Resume:

Sarah L. Grabert

5061 N Lincoln Ave, unit 402, Chicago, Illinois 60625

(330) 720-9465

Tilt006.sg@gmail.com

Job Objective:

To work full time as a nurse practitioner specializing in cosmetic injections, and skin care in order to apply my skills and knowledge acquired throughout my experience as an APN

Education:

     Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, Ohio

Master of Science in Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner, 2013- 2016

     Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio

     Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 2004-2008

Technology Skills:

Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Power Point, Excel

Epic

Eclipse

Allscripts

Practice Fusion

Licensure and Certification:

NP-C- Illinois

DEA license

Ohio RN license

Illinois RN license

BLS certified

TeamSTEPPS

Work Experience:

Nurse Practitioner

Northwestern Memorial Hospital- Full Time Plastic Surgery Department – Chicago, IL. Feb 2018- present 

• Inpatient plastic surgery department- managing pre-op for inpatients, consents for OR, placing post-op orders in, managing and ordering medications, discharge orders and instructions, education for patients, interpreting labs
• Surgeries mostly performed, but not limited to include: mastectomies, TE placement, MOHS closure with surgery oncology, skin grafts, TMR, hernia repair, facelift, abdominoplasty, breast reduction, debridement and coverage of wounds, DIEP flap, latissimus flap, free flaps
• Manage, along with intern on service for the month, all patients on the Plastic surgery team service- placing orders, following up with labs/ interpreting lab work, working to discharge patients safely home, dressing care, education, drain care and taking out drains, bedside debridement for patients, bone biopsy’s, wound care, taking new consults
• Communicating between team members- 7 attending surgeons, 5-6 residents, 3 PA’s on team, social work, and RN’s on floor
• Write discharge paperwork and follow up for patients prior to leaving the hospital
• Wound VAC management and placement, general wound management
• Educating patients on surgery, post-op, and discharge

     Nurse Practitioner

Advocate Medical Group – Walgreens Clinic- Full Time Float- Chicago , IL. June 2017- Feb 2018

• NP within Walgreens Clinic job includes assessing, diagnosing, treating, submitting billing and educating patients
• Job includes but is not limited to: Physicals for school, pre-employment, and sports, vaccines, TB testing and reading, cough, minor cuts/minor burns, strep throat, UTI, ear infections, sinus infections, bronchitis, viral pharyngitis, travel vaccine education, sprains.

     Nurse Practitioner

Pilsen Medical Associates, LLC- Full time- Hillside, IL. November 2016- May 2017

• This is a home base primary care service for patients who are homebound- I am providing prevention, vaccines, and home care services such as therapy and nursing as needed
• Assess and diagnose patients, chart initial visits and follow up visits in a timely manner
• Bill for services provided
• Order lab work and imaging when needed
• Interpret lab work and imaging in order to diagnose and treat patients
• Prescribe medications as needed for diseases and symptoms
• Follow up with patients in a timely manner, and follow up with lab work
• Teach patients about importance of prevention and wellness, diseases, treatments, medications, signs and symptoms to look for, new medications education.

      University of Chicago Medical Center- Telemetry, Travel RN – Chicago, Il. July 2016- October 2016

• Assess, educate, and advocate for patients
• Teach patients about new diagnosis, tests, lab work, CHF, new heart conditions to newly diagnosed patients
• Interpret heart rhythm, and EKGs, lab work
• Communicate between all interdisciplinary teams associated with patients care
• Recognize and interpret any abnormal tests and appropriately communicate with physicians

     Cleveland Clinic- Lutheran Hospital ED, RN- Cleveland, Ohio. October 2014- June 2016

• Respond to urgent situations quickly and effectively, strong critical thinking skills, and great communication between all healthcare team members
• Triage patients to quickly and appropriately assess the patient to assign an ESI and place them appropriately in the ED
• Great time management skills- managing a full pt assignment, or in triage treating and assessing pts for discharge within 90 minutes
• Supervise and organize staff- while taking on the charge nurse role
• Provide teaching to pts about diagnosis and prevention, emergent things to look out for, and when to follow up
• Skill set includes: Code team, Rapid response team, interpreting EKG’s, reading urine dip stick results, conscious sedation
• Population: Psych, orthopedics, cardiac, stroke, pediatrics

   UH Ahuja Medical Center non-invasive cardiology, RN- Beachwood, Ohio. Feb. 2014-October 2014

• Conducting, interpreting and assessing patients with their stress tests: including exercise stress test, stress ECHO, dobutamine stress test, nuclear pharmacologic, and nuclear exercise stress test
• Communicating 12 lead results/ interpretation of 12 lead with cardiologists
• Assessing and monitoring patient’s 12 lead before, during and after stress test
• Billing correctly for stress tests
• Assisted with TEE’s and conscious sedation- start pt’s IV, give the medications, monitor during procedure, and collect post-op VS and monitoring of pt
• Assisted with cardioversion with or without anesthesia for pts with a-fib

UH Case Medical Center Surgical ICU, RN- Cleveland, Ohio. March 2009- February 2014

• 20 bed Beacon award winning ICU with Magnet certification and JCAHO accreditation
• ICU nursing skills including; sterile dressing changes, ECG and telemetry interpretation, hemodynamic monitoring, electronic charting
• Initiation and titration of IV drips including; inotropes, sedation, and anticoagulation
• Thermodilution and continuous monitoring of cardiac output and cardiac index
• Interpreting/treating lab results
• Code blue team; responsible for quick action, critical thinking skills and medication administration during codes
• Effective communication as charge RN between all team members and families
• Certified and experienced with CVVH, IABP, VAD and ECMO
• Post-op recovery specializing in open heart, transplant, vascular, GI and ENT patient

Leadership Activities:

Member of AACN- 2010 to present

Member of OAAPN- 2015 to present

Honors and Awards:   

Sigma Theta Tau

Phi Eta Sigma

Alpha Lambda Delta