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Dancing and singing, painting, anything outdoors, animal rescue and fostering, cooking & traveling.
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TANYA WHITE

TANYA WHITE

Middleburg,VA

Summary

Compassionate Registered Nurse with 27 years of experience offering comprehensive patient care in acute and outpatient environments. Works well with diverse patient populations and fosters trusting relationships to improve outcomes. Efficiently coordinate with healthcare professionals to advance patient care. I have expertise in working with the terminally ill as a hospice RN for the past 20 of my 27 years of nursing.

Beyond the previously mentioned qualifications, I bring a decade of experience in offering holistic counseling and energy healing to a varied client base. I am also nearing the completion of a two-year doctoral internship, which serves as the final stage of my clinical PsyD doctorate from Capella University, conducted at the Associated Clinical Practice in Springfield, VA.

My clientele at Associated Clinical Practice primarily consists of adults ages 18 to 60 and above who present with a variety of mental health diagnoses, such as Bipolar 1 and 11, Depression, generalized anxiety disorder, and trauma. I also conduct psychological testing for children and adults.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Travel RN

Travel Max Nursing Agency
01.2007 - Current
  • Completing 13-week travel hospice nursing contracts throughout the USA.

PRN RN

Moses Cone Hospital
11.2014 - 01.2016
  • PRN RN on 35-bed cardiac/telemetry/heart failure unit.

Staff RN

Wake Med Hospital
12.2010 - 12.2012
  • Staff RN on a medical-surgical/telemetry unit. The patient population consisted of individuals with varying degrees of heart failure who required telemetry monitoring, cardioversion, and cardiac catheterization

Hospice RN Case Manager

Hospice of Central Pennsylvania
01.2005 - 05.2007

Hospice RN Case Manager for the terminally ill. My role included case management and symptom management of terminally ill patients in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of nurses, clinical social workers, hospice aids, chaplains, physicians, and volunteers.

Psychiatric Staff RN/Evening Shift Supervisor

Phil-Haven Behavioral Health Hospital
03.2001 - 12.2004

Psychiatric Staff RN/ Evening Shift Supervisor on inpatient psychiatric units for adults and adolescents for one year before being promoted to evening shift supervisor for the entire hospital, which was comprised of psychiatric inpatient adult, adolescent, and children's units, as well as on-campus, long-term child, psychiatric, residential facilities.

Staff RN

Albert Einstein Hospital
01.1999 - 03.2001

Staff RN on surgical orthopedic/ neuro/trauma unit for patients needing total knee replacements, ORIFs, and other orthopedic surgeries. Patients also presented who were victims of motor vehicle accidents and who had sustained gunshot wounds and required post-op care.

Community Health Nurse Case Manager

Association of Puerto Ricans En Marche Inc.
10.1997 - 12.1998

Community health nurse case manager for HIV+ Latino individuals who were clients of a federally funded grant program named La Casa. The role entailed managing the patients' medications and completing weekly in-home physical assessments. It also entailed collaboration with the client's MD and other care providers involved in their plan of care.

Education

Ph.D. - Clinical Psychology

Capella University Online Psychology Program
Minneapolis, MN
09.2024

Master of Science - Family Practice Nurse Practitioner

Chamberlain University
Downers Grove, IL
06.2025

Master of Social Work Degree - Social Work

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
01.2003

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Howard University
Washington, DC
01.1997

Skills

  • Individual, Family and Couple's Therapy
  • Group Therapy
  • Psychological testing for adults and children
  • Holistic/Energy Healing
  • Hospice & Palliative Care Nursing
  • Psychiatric Nursing
  • Cardiac Nursing
  • Oncology Nursing
  • Medication and IV administration
  • Strong Clinical Judgment
  • Training staff
  • Patient Examination
  • Case Management

Certification

  • ACLS, 07/2024
  • BLS, 07/2024
  • Certified in Hospice and Palliative Care, 10/2007

Affiliations

  • National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization
  • National Holistic Nursing Organization

Dancing and singing, painting, anything outdoors, animal rescue and fostering, cooking & traveling.

The first part of my professional and collegiate career was As a performing artist; I attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C., where I studied classical voice. Subsequently, I attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA, where I studied opera for an additional three years. years before changing career paths to nursing.


Therefore, I have a deep love of the arts. I have also been an animal lover all my life, and have fostered and rescued kittens, dogs, cats, and puppies for over 20 years. I love to cook as a stress reliever, and I love to travel. I've had the great fortune of traveling to multiple countries all over the world. In the year 2024, I will be venturing to Africa for the first time.. time. Last year, I spent time in one of the blue zones of the world, Sardinia, Italy.

Languages

Spanish
Professional Working

Timeline

PRN RN

Moses Cone Hospital
11.2014 - 01.2016

Staff RN

Wake Med Hospital
12.2010 - 12.2012

Travel RN

Travel Max Nursing Agency
01.2007 - Current

Hospice RN Case Manager

Hospice of Central Pennsylvania
01.2005 - 05.2007

Psychiatric Staff RN/Evening Shift Supervisor

Phil-Haven Behavioral Health Hospital
03.2001 - 12.2004

Staff RN

Albert Einstein Hospital
01.1999 - 03.2001

Community Health Nurse Case Manager

Association of Puerto Ricans En Marche Inc.
10.1997 - 12.1998

Ph.D. - Clinical Psychology

Capella University Online Psychology Program

Master of Science - Family Practice Nurse Practitioner

Chamberlain University

Master of Social Work Degree - Social Work

Temple University

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Howard University
  • ACLS, 07/2024
  • BLS, 07/2024
  • Certified in Hospice and Palliative Care, 10/2007
TANYA WHITE