Experienced neonatal nurse practitioner with a comprehensive background in neonatal care and patient management. Successfully managed complex cases and provided compassionate care to newborns and their families.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Lead
Childrens Hospital Colorado
Laramie, WY
07.2025 - Current
Lead NNP at Ivinson Memorial Hospital, a contracted site with CHCO. Oversee four direct reports and responsible for evaluations, scheduling, and payroll.
On call model while co-managing with pediatricians. Responsible for managing well newborns, special care infants, and children up to two years of age. Responsible for attending high risk deliveries, stabilization and transport of sick infants to a higher level of care.
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO
07.2015 - Current
Works collaboratively amongst a multidisciplinary team coordinating care for an average of 8-14 critically ill infants in a level IV NICU.
Responsibilities include attending high-risk deliveries, caring for infants requiring therapies such as ECMO, whole body cooling, high frequency ventilation, iNO, and dialysis.
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Denver Health
Denver, CO
01.2018 - 01.2022
Worked PRN in a 25 bed, level III NICU, working collaboratively with PAs, residents, and attending neonatologists.
Responsibilities include overseeing resident education and training of neonatal disease processes. Attending deliveries and providing prenatal counseling to families with a premature infant.
Registered Nurse, NICU
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO
01.2013 - 01.2015
Delivered comprehensive nursing care in a Level IV, 84-bed NICU serving a ten-state region.
Neonatal/Pediatric Flight RN
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, FL
01.2009 - 01.2012
Responsible for attending all high risk deliveries and providing resuscitation and assessment and further management in a level III regional medical center
Provides nursing care and management of infants during transports by air or ground
Highly skilled in placing umbilical lines, PICC lines, endotracheal tubes, and chest tubes
NICU Travel RN
Preferred Healthcare Staffing
Various locations
01.2006 - 01.2009
Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Brighton, MA 2008
Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA 2008
Schneider Regional Medical Center, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 2008
Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA 2007
Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA 2007
Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Santa Clara, CA 2006
Registered Nurse, NICU
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, FL
01.2004 - 01.2012
Provides comprehensive nursing care in a level III-IV 82 bed NICU providing service to critically ill pre-term and term neonates with complex medical problems
Worked with nursing leadership to improve workflow for nursing staff by reorganization of pyxis central supply items and designing a bedside cart when opening a new 82 bed NICU.
Responsible for the winter holiday schedule of 160 nurses
Nurse Tech
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, FL
01.2003 - 01.2004
Assisted nurses with feeding and caring for infants
Responsible for stocking items in NICU
Cleaned and sanitized infant incubators and warmers
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Hillsborough Community College
Tampa, FL
05-2004
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
12-2005
Masters of Science - Nursing: Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Regis University
Denver, CO
05-2015
Doctorate of Nursing Practice -
Regis University
Denver, CO
05-2027
Skills
Management of high-acuity neonatal populations including ECMO, CRRT, ELBW, HIE, MAS, RDS, surgical cases, congenital anomalies, and genetic syndromes
Delivery room stabilization and neonatal resuscitation
Advanced procedural skills including POCUS and circumcisions
Active involvement in policy development and QI initiatives
Credentials
Advanced Practice Nurse: Colorado, Wyoming, and Florida
Registered Nurse: Colorado
Full Prescriptive Authority: Colorado and Wyoming
DEA: Colorado and Wyoming
Certification
Board Certified Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NCC), since 2015
Neonatal Resuscitation Program Instructor (NRP), since 2009
Basic Life Support (BLS), since 2004
Affiliations
Member, National Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners
Member, National Association of Neonatal Nurses
Member, Sigma Theta Tau
Podium and Poster Presentations
Poster Presentation: Cutis Aplasia Congenita in the Newborn Infant. 18th Annual Neonatal Advanced Practice Nursing Forum, May 2015
Poster Presentation: Creation and Implementation of a NICU Specific Post Surgical Pain Management Guideline. National Advanced Practice Neonatal Nurses Conference, April 2023
Podium Presentation: HELP, I Have a Baby with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Approaches to Ventilation and Management. 14th Annual Neonatal Advanced Practice Conference, June 20, 2024.
Timeline
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Lead
Childrens Hospital Colorado
07.2025 - Current
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Denver Health
01.2018 - 01.2022
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Children’s Hospital Colorado
07.2015 - Current
Registered Nurse, NICU
Children’s Hospital Colorado
01.2013 - 01.2015
Neonatal/Pediatric Flight RN
Tampa General Hospital
01.2009 - 01.2012
NICU Travel RN
Preferred Healthcare Staffing
01.2006 - 01.2009
Registered Nurse, NICU
Tampa General Hospital
01.2004 - 01.2012
Nurse Tech
Tampa General Hospital
01.2003 - 01.2004
Associate of Science - Nursing
Hillsborough Community College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of South Florida
Masters of Science - Nursing: Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterNeonatal Nurse Practitioner at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Registered Nurse II, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Level III) at Women’s and Children’s HospitalRegistered Nurse II, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Level III) at Women’s and Children’s Hospital