VERNETTA JACKSON
Fuquay-Varina
Summary
Professional with extensive experience in clinical care, specializing in patient assessment, treatment planning, and medical documentation. Proven ability to collaborate effectively with healthcare teams to achieve optimal patient outcomes. Highly adaptable to evolving healthcare environments, consistently delivering high-quality care. Results-oriented with a commitment to patient-centric solutions.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Family Nurse Practitioner
MainStreet Family Care
11.2025 - Current
- Conducted comprehensive patient assessments to diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions.
- Developed individualized treatment plans in collaboration with patients and healthcare teams.
- Administered vaccinations and performed minor procedures to enhance patient care quality.
- Educated patients on preventive health practices and disease management strategies.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes and streamline care processes.
- Implemented quality improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency in clinical settings.
- Managed chronic disease management programs, optimizing patient health outcomes.
- Utilized electronic health record systems for accurate documentation and patient tracking.
- Handled complex cases involving multiple comorbidities effectively by employing critical thinking skills and seeking expert consultations when necessary.
- Performed patient physicals and compared and contrasted results with established medical records to provide proper diagnosis and facilitate appropriate treatment.
- Educated patients on treatment options, medical needs, and non-medical options for treatments and therapy.
Clinical Nurse II Emergency Department
Wake Med Hospital
02.2022 - Current
- Provided nursing care within the Trauma Center.
- Collaborated with various ER professionals to ensure effective patient care.
- Applied expertise in prompt patient condition assessment on patient arrival at the ER during initial phases of acute illness or trauma.
- Monitored ER patients including alerting physicians or charge nurses to changes in patient status and communicating with patients and their family members.
Charge Nurse Skilled Nursing Care Facility
North Carolina State Veterans Home
06.2018 - 02.2022
- Overseeing a specific department within a healthcare facility for their assigned shift.
- Delegating nursing assignments, preparing schedules, overseeing admissions and discharges, monitoring ordering medicines and supplies, obtaining information from patients and/or family to identify major complaints, symptoms, and medical history.
- Obtaining vital signs and conducting behavioral health screenings, administer medications as ordered, assisting providers with procedures, assessing patients, dressing changes and wound checks, G Tube, PEG Tube, and Tracheostomy care, performing patient education, reviewing lab/radiology results as per provider orders, mixing IVs and setting IV pumps.
Charge Nurse Skilled Nursing Care Facility
Carolina Rehab of Cumberland
10.2017 - 06.2018
- Responsible and accountable for the nursing care activities and development of the Certified Nursing Assistants on the unit.
- Assessed residents' condition upon admission and daily thereafter.
- Participated in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the plan of care.
- Communicated patients' condition to the physician.
- Noted and carried out physician orders.
- Accountable for maintaining accurate narcotic count every shift.
- Maintaining documentation and health care needs of every patient.
- Wound care and treatment provided.
- Monitored patients' response to care and treatment and patient disposition.
Pharmacy Technician II
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Inpatient Pharmacy
01.2015 - 10.2017
- Assisted licensed pharmacists in preparing prescription medications.
- Provided customer service.
- Perform administrative duties within a pharmacy setting.
- Prepared the prescription, technicians retrieved count, pour, weigh, measure, mix the medication.
- Compounding intravenous (IV) solutions.
- Delivered medications to and from satellite pharmacies.
- Restocked automated medication dispensing systems.
- Mixed and dispensed orally-administered medications unit dosing tablets from a bulk bottle.
Lead Pharmacy Technician II
CVS Pharmacy
01.2014 - 02.2015
- Intake of written and electronic prescriptions.
- Billing insurance.
- Compounding various topical creams/ointments as well as oral liquids.
- Accurately counting and dispensing medications.
- Assisting customers with the purchase of their medications.
Education
Master of Science - Family Nurse Practitioner
Walden University
08.2025
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Fayetteville State University
12.2022
License - Practical Nursing
Fayetteville Technical Community College
Fayetteville, NC06.2017
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Fayetteville State University
12.2012
Skills
- Telemetry
- Stepdown ICU
- Charge Nurse
- Trauma
- Specimen Collections
- Care of drains/tubes
- Transport and setup
- Pain management
- Burn patients
- Use of hypothermia blanket
- IV therapy
- Medical Screening Exams
- Triage
- Obtaining 12 Lead EKG
- Interpreting 12 Lead EKG
- Neuro Assessment
- Neuro Vitals
- Glasgow Coma Scale
- Assessment of breath sounds
- Assistance with setup and maintenance of chest tubes
- Critical thinking
- Problem-solving
- Decision making
- Time management
- Leadership
- Analytical skills
- Teamwork skills
- Preceptor
- Strong communication
- Intake and discharge
- Clinical judgment
- Patient examination
- Research support
- Ethical practice
- Medical recordkeeping
- Team supervision
- Geriatric care
- Treatment coordination
- Patient testing
- Patient relations
- Disease prevention
- Cultural history
- Nurse training
- DOT medical examiner
- Xrays
Licensure Certification
- Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-C), 2026
- Registered Nurse - North Carolina Board of Nursing, 2027
- Practical Nursing License - North Carolina Board of Nursing, 2027
- Licensed Medical Examiner, 2026
- TNCC, 2026
- ENPC, 2026
- NIHSS, 2026
- ACLS, 2026
- PALS, 2026
- BLS, 2026
Timeline
Family Nurse Practitioner
MainStreet Family Care
11.2025 - Current
Clinical Nurse II Emergency Department
Wake Med Hospital
02.2022 - Current
Charge Nurse Skilled Nursing Care Facility
North Carolina State Veterans Home
06.2018 - 02.2022
Charge Nurse Skilled Nursing Care Facility
Carolina Rehab of Cumberland
10.2017 - 06.2018
Pharmacy Technician II
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Inpatient Pharmacy
01.2015 - 10.2017
Lead Pharmacy Technician II
CVS Pharmacy
01.2014 - 02.2015
Master of Science - Family Nurse Practitioner
Walden University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Fayetteville State University
License - Practical Nursing
Fayetteville Technical Community College
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Fayetteville State University