Anila Yousuf

• Provide acute care NP to open heart cardiac surgery: CABG, valvular surgery, LA appendage clips, aortic dissections, Bentalls, myxoma, pericardial patch inpatients up to 13 inpatients patients/day
• Acute post-operative management of pain & surgical complications
• Primary care needs in complex adult and geriatric patient population including cardiology & internal medicine
• Arrhythmia management including atrial fibrillation & epicardial pacing
• First response directives to deliver shock & transcutaneous pacing in Cardiac arrests
• Order and interpret diagnostic tests to develop and implement treatment plans
• Work with families, caregivers and patients to determine best options for treatment, diagnosis, and prevention.
• Educate patients on disease prevention and management strategies
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to optimize patient care
• Maintain thorough documentation of all clinical encounters, adhering to HIPAA regulations, utilizing EPIC, Meditech while facilitating clear communication among team members.
• Provide comprehensive healthcare services for diverse populations, addressing acute and chronic conditions.
• Coordinate with physicians, specialists, and allied health including consulting and referring
• Lead quality improvement initiatives
• Nurse practitioner student mentorship adjunct faculty for University of Toronto

• Developed own acute care NP Role, guidelines, and protocol revisions with program directors including improving information accessibility, workflow, processes, order sets, handover
• Acute inpatient and outpatient assessment, diagnostic, therapeutic management, health promotion and care including post-transplant internal medicine and surgical complications
• Admitted and discharged patients, Consultant in Emergency department, Prescriptions
• Comprehensive, evidence based care inclusive of diagnostic, therapeutic, multi-disciplinary care to pre and post-transplant kidney pancreas (KP) surgical population - recipient inpatients and outpatients, including management of internal medicine and post-surgical care
• Provided comprehensive care in the outpatient KP clinic including annual assessments, review of immunosuppression needs, recent hospitalizations, cancer screening, health promotion and illness and/or complications prevention
• Transplant workup pre-operatively by managing those listed and managing pre-operative care
• Reviewed evaluation and listed patients and manage ongoing consideration and activation on KP transplant list
• Cardiology clinic - consultation and referral as considering for transplant & annual review for candidacy inclusive of cardiac risk stratification
• Collaborated with post-transplant coordinator, directors, surgeons, allied health and participate in clinic and listing meetings in decision-making regarding transplant
• Pioneer participant of various programs including Total pancreatectomy auto islet transplantation (TPIAT) & Islet transplantation
• Developed strong relationships with local specialists, hospitals, clinics to facilitate seamless referral processes and care when required given specialty population

Vaccine administration in midst of COVID-19 pandemic

Assistance with process flow for public and healthcare vaccinations

Education provided to special populations ie transplant, chronic conditions and high risk

• Conducted thorough assessments of patient presenting conditions, identifying issues, goals, and necessary interventions
• Health promotion, health counselling for prevention and reducing risk for readmissions to hospital
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to address client needs and formulate tailored support strategies
• Developed and implemented comprehensive case management plans to address client needs and goals for the cardiology and heart failure patients

• Coordinated post-transplant care for the Lung, Heart, Kidney, Pancreas post-transplant patient ie financial aid, clinical triaging, and providing access to community resources
• Participated in developing protocols and clinical tools to improve department care delivery ie worked with TGLN
• Improved patient care by providing thorough education on the transplant process and post-operative care.
• Conducted meticulous pre-transplant evaluations and assessments

• Post-operative critical care to patients post cardiac surgery & vascular surgery
• Provided ventilatory, hemodynamic monitoring, sedation with anesthesiology, surgery, allied health
• Participated in cardiac arrests on unit and code pager for hospital
• Provided emotional support to patients' families, open communication and updates including team meetings
• Administered life-saving treatments to critically ill patients, significantly improving patient outcomes

• Critical care to the post-cardiac surgery patient, same as at University Health Network

• RN care provided to cardiology and internal medicine patients
• Employed Advanced Medical Directives