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Gina W. Duggar, RN, MSN
PRACTICE NORTHWEST GEORGIA ONCOLOGY CENTERS, P.C.
CARROLLTON CENTER
157 Clinic Ave, Suite 101
Phone: (770) 333-2220 Fax: (770) 581-7580
Carrollton, GA 30117
EDUCATION Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Master of Science Nursing
May 2001

State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
June 1998

Floyd College, Rome, GA
Associates of Science in Nursing
June 1996
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Nurse Practitioner, November 2001 - Present
Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers, P.C., Marietta, GA

Nurse Practitioner, July 2001 – September 2001
Blood & Marrow Transplant Group of GA
Employed full time in the position of Nurse Practitoner in a very busy and expanding Bone Marrow Transplant Outpatient Clinic. Responsibilities include pre and post-transplant patient follow-up appointments, new patient consultation and assessments, dictation, hospital admission determination and orders, performance of medical procedures, and all other routine Nurse Practioner responsibilities.

Charge Nurse, January 1997 to July 2001
Tanner Medical Center, Carrollton, GA
Worked on the 35 bed oncology unit in the position of charge nurse. Responsibilities included administration and monitoring of chemotherapy agents and blood products, patient teaching, assessments, venipuncture, direct patient care and all other routine nursing responsibilities.

Staff Nurse, September 1996 to December 1996
Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Worked in the radiation oncology department as the only staff nurse. Duties included patient teaching, assessments, assisting radiation oncologist with the examinations and brachytherapy, venipuncture, triage of patients and provided direct nursing care to inpatients and outpatients.

Nurse Technician, June 1996 to August 1996
Columbia Polk Hospital, Cedartown, GA
Hired as a new graduate nurse to work in the position of nurse technician until nursing licensure. Performed all routine nursing duties under the direct supervision of a registered nurse.

GRADUATE CLINICAL PRECEPTORSHIPS:
Wellstar, Mableton, GA
190 hours of clinical experience in a primary care, internal medicine multi-physician’s office. Assessment diagnosis and treatment of approximately 20 patients per day under the supervision of the primary physician.

Emory University, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Atlanta, GA
158 hours of clinical experience on the Bone Marrow transplant unit of an Academic Medical Center under the direct supervision of a nurse practitioner and several physicians. Assessment of pre and post-transplant patient’s as well as performed various procedures, including lumbar punctures, bone marrow biopsies, and administration of intrathecal chemotherapy.

Intercommunity Cancer Center, Rome, GA.
240 hours of clinical experience in a radiation oncology department under the direct supervision of the physician. Assessment of patients who were currently undergoing treatment as well as follow-up therapies and counseling.
PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE & CERTIFICATIONS
Adult Nurse Practioner, 2001
Registered Nurse, 1996
Advanced Oncology Nursing Certified, (AOCN)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Nurse Associations (ANA), 2000
Oncology Nursing Society (ONS), 1995
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), 2000
Sigma Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, 1996
American College of Clinicians, 2003
HONORS International Honor Society in Nursing, 1994-1998
Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society, 1996-Present
Floyd College Dean’s List, 1993-1996
The National Dean’s List, 1994-1996
State University of West Georgia Dean’s List, 1996- 1998
Dean’s Scholarship in Nursing at Emory University, 1999-2001
Lewis-Gale Graduate Scholarship, 1999-2001
Katherine Pope Graduate Scholarship, 1999-2000
Spilman-Bischoff Graduate Scholarship, 1999-2000
Professional Nurse Traineeship Grant, 1999-2000
Steinberg Graduate Scholarship, 2000-2001
American Cancer Society Graduate Scholarship, 1999-2001

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