Jenna Smith, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Bio
Curriculum Vitae
Bio
Detail-oriented and patient-focused NP First Assist with experience working in a variety of high volume inpatient and outpatient healthcare settings. Eager to excel in a full-time NP position – Urology. Active Certified NP licenses and prescriptive authority in Louisiana and Texas. Active DEA license.
Curriculum Vitae
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Family Nurse Practitioner, First Assist – General Neurosurgery, Full-time: 07/2024 – Present
Willis Knighton Health System, Bossier City, LA and Shreveport, LA
- Practiced in outpatient and inpatient neurosurgery with clinical focus on spinal and cranial conditions.
- Rotated hospital rounds, weekends, and overnight first-call responsibilities, multiple campus coverage, with other advanced practice providers under the guidance of the collaborative physician(s).
- Assisted Neurosurgeon in surgery for ACDF procedures, craniotomies, VP shunt placements and revisions, SCS placements and revisions, Chiari decompressions, discectomies, and lumbar spine fusions.
Family Nurse Practitioner – General Urology, Full-time: 08/2023 – 07/2024
Ochsner LSU Health – Regional Urology, Shreveport, LA
- Focus solely outpatient, treating a variety of urologic cancers and generalized conditions including, but not limited to urolithiasis, recurrent UTI’s, UUI/SUI, OAB, male hypogonadism, BPH, prostatitis, and ED.
- Initiated surgical planning and followed patients postoperatively in outpatient setting. o Prostate biopsies, ESWL, TURBT, InterStim device placement, GreenLight Laser Treatment, RALP, and cystourethroscopy with lithotripsy.
Family Nurse Practitioner – Urgent Care, PRN 07/2023 – 06/2024
Ardent/UT Health East Texas Urgent Care, Carthage, TX
- Gathered focused and comprehensive patient histories, ordered diagnostic labs and imaging, and formulated treatment plans for the primary and urgent care patient.
- Performed common urgent care procedures (i.e., I&D, minor laceration repair, and minor burn care).
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
- Doctor of Nursing Practice, FNP Concentration / Baylor University / Dallas, TX: 01/2020 – 05/2023
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing / Northwestern State University / Shreveport, LA: 08/2014 – 12/2017
- AANP FNP Certification Number – F05231018: 05/2023 – 05/2028
- BLS, ACLS, and PALS / American Heart Association: 06/2025 – 06/2027
- Registered Nurse First Assist (RNFA) / National Institute of First Assisting: Completed
Detail-oriented and patient-focused NP First Assist with experience working in a variety of high volume inpatient and outpatient healthcare settings. Eager to excel in a full-time NP position – Urology. Active Certified NP licenses and prescriptive authority in Louisiana and Texas. Active DEA license.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Family Nurse Practitioner, First Assist – General Neurosurgery, Full-time: 07/2024 – Present
Willis Knighton Health System, Bossier City, LA and Shreveport, LA
- Practiced in outpatient and inpatient neurosurgery with clinical focus on spinal and cranial conditions.
- Rotated hospital rounds, weekends, and overnight first-call responsibilities, multiple campus coverage, with other advanced practice providers under the guidance of the collaborative physician(s).
- Assisted Neurosurgeon in surgery for ACDF procedures, craniotomies, VP shunt placements and revisions, SCS placements and revisions, Chiari decompressions, discectomies, and lumbar spine fusions.
Family Nurse Practitioner – General Urology, Full-time: 08/2023 – 07/2024
Ochsner LSU Health – Regional Urology, Shreveport, LA
- Focus solely outpatient, treating a variety of urologic cancers and generalized conditions including, but not limited to urolithiasis, recurrent UTI’s, UUI/SUI, OAB, male hypogonadism, BPH, prostatitis, and ED.
- Initiated surgical planning and followed patients postoperatively in outpatient setting. o Prostate biopsies, ESWL, TURBT, InterStim device placement, GreenLight Laser Treatment, RALP, and cystourethroscopy with lithotripsy.
Family Nurse Practitioner – Urgent Care, PRN 07/2023 – 06/2024
Ardent/UT Health East Texas Urgent Care, Carthage, TX
- Gathered focused and comprehensive patient histories, ordered diagnostic labs and imaging, and formulated treatment plans for the primary and urgent care patient.
- Performed common urgent care procedures (i.e., I&D, minor laceration repair, and minor burn care).
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
- Doctor of Nursing Practice, FNP Concentration / Baylor University / Dallas, TX: 01/2020 – 05/2023
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing / Northwestern State University / Shreveport, LA: 08/2014 – 12/2017
- AANP FNP Certification Number – F05231018: 05/2023 – 05/2028
- BLS, ACLS, and PALS / American Heart Association: 06/2025 – 06/2027
- Registered Nurse First Assist (RNFA) / National Institute of First Assisting: Completed