Christopher Bush

Background

About Christopher Bush

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Ambitious, dedicated, and compassionate Practitioner, with over 7 years experience providing direct patient care as a Board-Certified Nurse Practitioner, in addition to 7 years as a Registered Nurse, in various clinical settings, with focus in the following areas/specialties: Orthopaedic Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Intensive Care, Medical-Surgical Intensive Care and Medical-Surgical/Family Medicine. Interdisciplinary communication skills heightened through frequent interaction and collaboration with supervising physicians, office managers, medical staff, fellow mid-levels, and patients. Most recent position was as an Orthopaedic Nurse Practitioner for Ortho Sport and Spine Physicians and consisted of treating patients suffering from various spine-related injuries/disorders, both acute and chronic, as well as conditions affecting all extremities and related joints. Extensive experience gained including the following: • Astute assessment, physical examination, diagnosis and treatment of Orthopaedic patients. • Establishing a collaborative plan of care with each patient that is individualized to his or her particular wants, needs and desires. • X-ray, MRI and CT interpretation. • Performing in-office trigger point, hyaluronic acid, corticosteroid and Platelet-Rich Plasma injections, in addition to operational experience with centrifuge machine. • Ordering of more invasive treatment modalities when indicated, including medial branch block, facet joint, or transforaminal epidural injections, radiofrequency ablation, or surgical intervention. • Accurate billing of new, established and post-operative patients, with inclusion of applicable modifiers when necessary.