Wendy Rosencrans Wells
El Dorado Hills,USA
Summary
Dynamic Nurse Practitioner with extensive experience at Marshall Cardiology and Pulmonology, excelling in cardiac diagnostics and medication management. Proven ability to develop personalized treatment plans while fostering multidisciplinary collaboration. Recognized for enhancing patient outcomes through effective assessment and treatment strategies, demonstrating strong leadership and communication skills in high-pressure environments.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Nurse Practitioner – Cardiology and Pulmonology
Marshall Cardiology and Pulmonology
01.2007 - Current
- Responsible for the evaluation and management of care for clinic cardiac patients.
- Conduct thorough patient assessments, including medical history review, physical examinations, and interpretation of diagnostic tests.
- Provide care effectively and efficiently under tight deadlines, high volumes, and multiple interruptions.
- Comfortable with high degree of autonomy while collaborating with supervising physician as needed.
- Diagnose and treat a wide range of cardiovascular conditions, including heart disease, arrhythmias, hypertension, pulmonary hypertension and heart failure.
- Develop personalized treatment plans and collaborate with patients to establish achievable health goals.
- Prescribe and monitor medications, adjusting treatment plans as necessary to optimize patient outcomes.
- Interpret cardiac tests, such as electrocardiograms (ECGs), holter/event monitors, echocardiograms, and stress tests.
- Provide counseling on lifestyle modifications, including exercise, diet, and stress management, to promote heart health and prevent disease progression.
- Coordinate care with other specialists, such as cardiovascular surgeons, interventional cardiologists, and primary care physicians, to ensure comprehensive patient management.
- Stay updated with the latest advancements in cardiology research, attending conferences and engaging in continuous professional development.
- Maintain accurate and timely medical records, documenting patient encounters, treatment plans, and progress notes.
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, including nurses, technicians, and support staff, to deliver efficient and coordinated patient care.
- Perform basic pacemaker/AICD/BiV checks (Medtronic, Abbott, Biotronik, Boston Scientific)
- Follow LVAD clinic patients and coordinate care with the Advanced Heart Failure Team in Sacramento.
- Experience supervising stress tests and tilt tables.
- Basic ECG interpretation.
- Oversee Coumadin clinic
Nurse Practitioner – Cardiology
My Heart Partners
St Joseph, MI
01.2006 - 01.2007
- Responsible for the evaluation and management of care for clinic and hospital based cardiac patients.
- Exercise independent judgment in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of new and established cardiac patients in the office and in the acute care setting.
- Conduct thorough patient assessments, including medical history review, physical examinations, and interpretation of diagnostic tests.
- Provide care effectively and efficiently under tight deadlines, high volumes, and multiple interruptions.
- Comfortable with high degree of autonomy while collaborating with supervising physician as needed.
- Diagnose and treat a wide range of cardiovascular conditions, including heart disease, arrhythmias, hypertension, pulmonary hypertension and heart failure.
- Develop personalized treatment plans and collaborate with patients to establish achievable health goals.
- Prescribe and monitor medications, adjusting treatment plans as necessary to optimize patient outcomes.
- Interpret cardiac tests, such as electrocardiograms (ECGs), holter/event monitors, echocardiograms, and stress tests.
- Provide counseling on lifestyle modifications, including exercise, diet, and stress management, to promote heart health and prevent disease progression.
- Coordinate care with other specialists, such as cardiovascular surgeons, interventional cardiologists, and primary care physicians, to ensure comprehensive patient management.
- Stay updated with the latest advancements in cardiology research, attending conferences and engaging in continuous professional development.
- Maintain accurate and timely medical records, documenting patient encounters, treatment plans, and progress notes.
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, including nurses, technicians, and support staff, to deliver efficient and coordinated patient care.
- Perform basic pacemaker/AICD/BiV checks
- Experience supervising stress tests and tilt tables.
- Basic ECG interpretation.
Nurse Practitioner – Urgent Care & Internal Medicine
South Haven Community Hospital
South Haven, MI
01.2004 - 01.2006
- Responsible for the management and coordination of patient care.
- Exercise independent judgment in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of clinic and urgent care patients.
- Order and interpret laboratory and other diagnostic tests pertinent to the primary and urgent care patients.
- Provide care effectively and efficiently under tight deadlines, high volumes, and multiple interruptions.
- Apply evidenced-based practice and research skills.
- Exercise prescriptive authority for medical therapy.
- Direct and supervise support staff.
- Maintain collaborative practice with supervising physicians.
- Consult and/or collaborate with other health care providers or community resources.
- Provide educational support for patients and their significant others.
- Promote health maintenance and healthy lifestyle behaviors.
- Prevent illness and disability.
Clinical Research Nurse
Saint Mary’s Health Care
Grand Rapids, MI
01.2004 - 01.2005
- Responsible for maintaining the onsite research activities for the Family Care Research Program sponsored by Michigan State University and The National Cancer Institute.
- Identify eligible participants to be approached for possible recruitment into studies.
- Understand and implement recruitment based upon protocol eligibility criteria.
- Effectively articulate study goals and objectives to participants, family members and employees.
- Verify that pretreatment eligibility and informed consent requirements have been met.
- Properly register and document participant consent.
- Maintain patient status through the Family Care Research database.
- Complete research activities according to timelines consistent with study protocols.
- Complete weekly reports to the study project manager and principal investigators.
- Accurately complete follow-up and maintenance functions as required.
- Ensure appropriate utilization of Protected Health Information associated with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act as well as the Medical Center’s Confidentiality of Information Standards.
Senior Drug Safety Case Manager
Pharmacia/Pfizer
Kalamazoo, MI
01.2000 - 01.2003
- Responsible for the collection, organization, and submission of adverse event information for all research and marketed products in accordance with FDA and international regulations.
- Comprise and submit individual reports to the FDA and world wide for marketed pharmaceuticals and medical devices consistent with company and regulatory timelines.
- Interact with FDA auditors regarding pharmaceutical and medical device adverse event reports.
- Comprise and submit annual reports to FDA for marketed pharmaceuticals.
- Utilize output data to identify possible adverse event signals associated with the products.
- Comprise and submit investigational drug and medical device reports to FDA for serious adverse events.
- Collaborate with medical investigators and clinical research organizations regarding serious adverse event reports.
- Responsible for managerial and leadership responsibilities when Team Leader was absent.
- Mentor and train new Pharmacia employees.
- Assist with the creation and revision of standard operating practices within the drug safety unit.
- Maintain medical device training and reference manual.
- Collaborate with management to identify key issues affecting FDA reporting compliance.
- Implement new case processing workflow, which increased efficiency and FDA reporting compliance to 99.7% from 80%.
- Compose standard company letters, which were sent to health care professionals and consumers.
- Create and maintain a working document which aided staff in making case processing decisions.
- Represent legacy Pharmacia Drug Safety on the transitional team following the Pharmacia and Pfizer merger.
- Train and mentor Pfizer colleagues in preparation for the transfer of legacy Pharmacia Drug Safety to Bridgewater, New Jersey.
Emergency Room Charge Nurse
South Haven Community Hospital
South Haven, MI
01.1999 - 01.2001
- Responsible for the delivery and management of care for urgent and emergent patients.
- Supervision of licensed practical nurses, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics within the emergency department.
- Monitor quality assurance and implement new working practices, which improve patient care within the emergency department.
- Coordinate continuing educational programs for hospital nursing and ancillary staff.
- Advisor on the tissue plasminogen activator protocol committee for the management of acute myocardial infarctions and cerebrovascular accidents.
- Assemble a crash cart based on the Broselow Model, which reduced cost to the emergency department and improved efficiency and quality care to critically ill pediatric patients.
Emergency Room Charge Nurse
University of Chicago Weiss Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
01.1998 - 01.1999
- Responsible for the delivery and management of care for urgent and emergent patients.
- Supervised emergency medical technicians and paramedics within the emergency department.
Emergency Room Nurse Extern
01.1997 - 01.1998
- Assist nursing staff with care of urgent and emergent patients.
Assistant Store Manager
Eddie Bauer
Holland, MI
01.1993 - 01.1995
- Hire, train, supervise, schedule, and motivate a 20-member team of associates.
- Manage day-to-day activities on the sales floor.
- Ensure proper merchandise processing and display.
- Assure that payroll and budget expenses were maintained within projected expectations.
Education
MSN - Nurse Practitioner
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI05-2002
BSN - Nursing
Rush University
Chicago, IL05-1998
Bachelor of Science - Physiology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI05-1993
Skills
- Patient assessment
- Cardiac diagnostics
- Medication management
- Treatment planning
- Multidisciplinary collaboration
- ECG interpretation
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Nurse Practitioner – Cardiology and Pulmonology
Marshall Cardiology and Pulmonology
01.2007 - Current
Nurse Practitioner – Cardiology
My Heart Partners
01.2006 - 01.2007
Nurse Practitioner – Urgent Care & Internal Medicine
South Haven Community Hospital
01.2004 - 01.2006
Clinical Research Nurse
Saint Mary’s Health Care
01.2004 - 01.2005
Senior Drug Safety Case Manager
Pharmacia/Pfizer
01.2000 - 01.2003
Emergency Room Charge Nurse
South Haven Community Hospital
01.1999 - 01.2001
Emergency Room Charge Nurse
University of Chicago Weiss Memorial Hospital
01.1998 - 01.1999
Emergency Room Nurse Extern
01.1997 - 01.1998
Assistant Store Manager
Eddie Bauer
01.1993 - 01.1995
MSN - Nurse Practitioner
Michigan State University
BSN - Nursing
Rush University
Bachelor of Science - Physiology
Michigan State University
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