Beth Renay Cloos
Salem
Summary
Compassionate Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Skilled in patient assessment, treatment plan development, and medication management. Excel at communication, empathy, and resilience, ensuring effective patient care and positive outcomes.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Value Core Mental Health
Telehealth Remote
07.2024 - Current
- Conducted comprehensive psychiatric evaluations for diverse patient populations.
- Prescribed medications following best practices and regulatory standards for mental health.
- Monitored patient progress and adjusted treatment plans as necessary to ensure efficacy.
- Provided education and support to patients and families regarding mental health conditions.
- Performed comprehensive psychiatric evaluations of patients in an outpatient setting.
- Ensured compliance with HIPAA regulations related to patient privacy rights.
- Monitored patient progress through periodic reviews of medical charts, lab results, and other relevant data sources.
Behavioral Health Officer
Department of Interior/ USDA
Remote
07.2025 - Current
- Developed and implemented behavioral health programs for firefighters.
- Analyzed health data to identify trends and inform strategic planning.
- Participated in interdisciplinary teams focused on improving mental health outcomes.
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Indian Health Service
Salem
01.2020 - 12.2024
- Assess, diagnose, and treat mental health conditions for the high risk, high need Native American populations, across the lifespan
- Manage and monitor ADHD patient’s stimulant treatment and compliance
- Provide MAT (Medication Assisted Treatment) drug treatment for opioid dependent patients.
- Psychiatric subject matter expert for the Integrated Mental Health team
- Increased mental health treatment for community patient by 50% in 2021
- Completed MAT training with X-waiver certification to provide substance abuse treatment to the Native American population in alignment with the Surgeon General’s opioid and addiction priority
- Created a depression registry that monitors and tracks depression scores for more than 260 WOSU patients and initiated contact with patients to offer mental health services; while also ensuring compliance with Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010
- Provided preceptorship for a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner students with Johns Hopkins School of Nursing-PMHNP program, and with Gonzaga University School of Nursing-PMHNP program. Provided graduate nurse practitioner students supervision, and taught the application of advanced nursing practice theory.
Advanced Practice Nurse II
Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
Sheridan
09.2019 - 01.2020
- Was being used in my prior Clinical Nurse Senior Level I capacity.
- Provide nursing care to Care 3 mental health inmates.
- Provide ambulatory and primary care for over 2,000 inmates.
- Provide emergency after hours care for over 2,000 inmates.
- Mentor, train, and assisted new clinic staff to include nurses and clerical staff.
- Manage the monitoring of various nursing duties for our Federal Detention Center and Federal Prison Camp.
- Provide patient education to inmates.
- Provide preventative care by providing medication counseling, immunizations, health screenings and Tuberculosis screening to inmates.
- Became the first Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and the first non-contract Psychiatric Provider at FCI Sheridan.
- Authored local operating procedure for pharmacy in Sheridan, OR, increasing medication compliance among high-risk mental health inmates from 67% to 87%.
Clinical Nurse Senior Level I (CNSL I)
Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
Sheridan
05.2016 - 09.2019
- Provide nursing care to Care 3 mental health inmates.
- Provide ambulatory and primary care for over 2,000 inmates.
- Provide emergency after hours care for over 2,000 inmates.
- Mentor, train, and assisted new clinic staff to include nurses and clerical staff.
- Manage the monitoring of various nursing duties for our Federal Detention Center and Federal Prison Camp.
- Provide patient education to inmates.
- Provide preventative care by providing medication counseling, immunizations, health screenings and Tuberculosis screening to inmates.
- Authored procedures and training guide for scabies recognition and treatment for entire nursing and ancillary staff during a scabies outbreak at FCI Sheridan.
- Authored the first Narcan staff training module that will be mandatory for all 300+ FCI Sheridan Staff.
- Participated in mass vaccination and PPD clinics for both staff and inmates.
Clinical Nurse, Pediatric Clinic
Indian Health Services
Tuba City
11.2010 - 11.2012
- Manage clinic patient flow to maximize treatment times.
- Research and administer Immunizations to pediatric patients.
- Monitor and assess patient safety and patient needs.
- Anticipate and advocate all patient needs.
- Educated patients regarding disease process and healthy living choices.
- Perform charge nurse and temporary assistant lead clinical nurse responsibilities.
- Acting Lead Clinical Nurse, managing the staff, and patient flow of the clinic.
- Assisted staff with advancement and promotion through awards and optimizing recognition.
- Oversaw clinic day-to-day activities, and partnered with pharmacy for the Arizona Vaccine program.
Clinical Nurse, Short Stay Surgery and Post-anesthesia Care Unit
Indian Health Service
Tuba City
08.2009 - 11.2010
- Educate and prepare patients pre-operatively.
- Manage patient recovery and provide post-operative education to patients and families.
- Monitor post-operative patient safety and vital signs for signs of distress and intervention needs.
- Anticipate and advocate patient needs both pre-operatively and post-operatively.
- Perform charge nurse responsibilities and duties.
- Charge nurse duties, managing the staff and patient flow of the department.
- Assisted staff with advancement and promotion through awards and optimizing recognition.
- Assisted in the continuation of the Nursing Skills rodeo.
- Participated in a mass vaccination clinic, personally providing influenza vaccines to over 100 individuals.
Clinical Nurse, Adult Care Unit
Indian Health Services
Tuba City
03.2008 - 08.2009
- Manage care of Med/Surg patients, coordinating care and procedures inter-departmentally.
- Assist patients with activities of daily living and assure patient safety.
- Educated patients regarding disease process and healthy living.
- Anticipate and advocate patient needs.
- Perform charge nurse responsibilities and duties.
- Delegate tasks to other nursing staff and support services as necessary to ensure timely and efficient patient care.
- Charge nurse duties, managing the staff and patient flow of the department.
- Assisted staff with advancement and promotion through awards and optimizing recognition.
- Participated in research team to evaluate, recommend and present to administration new nurse to patient ratios for Med/Surg floors at Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation. Proposal was approved and implemented.
- Participated in organization of first annual Nursing Skills Rodeo, and served as instructor for hospital wide RN recertification on medication mixture and administration.
Education
Master of Science in Nursing - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Gonzaga University
01.2018
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing
Linfield-Good Samaritan School of Nursing
01.2007
Skills
- Medication prescribing
- Patient evaluation
- Treatment planning
- Substance abuse treatment
- Cultural competency
- Evidence-based practice
Certification
- Mental Health First Aid: Adult, National Council for Behavioral Health, 2019-2021
- APRN Role: Psychiatric/Mental Health, American Nursing Credentialing Center, 07/2023-07/2028
- BOP Certified Preventive Health Nurse Program Coordinator, Bureau of Prisons, No expiration
- Psychological First Aid, National Child Traumatic Stress Network, No expiration
- COVID-19 Contact Tracing, Coursera, No expiration
- NP/PA 24-hour Buprenorphine Waiver Training 2019-2020, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, No expiration
Awards
Commendation Medal, 2022, Public Health Service Citation, 2010, Presidential Unit Citation, 2016, Unit Commendation, 2010, Crisis Response Service Award, 2022, Covid-19 Pandemic Campaign Medal, 2020, Hazardous Duty Award, 2013, Isolated Hardship Award, 2008, Commissioned Corps Training Ribbon, 2009, WOSU Employee of the Quarter, 2024, Executive Award: Integrated Behavioral Health Team for Willingness, 2022, WOSU Employee of the Quarter, 2022, Portland Area Customer Service Award, 2020, COVID-19 Pandemic Heroism Award, 2020, Letter of Appreciation: Contributions to the PHS Nurse Responder Workgroup, 2022, Letter of Appreciation: Contributions and Leadership to WOSU, 2022, Letter of Appreciation: HRSA Nurse Corps Scholarship Team, 2021, Letter of Appreciation: HRSA Nurse Corps Scholarship Team, 2021, Letter of Appreciation: Responder Spot Award for ST088 deployment to St. Paul, Minnesota, 2021, Letter of Appreciation: Participating in the WOSU patient COVID and Influenza mass vaccination, 2020, Letter of Appreciation: Serving as a Nurse Practitioner for Yakima Service Unit’s external COVID triage area, 2020, Letter of Appreciation: Providing on-site contact tracing for the Yakima Service Unit during their emergency response to the COVID outbreak, 2019, Letter of Appreciation: Assistance in identifying areas for quality improvement at the BOP, 2017
Affiliations
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners, General member, 2016-Current
- Association of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses, General member, 2016-Current
Publications
Cloos, Beth. (2015). Leadership. The Nursing Insider-A Newsletter for BOP Nursing Staff, January 2015 Edition. Retrieved from http://sallyport.bop.gov/co/hsd/nurse/docs/Nursing%20Newsletters/NursingInsider_201501.pdf
Training
- Diabetes, PACE, Presentation, Chemawa Indian School, 02/2020
- First Responder Training, Annual Refresher Training, Presentation, BOP, 02/2017
- First Responder Training, Annual Refresher Training, Presentation, BOP, 02/2016
- Scabies Training, Staff Training, Presentation, BOP, 06/2015
- Infectious Disease, Annual Refresher Training, Presentation, BOP, 02/2015
- Hand Hygiene, Annual Refresher Training, Presentation, BOP, 02/2015
PERFORMANCE
- Created the Care Coordination Committee to help provide seamless patient care between primary care and mental health providers, and identifying high risk patients; while providing support for patient case management.
- Expanded patient outreach at Western Oregon Service Unit and increased psychiatric mental health visits by 321% in fiscal year 2021. And Increased clinic revenue by $386,895 for fiscal year 10/2020-9/2021, and $548,871.61 for fiscal year 10/2021-9/2022.
- Completed Medication Assisted Treatment training with X-waiver certification to provide substance abuse treatment to the Native American population in alignment with the Surgeon General’s opioid and addiction priority.
- PHS awards received since last promotion: Commendation Medal, USPHS Crisis Response Service Award, USPHS Covid-19 Pandemic Campaign Medal
- Non-PHS awards received since last promotion: Employee of the Quarter 2024, Executive Award: Integrated Behavioral Health Team for Willingness, Portland Area Customer Service Award
CAREER PROGRESSION AND POTENTIAL
- Excelled as an O-4 and promoted to an O-5.
- Successful in Agency and Geographic (AZ and OR) moves as well as serving in all Mission Priority Buckets: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (2020-2022)- Indian Health Service (IHS), Mission Priority Buckets 1, 2, 3, and 5; Advanced Practice Nurse II (2019-2020)- Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Mission Priority Buckets 1, 2, 3, and 4; Clinical Nurse Senior Level I (CNSL I) (2016-2019)- BOP, Mission Priority Buckets 1, 2, and 4; Clinical Nurse Intermediate- (2012-2016)- BOP, Mission Priority Buckets 1, 2, and 4; and Clinical Nurse (2018-2012)- IHS, Mission Priority Buckets 1, 2, and 4
- As Subject Matter Expert, served as preceptor for students in two Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Programs
- Collateral duties: Case Coordination Committee Leader, Medication Safety Committee Member, Integrated and Behavioral Health Committee Member, Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee Member
USPHS ASSIGNMENT COLLATERAL DUTIES
- Team Member, PHS Nurse Responder Workgroup, Provided subject matter expertise to assist with the creation of the PHS mental health nurse responder competencies, 2022
- Preceptor, Gonzaga University-PMHNP program, Provided graduate nurse practitioner students supervision, and taught the application of practice theory, 2022-Current
- Leader, Case Coordination Review Committee, Created and led the organization of this committee for complex case management assistance via a multidisciplinary panel for the clinic’s medical and behavioral health teams, 2022-Current
- Leader, Integrated and Behavioral Health Committee, Created and led the organization of this committee, which focus on the coordination and organization of patient care between the Integrated Behavioral Health team, 2022
- Preceptor, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing-PMHNP program, Provided graduate nurse practitioner students supervision, and taught the application of practice theory, 2021
- Member, Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, Advocated for the inclusion of new mental health medications, with successful addition to the pharmacy formulary, 2020-Current
- Member, Medication Safety Committee, Review the safety of medication use, and patient use, of controlled substances, and other high-risk medications, 2020-Current
CONTINUING EDUCATION (PLANS, DEVELOPS, LEADS)
- First Responder Training for BOP staff, Presenter and Leader, 2017
- First Responder Training for BOP staff, Presenter and Leader, 2016
- Scabies Training, Created and Presented, 2015
PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING & EXPERIENCE
- COVID-19 Contact Tracing, Coursera, Attendee, 2020
- Pre-deployment Training for COVID-19, USPHS, Attendee, 2020
- COVID-19 Patient Management Training Program, USPHS, Attendee, 2020
- NP/PA 24-hour Buprenorphine Waiver Training 2019-2020, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Attendee, 2020
- Mental Health First Aid: Adult, National Council for Behavioral Health, Attendee, 2019
- Clozapine REM, Oregon State Board of Nursing, Attendee, 2018
- FEMA, USPHS, Attendee, 2008
USPHS CAREER PROGRESSION OVERVIEW
- 07/2023-Current, CDR, O-5, non-supervisory, Advance Practice Provider, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Indian Health Service, Salem, Oregon, 1, 2, 3
- 01/2020-Current, LCDR, O-4, non-supervisory, Advance Practice Provider, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Indian Health Service, Salem, Oregon, 1, 2, 3
- 09/2019-01/2020, LCDR, O-4, non-supervisory, Advance Practice Provider, Advanced Practice Nurse II, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Sheridan, Oregon, 1, 2, 4
- 05/2016-09/2019, LCDR, O-4, non-supervisory, Senior Nurse, Clinical Nurse Senior Level I (CNSL I), Federal Bureau of Prisons, Sheridan, Oregon, 1, 2, 4
- 11/2012-05/2016, LT, O-3, non-supervisory, Staff Nurse, Clinical Nurse Intermediate, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Sheridan, Oregon, 1, 2, 4
- 11/2010-11/2012, LT, O-3, non-supervisory, Staff Nurse, Clinical Nurse, Pediatric Clinic, Indian Health Service, Tuba City, Arizona, 1, 2, 4
- 08/2009-11/2010, LTJG, O-2, non-supervisory, Staff Nurse, Clinical Nurse, SSS/PACU, Indian Health Service, Tuba City, Arizona, 1, 2, 4
- 03/2008-08/2009, LTJG, O-2, non-supervisory, Staff Nurse, Clinical Nurse, ACU, Indian Health Service, Tuba City, Arizona, 1, 2, 4
HONOR/INTEGRITY/DUTY (DEPLOYMENTS)
- Please note that Navajo Nation IHS and BOP continually denied requests to deploy on missions due to site mission critical status (2008-2019)
- COVID-19: ST088, St. Paul, MN, Nurse: provided high quality care to high need patients; increased the unit patient load from 3 to 29, 2021
- IHS: Critical Short Staffing TDY, COVID screener, Screened patients for COVID symptoms in a short staffed, high risk IHS facility during the peak outbreak period, 2020
- IHS: COVID-19 contact tracing TDY, Contact Tracer, Provided COVID symptoms and contact tracing for a short staffed, high risk IHS facility during the peak outbreak period, 2020
- BOP: Critical Short Staffing TDY, Nurse, Provided nursing assistance to inmates during a critical staffing shortage, helping the facility become nursing procedure compliant, 2013
OTHER COMMISSIONED CORPS AND PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
- PHS Nurse Responder Workgroup, Mental Health Team Member, Provided subject matter expertise to assist with the creation of the PHS mental health nurse responder competencies, 2022
- Advance Practice Registered Nurse Group, General member, 2018-Current
- Nurse PAC, General member, 2008-Current
USPHS Collateral Duties
- RedDog: Tier 3 Roster C, Role: Nurse, Recent deployment: COVID-19: ST088, St. Paul, MN, 2008-Current
- External Reviewer, HRSA Nurse Corps Scholarship Team, Reviewed applications for acceptance into the scholarship program, 2021
- PACE, Region 10 member, Provided diabetes education to high school students, 2020-Current
- USPHS COA, General member, 2016-Current
- Willamette Valley COA, Co-chair: Vice President, The first Vice President for the newly formed COA, 2019
Mentoring Activities
- Official Category Program, Mentee of CAPT Malini Krishnan, 2022
- Other PHS/Agency Program, Agency Mentor Program: Mentor x 3, 2013-current
Timeline
Behavioral Health Officer
Department of Interior/ USDA
07.2025 - Current
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Value Core Mental Health
07.2024 - Current
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Indian Health Service
01.2020 - 12.2024
Advanced Practice Nurse II
Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
09.2019 - 01.2020
Clinical Nurse Senior Level I (CNSL I)
Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
05.2016 - 09.2019
Clinical Nurse, Pediatric Clinic
Indian Health Services
11.2010 - 11.2012
Clinical Nurse, Short Stay Surgery and Post-anesthesia Care Unit
Indian Health Service
08.2009 - 11.2010
Clinical Nurse, Adult Care Unit
Indian Health Services
03.2008 - 08.2009
Master of Science in Nursing - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Gonzaga University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing
Linfield-Good Samaritan School of Nursing
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