Melinda Kruger

Providing acute care to patients ages 6mo+, frequent conditions treated: URI, GI, GU/GYN, allergies, derm (rashes, I&D), lac/wound repair, xray interpretation and lab results, splinting. Accountability includes:

• Providing culturally competent care through EBP such as UpToDate, Dynamed, Epocates, Medscape
• Assessment/diagnosis/treatment
• Collaboration with colleagues, supervising physical, specialist within the mercy system/referrals
• Participated in interdisciplinary townhall meetings

Providing acute care to patients ages 3mo+, Frequent conditions treated: Lac/wound repair, GI, GU/GYN infections, URI, allergies, derm (rashes, skin tag/wart removal, I&D), minor ortho ailments, interpretation of lab results/radiographs. Accountability includes:

• Providing culturally competent care through EBP such as UpToDate, Epocrates, Medscape
• Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment formulated with patients and families
• Collaboration with colleagues & supervising physician
• Time management, responsible for seeing up to65 patients in a12 hour shift
• Appropriate delegation of MA, lab tech, & PSR
• Telemedicine
• Referrals
• Contributed to template development for EMR
• Biweekly provider meetings for input contribution

Providing acute care of children birth-21 years in the hospital setting. Provided4-1 ratio. Accountability included:

• Patient care: assessments, critical thinking, & active participation in patient care team with direct report to residents and attendings
• Relief charge: staffing assignments, delegation, resource RN
• Rapid response team

Providing acute and long term care of children ages1 week-21 years in specialty facility. Accountability included:

• Patient care: assessments, critical thinking, and active participation in patient care team with direct report to nurse practitioners and physicians
• Palliative care
• Team lead
• Super user while facilitating transition from paper to EMR