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Alison Hurt

Summary


Psychiatric healthcare professional with comprehensive experience in mental health nursing. Skilled in patient assessment, crisis intervention, and therapeutic communication. Adept at collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to provide high-quality care and achieve optimal patient outcomes. Reliable, adaptable, and focused on patient-centered care.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Registered Nurse

VCU Health System
01.2024 - Current


  • Built trust with patients from various cultural backgrounds through culturally competent care practices tailored to individual needs.
  • Ensured patient safety by closely monitoring behaviors, administering medications as prescribed, and intervening during incidents of aggression or selfharm.
  • Collaborated proactively with psychiatrists to adjust treatment plans based on observed changes in symptoms or behavior patterns among patients.

Registered Nurse

Tucker Pavilion, HCA
12.2008 - Current
  • Provide quality behavioral health care for acute inpatients for seniors, adults, adolescents and children.
  • Work with multiple-disciplinary treatment providers to provide safety and crisis stabilization.
  • Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
  • Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.

Adjunct Nursing Professor

J.Sargeant Reynolds Community College
01.2023 - 05.2023
  • Taught and evaluated 3rd year students in the psychiatric clinical setting, using the course objectives and applied the teaching techniques to best achieve those objectives.
  • Coordinated with clinicians, case management and group leaders to develop and coordinate student assignments to the level of the learner and course objectives.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Virginia Commonwealth University
05.2019

Skills

  • Mental health evaluation
  • Clinical documentation
  • De-escalation techniques
  • Suicide prevention

  • Crisis intervention
  • Multidisciplinary collaboration
  • Compassionate and caring
  • Active listening

Timeline

Registered Nurse

VCU Health System
01.2024 - Current

Adjunct Nursing Professor

J.Sargeant Reynolds Community College
01.2023 - 05.2023

Registered Nurse

Tucker Pavilion, HCA
12.2008 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Virginia Commonwealth University
Alison Hurt