Experienced Family Nurse Practitioner with proven communication abilities and clinical proficiency, backed by 25 years of practice.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nurse Practitioner
Concentra Occupational Health and Urgent Care
Albuquerque, NM
01.2025 - Current
Nurse practitioner in an urgent care setting/Occupational setting. Providing care for various urgent care patients. Providing surveillance and preventative care for various Occupational health, including but not limited to pre-employment physical that require EKG, Pulmonary function, blood work, DOT physicals, FBI physicals, LEA physical, Respirator physicals, DOE exams, workman’s comp cases and much more.
Nurse Practitioner
Duke City Occupational Health
Albuquerque, NM
05.2024 - 11.2025
Nurse practitioner in an Occupational setting. Providing surveillance and preventative care for Albuquerque Police officers, Albuquerque Fire Fighters, Transit service, Solid Waste, Environmental health personnel. Provide urgent care services for City of Albuquerque employees in a work comp setting. Provide fit for duty exams, return to work exams, and safety sensitive medical exams.
Nurse Practitioner
Sandia National Labs
Albuquerque, NM
03.2016 - 03.2024
Nurse Practitioner in an Urgent care/Occupational surveillance/Preventative healthcare setting evaluating and treating adults for urgent, emergent, and occupational needs. Evaluation, diagnostic, and treating appropriately. Participating in the improvement and quality of care for SNL employees. Participate Occupational program and developing programs. SME for Respirator program. Certified CDL medical examiner. Beryllium and Lead surveillance exams. Provide preventative initiatives. Involved with other staff members and developed many programs to make clinic run more efficiently. Orient numerous providers to the clinic.
Nurse Practitioner
Presbyterian Medical Services
Albuquerque, NM
07.2016 - 08.2021
Nurse Practitioner face to face visits, Medicare assessment for Senior Members. Ensuring preventative services are up to date, and ensuring members are evaluated for risks and intervening if needed.
Nurse Practitioner
Presbyterian Medical Services
Albuquerque, NM
09.2015 - 06.2018
Nurse Practitioner in an Urgent care setting, seeing patients for urgent care matters. Ensuring quality care, efficient, and safe care to patients of all ages.
Nurse Practitioner
Amber Care Hospice
Albuquerque, NM
10.2014 - 07.2015
Nurse Practitioner performing in home assessment for patients placed on hospice care. Medicare re-certification exams, to re-qualify patients ensuring that level of care was being met and patients re-qualify to receive hospice care.
Nurse Practitioner
University of NM Hospital
Albuquerque, NM
10.2014 - 06.2015
Nurse Practitioner in an Urgent care setting, seeing patients for urgent care matters. Providing quality care, and efficient care to those who are underserved. Daily average census 90-100 patients. Typical patients are adults aged 18-100+, who present for various complaints ranging from respiratory illnesses, flu to fractures or lacerations.
Nurse Practitioner
Presbyterian Hospital
Albuquerque, NM
08.2013 - 10.2014
Nurse Practitioner provider responsible for adult in-patient skilled level patients. Case load ranging from 15-19 patients with multilevel problems. Responsible for rounding, assessment, implementation of treatment, communicating with staff, families and other consultants. Responsible for on call situations.
RN
Presbyterian Hospitalist
Albuquerque, NM
06.2011 - 08.2013
Coordinating and assigning new admission, ensure that patients are appropriate for internal medicine service, ensure that new admission are seen in a prompt time frame, and ensuring that all new admission are having needs meet.
Director of Nursing
State of New Mexico Dept. of Health
Santa Fe, NM
01.2008 - 06.2011
Over saw the seven state facilities. Led recruiting and hiring, discipline, and managed employee review process. Mentored and lead multidisciplinary teams to accomplice goals. Ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations. Involved in turning facilities from non-compliant to compliant Leading to settlement with the DOJ. This involved experience with various levels of internal and external strategic partners.
State Surveyor
State of New Mexico Dept. of Health
Albuquerque, NM
02.2007 - 01.2008
Responsible for ensuring long term care facilities, hospitals, clinics, assisted living facilities were following state and federal regulations and stayed in compliance. Investigate non-compliant practices for the above entities.
Perform nursing assessments, carried out treatments, administering medications, accurately documented all elements of nursing assessment, treatments, medications, discharge instructions and follow-up care. Able to identify emergent patient diagnosis under strict time constraints. Evaluated patient care needs, prioritized treatment and maintained patient flow.
Education
Master Family Nurse Practitioner -
Univeristy of St. Frances
04.2013
Bachelors Science of nursing -
University of New Mexico
12.2006
Associates Science of Nursing -
Technical Vocational Institute
12.1998
Skills
High level of autonomy
EKG interpretation
Occupational health assessments
Quality improvement initiatives
Policy and program development
Diagnostic tools experience
Organizational skills
Infection control standards
Patient and Family advocate
Geriatric primary/prevention experience
Adept at prioritizing/managing deadlines
ER and Urgent care experience
Occupational Medicine experience
Manager and Director Experience
Surveyor and Investigation experience
Experienced in Worker Compensation Cases
Experienced in OSHA Standards
NIOSH Certified Pulmonary and COHN (hearing conservation)
Preventative healthcare
Urgent care management
Regulatory compliance
Certification
Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner AANP, 01/01/13 to 12/31/28
Family Nurse Practitioner State of NM CNP, 02212
DEA licensure, Current
Registered Nurse in Compact State of NM RN, 44520
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification, 01/01/00 to Present
Pediatric Life Support (PALS) Certification, 01/01/00 to Present
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification, 01/01/00 to Present
Administrative Director, Women’s Services and Gynecologic Oncology at University of Michigan Health-SparrowAdministrative Director, Women’s Services and Gynecologic Oncology at University of Michigan Health-Sparrow