Compassionate and dedicated Registered Nurse with several years of experience providing safe, evidence-based care for patients with a wide range of mental and physical health conditions. Possesses strong communication skills, adaptability to high-stress environments, and works effectively with interdisciplinary team members.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Signature HealthCARE
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
10.2020 - Current
Collaborated with families, nurses, therapists, doctors, social workers, and other multidisciplinary team members to create patient treatment plans.
Educated patients and families on mental health care, conditions, medications, and other treatment options.
Advocating for patients, protecting their rights, and meeting their physical and mental health needs.
Administering medications, documenting conditions, monitoring treatments, and medications.
Overseeing discharge planning.
Working with adult patients with a wide range of mental health issues, ranging from dementia, major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, and more.
Counseled patients regarding medication side effects or lifestyle changes necessary for improved health outcomes.
Registered Nurse
PruittHealth
Durham, North Carolina
10.2014 - 10.2020
Administering medications, including psychiatric drugs, and managing various treatments and care interventions.
Maintaining a safe environment for older adults with various physical and mental health conditions in a long-term care facility.
Oversaw admissions and discharges.
Preparing and managing care plans.
Collaborating with nurses, doctors, families, therapists, and other members of the interdisciplinary team in caring for patients, including those with various mental health conditions.
Supervise the nursing staff, and improve unit patient and family satisfaction.
Counseled patients regarding medication side effects or lifestyle changes necessary for improved health outcomes.
Nursing Assistant
Cypress of Raleigh
Raleigh, North Carolina
04.2012 - 09.2014
Maintaining patient safety in a dementia unit.
Providing activities of daily living for patients in a dementia unit.
I assisted nurses during treatments, procedures, and emergencies.
Reporting changes in patients to nurses.
Health Care Tech
Favorite Nursing Solutions
Raleigh, North Carolina
01.2010 - 03.2012
Monitoring adolescent and adult patients in a mental health hospital.
Providing a safe environment for patients with various mental health conditions.
Recording patients' behaviors and behavioral changes.
Monitoring patients' well-being.
Participating in patient team meetings.
Communicate effectively with patients, families, nurses, and other healthcare techs.