Shirley Amissah is a family nurse practitioner seeking a position providing primary healthcare with a focus on health maintenance, education, and disease prevention. She has over 15 years of experience as both a registered nurse and nurse practitioner working in various clinical settings including pediatrics, family practice, women's health, oncology, and emergency medicine. She holds certifications in advanced cardiovascular life support, neonatal resuscitation, trauma nursing, and pediatric advanced life support.

1. Shirley Amissah, BSN, FNP-BC
899 Newton Ave, Baldwin, NY 11510
Tel. (917) 676-2146, (516) 208-6402 ∗samissah@aol.com
OBJECTIVE: Seeking a challenging position to provide primary healthcare for the
family with focus on health maintenance, education, promotion and disease prevention.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
May 2015 to present: Nurse Practitioner, Examination Management Services, Inc. Irving,
TX
• Health and Risk Assessments.
• Patient and Family related Health Education.
July 2014 to July 2015: Nurse Practitioner, MedXM, Mobile Medical Examinations Santa
Ana, Ca.
• Health and Risk Assessments.
• Patient related Health Education.
• Monitoring patient response to Medical Treatment.
• Admission and Discharge planning.
May 2014 to October 2014: Registered Nurse, Mount Sinai Hospital, NY, NY.
• Management of Chronic and acute pediatric illnesses.
• Monitoring patient response to Medical Treatment.
• Admission and Discharge planning of pediatric cases.
July 2014 to October 2014: Family Nurse Practitioner, New York Weill Cornell Medical
College, NY, NY.
• Benign Hematology
• Thrombotic Diseases

2. • Diagnoses, Management and Treatment of Genetic, Hematological, Provoked or
Unprovoked Thrombotic Disease
Nov 2013 to May 2014: Family Nurse Practitioner, Farmingville Medical Center,
Farmingville, NY.
• House MD calls.
• Diagnoses, Management and Treatment of acute and chronic illnesses.
• Referrals for therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.
• Medical Consults.
Jun 2013 to Sept 2013: Family Nurse Practitioner, Open Door Family Medical Center,
Ossining, NY.
• Served as a clinical expert, educator and liaison between the patient and the
medical, nursing and interdisciplinary staff.
• Diagnosed and managed acute and chronic illnesses and diseases.
• Provided accurate documentation in the patient's records according to the
practice standards, implemented management plans, follow up care, patient
histories, prescriptions and education.
Jan 2013 to Jun 2013: Family Nurse Practitioner, Allergy Associates, Baldwin NY.
• Conducted appropriate physical exam, including gynecological, rectal, genital
exams.
• Ordered and reviewed diagnostic tests.
• Administered allergy desensitization injection per written protocol
Jan 2012 to December 2012: Family Nurse Practitioner, Manhattan’s Physician group,
NY, NY.
• Responsible for the supervision of the nurses and other staff.
• Obtained medical history, performed physical examinations and made diagnosis.
• Ordered appropriate work-up, medication/treatment, labs, radiology or other
procedures.
June 2012 to December 2012: Family Nurse Practitioner, Dr. Dua Pediatrics, Brooklyn,
NY.
• Provided direct primary and secondary patient care in pediatrics.

3. • Management of common bacterial and viral illness in pediatrics.
• Management of acute asthma, bronchiolitis, PNA, febrile seizures and UTI.
2005 to 2013: Staff Nurse, Emergency Department, New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell
Medical Center, New York, NY.
• Provided direct patient care in Pediatric, Adult, Psychiatric Patients, Pediatric and
Urgent Care Center in the Emergency Department.
• Provided direct patient care to patients in the rapid access area of the emergency
department.
• Served as preceptor to new nurses and nursing students.
• Member of various cohort organizations within Emergency Department.
2009 to 2012: Per Diem Nurse, Pediatric, Labor and Delivery, Mother Baby at SUNY
Downstate University Medical Center, Brooklyn NY
• Provided education and counseling to women of child bearing age regarding
family planning.
• Provided health care education to children and parents.
• Participates in pediatric immunization clinics.
• Provided follow up for abnormal Pap smears and made referrals for proper
treatment.
• Provided supervision to Nurse Care Coordinators who provide service to
pregnant women and their infants.
• Case managed the care of 35 to 40 high risk pregnant women and their infants.
• Provided education regarding pregnancy, lactation and parenting skills through
home based program.
2008-2010: Per Diem RN, Long Beach Medical Center, Long Beach, Long Island, NY.

4. • Provided Primary Care Nursing duties in the Emergency Department, Telemetry,
Post Surgical units and general Med Surgical care, treatment and monitoring.
2003 -2005: Kings County Medical Center, Staff Nurse, Labor and Delivery,
Pediatric/Neonatal ICU, Mother/Baby, Pediatrics, Brooklyn NY
• Provided health care education to children and parents.
• Participated in pediatric immunization clinics.
• Provided follow up for abnormal Pap smears and made referrals for proper
treatment
• Provided supervision to Nurse Care Coordinators who provided service to
pregnant women and their infants.
• Case managed the care of 35 to 40 high risk pregnant women and their infants.
• Provided education regarding pregnancy, lactation and parenting skills through
home based program.

5. EDUCATION
2015 Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY 11570, Enrolled in Doctorates of Nursing
Practice Program. Anticipated completion in 2018.
2010 Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY 11570. Masters of Science, Family Nurse
Practitioner.
2005 SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY. Registered Professional

6. 1992 Hunter College, City College of New York, NY, BS.
Graduate Clinical Experiences:
• Osho Obstetrics and Gynecology Medical Center, Women’s Health, (100 hrs)
Fall 2010 semester. Provided evaluations, treatment and management of
women of child bearing age and post menopausal in a women’s health care
setting.
• Internal Medicine Associates Forest Hills, (100 hrs) Fall 2010 semester. Provided
evaluations, treatment and management to adults in a family practice care
setting.
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (200 hours), Summer 2010 semester.
Provided evaluation, treatment and management of adult population in a
Hematology Oncology clinic. Emphasis was placed on symptom management
and education.
• Dr Osei Pediatric Clinic, Baldwin, NY. (200 hours). Spring 2010 semester.
Provided evaluation, treatment and management of pediatric population in a
pediatric ambulatory care setting.
• North Shore University Hospital, (90 hours). Spring 2009 semester. Provided
physicals, obtained health history and wrote orders for adult patients admitted to
the hospital.

8. LICENSES, CERTIFICATION AND ASSOCIATIONS
License:
• Family Nurse Practitioner, BC NYS
• Registered Professional Nurse, BC NYS
Certifications:
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Program, American Heart Association,
Healthcare Provider for Basic Life Support, American Heart Association
• NRP, American Heart Association
• Trauma Nursing Core Course, Emergency Nurses Association
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support Program, American Heart Association
• NPI number
• DEA
Special Skills and Abilities: Eclipsys, Microsoft Word and Power Point, EMR, Practice
Fusion
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST