Heather Flowers
Coats
Summary
- Over 20 years experience in Women's Health
- Licensed as a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner (License # 5009953)
- Licensed as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina (License # 158575)
- National Certification Corporation: Women's Health Nurse Practitioner (ID#104362265)
- National Provider Identifier: (1831612779)
- Drug Enforcement Administration (Registration # MF4524105)
- Looking for position that involves significant work in obstetrics, gynecology, family planning, and women's health
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Women's Health Nurse Practitioner
WakeMed Physician Practices
10.2023 - Current
- Performed annual exams examining patients for medical conditions involving age, menstruation, pregnancy and sexual health.
- Managed high risk pregnancies to include gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia, gestational hypertension, chronic hypertension, multiple gestations, and substance abuse
- IUD insertions and removals
- Nexplanon insertions and removals
- TCA treatments and other minor office procedures
- Educated women on perimenopause, explaining symptoms, bodily changes and physical limitations.
- Warned women of risks of sexually transmitted diseases and educated on methods of prevention.
- Performed hormone level tests and treatments for women experiencing hormone imbalances or for women dealing with postpartum depression.
- Treated and prescribed medication to women dealing with yeast infections and urinary tract infections.
- Educated and recommended birth control options to patients and educated on associated health risks.
- Treated women with chronic medical conditions such as endometriosis, ovarian cysts and infertility.
- Counseled women and gave referrals to specialists for women diagnosed or at risk for breast cancer.
- Ordered and interpreted diagnostic tests to develop and implement treatment plans.
- Prescribed appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities to support health and comfort of patients.
- Managed postpartum depression and anxiety along with other mood disorders during pregnancy and postpartum
- Prescribed medications or treatments based on patient medical assessments.
- Administered prenatal and postnatal care for mothers to include vitamin regimens, postnatal pain management, breastfeeding coaching and hormone imbalances.
- Participated in multidisciplinary team meetings to discuss patient cases and treatment plans.
Women's Health Nurse Practitioner
Unified Women's Healthcare Cary OB-GYN
10.2017 - 10.2023
- Delivering high quality and compassionate care to patients and their families
- Providing focused history and physicals, diagnosing, providing treatment, and carefully analyzing test results along with information gathered during examinations to properly diagnose illnesses and diseases with a gynecologic, reproductive, and family planning focus
- Performing new patient, annual, premenopausal, menopausal, and obstetric exams
- IUD insertions
- Nexplanon insertions
- TCA applications and simple procedures
- Interpretation of non-stress tests and ultrasounds
- Professional medical billing and coding
- Application of research and theoretical principles
- Consulting with supervising provider and other providers within practice
- Referral of patients to medical specialist who require a more specialized course of treatment
- Warned women of risks of sexually transmitted diseases and educated on methods of prevention.
- Treated women with chronic medical conditions such as endometriosis, ovarian cysts and infertility.
- Educated women on perimenopause, explaining symptoms, bodily changes and physical limitations.
- Educated and recommended birth control options to patients and educated on associated health risks.
Clinical Nurse
WakeMed Cary
03.2002 - 12.2017
- Manage antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and newborn patients
- Assist with the process of labor and delivery
- Perform newborn stabilization
- Pre-op patients for the operating room and recover patients after cesarean sections
- Scrub, first assist, and circulate in the operating room
- Perform in the charge nurse role
- Precept new staff members and nursing students
- Participate in professional development program for nurses
- Participate in unit's shared governance and scheduling committees
- Two-time recipient of Nurse Excellence Award
- Helton Scholar
Clinical Nurse
Unified Women's Healthcare Cary OB-GYN
04.2017 - 10.2017
- Performed new obstetric nurse visits to include detailed patient, family, medical, surgical, psychosocial, gynecologic, and obstetric histories.
- Identified patients who were at high risk for obstetric complications
- Made referrals to appropriate specialist for high risk patients
- Performed education regarding normal pregnancy changes, laboratory test, first trimester screening options, cystic fibrosis screening, vaccinations, schedule of office visits, schedule of ultrasounds, safe medications during pregnancy, nutrition, exercise, and warning signs to notify provider for.
- Provided online and community resources for obstetric patients
Clinical Nurse
Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital
06.1999 - 03.2002
- Managed antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, and surgical patients
- Assisted in the process of labor and delivery
- Pre-oped patients for the operating room
- Performed newborn stabilization
- Performed wound care for surgical patients
Education
Master of Science - Nursing
Duke University School of Nursing
Durham, NC2017
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Winston Salem State University
Winston Salem, NC2013
Associate of Science - Nursing
Johnston Community College
Smithfield1998
Skills
- Excellent communicator
- Dependable
- Team Player
- Honest
- Organized
- Leadership experience
Certification
- Basic Life Support
- Advanced Fetal Monitoring
Organizations
- Association of Women's Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nursing (AWHONN)
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
- National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH)
Volunteer Work
- Participant in The March of Dimes Walk to decrease premature birth rates
- Organize Senior Adult Events in my local church
- Participant in Operation Christmas Child
- Member of my local fire department's auxiliary committee
Timeline
Women's Health Nurse Practitioner
WakeMed Physician Practices
10.2023 - Current
Women's Health Nurse Practitioner
Unified Women's Healthcare Cary OB-GYN
10.2017 - 10.2023
Clinical Nurse
Unified Women's Healthcare Cary OB-GYN
04.2017 - 10.2017
Clinical Nurse
WakeMed Cary
03.2002 - 12.2017
Clinical Nurse
Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital
06.1999 - 03.2002
Master of Science - Nursing
Duke University School of Nursing
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Winston Salem State University
Associate of Science - Nursing
Johnston Community College
- Basic Life Support
- Advanced Fetal Monitoring
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