LESLIE WILSON
Godley,TX
Summary
Professional healthcare provider with robust experience in pediatric care. Skilled in patient assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving optimal patient outcomes. Adaptable to changing needs and consistently reliable. Valued for clinical expertise, compassionate care, and effective communication skills.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
BLS CPR Instructor
CPR Training Solutions
01.2023 - Current
- Educate and evaluate skills check offs for cpr skills based on American Heart Association guidelines and recommendations.
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Baird Pediatrics
01.2022 - Current
- Assess, diagnose and treat birth through the age of 21 years of age.
- Work with a collaborative physician directly to care for patients.
- Order the proper testing needed and interpret results to create a proper treatment plan for the patient.
- Perform well child checks and teach families about prevention of illnesses and diseases.
- Diagnose and treat children with chronic diseases or illnesses
- Primary care provider conveniently placed clinic to ensure that surrounding communities can have easy access to healthcare.
Adjunct Graduate Clinical Instructor
University of Texas at Arlington
02.2020 - Current
- Assist the lead instructor with collecting assignments, guiding graduate students through an intensive 3 week course, and critiquing video assessment assignments.
- Give constructive feedback to the graduate students to help them be successful in their Nurse Practitioner journey at UTA.
- This Pediatric Clinical Assessment lab is very fast paced and requires great time management and organizational skills.
Health Services Coordinator
Godley ISD
06.2022 - 06.2023
- Carry out administrative duties that are required for the school nursing program.
- Order stock medications for the district.
- Education for teachers in regards to health topics that are needed such as CPR and Stop the Bleed.
- Nurse supervisor and lead nurse for the school district.
Career Training Educator in Health Sciences
Godley High School
07.2020 - 06.2022
- Students will be certified as a PCT by the time they graduate high school to give them a head start to their medical careers.
- Run a Patient Care Technician certification program where students learn basic PCT skills in a simulated clinical environment as well as classroom learning.
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
JPS School Based Health Clinic
08.2018 - 07.2020
- Assess, diagnose and treat birth through the age of 21 years of age.
- Work with a collaborative physician indirectly to care for patients.
- Order the proper testing needed and interpret results to create a proper treatment plan for the patient.
- Perform well child checks and teach families about prevention of diseases.
- During the pandemic, worked many hours in Telehealth with both telephone and video visits.
- Very comfortable with telehealth.
- Primary care provider for primarily Medicaid population at a conveniently placed clinic to ensure that underprivileged communities can have easy access to healthcare.
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Cook Children's Neurology Department
10.2017 - 07.2018
- Round on patients, both new consults and follow up visits, in the hospital and perform a complete neurological assessment to devise a plan on treatment of neurological disorders.
- Discuss plan with rounding Neurologist with direct communication as well as indirect communication.
- Diagnose patients as well as Prescribe medications as well as order diagnostic tests.
- Diagnose and treat clinic patients in the Neurology Clinic.
- Autonomous decision making as well as direct discussion with Neurologist after forming a plan for the patient.
- Critical decision making skills for patients/families with questions as well as for labs/diagnostic test that result abnormally.
Registered Nurse
Cook Children's NICU
06.2004 - 10.2017
- Respond to emergency situations by providing airway management, administering emergency fluids or drugs, or using basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques.
- Administer postanesthesia medications or fluids to support patients' cardiovascular systems.
- Insert peripheral or central intravenous catheters.
- Insert arterial catheters or perform arterial punctures to obtain arterial blood samples.
- Perform or evaluate the results of diagnostic tests such as radiographs (x-rays) and electrocardiograms (EKGs) and report to appropriate physician.
- Monitor/assess and care for critically-ill infants in the NICU for 13 years ranging from requiring High frequency ventilators on multiple inotropic and sedation drips to caring for feeder growers awaiting discharge home.
- Execute and coordinate discharge planning for complex patients.
- Constant communication with providers of patient status and physical assessment findings.
- Administering medications by oral, IV or by IM injections.
Education
MASTERS OF SCIENCE - NURSING
08.2017
- Did not need to take GRE due to outstanding GPA for undergrad.
- Completed over 700 hours in a primary care setting attaining the required clinical hours for the UTA PNP program.
- GPA: 3.6
BACHELORS OF SCIENCE - NURSING
05.2004
- SIGMA THETA TAU National Honor society.
- GPA: 3.66
Skills
- Critical Thinking Skills
- Time management
- Excellent assessment skills
- Quick Judgment and Decision Making
- Complex Problem Solving
- Quick Learner
- CPR and AED
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Excellent communication
- Problem-solving
Activities
- CHARGE NURSE, 2 YEARS (2007-2009)
- NICU CASE MANAGER, (2009-2014)
- PRESCHOOL VOLUNTEER, BEAR CREEK COMMUNITY CHURCH
- CERTIFIED IN BLS
- CERTIFIED THROUGH CPNP AS A PRIMARY CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER, 2017-Present
- WORKED IN MEDITECH, ATHENA, AND EPIC CHARTING SYSTEMS
Certification
- BLS Instructor Certification
- PNCB Primary Care certified Nurse Practitioner
- Trained in ADOS 2 testing for Autism
Timeline
BLS CPR Instructor - CPR Training Solutions
01.2023 - Current
Health Services Coordinator - Godley ISD
06.2022 - 06.2023
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Baird Pediatrics
01.2022 - Current
Career Training Educator in Health Sciences - Godley High School
07.2020 - 06.2022
Adjunct Graduate Clinical Instructor - University of Texas at Arlington
02.2020 - Current
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - JPS School Based Health Clinic
08.2018 - 07.2020
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Cook Children's Neurology Department
10.2017 - 07.2018
Registered Nurse - Cook Children's NICU
06.2004 - 10.2017
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON - BACHELORS OF SCIENCE, NURSING
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON - MASTERS OF SCIENCE, NURSING