Muriel Wilkerson
Newport News
Summary
- Internal medicine nurse for 13 years
- Family practice nurse for four years
- G.I. nurse for three years
- Medical/ surgical nurse for nine years
- Graduate with BS in Nursing
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Nurse, Internal Medicine
Langley Air Force Base
04.2012 - Current
- Prepares retired active-duty personnel and their families to manage their health and become active participants to meet their healthcare needs in an outpatient ambulatory setting. Provides health resources and emotional support for patients living with chronic and/or mental illness. Collaborates with medical and nursing peers to develop innovative and/or unique treatment programs to geriatric patients with diseases/conditions for disease management intervention. Assesses and identifies individual patient care needs and provides the type and amount of care required to meet the individual needs of each patient. Makes independent nursing diagnosis, provides health care instructions and/or appropriate referral to a provider or other department. Performs initiative-taking patient management and education. Supports the provider/patient relationship and plan of care. Emphasizes clinical outcomes on an ongoing basis with the goal of improving overall population health. Routinely performs telephone triage, a variety of treatments, diagnostic tasks, and patient/family counseling.
Clinical Nurse, Family Medicine
Langley Air Force Base
04.2008 - 01.2012
- Identified individual patient disease management care and preventive health needs. Performed patient check-in, triage/telephone triage, screening, emergency care, a variety of treatments, diagnostic tasks, and patient/family counseling. Assisted the provider with patient examinations, therapeutic measures, and procedures. Performed audits of active-duty personnel for deployment clearance. Collaborated routinely with provider to develop patient care plans. Utilized critical thinking skills to assess and determine needs of patients with cold and urinary symptoms in a nurse run clinic. Requested x-rays, PAP, and pathology studies as directed by the physician. Obtained and screened x-ray and laboratory studies, informed physician of abnormal results, and arranged for appropriate follow up care as needed. Screened telephone requests for urgent care from patients without appointments and assisted the patient to arrange for treatment.
Med/Surg Nurse
Sentara Careplex Hospital
06.2003 - 01.2012
- Maximized critical thinking skills and the nursing theory to deliver bedside patient care. Routinely performed head to toe assessments, started intravenous lines, obtains specimens for testing in accordance with established procedures. Accurately administered medications orally, intravenously, rectally, topically, and intramuscularly. Educated patients on self-care for chronic illnesses and collaborated with Inter disciplinary staff as part of a team. Executed medical orders, guided nursing care partners and other medical staff as appropriate. Demonstrated the ability to utilize the nursing process as a problem-solving model and to communicate effectively with all members of the health team.
G.I. Nurse
Hampton Roads Gastroenterology
05.2005 - 04.2008
- Responsible for patient admission, medication reconciliation, patient recovery, patient transport, acute pain management, post-operative education, and patient discharge. Duties included documenting observations, assessments, and changes in patient's condition. Ensured high standards of service following clinic directives, procedures, and policies in accordance with AAAHC. addressed. Responsible for the following responsibilities: administration of conscious sedation, performance of pre- and post-procedure patient assessments, assistance with endoscopic procedures, education of patient/family, care of GI equipment, and documentation in the electronic record
Education
Master of Science - Nursing
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN06-2026
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA12-2007
Skills
- Medication delivery
- Healthcare coordination expertise
- Evidence-based clinical reasoning
- Efficient resource management
- Chronic disease management
- Clinical call triage
- Analytical reasoning
- Interdepartmental cooperation
- Non-hospital patient support
Timeline
Clinical Nurse, Internal Medicine
Langley Air Force Base
04.2012 - Current
Clinical Nurse, Family Medicine
Langley Air Force Base
04.2008 - 01.2012
G.I. Nurse
Hampton Roads Gastroenterology
05.2005 - 04.2008
Med/Surg Nurse
Sentara Careplex Hospital
06.2003 - 01.2012
Master of Science - Nursing
Purdue University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Virginia Commonwealth University
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