Tina Chante
Holladay,UT
Summary
Dedicated family nurse practitioner graduate. Hardworking with a voracious appetite for knowledge. Diligent nursing professional brings strong foundation of medical knowledge and patient care expertise. Honed over twelve years of RN experience and trained in treatment and patient care with extensive knowledge of epilepsy, kidney transplant, autoimmune and primary care.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Nurse
Primary Care University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
05.2021 - Current
- Answer patient’s messages that come through our portal system, answer phone calls.
- Nurse visits: vaccinations, and other injections, newborn weight checks, suture removal, wound care, IV’s.
- Manage the MA schedule, request clinical needs for extra staff, assist with any MA needs.
- Support MDs with any needs in clinic visits; wound care, medication administration.
- Rapid response for patient’s that have critical distress and need to be transferred to the ER.
- Schedule patients for appointments with nurses and doctors.
- Health coach for patient's maintaining their weight.
Charge Nurse
University Of Utah Hospital, Infusion
Salt Lake City, UT
06.2017 - 05.2021
- Making the schedule, delegate, educate the nurses, and maintain safety of the unit.
- Help with escalated customer issues and come to a resolution.
- Perform: IV’s, line care for PICCS, injections, port access, and lab draws on each patient
- Administer many different IV medications including: Iron, RBC’s, chemotherapy safely, and in a timely manner.
- Teach patients about medications, safety, when to report a reaction and seek help after going home.
- Monitor for any patient reactions during infusions and administer rescue medication when needed.
- Schedule appointments for continuous care.
- Report to the provider any discrepancies in the orders, adverse reactions, or any patient issues/concerns.
Clinical Nurse
University Of Utah, Float Pool
Salt Lake City, UT
01.2017 - 06.2017
- Circulate to work on twelve different inpatient units at the hospital.
- Administer medications, oral, parenteral, and injections in a timely manner.
- Teach patients how to care for themselves at home concerning; medications, safety, when to seek help.
- Perform various skills; dressing changes, wound care, foley catheters, discontinuing feeding tubes, IV’s.
- Delegate care of the patient to nurse aid or team.
- Monitor labs, scans, test results and report to the doctor for the continuum of care.
Nurse Coordinator
University of Utah Transplant Center
Salt Lake City, UT
05.2014 - 01.2017
- Monitor labs daily for out-of-range values and rejection.
- Answer phone calls for questions/concerns and refill medications or assist with medication changes.
- Teach patients how to care for their transplanted kidney once they go home.
- Track and monitor high risk patients after transplant to make sure they get the care they need.
- Round with the team: doctors, pharmacists, surgeons, and social workers to help formulate a patient specific plan.
- Coordinate organ transplants with the surgeons for the patients on the waiting list.
- Assist providers in a clinical setting by ordering tests, performing IV’s, staple, suture and foley removals.
Clinical Nurse
University of Utah Epilepsy Program
Salt Lake City, United States
10.2010 - 05.2014
- Coordinate patient’s admission to the epilepsy unit, schedule, send out letters and request rooms.
- Help compose and facilitate inpatient protocols for SPECT procedure and safety.
- Perform SPECT (radioisotope injections), monitor patients after sedation and give discharge instructions.
- Daily rounds with Resident to help formulate plans, referrals, order tests needed and follow up appointments.
- Educate patients concerning the surgical process and what to expect and anything that applies to epilepsy.
- Compose referral letters and send out discharge summaries and reports to the referring doctors.
- Organize case conference, send out weekly e-mails, complete surgical summaries and schedule them.
- Track surgical and long-term patients on office software.
- Conduct support groups for pre-surgical and general epilepsy patients with the Epilepsy Alliance of Utah.
Education
Master of Science - Family Nurse Practitioner
Maryville University
St Louis, MO05.2022
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Utah College of Nursing
Salt Lake City, UT12.2013
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City, UT05.2010
Skills
- Patient Advocacy
- Team Leadership
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Preventive Healthcare
- Coaching and Mentoring
Accomplishments
- Established the annual “Transplant Superhero” 5K Run, 2015 & 2016
- Infection Control committee, 2014
- Board member with Epilepsy Alliance of Utah and over 500 hours donated, 2013
- Established the annual “Seize the Night” 5K run, 2013
- Radioisotope certified, 2012
- Exceptional Patient Experience (EPE) committee, 2011
Timeline
Nurse
Primary Care University of Utah
05.2021 - Current
Charge Nurse
University Of Utah Hospital, Infusion
06.2017 - 05.2021
Clinical Nurse
University Of Utah, Float Pool
01.2017 - 06.2017
Nurse Coordinator
University of Utah Transplant Center
05.2014 - 01.2017
Clinical Nurse
University of Utah Epilepsy Program
10.2010 - 05.2014
Master of Science - Family Nurse Practitioner
Maryville University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Utah College of Nursing
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Salt Lake Community College
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