Beverley Powell
Deerfield Beach
Summary
Emotional intelligent psychiatric nurse practitioner with the knowledge and skills to establish therapeutic alliance and establish rapport. With over three years’ experience as an advanced practice registered nurse worked in many settings as a registered nurse of over twenty years prior; with the most experience in mental health. Supervisory experience, a role model, excellence in multi-tasking.
Clinical nursing professional with proven track record of excellence in nursing supervision and patient care management. Known for effectively leading nursing teams, implementing quality improvement initiatives, and ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations. Highly reliable and adaptable, excelling in team collaboration and delivering consistent results. Proficient in critical care management and team leadership.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Banyan Treatment Center
10.2017 - Current
- Per-diem two Saturdays per month
- Establish therapeutic Alliance with Patient in Detox, ensuring a safe detox
- Conduct psychiatric evaluations for residents up to eight per day.
- Medication Management for detox residents and residential; assess effectiveness of psychotropic and medication assisted therapy including suboxone, naltrexone, vivitrol, Camphral.
- Uses effective communication skills to increase compliance with treatment.
- Assess the need for and interpret appropriate labs.
- Prescribe psychotropic and medication assisted treatment –suboxone etc.
- Provide education to residents regarding treatment continuum, health promotion and risk reduction activities.
- Use Motivational Interviewing strategies to encourage change and adherence.
- Brief supportive therapy using cognitive behavioral therapy strategies, trauma informed are models, solution focused therapies.
- Educate patients on relapse prevention strategies
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to establish suitable transfers and discharges
Private Practice
02.2017 - Current
- Works two days per week
- Conduct 20-35 mins. Medications check for 10 to 15 patients per day while using cognitive behavioral therapy strategies.
- Establish therapeutic alliance while conducting Psychiatric Evaluations 45 mins to one hour, completing up to three per day.
- Assess the need for titration, change or discontinuation of medications while monitor for desired effects, side effects and adverse effect of medications.
- Uses effective communication skills to increase compliance with treatment.
- Assess the need for, ordered, obtained and interpret appropriate labs.
- Ensure HIPPA compliance when speaking with family members or organizations.
- Maintain aseptic technique and infection control practice when administering intramuscular injections.
- Follow-up with patients, families by initiating telephone calls to patients who have missed clinic appointments.
- Utilized electronic records to document legibly, appropriately and timely every encounter.
- Collaborate with team members in the office and the community to increase patient experience and compliance with policy and rules.
Coralhealing Hands self-employed
10.2016 - Current
- Works four days per week
- Conduct 20-35 mins. Medications check for up to 10 to 15 patients per week while using cognitive behavioral therapy strategies to build rapport.
- Establish therapeutic alliance while conducting Psychiatric Evaluations 60 mins to 90 mins at least three a week
- Utilize telemedicine for up to 15 patients per week effectively for medication management and psychiatric evaluation while maintain therapeutic alliance with patients.
- Manage and organized documentation timely and succinctly with E-clinicalworks and E-prescribing as well as managing refills and new orders electronically.
- Assess the need for titration, change or discontinuation of medications while monitor for desired effects, side effects and adverse effect of medications.
- Prescribe psychotropic and medication assisted treatment –Suboxone, Naltrexone, Subutex, Vivitrol shots, Camphral, Anabuse etc
- Provide education to residents regarding treatment continuum, health promotion and risk reduction activities.
- Provide addiction counselling, support and referrals while managing craving.
- Use Motivational Interviewing strategies to encourage change and adherence.
- Brief supportive therapy using cognitive behavioral therapy strategies, trauma informed are models, solution focused therapies.
- Educate patients on relapse prevention strategies
- Collaborate with supervising psychiatrist to manage difficult cases.
- Make follow-up phone calls to patients and family to educated and support treatment.
Carma Health Outpatient Psyche center
01.2018 - 01.2021
- Similar jobs and responsibilities as Cora Healing
Nursing Supervisor
University Hospital Pavilion, Behavioral Health
01.2014 - 01.2019
- Worked 12 to 36 hours per week, supervising approximately 120 employees- nurses, mental health technicians, security guards, recreational therapist, social worker, interns.
- Collaborate with other members of the team to organize discharge and transfer patients. Staff and scheduling the 60-bed facility.
- Interview and preceptor new staff. Discipline and counsel staff for misdemeanors and unprofessional conduct. Develop measuring tools to assess outcomes. Use effective communication strategies to resolve conflicts among families, patients and staff.
- Utilized the organization documentation system to effect changes. Collect data for quality improvement. Assist with assessment of patients. Use de-escalating techniques to prevent patient injury to self or others. Promote professionalism in conduct and deportment.
NCLEX Review Instructor
Kaplan NCLEX Faculty Periderm
11.2013 - 01.2015
- Engage in training activities to improve teaching and critical thinking skills to improve student outcome and success rate in the NCLEX exam.
- Conduct teach-back sessions in improve teaching skills. Review interactive tools to improve students learning. Analysis effective teachings tools and prepare questions for teaching. Collaborate with other faculty to evaluate teaching methodologies and give and receive constructive feedback.
Senior Community Health Nurse/Immunization Coordinator
Delray Beach Health Department
12.2008 - 06.2013
- Full time
- Demonstrate cultural competence in educating and empowering adults, geriatric and pediatric patients. Use health promotion strategies to provide client-centered care according to policy and regulation.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary member to implement strategies to decrease wait times in the health center. Use critical thinking skills to Streamline Religious Exemption documentation records resulting in cost saving of $15000.
- Maintain immunization rate for 2 year olds above 90 percent for three consecutive years.
Adjunct LPN Nursing Instructor
Kesier Career College
01.2007 - 01.2009
- Develop and design teaching plans according to learning needs. Assist in the development and management of curriculum. Taught medical/surgical nursing, pharmacology, anatomy and physiology, and mental health nursing.
- Developed curriculum for NCLEX review classes and used creative teaching styles to conduct NCLEX Review classes resulting in 99 percent pass rate.
Full time Telemetry Staff Nurse
Northwest Medical Center
01.2006 - 01.2008
- Worked as a team leader and team player in assessing, planning, implementing and monitor patient care. Analyze and interpret cardiac rhythmic strips, participate in Codes. Reconcile and administer medication using electronic medication administration system.
- Conduct venipunctures, IV monitoring. Supervise unlicensed personnel. Collaborate with multidisciplinary team. Use effective communication strategies to plan, implement and evaluate patient care. Administer direct patient care per physicians’ orders.
Psychiatric Charge Nurse
Columbia Hospital West Palm Beach
07.2003 - 01.2006
- Assigned and supervised patient care task to registered nurses and mental health technicians and evaluate effectiveness collect data for performance improvement initiatives. Participates in patient care treatment meetings.
- Acts as advocate for patients in postponing activities until patients is ready and able resulting in patients’ compliance and satisfaction. Facilitates treatment team meetings with psychiatrist, social workers, occupational therapist, and registered nurses.
Staff RN pediatrics, medical, psychiatric, charge nurse detoxification unit
University Hospital of the West Indies
06.1996 - 01.2003
- Plan, implement, and evaluate patient care. Participates and facilitates in treatment meetings. Team leader, resource nurse, and managed acute patients. Design and maintain individualized, hand-written care plans.
Education
Master of Science - Nursing
University of Phoenix
Post-Master’s - Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Drexel University
01.2016
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Nova Southeastern University
Davie, FL01.2012
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University Hospital School of Nursing
01.2007
Nursing Diploma - undefined
University Hospital School of Nursing
01.1996
Skills
- Psychiatric Evaluations
- Medication Management
- Emphasis on quality
- Crisis Prevention
- Culturally competent
- Competency Diagnostic DSM V
- Strong clinical judgment
- Compassionate, flexible, sociable
Accomplishments
- Best Mental Health Patient Care Study 2001
- Employee of the Quarter 2010
- Won March of Dimes MSN scholarship 2010 to UOP
- Davis Productivity Award 2011
Affiliations
- American Psychiatric Nursing Association 2015 –SAPRNA.
- Florida Nurses Association 2003- present
- American Nurses Association 2003 – present
- Professional Liability MERCER 2016– present
- Omicron Delta Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society 2007 & 2012 to present
- Featured in June 2013 issue of FNA
Certification
- Florida Professional Advance Practice Registered Nurse License (2016 to present)
- DEA license (Jan. 2017 to present) as well as Buprenorphine MAT waiver license
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certification Sept. 2016 to Sept 2021
- BLS, ACLS certification (2003 to present)
- CPI (2010 to present)
Timeline
Carma Health Outpatient Psyche center
01.2018 - 01.2021
Banyan Treatment Center
10.2017 - Current
Private Practice
02.2017 - Current
Coralhealing Hands self-employed
10.2016 - Current
Nursing Supervisor
University Hospital Pavilion, Behavioral Health
01.2014 - 01.2019
NCLEX Review Instructor
Kaplan NCLEX Faculty Periderm
11.2013 - 01.2015
Senior Community Health Nurse/Immunization Coordinator
Delray Beach Health Department
12.2008 - 06.2013
Adjunct LPN Nursing Instructor
Kesier Career College
01.2007 - 01.2009
Full time Telemetry Staff Nurse
Northwest Medical Center
01.2006 - 01.2008
Psychiatric Charge Nurse
Columbia Hospital West Palm Beach
07.2003 - 01.2006
Staff RN pediatrics, medical, psychiatric, charge nurse detoxification unit
University Hospital of the West Indies
06.1996 - 01.2003
Post-Master’s - Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Drexel University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Nova Southeastern University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University Hospital School of Nursing
Nursing Diploma - undefined
University Hospital School of Nursing
Master of Science - Nursing
University of Phoenix
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