents many complex issues
- The unit has twenty-four beds, fourteen nurses, and multiple support personnel
- As the charge nurse, I am responsible for managing logistics of patient movement, acceptance, admissions, transfers, and discharges
- In this role, I work closely with nurse leaders, staff nurses, along with all other members of the interdisciplinary team to facilitate excellent patient care
- Preceptor: I have worked as a preceptor for nurses of varying levels of experience
- Joint Commission Ambassador: This role ensures the unit meets standards set by the
- Joint Commission
- This requires monthly audits of safety equipment, staff knowledge, and chart reviews on all patients
- Clinical nurse liaison for nursing students: This role provides a detailed shadowing experience for nursing students
- Students from Pitt Community College and East Carolina University are provided with experience of being in an intensive care unit for a shift
- Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) instructor: I have worked as an instructor to educate other nurses on how to provide CRRT to patients
- This includes explanation of the various modalities of CRRT and how to troubleshoot issues that may arise.
Staff nurse
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Before moving to the ICU, I gained experience working on the medical intermediate unit
- This unit helped me to learn how to care for patients with complex diseases, tracheostomies and patients requiring mechanical ventilation
- I also collaborated with case management to identify patients' long term needs.
Education
Master of Science - Nursing
Walden Univeristy
minneapolis, MNBachelor of Science - Nursing
Greenville Family Doctors
Associates Degree - Nursing
Pitt Community College
Skills
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Preventive Care
- Ensuring Patients Comfort
- Therapeutic Interventions
- Written Communication
- Seizure Disorders
- Acute and Chronic Health Issues
- Health and Wellness Education
- Electronic Medical Record
- Laboratory Testing
- Medication Side Effect Knowledge
- Interpreting Laboratory Results
- Punch Biopsies
- Physical Assessment
- Health Promotion
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Primary Care
- Medical History Review
- Medical Screening
- Diagnostic Screenings
- Preparing Treatment Plans
- Reproductive Health
- Clinical Care Standards
- Patient Observation
Certification
AMERICAN NURSES CREDENTIALING CENTER
COMUNESCO
CERTIFICATION
The Commission on Certification grants
Affiliations
American Association of Critical Care Nurse
Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN): March 2018
American Heart Association, American Association of Critical Care Nurses
North Carolina Nurses Association
American Nurses Association
Additional Information
- AWARDS , Vidant Medical Center Daisy Award: January 2019 . Great 100 Nurses of North Carolina Awarded Great 100 Nurses of NC: June 2018 Medical Intensive Care Unit Vidant Medical Center Aspiring Leader recognition: January 2018 Medical Intensive Care Unit Vidant Medical Center Employee of the month: November 2017 Vidant Medical Center Five years experience award: August 2016 Pitt Community College of Nursing Clinical excellence award: May 2011
Timeline
Nurse Practitioner
Allergy Partners
10.2023 - Current
Family Nurse Practitioner
Greenville Family Doctors, P.A
11.2020 - Current
Staff nurse
Vidant Medical Center
01.2012 - 10.2020
Staff nurse
01.2011 - 01.2012
Master of Science - Nursing
Walden Univeristy
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Greenville Family Doctors
Associates Degree - Nursing
Pitt Community College
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