Jone Steverson
Registered Nurse
Williamsville,New York
Summary
Dedicated and well-qualified Psychiatric RN offering proven skills in patient care, medication administration and treatment implementation. Detail-oriented, responsive and proficient in routine care and emergency response. Brings 5+ years of demonstrated clinical expertise, leadership skills and technical knowledge in the psychiatric field.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
RN2 Unit Charge Nurse
The Buffalo Psychiatric Center
Buffalo, New York
05.2021 - Current
- Providing direct care to patients hospitalized for stabilization of mental illness through therapeutic patient centered care
- Providing medication education to clients, individual crisis planning and exercise of coping skills specific to individual needs
- Mentoring new nurses and providing education to ancillary nursing support staff, in therapeutic communication and patient specific de-escalation methods
- Responsible for planning, coordinating, and evaluating unit nursing guidelines
- Processing new admissions
- Ensuring accurate and objective documentation of client medical and mental status through nursing observations and the use of clinical judgement
- Working with a team of multi-discipline professionals, sharing those observations to ensure appropriate level of care and discharge readiness specific to each client
- Reviewing patient charts for compliance with regulatory agency requirements.
- Providing nursing staff with adequate resources needed to provide quality care to all clients.
Contract Nursing - Psychiatric Nurse
Buffalo Psychiatric Center
Buffalo, New York
11.2020 - 05.2021
- Buffalo Psychiatric Center -Psychiatric Nurse, Buffalo, New York 14213
Contract Nursing
Supplemental Health Care
Buffalo, New York
10.2020 - 11.2020
- Strong Memorial Hospital- Med-Surg, Rochester, New York 14612
Mental Health Clinic Registered Nurse
Best Self Behavioral Health
Buffalo, New York
06.2020 - 10.2020
- Ensuring Clozaril Monitoring is up to date, administration of long acting injections and making sure clients decanoate orders are refilled on a timely basis
- Health Assessments and Health Education to clinic clients
- Communicating with medical insurance providers to give practitioners guidance with documentation needed to fulfill criteria for prior authorizations and refills of existing pharmacologic therapies
- Working with a team of multi-discipline professionals in treatment planning, sharing observations and mental health status concerns of clinic clients to ensure appropriate level of care specific to their needs.
Charge Nurse, Adult Psychiatric Unit
BryLin Hospital
Buffalo, New York
01.2019 - 06.2020
- As Charge Nurse in this short-term, private Inpatient Mental Health Hospital, the core of my practice was to lead a cohesive team of nursing and support staff to deliver compassionate patient-centered care
- Collaborating with providers to initiate stabilization of new admissions to the adult unit through reconciliation of medications, communication of risk assessment, H&P, and mental health status, as observed on the unit during the admission process
- Daily psychiatric nursing assessments to establish lethality, response to medication, and talk therapies
- Encouraging a willing participation in other therapies and groups, offering proven evidence-based practices for coaching self-management of symptoms and mindfulness of unhealthy responses to triggering events, with successful discharge to community as a patient centered goal.
Hospice Care Registered Nurse
Hospice Buffalo
Cheektowaga, New York
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Provide comfort care to individuals in end-of-life care through Hospice Buffalo, treating distress of unmanaged symptoms due to end-of-life status
- Collaboration in a holistic manner with an interdisciplinary team to deliver the best quality of life through a patient-centered plan of care using comfort measures as ordered and practiced by Hospice Buffalo’s professional staff
- Supporting patients' loved ones through early bereavement and connecting with outside services for grief work, comfort, and support to patients at the bedside with dignity at end-of-life.
Sub-Acute Registered Nurse
McAuley Residence
Buffalo, New York
07.2017 - 11.2017
- Delivery of care to patients recovering from cardiac and other surgeries with the goal of discharge to home in optimal status
- Enabling compliance with Physical and Occupational therapies, administration medication, providing wound care, and overseeing range of motion and ambulation by ancillary support staff
- Monitoring for change in status,, communicating with practitioners and providing nurse interventions with provider-ordered therapies
- In addition to providing care to patient assignment, processing 2-3 admissions to unit per shift with responsibilities of medication reconciliation, admission assessments, and designing plans of care for new admissions.
Education
Bachelor of Science - BSN- Nursing
SUNY Empire State College
Saratoga Springs, NY12.2022
Associate of Science - ASN - Nursing
SUNY At Erie Community College
Buffalo, NY04.2017
Skills
- Life Long Learner
- Therapeutic Communication Skills
- Patient Education
- Family Education
- Direct Patient Care
- Nursing Assessments and Nursing Diagnosis
- Medication Administration
- Wound Care
- Emergency Response
- Regulatory Compliance
- Care Planning
- Intake and Discharge
- Leadership Qualities
- Passion for Staff Education and Mentoring
Timeline
RN2 Unit Charge Nurse
The Buffalo Psychiatric Center
05.2021 - Current
Contract Nursing - Psychiatric Nurse
Buffalo Psychiatric Center
11.2020 - 05.2021
Contract Nursing
Supplemental Health Care
10.2020 - 11.2020
Mental Health Clinic Registered Nurse
Best Self Behavioral Health
06.2020 - 10.2020
Charge Nurse, Adult Psychiatric Unit
BryLin Hospital
01.2019 - 06.2020
Hospice Care Registered Nurse
Hospice Buffalo
01.2018 - 01.2019
Sub-Acute Registered Nurse
McAuley Residence
07.2017 - 11.2017
Bachelor of Science - BSN- Nursing
SUNY Empire State College
Associate of Science - ASN - Nursing
SUNY At Erie Community College
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