CURRICULUM VITAE

DAWN FREDRICKSON, RN, BSN, CRRN

Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse

        Address:         372 Vista Drive Marlton, NJ  08053

     Telephone:        #856-810-9172

           Licensure:           Pennsylvania   New Jersey

1/2007 – Present             Independent Allied Health Consultants, Inc. – Blue Bell, PA

1993 - Present                Magee Rehabilitation Hospital – Philadelphia, PA

Nurse Clinician-Outpatient Department

·                      Management of outpatients with multiple disabilities.

·                      Triaging acute and chronic medical problems.

·                      Assessing patient needs in collaboration with rehabilitation team.

·                      Referring to appropriate agencies and coordinating services.

Expanded Role Nurse Clinician: Urodynamic Bladder Testing

·                      Calibration of computer and transducers.

·                      Explanation of procedure to patient.

·                      Obtain patient history and report to physician.

·                      Prepare patient physically.

·                      Monitor and troubleshoot procedure.

·                      Disassemble equipment after testing completed.

Urology Consultation

·                      Interface with Jefferson Urologist during consultations.

·                      Prepare patient charts.

·                      Coordinate patient flow.

·                      Assist with patient examination and treatments.

·                      Inform Magee physicians of recommendations.

·                      Inform patients of physician recommendations.

·                      Assist patients with test scheduling.

·                      Coordinate care between patient and urologist on an ongoing basis.

Continence Program

·                      Manage patients with bladder and/or bowel incontinence.

·                      Educate the patient in the physiology of bowel and bladder.

·                      Establish a personalized program with the patient including diaries, bladder training, fluid management, muscle strengthening exercises.

·                      Instruct and perform biofeedback therapy to improve pelvic muscle identification and correct muscle exercises.

·                      Coordinate treatment program with physician.

·                      Collaborate with patient in choosing appropriate incontinence products.

11/2006 to Present              Chart Analysis - Magee HIMS Department

5/2005 to 10/2006               Magee Weekend Inpatient Nursing

1988-1993                         Staff Pool Nurse

·                      Provide nursing care for neurologically impaired inpatients, particularly those sustaining spinal cord injuries.

·                      Promote patient independence through education in self care and knowledge of disability.

·                      Facilitate discharge to home through family teaching.

  1985-1988                   Nurse Clinician (Outpatient SCI Follow-up Clinic)

·                      Manage follow-up care for a caseload of discharged spinal cord injury patients.

1980-1985                 THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL – Philadelphia, PA

Clinical III - Primary Nurse

·                      Coordinate nursing care for a group of patients in an acute rehabilitation unit with various disabilities including; stroke, amputation, spinal cord injury, arthritis, head trauma.

·                      Collaborate on development of ventilator dependent spinal cord injury discharge teaching plan.

1980                              Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN)

                             University of Delaware

8/2001           Wound, Ostomy, Continence, Graduate Nurse Program

LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA

ANA Certification in Medical-Surgical Nursing, 1984

ARN Certification in Rehabilitation, 1985, 1993, 1998, 2004

Certified Continence Care Nurse – CCCN-2005

Certified Ostomy Care Nurse – COCN-2005

Collaboration on article, “Burns After Spinal Cord Injury”, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, May 1989.

Behavioral Interventions in the Treatment of Urinary Incontinence, April 1997.

Urodynamic Studies in the Treatment of Incontinence, November 1997.

Urodynamic Studies in the Treatment of Incontinence, March 1998.

Multiple Sclerosis and Rehabilitation:Managing and Improving Function, April 1998.

Biofeedback: Applications in Rehabilitation, October 1998.

Poster Presentation-ASIA.  April 2000.  Voiding Dysfunction Related to Position in a Person with Tetraplegia.

Voiding Dysfunction in Suprasacral Spinal Cord Injury- ARN National Conference, October 2000.

Poster Presentation- American Spinal Injury Association, 2001.  Rectal Prolase Complicating Bowel Management After Spinal Cord Injury.

Urodynamics and Diagnostic Testing for Urinary Incontinence - LaSalle University.  March 2006.

Available on request