Toni Waller
Oroville ,WA
Summary
Results-oriented recent college graduate with a Master of Science (M.S.) in Nursing (3.19 GPA), with 12+ years of emergency room RN work experience. Aiming to leverage academic experience and a proven knowledge of acute care facility, chronic care facility, and emergency response to successfully fill the ARNP role at your company. Frequently praised as diligent by my peers, I can be relied upon to help your company achieve its goals. Hardworking Registered Nurse with success providing individualized patient care. Committed to delivering best-in-class patient care through effective education and counseling. Proven leadership focused on increasing and enhancing patient care and satisfaction. Streamline safety protocols for comprehensive patient care.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
ARNP
Tonasket Family Medicine Clinic
01.2020 - 09.2023
- Prescribed appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities to support health and comfort of patients.
- Ordered and interpreted diagnostic tests to develop and implement treatment plans.
- Assessed patients to determine individual needs and develop care plans in coordination with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.
- Performed comprehensive physical examinations and documented patient histories to gather information and identify health issues.
ARNP
Kaiser Permanente
02.2020 - 12.2020
- Prescribe medication dosages, routes, and frequencies based on patients' characteristics such as age and gender
- Order, perform, or interpret the results of diagnostic tests such as complete blood counts (CBCs), electrocardiograms (EKGs), and radiographs (x-rays)
- Analyze and interpret patients' histories, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information to develop appropriate diagnoses
- Develop treatment plans based on scientific rationale, standards of care, and professional practice guidelines
- Diagnose or treat acute health care problems such as illnesses, infections, and injuries
- Prescribe medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost as legally authorized
- Counsel patients about drug regimens and possible side effects or interactions with other substances such as food supplements, over the counter (OTC) medications, and herbal remedies
- Recommend interventions to modify behavior associated with health risks
- Detect and respond to adverse drug reactions, with special attention to vulnerable populations such as infants, children, pregnant and lactating women, and older adults
- Educate patients about self-management of acute or chronic illnesses, tailoring instructions to patients' individual circumstances
- Diagnose or treat chronic health care problems such as high blood pressure and diabetes
- Perform routine or annual physical examinations
- Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability
- Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses
- Treat or refer patients for primary care conditions such as headaches, hypertension, urinary tract infections, upper respiratory infections, and dermatological conditions
- Diagnose or treat complex, unstable, comorbid, episodic, or emergency conditions in collaboration with other health care providers as necessary
- Consult with or refer patients to appropriate specialists when conditions exceed the scope of practice or expertise
- Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in nursing
- Recommend diagnostic or therapeutic interventions with attention to safety, cost, invasiveness, simplicity, acceptability, adherence, and efficacy
- Schedule follow-up visits to monitor patients or evaluate health or illness care
- Supervise or coordinate patient care or support staff activities
- Maintain current knowledge of state legal regulations for nurse practitioner practice including reimbursement of services
- Perform primary care procedures such as suturing, splinting, administering immunizations, taking cultures, and debriding wounds
- Maintain departmental policies and procedures in areas such as safety and infection control
- Provide patients or caregivers with assistance in locating health care resources
- Advocate for accessible health care that minimizes environmental health risks
- Keep abreast of regulatory processes and payer systems such as Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, and private sources.
REGISTERED NURSE
Kaiser Permanente
04.2017 - 02.2020
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records
- Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions
- Record patients' medical information and vital signs
- Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition
- Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
HOUSE SUPERVISOR
Fairfax Mental Health Hospital
12.2015 - 04.2016
- Provide or arrange for training or instruction of auxiliary personnel or students
- Refer students or patients to specialized health resources or community agencies furnishing assistance
- Consult with institutions or associations regarding issues or concerns relevant to the practice and profession of nursing
- Work with individuals, groups, or families to plan or implement programs designed to improve the overall health of communities
- Perform administrative or managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff, budget, planning, or long-range goals
- Direct or coordinate infection control programs, advising or consulting with specified personnel about necessary precautions
- Observe nurses and visit patients to ensure proper nursing care
- Assess the needs of individuals, families, or communities, including assessment of individuals' home or work environments, to identify potential health or safety problems
- Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, or childbirth and develop health improvement programs
- Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervise a particular unit.
REGISTERED NURSE
Evergreen Hospital
06.2008 - 08.2015
- Manage day to day staffing concerns
- Engage in research activities related to nursing
- Provide or arrange for training or instruction of auxiliary personnel or students
- Refer students or patients to specialized health resources or community agencies furnishing assistance
- Consult with institutions or associations regarding issues or concerns relevant to the practice and profession of nursing
- Work with individuals, groups, or families to plan or implement programs designed to improve the overall health of communities
- Perform administrative or managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff, budget, planning, or long-range goals
- Assess patients' pain levels and sedation requirements
- Monitor patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock and institute appropriate interventions
- Set up and monitor medical equipment and devices such as cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices, transducers, and pressure lines
- Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods
- Evaluate patients' vital signs and laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs
- Prioritize nursing care for assigned critically ill patients based on assessment data and identified needs
- Document patients' medical histories and assessment findings
- Advocate for patients' and families' needs, or provide emotional support for patients and their families
- Conduct pulmonary assessments to identify abnormal respiratory patterns or breathing sounds that indicate problems
- Administer blood and blood products, monitoring patients for signs and symptoms related to transfusion reactions
- Monitor patients' fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems such as fluid and electrolyte imbalances
- Collaborate with other health care professionals to develop and revise treatment plans based on identified needs and assessment data
- Assess patients' psychosocial status and needs including areas such as sleep patterns, anxiety, grief, anger, and support systems
- Perform approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures based upon patients' clinical status
- Identify patients who are at risk of complications due to nutritional status
- Collect specimens for laboratory tests
- Coordinate patient care conferences
- Identify patients' age-specific needs and alter care plans as necessary to meet those needs
- Assist physicians with procedures such as bronchoscopy, endoscopy, endotracheal intubation, and elective cardioversion
- Supervise and monitor unit nursing staff
- Assess family adaptation levels and coping skills to determine whether intervention is needed
- Identify malfunctioning equipment or devices
- Participate in professional organizations and continuing education to improve practice knowledge and skills
- Participate in the development, review, and evaluation of nursing practice protocols
- Ensure that equipment or devices are properly stored after use
- Plan, provide, or evaluate educational programs for nursing staff, interdisciplinary health care team members, and community members.
EMERGENCY ROOM REGISTER NURSE
Stevens Healthcare
12.2006 - 05.2007
- Assess patients' pain levels and sedation requirements
- Monitor patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock and institute appropriate interventions
- Set up and monitor medical equipment and devices such as cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices, transducers, and pressure lines
- Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods
- Conduct pulmonary assessments to identify abnormal respiratory patterns or breathing sounds that indicate problems
- Advocate for patients' and families' needs, or provide emotional support for patients and their families
- Administer blood and blood products, monitoring patients for signs and symptoms related to transfusion reactions
- Monitor patients' fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems such as fluid and electrolyte imbalances
- Compile and analyze data obtained from monitoring or diagnostic tests
- Document patients' treatment plans, interventions, outcomes, or plan revisions.
LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE
Stevens Healthcare
01.2000 - 06.2000
Education
Associate - Science
LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE
Long View, WA06.2016
Master of Science (M.S - Nursing
GONZAGA UNIVERSITY
Spokane, WA05.2019
Bachelor of Science (B.S - Nursing
CHAMBERLAIN COLLEGE OF NURSING
Downers, ILA.S - Nursing
Diploma - Nursing
CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Columbus, NESkills
- EMR Systems
- Health and Wellness Expertise
- Patient Counseling
- Medical Evaluations
- Team Coordination
- Strong Clinical Judgment
- Postpartum Care
- Mental Health Care
- Follow-Up Calls
- Family Planning Services Education
- orOrnd ER Experience
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Addiction Counseling
- Anesthetic Administration
- Diabetes and Nutrition Education
- Pain Management
Certification
CPRPALSACLSSuboxone Waiver ( in progress), DEA (number provided upon hire)NPI (number provided upon hire)
Additional Information
- Awards & Honors , Nurse student of the Year 2016: Lower Columbia CollegeExtracurricular Activities AARNP Obesity medicine Association
Affiliations
- American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (AANN), Board of Trustees
Obesity Management
Assessing readiness for change
Engaging patients to discover their motivation
Collaborating with them to develop a personalized plan to achieve an improved state of personal health.
Evaluating progress
All, to reduce the sequela of long term obesity on the personal physical and emotional health
Things that bring me joy
- Hiking
- Avid gardener.
- My Family
- My two dogs Ollie and Otto
Timeline
ARNP
Kaiser Permanente
02.2020 - 12.2020
ARNP
Tonasket Family Medicine Clinic
01.2020 - 09.2023
REGISTERED NURSE
Kaiser Permanente
04.2017 - 02.2020
HOUSE SUPERVISOR
Fairfax Mental Health Hospital
12.2015 - 04.2016
REGISTERED NURSE
Evergreen Hospital
06.2008 - 08.2015
EMERGENCY ROOM REGISTER NURSE
Stevens Healthcare
12.2006 - 05.2007
LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE
Stevens Healthcare
01.2000 - 06.2000
Associate - Science
LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE
Master of Science (M.S - Nursing
GONZAGA UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Science (B.S - Nursing
CHAMBERLAIN COLLEGE OF NURSING
A.S - Nursing
Diploma - Nursing
CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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