Nicole Watson
Henderson,NV
Summary
Organized Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant with superior knowledge of critical care diagnoses and triaging. Adept at advocating for patients and double-checking medical histories. Highly proficient at accurate medical charting and detailed recordkeeping.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
EMCARE/ENVISION HEALTHCARE
01.2016 - Current
- - Perform history and physical exams on pediatric and adult patients - Order laboratory and radiological studies and interpret results- Follow up and interpret abnormal labs, culture results, radiology results - Develop appropriate differential diagnoses, treatment plans, and dispositions for inpatient care, mental health care, outpatient management - Review and prescribe appropriate medications for acute and chronic physical and mental health concerns - Collaborate with multiple attending physicians, hospitalists, and specialists to ensure the most affective patient treatments, interventions and procedure as directed by supervising physician - Order and interpret EKGs, STEMI management - Incision and drainage procedures, wound care, laceration repair - simple, intermediate, and complex
- Venous access - Immobilization techniques, splinting, and dislocation reduction management - Foreign body removal; eyes, ears, nose, rectum, vaginal, and soft tissue - Nasogastric tube placement and management - Woods lamp, fluorescein staining, Slit Lamp, tonometry
- Epistaxis management - Nail trephination/removal, Wound Care - Airway management - Procedural sedation management - local and regional block anesthesia - Precept PA students on their clinical clerkship - Continuous quality improvement: review sepsis, intubations, STEMI, procedural sedation, COVID cases - 40 hours per week in direct patient care/ approximately 1800 hours per year, 225 days of direct patient care per year
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
01.2013 - Current
- Medical platoon leader
- Responsible for training and skills validation of combat medics
- Primary care provider for seven companies of soldiers totaling approximately 1,100 people
- Write medical SOPs to govern the battalion aid station, medical evacuation procedures, and scope of practice for combat medics
- Ensure medical readiness and ability to deploy
- Completed Basic Officer Leadership Course, Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support Course, and Tactical Combat Casualty Care Course from August 2014 - November 2014.
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
URGENT CARE EXTRA/CARE NOW
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Patient exams and history taking, rapidly formulate a differential diagnosis, develop and implement treatment plans, medical record documentation, workers compensation management, incision and drainage, laceration repairs, wet read X-Rays, fracture management, prescribe therapy and medications as required
- Referrals when necessary.
ACUTE CARE PA
LASSEN MEDICAL GROUP
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Care for patients, physical exams and history taking, formulate a differential diagnosis, develop and implement treatment plans, electronic medical record documentation, collaborate with physicians as needed, coordinate care with patients, incision and drainage, laceration repairs, wet read X-Rays, fracture management, prescribe therapy and medications as required
- Referrals when necessary.
DERMATOLOGY PA
FINETOUCH DERMATOLOGY
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Senior physician assistant, conference and training coordinator, study and research coordinator, medical assistant supervisor, medical records review, electronic medical records keeping, OSHA manager, HIPAA officer, controlled substance security, hair transplant surgery, laser treatments, clinical evaluations, patient history and interview, minor office procedures, and patient education.
HEALTHCARE SPECIALIST
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
01.1998 - 01.2010
- Line medic, medical platoon sergeant
- Volunteered to deploy to support Operation Iraqi Freedom II
- Training of medics and combat life savers.
Education
MASTER OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDIES -
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER
01.2013
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE -
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER
01.2012
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, BIOLOGY -
RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
01.2007
Skills
- Patient check-in
- Emergency medicine expertise
- Triage and Assessment
- Professionalism and Ethics
- Airway Management
- Wound Care
- Compassionate patient care
- Medical Charting
- Toxicology Knowledge
- Orthopedic Injury Management
- Fast-tracking patients
- Physical examination
- Educating patients
- Interpreting laboratory results
- Suturing
- Electronic Medical Records
- Patient History Documentation
- Intravenous therapy
- Cardiac monitoring
- Patient Assessments
- Incisions and drainage
- Managing prescription refills
- Triage
- Differential diagnoses
- Evidence-based medicine
- Discharge Planning
- Treatment Planning
- Laceration Repair
- Foreign body removal
- Fluorescein staining
- Problem-Solving
- Time Management
- Attention to Detail
- Multitasking Abilities
- Reliability
- Excellent Communication
Certification
- NCCPA Certified July 2013
- DEA MW3385704
- State of Nevada PA 1628
- Nevada Pharmacy CS23449
- Basic Life Support exp/June 2025
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support exp/June 2025
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support exp/June 2025
Affiliations
- Nevada Army National Guard Senior Physician Assistant
Timeline
EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
EMCARE/ENVISION HEALTHCARE
01.2016 - Current
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
URGENT CARE EXTRA/CARE NOW
01.2015 - 01.2016
ACUTE CARE PA
LASSEN MEDICAL GROUP
01.2014 - 01.2015
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
01.2013 - Current
DERMATOLOGY PA
FINETOUCH DERMATOLOGY
01.2013 - 01.2014
HEALTHCARE SPECIALIST
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
01.1998 - 01.2010
MASTER OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDIES -
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE -
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, BIOLOGY -
RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
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