Krista Novotny
Oshkosh
Summary
Board-Certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Registered Nurse (PMH-BC) with over 10 years of nursing experience specializing in correctional psychiatry, behavioral health, crisis intervention, and forensic mental health services. Experienced providing comprehensive psychiatric care to incarcerated adults with serious mental illness, substance use disorders, personality disorders, and co-occurring medical conditions in secure correctional settings. Demonstrated expertise in psychiatric assessment, suicide prevention, psychotropic medication management, interdisciplinary collaboration, and compliance with state and federal correctional healthcare standards. Recognized for sound clinical judgment, patient advocacy, and the ability to maintain safety and security while delivering high-quality, evidence-based psychiatric nursing care.
Overview
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1
Certification
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Correctional Psychiatric Registered Nurse
Wisconsin Resource Center
Oshkosh, WI
07.2016 - Current
- Conducted mental health and chronic disease intake assessments for newly admitted incarcerated individuals.
- Identified patients requiring urgent psychiatric intervention or suicide precautions.
- Administered scheduled and emergency psychotropic medications.
- Monitored treatment response and reported significant changes in mental status to psychiatric and medical providers.
- Educated patients regarding medications, treatment adherence, and symptom management.
- Ensured compliance with state regulations, facility policies, and correctional healthcare standards.
- Implemented evidence-based practices to improve patient outcomes within the correctional setting.
- Ensured patient safety by closely monitoring behaviors, administering medications as prescribed, and intervening during incidents of aggression or self-harm.
- Provided direct quality care to patients utilizing the nursing process by monitoring, recording and evaluating psychiatric and other chronic medical conditions.
- Monitored primary care needs for patients to coordinate access to appropriate providers.
- Collaborated proactively with psychiatrists to adjust treatment plans based on observed changes in symptoms or behavior patterns among patients.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Fox Valley Technical College
Appleton, WI05-2016
Skills
- Electronic Health Records - Cerner
- Medication administration
- Patient education
- Utilize the nursing process to provide evidence-based positive patient outcomes
- Crisis response
- Trauma-informed care
Certification
- Registered Nurse (RN), State of Wisconsin
- Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Board Certification (PMH-BC)
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Principles of subject control training
Timeline
Correctional Psychiatric Registered Nurse
Wisconsin Resource Center
07.2016 - Current
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Fox Valley Technical College
CORE QUALIFICATIONS
- Correctional Psychiatric Nursing
- Forensic Mental Health
- Psychiatric Assessment
- Mental Status Examinations
- Suicide Prevention & Risk Assessment
- Crisis Intervention & Behavioral Stabilization
- Psychotropic Medication Administration & Monitoring
- Trauma-Informed Care
- Therapeutic Communication
- Emergency Psychiatric and Medical Response
- Electronic Health Records (EHR)
- Infection Prevention
- Patient Education