Virginia Carreira
Ocean,NJ
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
Work History
Nurse Practitioner
Long Branch High School
Long Branch, NJ
01.1999 - Current
- Conducts sport and work physical exams on referred students with medical care and referrals as indicated.
- Provides confidential pregnancy testing, family planning services, teen parenting education; makes appropriate referrals to Monmouth Medical Center or other agencies.
- Developed curriculum for pregnancy prevention, teen parenting, and STD prevention.
- Developed protocols to identify at risks students.
- Extensive collaboration with multi-disciplinary mental health teams in areas of suicide prevention, alcohol, chemical dependency and eating disorders; serves as a consultant and co-facilitator with students in crisis identified by guidance counselors, teachers or school nurses.
- Serves as consultant for at risks students with referrals from teachers and school guidance counselors.
- Education role with school nurses to provide clinical practice updates.
- Implement program development: IMPACT testing and BTIO program.
- Leads research initiative and participate on ongoing research.
- Responsible for 1,150 students between 14 to 21 years old in a culturally diverse low socio-economic group.
- Sole Nurse Practitioner in school district covering the Long Branch High School.
Nurse Practitioner
Hackensack Meridian Health
04.2016 - 08.2017
- After Hours Meridian Health to treat patients of all ages with common ailments such as stitches and sutures, URI, asthma, flu, sports injuries, UTI etc.
Clinical Site Supervisor
Monmouth University/Seton Hall University/South Alabama University
01.2013 - 01.2020
- Oversees nurse practitioner students, clinical rotations
- Grades written work pertaining to their clinical rotations.
Registered Nurse
Monmouth Medical Center
01.1991 - Current
- RN staff nurse/charge nurse in CCU; Per diem
- Cares for critical care patients; responsible for assessments, planning, implementing, and evaluating patients
Registered Nurse
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
01.1991 - 01.2024
- ICU/CCU per diem RN/charge nurse
- Responsible and accountable for direct care, screening, history taking, and performing physical exams.
- Educates patients and families on various illnesses and lifestyle modifications
Nurse Practitioner
Oxford Health Plans
03.2005 - 05.2010
- Assessed newly discharged members and instructed them on their discharged treatment regimen giving them the opportunity to become active participants in their own health needs.
- Care Transitions program was to empower hospitalized members to be able to make the transition home or into a skilled nursing facility successfully and to reduce subsequent need for inpatient services.
Timeline
Nurse Practitioner
Hackensack Meridian Health
04.2016 - 08.2017
Clinical Site Supervisor
Monmouth University/Seton Hall University/South Alabama University
01.2013 - 01.2020
Nurse Practitioner
Oxford Health Plans
03.2005 - 05.2010
Nurse Practitioner
Long Branch High School
01.1999 - Current
Registered Nurse
Monmouth Medical Center
01.1991 - Current
Registered Nurse
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
01.1991 - 01.2024