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Mendy Bennett
PMHNP
Grand Junction,CO
Work Preference
Job Search Status
Open to workDesired start date: Open to discussion
Desired Job Title
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse PractitionerSummary
Proactive PMHNP student with experience in delivering comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and medication management. Proven ability to collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to develop individualized treatment plans, enhancing patient recovery and education on mental health.
Overview
5
5
Certification
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
PRN Urgent Care RN
Community Care of the Grand Valley
Grand Junction, CO
10.2018 - Current
- Provide direct nursing care to patients, administering medications, wound care, and IV therapy.
- Assist in emergency response and critical care situations with prompt interventions.
- Educate patients on health maintenance, disease prevention, and available treatment options.
- Mentor new nursing staff on best practices and established protocols.
- Respond rapidly to life-threatening situations, ensuring effective interventions.
- Delivered comprehensive care by coordinating with multidisciplinary teams for optimal patient outcomes.
House Supervisor & Critical Response RN
St. Mary’s Hospital
Grand Junction, CO
02.2018 - 04.2020
- Manage and assign inpatient bed assignments to ensure appropriate and accurate placement, while assuring patient and staff safety
- Act as Lead RN when alerted to assess clinically complex patients and situations related to patient care, in an effort to ensure that the plan of care is appropriate for improved patient outcomes.
- Address and oversee clinical and administrative processes affecting nursing units, including answering inquiries to ensure that SMH policies and procedures are followed.
- Lead and attend twice-daily Bed Board and Staffing meetings to address daily staffing, safety, and patient issues throughout the hospital for the day with all leadership of SMH.
- Provide varying education to staff, patients, families, and significant others.
- Respond and serve as the acting Primary Lead RN to all Level 1 traumas, code strokes, code blues, and STEMI activations.
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse: Emergency Department
St. Mary’s Hospital
Grand Junction, CO
05.2011 - 02.2018
- Act as the lead RN for the Emergency Department, overseeing safe RN/patient ratios and ensuring the safe clinical practice of staff members.
- Provide accurate, timely, appropriate, and rapid responses to deliver the best outcomes of emergent patient care.
- Precept and train new department RNs in emergency nursing and SMH department policies and procedures.
- Engage in and lead committee procedures rooted in evidence-based practice, in an effort to improve departmental policies and procedures.
- Accurately assess and treat complex, critically ill patients from varying demographics.
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse Emergency Department
Research Medical Center
Kansas City, Missouri
09.2007 - 05.2011
- Supervised nursing staff during emergency situations in a fast-paced environment.
- Coordinated patient care and triage processes for diverse medical conditions.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop patient care plans and treatments.
- Implemented quality improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency in the ER.
- Facilitated communication between patients, families, and healthcare providers for effective care management.
- Precepted new staff nurses to provide education on hospital policies and procedures, patient care skills, medical procedures, and techniques and patient assessments and interventions.
- Maintained accurate documentation of all patient information including treatments, medications, vital signs.
- Provided direct patient care to emergency room patients in a fast-paced environment.
Nurse Intern II: Emergency Department
Menorah Medical Center
Overland Park, Kansas
03.2007 - 08.2007
- Assist the nursing staff by delivering care under the direction of the Charge Nurse, RNs, as well as the Director of the department.
- Assist with vital and EKG monitoring, foley catheter insertion, accuchecks, suctioning, IV therapy, phlebotomy, and insertion with observation, PO medications, IM medications, SQ medications, ostomy care, suture removal, trach care, assessments verified by the RN.
Nursing Student Clinical Experience
Research College of Nursing, Rockhurst University
Kansas City, Missouri
08.2006 - 08.2007
- Assisted with patient assessments and health history documentation.
- Collaborated with faculty on nursing research projects and presentations.
- Participated in clinical rotations to provide patient care under supervision.
Human Resources Manager
Rapid Solutions Group
Kansas City, Missouri
02.2004 - 02.2005
- Manage human resources function for Kansas City operation to assure compliance with organizational policy as well as federal and state legislation.
- Reason for leaving: To attend to prerequisites for Nursing School full time.
Human Resources Manager
Kansas University Physicians, Inc.
Kansas City, Kansas
11.2002 - 09.2003
- Create, organize and manage all areas of Human Resources function for the Department of Internal Medicine.
- Reason for leaving: Position eliminated due to loss of funding.
Human Resources Consulting Associate
FBD Consulting, Inc.
Leawood, Kansas
05.2001 - 11.2002
- Develop, manage, plan, and implement all areas of Human Resources functions and best practices according to client organizational needs.
- Reason for leaving: Accepted Management opportunity with KU Medical Center.
Leadership and Development Specialist
Cerner Corporation
Kansas City, Missouri
10.2000 - 05.2001
- Administration and management of Associate recognition program.
- Managed, planned, delivered and supported all annual corporate events.
- Developed delivery, coordination and presentation of all corporate and group level service awards programs.
- Reason for leaving: Accepted career development opportunity as an HR Consulting Generalist.
Compensation and Benefits Specialist
Cerner Corporation
Kansas City, Missouri
05.1999 - 10.2000
- Administration and management of all aspects of Cerner Corporation's Foundations Benefits Program.
- Reason for leaving: Accepted opportunity for growth in new role at Cerner.
Human Resources Generalist Internship
Mercy Health System of Kansas, Inc.
Fort Scott, Kansas
07.1998 - 05.1999
- Responsible for supporting the following functions within the Human Resources Department.
- Reason for leaving: Internship ended, accepted opportunity with Cerner.
Education
Master of Science - Psychiatric Nursing
12-2026
Bachelor of Nursing - Research School of Nursing
08.2007
Bachelor of Arts - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
05.1998
Skills
- Medical ethics
- Clinical judgment
- Nursing leadership
- Staff supervision
- At-risk patient care
- Inpatient and outpatient care
- Time management
- Emergency response
- Evidence-based practice
- Patient assessment
- Critical thinking
- Care coordination
- Team collaboration
- Patient education
- Patient triage
- Clinical documentation
- Multidisciplinary coordination
- Complex problem-solving
- Medication administration
- Relationship building
- Emotional awareness
- Seizure management
- Acute and rehabilitative care
- Disease management
Certification
- ACLS
- PALS
- NNRP
- NIHSS
- BLS
- TNCC
- ENPC
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
PRN Urgent Care RN - Community Care of the Grand Valley
10.2018 - Current
House Supervisor & Critical Response RN - St. Mary’s Hospital
02.2018 - 04.2020
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse: Emergency Department - St. Mary’s Hospital
05.2011 - 02.2018
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse Emergency Department - Research Medical Center
09.2007 - 05.2011
Nurse Intern II: Emergency Department - Menorah Medical Center
03.2007 - 08.2007
Nursing Student Clinical Experience - Research College of Nursing, Rockhurst University
08.2006 - 08.2007
Human Resources Manager - Rapid Solutions Group
02.2004 - 02.2005
Human Resources Manager - Kansas University Physicians, Inc.
11.2002 - 09.2003
Human Resources Consulting Associate - FBD Consulting, Inc.
05.2001 - 11.2002
Leadership and Development Specialist - Cerner Corporation
10.2000 - 05.2001
Compensation and Benefits Specialist - Cerner Corporation
05.1999 - 10.2000
Human Resources Generalist Internship - Mercy Health System of Kansas, Inc.
07.1998 - 05.1999
University of South Alabama - Master of Science, Psychiatric Nursing
Rockhurst University - Bachelor of Nursing, Research School of Nursing
University of Kansas - Bachelor of Arts, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences