Emma Pundt
Chino Valley,AZ
Summary
Registered nurse with extensive experience in adult and juvenile mental health seeking to further education at graduate level.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Northern Arizona VA Health Care System
2023.01 - Current
- Full time registered nurse in Community Living Center
- Duties include medication administration, assessment, de-escalation, reorientation, therapeutic communication, support for families and veterans, venipuncture, PICC line, EKG, safe patient handling, IV therapy, catheter insertion and care, wound care, suicide risk screening, admission, hospice care, postmortem care, and experience in locked dementia unit
- Participation in CLC psychotropic committee, CLC pain control committee, and disruptive behavior committee.
Registered Nurse
Yavapai County Jail
2023.10 - 2024.07
- Full time to PRN registered nurse at county jail
- Duties include assessment, admission, mental health screening and suicide risk assessment, code team lead, venipuncture, wound care; initial assessment/treatment of traumatic injury, self-harm, and overdose; CIWA/COW detox programs, acute alcohol and substance intoxication, substance use disorder, behavior modification, emergency and forced medication administration, blood draw, EKG, sterile procedure, sterile wound care, catheter care, de-escalation, safe patient handling/safe restraint.
Registered Nurse
Medical Behavioral Hospital
2022.01 - 2022.11
- Inpatient psychiatric acute care registered nurse in locked behavioral unit
- Mental health crisis stabilization, Columbia suicide risk assessment, EKG, care planning, CIWA/COWs protocols, admission, discharge, behavior modification, emergency chemical and physical restraint, wound care, venipuncture, PICC line, IV therapy, medication stabilization and monitoring, group recreation
- Organizer of community partnership program with local psychiatric and mental health programs to ensure continuity of care after discharge.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Yavapai College
12.2024
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Yavapai College
Prescott12.2021
Skills
- Mental Health Assessments
- Medication Administration
- Direct Patient Care
- Communication with care team
- Strong Clinical Judgment
- Patient education and counseling
- Clinical judgment
- Compassion and Empathy
- Care Planning
- Patient Management
Certification
- Basic Life Support
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- Certified Court Appointed Special Advocate for Children in Foster Care
- Experience as Mental Health First Aid Instructor
- World Health Organization Infection Control Certification
- National Incident Management System (NIMS)
Activities and volunteerism
- Yavapai Casa for Kids Foundation, 04/19, Present, Committed volunteer at fundraising and outreach events. Personally collected over 2,000 dollars in toys for Christmas gifts for children in foster care in 2020 and 2021.
- Yavapai County CASA Volunteer, 08/20, Present
- Library and Book Exchange for Medical Behavioral Hospital, 02/22, Present
- Be My Eyes, Assistance for the Blind, 01/19, Present
- Founded and organized community partnership committee for local inpatient and outpatient psychiatric programs in Yavapai County in 2022 to help ensure continuity of care for patients and assist in keeping patient care close to support systems.
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Yavapai County Jail
2023.10 - 2024.07
Registered Nurse
Northern Arizona VA Health Care System
2023.01 - Current
Registered Nurse
Medical Behavioral Hospital
2022.01 - 2022.11
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Yavapai College
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Yavapai College
- Basic Life Support
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- Certified Court Appointed Special Advocate for Children in Foster Care
- Experience as Mental Health First Aid Instructor
- World Health Organization Infection Control Certification
- National Incident Management System (NIMS)
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