MONICA O’BRIEN
Mansfield,MA
Summary
Accomplished professional with extensive experience in determining differential diagnoses, implementing evidence-based interventions, and providing client-centered psychiatric care in acute clinical milieus. Specialize in treating chronic mental illness and comorbidities such as personality disorders, anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. Initiate, evaluate and modify complex psychiatric medication treatment plans, including Clozaril and detox protocols. Build trusting therapeutic alliances, educate patients, and minimize adverse side effects while always striving for positive outcomes.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Staff Docs
03.2025 - Current
- Adolescent locked unit for forensic and high risk youth
- Manage medication
- Coordinate treatment planning
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Boston Neurobehavioral Associates
03.2024 - 05.2025
- Outpatient and telepsychiatry medication management
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
VinFen
06.2024 - 01.2025
- Adult Crisis Stabilization unit, Adolescent Crisis Stabilization, Lowell, MA
- Outpatient clinic, medication management
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
PACT Team: DMH
09.2023 - 02.2024
- PACT team outpatient medication management
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Lemuel Shattuck Hospital
03.2023 - 09.2023
- Chronic long term inpatient psychiatric unit
- Forensic population
- Expert witness testimony and Guardianship documentation
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Weatherby Healthcare
09.2022 - 02.2023
- Inpatient acute care unit
- Geri- psychiatric unit
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Signature Healthcare, Brockton Hospital
04.2022 - 09.2022
- Psychiatric Consultations
- Emergency Department and Medical Floors
- Geriatric, child and adolescent, substance abuse, chronic mental illness
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
LifeSource, Inc.
10.2021 - 04.2022
- Provide psychiatric consultations to skilled nursing facilities
- Tele-psychiatric medication evaluations and follow up
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Inpatient Consultants of North Carolina : Team Health
01.2021 - 10.2021
- Provide psychiatric consultation to skilled nursing facilities
- Medication management of clients on caseload
- Primarily geriatric population
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Julian F. Keith Alcohol and Drug abuse treatment
08.2021 - 09.2021
- Detox and stabilization milieu
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Charter Care , Our Lady of Fatima Hospital
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Weekend rounding and Per Diem coverage
- Acute inpatient psychiatric units and emergency room
- Psychiatric consultations
- Geriatric psychiatric care
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Arbour Fuller Hospital
08.2017 - 07.2020
- Manage medication for up to 16 individuals daily on locked inpatient unit
- Cultivate trusting, therapeutic relationships with culturally diverse caseload; provided comprehensive assessments, formulated diagnoses, and crafted patient-centered treatment plans
- Educate patients regarding risks and benefits of treatment options; encourage active and ongoing participation in obtaining treatment objectives
- Assess and modify treatment interventions and objectives as needed
- Provide accurate documentation reflecting client treatment plans; satisfied regulatory and company standards
- Maintained collaborative agreement and supervision with an attending psychiatrist
- Delivered subject matter expert testimonies in substituted judgment cases; filed such petitions with district courts
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Staff Care, Inc. Arbour Fuller Hospital
05.2017 - 08.2017
- Transitioned to a permanent staff position with Arbour Fuller
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
River Valley Counseling Center
02.2017 - 04.2017
- Prescribed and managed medication for outpatient clinic
- Intake and ongoing psychiatric assessments
- Managed medication treatment plans
- Treating all diagnostic categories
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Barton Associates
09.2016 - 12.2016
- Prescribed and managed medication for outpatient clinic
- Spanish speaking population with translators
- Medication management
- Intake and ongoing assessments
Psychiatric Nurse
NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island Hospital
07.2016 - 09.2016
- Acute inpatient psychiatric unit
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Massachusetts Partnership for Correctional Health / Bridgewater State Hospital
04.2013 - 06.2016
- Prescribed and managed psychiatric medication for up to 40 men in a mental health / correctional facility
- Collaborated with a team of multi-disciplinary treatment providers on a daily basis
- Cultivated trusting, therapeutic relationships with culturally diverse caseload; provided comprehensive assessments, formulated diagnoses, and crafted patient-centered treatment plans
- Educated patients on risks and benefits of treatment options; encouraged active and ongoing participation in obtaining treatment objectives
- Assessed and modified treatment interventions and objectives on a monthly basis or as needed
- Provided accurate documentation reflecting client treatment plans; satisfied regulatory and company standards
- Maintained collaborative agreement and supervision with an attending psychiatrist
- Delivered subject matter expert testimonies in court-ordered 8-b substituted judgment cases; filed such petitions with district courts
Adjunct Faculty
Regis College Lawrence Memorial
09.2012 - 04.2013
- Led, mentored, and provided clinical guidance for undergraduate nursing students; created learning opportunities designed to enhance intellectual and professional growth
- Reinforced theoretical concepts regarding the nursing process, including nursing diagnoses, measurable goals for treatment, expected outcomes, interventions, and evaluation of treatment
Staff Nurse: Psychiatric Specialty – Medical Subspecialty
Massachusetts General Hospital
06.2011 - 08.2012
- Provided direct care to psychiatric patients with complex medical comorbidities
- Ensured safety of patients and collaborated with the treatment team
Internship
South Shore Mental Health
09.2011 - 05.2012
- Assessed, diagnosed, counseled, and provided mental health services to families and individuals
- Determined diagnosis using accepted tools and guidelines (DSM-IV), decided qualification for services by rating on Global Assessment of Function (GAF) scale
Registered Nurse – Psychiatric Specialty
Universal Health Services, Arbour Hospital
01.1998 - 12.2011
- Provided direct care for clients in a safe, secure inpatient psychiatric environment; created and updated treatment plans, managed 27 inpatient clients and a seven-member staff
- Collaborated with nursing supervisors and doctors regarding admissions, medication management, crisis intervention, and discharge planning
- Addressed patients with medical problems, engaged in lifesaving activities
- Performed dual diagnosis treatments, including assessing severity and complications of detox from alcohol and/or opiates
- Served as Infection Control nurse and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) nurse; managed patients’ recovery
Psychiatric Emergency Nurse
Cambridge Health Alliance
11.2006 - 07.2007
- Evaluated and provided crisis care to marginalized populations arriving at the Psychiatric Emergency Service Department
- Established therapeutic rapport with clients; provided a safe environment and appropriate treatment to stabilize conditions
- Triaged patients to inpatient facilities; obtained insurance authorization
Registered Nurse – Medical Specialty / Per Diem
Favorite Healthcare Staffing
01.2000 - 12.2005
- Managed direct patient care in telemetry, medical / surgical, post-cardiac care, respiratory care, and surgical care; ensured compliance with established policies, guidelines and standards
- Assessed patients’ status, developed treatment plans and implemented / documented interventions
Education
Master of Science - Nursing / Family Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Northeastern University
Boston, MA01.2012
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Massachusetts
Boston, MA01.1997
Bachelor of Science - Anthropology / Sociology
University of Massachusetts
Boston, MA01.1991
Skills
- Detox Management
- Self-Injurious Behaviors
- Client / Patient Relations
- Suicide Prevention
- Bipolar Illness
- Patient-centered Treatment Plans
- Anxiety & Depression
- Clozaril Management
- Non-violent Crisis Intervention
- Differential Diagnoses / Comorbidities
- Court Witness / Subject Matter Expert
- Chemical / Physical Restraining
- DBT Therapy
- Case Management / Documentation
- Geriatric psychopharm and diagnosing
- Schizophrenia/Schizoaffective Disorder
- Regulatory / Company Standards
- ADHD
Certification
- American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- Board Certified Registered Nurse – Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Board Certified Nurse Practitioner – Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State of Florida, State of North Carolina
- Controlled Substances Registration – Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Controlled Substance Registration Certificate – United States DEA
- Registered Nurse state of Rhode Island
- National Provider Identification
Research Activities
Participant / Observation Study – Overcoming Barriers to Treatment, 05/01/11, Examined the interface of Somali immigrants in the Boston area with mental health services.
Hobbies and Interests
- Levantine Dialect of Arabic language – AL Mashriq Institute, Amman Jordan – Jan 2016
- Arabic Language – International Language School, Cairo Egypt – 2014
Professional Development
- Comprehensive Geriatric and Dementia Care Certification: (CDCS) 2020
- Opioids and Marijuana: Managing Nationwide emergency- 2020
- Psychopharmacology Update: 2018
- Managing First Episode Psychiatric Disorders: 2018
- Overcoming Challenges in Bipolar Depression- 2018
- Evidenced-based Treatment Approaches in Bipolar Depression – 2015
- Evidence-based Prescribing Practices for Treating PTSD – 2015
- Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute Symposium – 2015
- Annual Training – Suicide Prevention –2015
- Clozapine REMS Registration – 2015
- PESI Seminar in Psychopharmacology – 2014
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) – 2011
- Detox and Maintenance Therapy Suboxone Educational Training – 2000
Timeline
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Staff Docs
03.2025 - Current
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
VinFen
06.2024 - 01.2025
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Boston Neurobehavioral Associates
03.2024 - 05.2025
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
PACT Team: DMH
09.2023 - 02.2024
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Lemuel Shattuck Hospital
03.2023 - 09.2023
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Weatherby Healthcare
09.2022 - 02.2023
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Signature Healthcare, Brockton Hospital
04.2022 - 09.2022
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
LifeSource, Inc.
10.2021 - 04.2022
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Julian F. Keith Alcohol and Drug abuse treatment
08.2021 - 09.2021
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Inpatient Consultants of North Carolina : Team Health
01.2021 - 10.2021
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Charter Care , Our Lady of Fatima Hospital
01.2020 - 01.2021
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Arbour Fuller Hospital
08.2017 - 07.2020
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Staff Care, Inc. Arbour Fuller Hospital
05.2017 - 08.2017
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
River Valley Counseling Center
02.2017 - 04.2017
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Barton Associates
09.2016 - 12.2016
Psychiatric Nurse
NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island Hospital
07.2016 - 09.2016
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Massachusetts Partnership for Correctional Health / Bridgewater State Hospital
04.2013 - 06.2016
Adjunct Faculty
Regis College Lawrence Memorial
09.2012 - 04.2013
Internship
South Shore Mental Health
09.2011 - 05.2012
Staff Nurse: Psychiatric Specialty – Medical Subspecialty
Massachusetts General Hospital
06.2011 - 08.2012
Psychiatric Emergency Nurse
Cambridge Health Alliance
11.2006 - 07.2007
Registered Nurse – Medical Specialty / Per Diem
Favorite Healthcare Staffing
01.2000 - 12.2005
Registered Nurse – Psychiatric Specialty
Universal Health Services, Arbour Hospital
01.1998 - 12.2011
Master of Science - Nursing / Family Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Northeastern University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Massachusetts
Bachelor of Science - Anthropology / Sociology
University of Massachusetts
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