Tiffany Flaherty, APRN, MSN, FNP-BC

• Handle complex cases involving multiple comorbidities effectively by employing critical thinking skills and seeking expert consultations when necessary.
• Enhance patient satisfaction through effective communication, empathy, and timely response to concerns.
• Promote health maintenance and disease prevention through patient education and counseling on lifestyle modifications.
• Decrease hospital readmissions by providing thorough discharge education and follow-up care coordination.
• Provide mental health support by assessing emotional well-being, offering counseling services, and referring patients to specialists when needed.
• Perform office procedures including I&D, skin biopsy, wound care, joint injections, LARC
• Manage acute and chronic illnesses, developing personalized treatment plans that addressed patients'' unique needs.

• Frontline COVID worker throughout the pandemic in an outpatient respiratory clinic setting.
• Rotation in walk-in express care environment for the acute care of immediate patient needs.
• Eventually moved to primary care position for the ongoing care of patients in the FQHC environment.
• Ordered and interpreted diagnostic tests to develop and implement treatment plans.
• Performed patient physicals and compared and contrasted results with established medical records to provide proper diagnosis and facilitate appropriate treatment.
• Educated patients on treatment options, medical needs and non-medical options for treatments and therapy.
• Educated and guided patients on disease prevention and healthy lifestyle habits to prevent Type-2 diabetes and other complications.
• Provided preventive care such as well-child checks, adult physicals and gynecological examinations.
• Assessed and treated STDs in both males and females.
• Coordinated with physicians, specialists and other medical staff to develop treatment plans for chronic conditions.
• Coordinated referrals for specialty services and additional care.
• Prescribed appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities to support health and comfort of patients.
• Worked in women's health services providing counseling on reproductive issues and assisting with family planning needs.

Providing evidence-based medicine in an Urgent Care environment:

• Assess, evaluate, diagnose, and provide initial treatment of all patients that present to the Urgent Care
• Document a history focusing on the patient’s chief complaint and obtain a brief medical history of any other pertinent exam findings
• Perform a systematic physical exam as indicated to evaluate the patient’s presenting problem and order any laboratory testing or radiologic evaluation necessary to define, evaluate, and appropriately manage the patient’s problem
• Utilizing evidence-based guidelines as the foundation for the management of patients across the lifespan
• Pharmacotherapeutic management
• Elicit and record the pertinent medical history of patients
• Instruct patients regarding mental health and physical health including but not limited to the topics of disease, treatment, lifestyle
• Refer patients to appropriate specialty care, community health facilities, and outside agencies and resources as needed
• Perform procedures such as ( but not limited to): laceration repair, foreign body removal, fracture management, wound debridement, and incision and drainage
• Provided onsite training/mentorship to NP students from various local Universities, AT students, SLU medical students
• Developed exceptional attendance record with special attention to punctuality and preparation to work upon arrival
• Facilitated on campus sexual health seminars for University students
• Collaborated with Department director to develop policy for the various clinic settings.
• Developed and co-chaired the Unit Practice Council for the Urgent Care environment as part of the larger healthcare system council.

• A collaborating member of both the OB/GYN group and Primary care teams.
• Utilizing evidence-based guidelines as the foundation for the management of patients across the lifespan
• Pharmacotherapeutic management
• Ordering and interpreting diagnostic and laboratory testing
• Acute and chronic disease management
• Significant experience with pediatric populations
• Regular and ongoing continuing education
• Worked in women's health services providing counseling on reproductive issues and assisting with family planning needs.
• Significant experience with insertion/removal of IUD, nexplanon, endometrial biopsy, vulvar biopsy, contraceptive counseling, STI evaluation and management, gynecologic care across the lifespan, menopause management, and routine OB care.

• Assist OB/GYN with rooming tasks, procedures, paperwork, patient education, scheduling

• Responsible for the management of low and high-risk laboring patients
• Fetal monitoring, pain management, post-partum care
• Stabilization and care of the newborn, patient education
• C-section circulation in the OR and post-op recovery

• Practicum experience with the WHNP in assessing, planning care, and evaluating patient outcomes with a variety of women's health issues

• Practicum experience with the PNP in assessing, planning care, and evaluating patient outcomes with a variety of pediatric health issues

• Practicum experience with the ANP in assessing, planning care, and evaluating patient outcomes with a variety of adult health issues both acute and chronic
• Experience with office procedures such as TPI, joint injections, synvisc injections, skin biopsies, skin tag removal, I&D

• Responsible for the development of program including educational materials, curriculum, outcome data and worked closely with the program funding source to ensure the longevity of the program's success
• Worked in collaboration with the St. Charles court system with referrals for the program
• Prepare young mothers for birth by instructing childbirth preparation classes
• Facilitate teen parent group sessions in all of the high schools in St. Charles County
• Home visits assessing health and nutritional status of the pre-and post-natal mothers, newborn, infants, and children in the program

• Responsible for pre and post-treatment education
• Performed laser treatments per protocol

• Experience in treatment and care of a full range of pediatric disease processes
• Pre and postoperative care
• Patient and family education with much experience in diabetic and asthma education
• Pediatric oncology care and chemotherapy administration
• Experience in Pediatric ICU, Neonatal ICU and Well-baby nursery
• Appointed preceptor to new nurses training in the department and charge nurse when needed