Dedicated Registered Nurse with extensive experience in mental health evaluation and crisis prevention. Proven ability to adapt treatment plans and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure patient-centered and individualized care.
Overview
1
1
Certification
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Travel Registered Nurse - Adolescent Psych
AMN Healthcare - Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute
Harrisburg, PA
10.2024 - Current
Admit and care for patients with acute psychiatric illnesses admitted to the adolescent psychiatric unit.
Initiation of patients' treatment plan as well as continuously reviewing and modifying the treatment plan based on the patients' response to treatment and interdisciplinary team recommendation.
Administering medication and assessing patients' response to pharmacological intervention.
Providing education to patients, collaborating with the treatment team to assess a patients' readiness for discharge.
Travel Registered Nurse - Child/Adolescent Psych
AMN Healthcare - UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's
Cedar Rapids, IA
02.2024 - 08.2024
Admit and care for patients with acute psychiatric illnesses admitted to the child and adolescent psychiatric unit.
Medication administration and assessing effectiveness of pharmacological intervention.
Creating and operating therapeutic and educational groups for clients.
Providing both physical and mental health assessments for admitted individuals.
Collaboration with the treatment team including but not limited to provider, social work, unit management and case management.
Travel Registered Nurse - Geriatric Psych
AMN Healthcare - Indiana Regional Medical Center
Indiana, PA
11.2022 - 12.2023
Admit and care for the geriatric population with acute psychiatric illnesses.
Medication administration and assessing effectiveness of pharmacological intervention.
Reviewing patients' chart for current orders and to assess lab values or trends.
In the absence of a psychiatric liaison, assessment of patients brought in to the emergency department for psychiatric treatment to determine appropriateness for admission to unit and collaborating with patients' insurance company to obtain pre-authorization for admission as necessary.
Travel Registered Nurse - Adult Psych
AMN Healthcare - Baystate Noble Hospital
Westfield, MA
06.2022 - 09.2022
Admit and care for patients with acute psychiatric illnesses admitted to the adult psychiatric unit.
Completing a high volume of new admissions.
Medication administration and assessment of pharmacological intervention.
Assisting with development and utilization of effective coping skills related to reason for admission,.
Development of individualized outpatient treatment plan for patients in collaboration with interdisciplinary team.
Registered Nurse - Aduly Psych
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital
Kittanning, PA
02.2021 - 05.2022
Admit and care for patients with acute psychiatric illnesses admitted to the adult psychiatric unit.
Providing 201 form or petitioning 302 for involuntary patients who require psychiatric care in the absence of a psychiatric liaison.
Medication administration and assessment of pharmacological intervention effectiveness.
Working with interdisciplinary team to create an individualized care plan designed to keep patients safe, optimize treatment, prevent re-hospitalization, and to provide discharge planning.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, PA
05-2020
Skills
Mental health evaluation
Crisis prevention and intervention
Clinical documentation
Safety planning
Certification
CPI
BLS
Timeline
Travel Registered Nurse - Adolescent Psych
AMN Healthcare - Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute