Whitney Mullins
Lena,MS
Summary
Board-certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner with ten years of nursing experience in a variety of healthcare settings and a strong interest in collaborating with medical providers to provide care to adults with acute and chronic illnesses, while maintaining continuity of care throughout the disease process. A compassionate medical professional with a career long commitment to providing safe, patient-focused, and cost-effective healthcare. A nurse practitioner who is resourceful and skilled at thinking critically, optimizing patient care, and empowering others to improve their lives by promoting a holistic approach to health and wellness while utilizing evidence-based disease prevention strategies.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cardiology Nurse Practitioner
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Jackson, MS
08.2023 - Current
- Coordinated with other healthcare professionals to develop comprehensive treatment plans for patients with complex cardiac conditions.
- Perform cardiac examinations and interpret results to identify abnormal cardiac conditions.
- Perform initial consults, complete progress notes, and discharges for a range of patients with cardiac needs.
- Complete night call for both the clinic and the hospital.
- Interpret EKGs and treat as needed.
- Respond to all STEMIs and initiate protocol.
- Initiate GDMT
- Collaborate with physicians to ensure optimal patient care.
Nurse Practitioner CVS/Hospitalist
Merit Health River Oaks & River Region
03.2023 - 09.2023
- Initiate pre-op and post-op orders for CV surgery patients.
- Review and complete all CV surgery consults.
- Perform H&Ps, transfers, and discharges.
- Perform risk evaluations, ex: STS scores, Euroscores.
- Deliver a high level of care to patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Warfarin management, blood pressure management and statin therapy management
- Perform assessments and follow-ups in the clinic setting two times a week.
- Round on all CV patients, as well as ICU patients, and work in collaboration with other specialties to ensure optimal patient care is achieved.
- Initiate treatments for Afib, A flutter, and other arrhythmias in collaboration with a CV surgeon and a cardiologist.
- Respond to all Rapid responses and Code Blues in the hospitals.
- Assessed patient health conditions and developed individualized care plans
- Initiated referrals to other healthcare specialists as necessary.
- Prescribed medications based on patient needs and current clinical standards of care.
CVICU RN
Merit Health
09.2022 - 02.2023
- Recovery of all Cardiac and Vascular patients immediately post operatively
- Hemodynamic monitoring including CO, CI, SV, SVR, PCWP, PA, CVPM
- Monitoring Impella and IABP
Cardiovascular Recovery
St Dominic’s
01.2019 - 01.2022
- Titrating and administering cardiac medications
- Treatment and assessment of patients post cardiac surgery
- Provide bedside nursing to cardiovascular surgery patients immediately post op
- Hemodynamically monitoring
- Modifying plan of care with coordination from physician when deemed necessary
- Recovery and education of patients after pacemaker insertion, heart caterizations, vascular surgeries and pulmonary surgeries (Lobectomy, VATS)
- Cross trained in CV surgery
- Monitoring CRRT, Impella and IABP
- Clinical Preceptor
RN Case Manager
Baptist Hospice
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Management of all nurses, CNAs, and social workers
- Develop Root cause analysis and routine chart audits
- Daily conference calls
- Quality improvement strategies
Cardiac Registered Nurse
St Dominic’s
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Differentiate EKG rhythms to assist with determining treatment
- Continual observation and assessment of each cardiac client
- Modifying plan of care with coordination from physician when deemed necessary
- Administering cardiac and other medications, blood components and monitoring of patient response to treatment
- Provide education of disease process and medication management to the client
- Conduct comprehensive admissions when client delivered to unit
- Provide comfort measures to client/caregiver
- Charge Nurse and preceptor
Education
Master of Science - Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
University of South Alabama
01.2022
Bachelor of Science -
Delta State University
Cleveland, MS05-2020
Associate Degree of Science -
East Central Community College
01.2014
Skills
- Central line placement
- Intubation/Extubation
- Chest tube insertion
- Arterial line placement
- Suturing
- EKG interpretation
- History and Physical
- Medication Management
- Heart failure and blood pressure management
Certification
- ACNPC-AG, 905819
- RN, 896878
- CV Certification
- ACLS
- BLS
- NPI 1346949047
References
- Jordan Carmean NP, AGACNP, St Dominic’s, 601-613-8886
- Dr. Ronald Kennedy, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, St Dominic’s, 601-200-2780
- Ron Eller PA, Cardiovascular PA, St. Dominic’s, 601-831-6296
- Dr. Imad Taboub, Hospitalist, 601-988-3717
Timeline
Cardiology Nurse Practitioner
Baptist Memorial Hospital
08.2023 - Current
Nurse Practitioner CVS/Hospitalist
Merit Health River Oaks & River Region
03.2023 - 09.2023
CVICU RN
Merit Health
09.2022 - 02.2023
Cardiovascular Recovery
St Dominic’s
01.2019 - 01.2022
RN Case Manager
Baptist Hospice
01.2017 - 01.2019
Cardiac Registered Nurse
St Dominic’s
01.2015 - 01.2017
Master of Science - Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
University of South Alabama
Bachelor of Science -
Delta State University
Associate Degree of Science -
East Central Community College
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