Debra A. EilersRN MSN FNP-C

7733 East 4th Street

Scottsdale, Arizona

U.S.A. 85251

(480) 208-6366 (home)

I am an experienced family and palliative care nurse practitioner who is board certified and fellowship trained in cancer pain and palliative care from MemorialSloan-KetteringCancerCenter. I have a diversified background in critical care and oncology nursing. My most recent experience is in palliative care at home, chronic disease management, and transitional care. My career goal is to make a difference.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Arizona Palliative Home Care8/8/2011-Present

Hospice of the Valley

Phoenix, Arizona

  • Palliative care nurse practitioner
  • Home visits for palliative care, chronic disease management and transitional care.
  • Developed staff education
  • Preceptor to NP/MD students

Hearts for Hospice 5/11/2011-8/1/2012

Phoenix, Arizona

  • Hospice Nurse Practitioner
  • Performed hospice recertification visits
  • Nursing Support/Teaching

Center for Pain and Supportive Care 8/16/2010-2/14/2011

Scottsdale, Arizona

  • Nurse Practitioner Consultant
  • Pain and PalliativeCareHospital Consult Service
  • Cancer Pain/Interventional/Chronic pain
  • Medtronic intrathecal pain pump trained
  • Preceptor to MD fellows/students

ScottsdaleCommunity College1/2006-Present

Scottsdale, Arizona

  • Adjunct Clinical Instructor, Associate Degree Nursing Program
  • Medical/Surgical Clinical Rotations
  • Block 1 and Block 2.
  • Lab simulation

ScottsdaleHealthcareHospital5/2004-7/2007

Scottsdale, Arizona

  • Emergency Room Staff Nurse
  • Medical Intensive Care Unit Staff Nurse
  • ICU RN for BMT patients
  • Chemotherapy resource nurse for ICU staff.

MayoClinicHospital11/1998-5/2004

Phoenix, Arizona

  • Inpatient Pain Clinic Staff Nurse
  • Developed and directed hospital interventional pain program
  • Medical/Surgical Oncology
  • Outpatient Chemotherapy Infusion Unit Staff Nurse
  • PICC Certified Nurse
  • PACU staff nurse

ScottsdaleHealthcareHospital1/1994-11/1998

Scottsdale, Arizona

  • Bone Marrow Transplant Unit/Acute Leukemia Staff Nurse

BurlingtonHeights Medical Clinic1/1984- 6/1991

Burlington, OntarioCANADA

  • Family Practice Staff Nurse/Office Manager

Kingston GeneralHospital 7/1980-7/1981

Kingston, Ontario, CANADA

  • Gynecology/Radiation Oncology Unit Staff Nurse

EDUCATION

Clinical FellowshipCancer Pain and Palliative Care 7/1/2009-6/30/2010

MemorialSloanKetteringCancerCenter

Department of Medicine

New York, New York

I was the only NP accepted into an integrative palliative care fellowship with five MDs.

I had a weeklypalliative outpatient clinic, where I saw patients in follow up after their discharge from the hospital for pain and symptom management issues.

I provided education to visiting MDs, medical residents and hospital staff.

I spent 26 weeks doing inpatient palliative care consults and supervised the inpatient unit.

Rotations: CAM program, PM&R, Interventional pain, inpatient palliative care, outpatient hospice, and psychiatry.

Palliative Care Grand Rounds 3/2010

Delirium at the End of Life

ELNEC Training 6/16-17/2009

MemorialSloan-KetteringCancerCenter

Department of Nursing

New York, New York

COMSKIL Communication Skills Training Program2009-2010

MemorialSloanKetteringCancerCenter

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

New York, New York

  • Communicating with the family via interpreters
  • Communications with angry family
  • Communicating unanticipated adverse events to the family
  • End of life goals of care DNR and capping care
  • Withdrawal of life extending care
  • Transition from hope to poor prognosis

Master of Science in Nursing8/2007-5/2009

Family Nurse Practitioner Program

Grand CanyonUniversity

Phoenix, Arizona

Bachelor of Science in Nursing8/2005-12/2006

Grand CanyonUniversity

Phoenix, Arizona

Diploma in Nursing9/1978-5/1980

St. Lawrence College

Kingston, OntarioCANADA

BOARD CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

AmericanAcademy of Nurse Practitioners

Certification# F0709091

Expires 6/30/2014

ArizonaState Board of Nursing

Advanced Practitioner

License #AP3415

Expires 4/01/2015

ArizonaState Board of Nursing

Registered Nurse

RN license #084214

Expires 4/1/2015

Nurse Practitioner in Family Health

State of New York

License #335912

Expires 09/30/2014

New YorkState Board of Nursing

Registered Nurse

RN license #615636
Expires 09/30/2014

College of Nurses of Ontario

Registered Nurse

RN 80-2591 8

1980-1999 (Voluntarily expired)

PROFESSIONAL Societies

Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses Association

2004-Present

Member # 56883

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners 2009-Present

Member #0903128

References available upon request