SUSANNE LESTER-BENNETT

999 Esperance Road Esperance, NY 12066 Home/cell (518) 859-1329 susanne.lester.bennett@gmail.com

Objective
Family Nurse Practitioner seeking Family Practice or Urgent Care position on the North Carolina Coast. Practice evidenced based care within a healthcare team, centered on health promotion and disease prevention.

Nursing Philosophy
To provide quality, evidenced-based health care with compassion for the human condition.

Qualifications
Entry-level FNP Dedicated RN with 30 years of solid clinical experience in a variety of settings. Consistent efforts towards professional education to supplement and expand knowledge. Enthusiastic, positive attitude toward challenges. Registered Nurse, New York State Licensure, North Carolina Licensure. Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification Basic Life Support Certification Web-based training course Protecting Human Research Participants Cultural Competency Certification CHAMP Certification NIH Stroke Scale Certification

Education
State University of New York Institute of Technology--graduation date May 2014

Family Nurse Practitioner Certification/Masters Degree in Science Clinical hours include family practice, womens health pediatrics, endocrinology, urgent care and dermatology. Total anticipated clinical hours 800. San Jacinto College, Pasadena, TX Associates Degree Nursing 1984 Professional Career Development Institute, Atlanta, GA Interior Design Diploma 1997

Recent Continuing Education

Primary Care Considerations for Low Back Pain 11/16/13 Female Pelvic Health 5/23/2013 Threading Nursing Legacy into the 21st Century: 2013 Teaching Day 4/24/2013 The Art of Wound Repair Suturing for NPs and PAs 1/31/2013 To anti-coagulate or not, that is the question? 11/15/2012 Capital Region Family Medicine Conference 9/8/2012

Employment History
Nurse Leader Cardiology, Ambulatory Care Clinic, Cobleskill Regional Hospital, Cobleskill, NY2001-present Development and rollout of Outpatient Cardiology Department. Efficient and effective management of Cardiology Clinic; seeing 2500 patients per year Working with various cardiologists, assisting with exercise stress testing, stress echocardiograms, dobutamine stress echocardiograms, 6 minute walk testing, ECGs, Holter monitoring Managing flow of patients, developing and instituting protocols, patient instruction, quality improvement measures bi-yearly IV therapy support to Medical Imaging, admission/recovery for GI procedures (EGD/Colonoscopy) Charge Nurse/Nurse Leader, Medical/Surgical Floor, Cobleskill Regional Hospital, Cobleskill, NY 2001-2005 Twenty-bed Acute Care Unit Assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation to enhance unit communication, efficiency and continuity of patient care

Direct patient care, discharge planning, developing and implementing protocols, floor management, participation in committees (i.e.: root cause analysis) Interim duties include Nurse Manager, Inpatient Services Improved inter-department communication and efficiency resulting in improved patient care Telephonic Triage Nurse, Optum Nurseline, Troy, NY 2000-2001 Telephone assessment of symptoms/direction of care/patient education and teaching, as per established Nurseline guidelines Consistently functioning within established quality and time quotas Nursing Supervisor, Urgent Care Department-Main Campus, Community Health Plan/Kaiser Permanente, Latham, NY 1992-2000 (continued employment as per diem RN 2000-2005) Management/regulation of patient flow, triaging acuity, monitoring acute patients, in a fast-paced emergent department; seeing 9,000 patients per year Initiating, troubleshooting, and assisting with difficult procedures overseeing LPN staff, monitoring work performance, annual performance reviews, disciplinary counseling Department statistical data collection and evaluation, preceptor trainer, customer service issues and resolution Maintaining quality care and efficiency in a consistently busy, fast-paced, high acuity Urgent Care Department Triage Nurse/Staff Nurse, Urgent Care Department-Main Campus, Community Health Plan, Latham, NY 1990-1992 Telephonic and onsite triage, patient assessments, infant-adult IV therapy, phlebotomy, wound/ear irrigations, NG tube insertion, urinary catheter insertion, molded plaster splinting, surgical procedure set up and assist, liaison between ED/ambulance/provider for safe patient transfers Consistently delivering quality care to HMO patient population Proprietor, Mountainview Manor family-style Adult Home, Esperance, NY 19962000 Start-up and management of family-style adult home for seniors/4 resident capacity, Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care Coordination of care including assistance with medication, ADLs, meal planning, housekeeping, activity planning, transportation, laundry, socialization, ensuring

safety and comfort

Staff Nurse Family Practice, Northeast Medical Clinic, Fort Worth, TX 19851990 Patient assessment, triage for minor office emergencies, telephonic triage, assistance with office procedures, surgeries, sigmoidoscopies, inventory and restocking, simple x-ray Lab duties include plating and reading cultures, beta HCG/UCGs, phlebotomy, CBCs, U/As, specimen transport Staff Nurse, HCA North Hills Medical Center, Fort Worth, TX 1985-1986 Primary care nursing on medical/surgical floor, 12 patient case load average; assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care Charge Nurse, Midway Manor Nursing Home, St. Paul MN --- 1984-1985 Assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating patient care. Medications/treatments, ensuring safety standards,, monitoring and encouraging nutrition, socialization, activities; updating all charts and records

Membership
The Nurse Practitioner Association New York State; Capital Chapter

References
Available upon request.