Lori Blake
FALLSTON,MD
Summary
Highly dedicated and results oriented Family Nurse Practitioner with accomplished leadership, faculty instruction, and medical skills. Possess over 20 years of clinical experience working effectively with multidisciplinary teams and delivering high quality patient care. Enthusiastically promote education in the clinical area to improve and maintain highest level of patient care.
Driven to improve the lives of patients through qualified diagnostics, physical assessments and proper treatment responses. Adept at ordering laboratory tests, interpreting results and prescribing medications. Licensed in Texas and Maryland (pending).
Dedicated Family Nurse Practitioner in primary care, case management and medical staff supervision. Skilled in patient assessment, physician support and medication records.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
Baylor Scott and White-Belton, TX
01.2021 - 07.2024
- Provide highly efficient, quality care to acute and chronic patients from birth to death
- Duties include comprehensive medical assessment, diagnosis, treatment or referrals as well as anticipatory guidance and education.
Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner
Nextcare Urgent Care-Phoenix, AZ
01.2014 - 02.2023
- Provide urgent care in a high volume center to acutely-ill and injured patients from 3 months to geriatrics
- Duties include but not limited to diagnosis, treatment, order management, laboratory and x-ray interpretation
- Wide knowledge of suturing, foreign body removal, fluorescein lamp examination, incision and drainage, extremity splinting and stabilization, cautery, and on-site x-ray interpretation
- Evaluate average of 35-55 patients daily.
Family Nurse Practitioner
Immediate Care
01.2013 - 09.2013
- Provide medical care in an Immediate/Urgent care and family practice setting to patients age 6 months to geriatrics
- Duties including but not limited to diagnosing patients, implementing appropriate clinical care, prescribing medication under required guidelines, documenting patient evaluations and services in electronic health records, reviewing lab work and following up on abnormal results, working with medical director in reporting information and triaging patients to a higher level of care as needed
- Evaluate average of 20-25 patients daily
- Procedures performed include incision and drainage of wounds, laceration repair, extremity splinting and stabilization, seroma drainage, wart removal and skin biopsy.
General Pediatric Surgery Nurse Practitioner
The Children's Mercy Hospital-Kansas City, MO
06.2004 - 07.2012
- Provide pre- and post-operative care in an in-patient and out-patient setting
- Collaborate with physicians and other members of the health care team in a fast-paced, high acuity pediatric surgical population that served over 10,000 patients and over 12,000 in-patients last year
- Patient population includes newborns through young adults with specific surgical, burn, trauma, or urological needs
- Examine, diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries while meeting the patient and family's physical, psychosocial, and educational and safety needs
- Evaluate order, conduct and interpret diagnostic tests and screening to establish management and treatment plans
- Pharmacological and non-pharmacological management and treatment of various disorders and diseases
- Perform procedures as appropriate i.e
- GT insertion/removal, wound incision and drainage, seroma drainage, PICC line care/removal, suction rectal biopsy
- Initiated consultation and work in collaboration with specialists and other health care team professionals
- Coordinate, research, develop, and instruct educational programs for medical and nursing personnel hospital wide
- Served as surgical service liaison on numerous hospital committees including MAGNET nursing committee and Medical Information Management Steering Committee
- Coordinated the review, revision and creation of surgical Care Cards and Operational Policies hospital wide
- Served as preceptor to numerous new Nurse Practitioners and students
- Participated and coordinated patient care for numerous surgical team studies that have been presented at national surgical meetings and changed the gold standard of care i.e
- Laparoscopic vs
- Open pyloromyotomy, SSD vs
- Collagenase for burn management, splenic and kidney laceration management, antibiotics for perforated appendicitis.
Traveling Nurse
American Mobile Healthcare-Columbia, MO
02.2004 - 05.2004
- Provided total patient care in numerous inpatient Pediatric Intensive Care Units as a traveling nurse
- Worked effectively as multidisciplinary team member to provide outstanding care to critically ill patients and their families
- Skills include ventilator management, vasopressor management, dialysis, catheters and lines, code procedures, post-surgical care, and trauma team member
- Demonstrated flexibility and the ability to adapt and change to new environments.
Registered Nurse
American Mobile Healthcare-San Diego, CA
08.2002 - 05.2004
- Provided total patient care for critically ill children in a large Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Knowledge and skills include, but not limited to post-cardiac surgery care, trauma, dialysis, code and trauma team member, respiratory ventilator management, vasopressor management, ECMO assistant, administration and monitoring of medication and patient and family advocate
- Proven effective and motivated team member on multidisciplinary team.
Registered Nurse
Independence Regional Medical Center-Independence, MO
05.1999 - 10.1999
- Provided total patient care for critically ill adults in large Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit
- Patient population includes acute myocardial infarction, DIC, trauma, respiratory failure, drug overdose and post-cardiac surgery
- Duties include intensive high-tech monitoring, medication administration, laboratory evaluation, and advanced assessment, assistance with bedside procedures, and pre-and post-surgical care.
Education
Master of Science in Nursing -
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS01.2002
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - undefined
Truman State University
Kirksville, MO01.1999
Skills
- Critical Care Experience
- Medical Imaging
- Triage
- Nursing
- EMR Systems
- Medication Administration
- Hospital Experience
- ICU Experience
- Epic
- Primary Care Experience
- Experience Administering Injections
- Primary care
- Suturing
- Extensive clinical experience
- Disease prevention and intervention
- Strong clinical judgment
- Patient evaluation/intervention
- PALS instructor
- Extensive EMR experience with numerous programs
- Preceptor
- High level of autonomy
- Valuable committee member
- In- and out-patient care
- Patient and Family Advocate
- Health care presentations
- Diagnosis and treatment of childhood/adult illnesses
- Patient counseling
- Highly organized
- Authorized to work in the US for any employer
- Health Promotion
- Chronic Disease Management
- Dermatology understanding
- Preventative Care
- Managing chronic concerns
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Clinical Decision Making
- Women's health
- Conducting needs assessments
Certification
- BLS/CPR
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
- BLS
- ACLS
- FNP certification
- Certified Nurse Practitioner
- Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner
- APRN
- Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
- Licensed Nurse Practitioner
- Registered Nurse, AZ, MSL155922MO
- Family Nurse Practitioner, AZ, AP4625
- Family Nurse Practitioner, TX, 1022167
- Family Nurse Practitioner, MD, Pending
Additional Information
I am permanently moving to Maryland in May 2024 and looking for employment to start after that. Thank you for your consideration.
Personal Information
Title: Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner - Nextcare Urgent Care
Nursinglicenses
RN
Timeline
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
Baylor Scott and White-Belton, TX
01.2021 - 07.2024
Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner
Nextcare Urgent Care-Phoenix, AZ
01.2014 - 02.2023
Family Nurse Practitioner
Immediate Care
01.2013 - 09.2013
General Pediatric Surgery Nurse Practitioner
The Children's Mercy Hospital-Kansas City, MO
06.2004 - 07.2012
Traveling Nurse
American Mobile Healthcare-Columbia, MO
02.2004 - 05.2004
Registered Nurse
American Mobile Healthcare-San Diego, CA
08.2002 - 05.2004
Registered Nurse
Independence Regional Medical Center-Independence, MO
05.1999 - 10.1999
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - undefined
Truman State University
- BLS/CPR
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
- BLS
- ACLS
- FNP certification
- Certified Nurse Practitioner
- Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner
- APRN
- Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
- Licensed Nurse Practitioner
- Registered Nurse, AZ, MSL155922MO
- Family Nurse Practitioner, AZ, AP4625
- Family Nurse Practitioner, TX, 1022167
- Family Nurse Practitioner, MD, Pending
Master of Science in Nursing -
University of Kansas Medical Center
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