Michael Zadakis
Chandler,AZ
Summary
Team oriented, board certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with strong track record of establishing solid relationships with clients, co-workers, and local agencies. Professional desire to help others overcome their personal obstacles and mental health illness by providing compassionate, evidence based care tailored to each individual.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
2nd Chance Treatment Center
09.2023 - Current
- Responsible for assessment, diagnosis, and medication management in treating pediatric and adult patients with mental health illnesses in an outpatient setting.
- Formulate treatment plans and coordinate care with therapists and physicians.
- Prescribe medications and follow up with patient's response to treatment
- Provide psychotherapy to help patients identify and change troubling emotions, thoughts, and behaviors.
- Provide evidence based research to support treatment decisions.
- Diagnose and treated substance use disorders and provided MAT services.
- Ordered and reviewed necessary diagnostic tests indicated for treatment.
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Organized and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
Registered Nurse
Select Specialty Hospital
06.2002 - 08.2023
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Led successful team comprised of RNs, LPNs and ancillary staff.
PRN Registerned Nurse
Promise Hospital
03.2010 - 01.2020
- PRN float nurse on working med/surg, tele, and ICU.
- Interpret telemetry strips for patients on that particular unit.
- Chronic patient care in med-surg unit, adeptly handling all aspects of treatment from medication to wound care to monitoring for 5 patients per shift.
- Closely monitored acute conditions.
- Maintained continuous growth of professional knowledge and competencies through ongoing education opportunities.
- Provided basic educational services to parents and guardians on topics such as child growth and development and special needs.
Education
Masters Degree PMHNP
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KYBachelor of Science - Nursing
Wright State University
Dayton, OHSkills
- Strong clinical judgment
- Acute care expertise
- High level of autonomy
- Patient/family focused
- Patient evaluation/intervention
- Team Coordination
- Patient Counseling
- Patient Education
- Problem resolution capability
- Professional bedside manner
- Mental Health Care
Certification
ANCC Board Certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Across the Lifespan) PMHNP-BC
BLS/ACLS
Timeline
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
2nd Chance Treatment Center
09.2023 - Current
PRN Registerned Nurse
Promise Hospital
03.2010 - 01.2020
Registered Nurse
Select Specialty Hospital
06.2002 - 08.2023
Masters Degree PMHNP
Eastern Kentucky University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Wright State University
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