Provide rehabilitation services to patients on ventilator support, have multi-system organ failure or multiple chronic illnesses while managing multiple lines, drips and forms of life support
Implement interventions including strengthening, endurance/cardiac training, balance exercises, coordination exercises, joint mobility and muscle lengthening, pain relief, functional skills training, community re-entry training and activities of daily living
Float between inpatient and acute care rehabilitation
Provide evaluation and treatment to a variety of diagnoses including brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, strokes, cardiac conditions, pulmonary conditions, amputees, debilitating diseases, orthopedic injuries
Implement interventions such as neuro re-education, therapeutic exercise, therapeutic activity, self care, functional mobility
Provided evaluation and treatment to children ages 0-18 with various diagnoses such as Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, amputations, orthopedic issues, burns, neuro-degenerative disorders, brachial plexus injuries, generalized muscle weakness
Implemented interventions such as improving gross/ fine motor skills, neuromuscular electrical stimulation, ultrasound, ADLs, sensory integration, feeding, strength/range of motion, family education
Clinical Rotation Level II
Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan
07.2020 - 09.2020
Company Overview: Inpatient Neuroscience
Provided evaluation and treatment to individuals who presented with brain injuries, strokes, or cancer
Administered the Arm Motor Fugl- Meyer (AMFM), Action Research Arm Test (ARAT)
Clinical Rotation Level I
Western Michigan University Hand Clinic
08.2019 - 12.2019
Company Overview: Outpatient Hand Clinic
Provided evaluation and treatment to individuals with diagnoses such as distal radius fracture, De Quervain’s Tendonitis, ulnar nerve impairment, CVA, claw deformity, flexor tendon laceration
Education
Master of Occupational Therapy -
Western Michigan University
Grand Rapids, MI
12.2020
Bachelor of Science - Interdisciplinary Health Services, Holistic Health
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI
04.2017
Certification
OT certification, 450276
OT Tennessee license, 6910
LVAD training, Nashville, TN, 2024
Adaptive and Inclusive Trainer Certification, Adaptive Training Academy, 2021
CPR & AED, American Heart Association, Nashville, TN, 2023
First Aid, American Safety and Health Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, 2020
HIPAA, Western Michigan University, Grand Rapids, MI, 2020
BBP, Western Michigan University, Grand Rapids, MI, 2020
CITI, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, 2019
Professional Development
Select Specialty New Graduate Mentor, Provide onboarding and mentor services to new graduates recently hired, 8/2024- present
Select Specialty Clinical Advancement Program: level II, 8/2022- present
Michigan Occupational Therapy Association Fall Conference Presenter on research topic 'Effectiveness of Motor Imagery on Improving Upper Extremity Function Post Stroke.', 9/2020
Brain Injury Association of Michigan Fall Conference, 9/2019
Teepa Snow Presents: Navigating the Journey of Dementia, 2/2019
Affiliations
WMU Student Occupational Therapy Association 09/18- 04/20
WMU Elderly Care Ireland Study Abroad Experience, 03/19
Registered Nurse at Regency Hospital (Critical Care Recovery Illness Hospital)Registered Nurse at Regency Hospital (Critical Care Recovery Illness Hospital)
Team Lead/Charge Acute Care Research Nurse at Emory University Critical Illness CenterTeam Lead/Charge Acute Care Research Nurse at Emory University Critical Illness Center