Toby D. Richards BSN, RN, MSN, NNP-BC
24850 Hancock Ave #F206
Murrieta, CA 92562
909.261.0300
Fizzguy_96@hotmail.com
EDUCATION
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA  06/2006
Masters in Nursing/ Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA  2001
B.S. in Nursing
University California San Diego, San Diego, CA  1996
B.S. in Animal Physiology/Neuroscience
Minor: History
A W A R D S /C E R T I F I C A T I ON S
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Nursing Alumni Association Merit Scholarship Award 2005
UCSD Patrons of Nursing Association Scholarship 2004
Selma Andrews Scholarship, 2003-2004
CNSA SDSU Student of the Year, 2000 – 2001
Lorraine Freitus Political Activism Award, 1999-2000
Loma Linda School of NursingAlumin Assoc. Meritorious Scholarship Award 2005
NCC-Certified Neonatal Nurse Practitioner 2008
ASU College of Nursing and Health Innovation Preceptor of the Year 2010
NEONATAL NURSE PRACT ITIONER EXPERIENCE
At Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, CA:
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner – Full Time  July 2012- Present
Work under the general supervision of attending pediatricians. Attend deliveries, Assess
diagnose, and formulate a plan of care and discuss plan with the attending. Write daily
progress notes, orders, admission notes. Supervise Family Practice residents and interns.
Communicate directly with consulting services, provided updates to team members and families
on the progress and plan of the neonate, coordinate discharge planning. The neonatal
population had varying disease processes.
At Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital in Loma Linda, CA:
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner – Part Time  Sep 2013- Present
Work under the general supervision of attending neonatologist. Attend deliveries, Assess
diagnose, and formulate a plan of care and discuss plan with the attending. Write daily
progress notes, orders, admission notes and discharge summaries. Supervise residents and
interns. Communicate directly with consulting services, provided updates to team members and
families on the progress and plan of the neonate, coordinate discharge planning. The neonatal
population had varying disease processes, including extremely low birth weight, premature
infants requiring iNO, and pre/post operative surgical patients.
At Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital in Loma Linda, CA:
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner – Full Time  Aug 2011- Sep 2013
Work under the general supervision of attending neonatologist. Attend deliveries, Assess
diagnose, and formulate a plan of care and discuss plan with the attending. Write daily
progress notes, orders, admission notes and discharge summaries. Supervise residents and
interns. Communicate directly with consulting services, provided updates to team members and
families on the progress and plan of the neonate, coordinate discharge planning. The neonatal
population had varying disease processes, including extremely low birth weight, premature
infants requiring iNO, and pre/post operative surgical patients.
At Redlands Community Hospital & Riverside Community Hospital, Riverside/Redlands CA:
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner – Per Diem  Nov 2012- May 2013
Worked under the general supervision of attending neonatologist. Assess, diagnose, and
formulate a plan of care and discuss the plan with the attending. Write daily progress notes,
orders, admission notes and discharge summaries. Communicate directly with consulting
services, provided updates to team members and families on the progress and plan of the
neonate coordinate discharge planning. The neonatal population has varying disease
processes, including extremely low birth weight, premature infants.
At Neonatology Associated Limited in Phoenix, Az:
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner – Full Time  July 2008-Sept 2011
Worked under the general supervision of attending neonatologist. Attended deliveries,
Assessed, diagnosed, and formulated a plan of care and discussed plan with the attending.
Wrote daily progress notes, orders, admission notes and discharge summaries. Communicated
directly with consulting services, provided updates to team members and families on the
progress and plan of the neonate, coordinated discharge planning. The neonatal population had
varying disease processes, including extremely low birth weight, premature infants requiring
iNO, and pre/post operative surgical patients.
At Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, CA:
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner – Full Time  August 2006-March 2008
Worked under the general supervision of attending neonatologist. Assessed, diagnosed, and
formulated a plan of care and discussed plan with the attending. Wrote daily progress notes,
orders, admission notes and discharge summaries. Communicated directly with consulting
services, provided updates to team members and families on the progress and plan of the
neonate, coordinated discharge planning. The neonatal population had varying disease
processes, including extremely low birth weight, premature infant requiring iNO, surgical
patients, congenital abnormalities.
NURSING EXPERIENCE
At University of California San Diego Medical Center Hillcrest ISCC
Per Diem Staff Nurse – Clinical Nurse II  April 2008- Nov 2011
Work in collaboration with physicians, and other disciplines in providing care for pre-term and
term infants in a level III nursery
Staff Nurse – Clinical Nurse II  2001-Aug 2006
Work in collaboration with physicians, and other disciplines in providing care for pre-term and
term infants in a level III nursery.
ISCC Journal Club Founder – 2001-Aug 2006
Founded and chaired the Journal Club, which is a forum for nurses in the NICU to review
evidence based articles to promote and implement quality nursing care for infants and families.
ISCC Night Educational In-service Team Founder –2003 – Aug 2006
Developed an in-service team that is devoted to providing educational in-services to night shift
in order to provide most current evidenced based practice.
Research Assistant – 2004 – 2006: Working with another staff nurse and OTR on developing a
nursing research proposal that looks at parent satisfaction, parent-infant attachment when
parents of pre-term infants are allowed to participate in infant-massage.
At Palomar Medical Center NICU in Escondido, CA:
Staff Nurse – Clinical Nurse  January 2003-August 2003
Work in collaboration with physicians, and other disciplines in providing care for pre-term and
term infants in a level II nursery to gain experience and a greater appreciation for the level of
care that is provided at other nurseries in San Diego County.
PRESENTATIONS
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Physical Assement of the Newborn for new graduate NICU nurses
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National Student Nurses Association “Annual Meeting”, Nashville, TN  2001
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National Student Nurses Association “Mid-Year Conference”, St. Louis, MO  2000
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National Student Nurses Association Mid-Year Conference, “Planning A Successful
Convention”, St. Louis, MO  2000
California Nursing Students Association, “By-laws Breakout Session”  Hayward, CA 2000.
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MEMBERSHIPS
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Academy of Neonatal Nurses
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Academy of Advanced Practice Neonatal Nurses
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Sigma Theta Tau International
REFERENCES
Upon Request