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uzochukwu ekpunobi

West Haven,CT

Summary

Skilled nursing professional with more than 18years of experience and passion for providing highest quality of behavioral and medical care. Recently board certified 5/30/24 (PMHBP-BC). Compassionate and empathetic advocate for patients and families. Skillfully assesses health status, develops diagnoses and manages care for patients with acute and chronic concerns. Experienced in structured and unstructured environments, smoothly coordinating multiple activities and competing priorities.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

staff rn medsurg unit va hospital

11.2021 - Current
  • Admitting and discharging paperwork, education, and care planning
  • Monitoring vital signs
  • Administering medications
  • Operating and maintaining equipment – IV tubes, feeding tubes, Catheters, oxygen tubing
  • Documenting patient cares, needs, and progress
  • Communicating and collaborating with care team
  • Helping with pain control
  • Wound care

staff rn in inpatient adult psych, yale new haven hospital

03.2021 - Current
  • Completes physical and mental health assessments and gauges patients’ psychiatric states
  • Evaluate needs of acute psych inpatients and administer treatment modalities and therapies accordingly
  • Administer prescribed medications and treatments and monitor adherence to treatment regimens
  • Facilitates social and emotional needs of a wide variety of psychiatric patients
  • Remove potentially harmful and triggering environmental features
  • Promote therapeutic communication with empathy to help patients feel comfortable about their psychiatric symptoms
  • Provide essential teaching to clients regarding their acute psychiatric symptoms
  • Collaborates with a variety of interdisciplinary professionals to determine psychiatric intervention plans
  • Consults with psychiatrists and other behavioral health staff in designing appropriate treatment plants for clients
  • Recording patients’ mental health journeys and reporting on notable alterations

on call hospice rn, athena hospice

07.2019 - Current
  • Provides direct Hospice nursing care to patients to maintain the highest level of comfort at the end of life
  • Completes nursing assessment and updates plan of care while including the patient and family in the planning process
  • Regularly assess patients for home care needs, being aware of the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects and gather data on social, economic, and cultural factors which may influence health, well-being, and quality of life
  • Monitoring condition changes in patients and controlling their symptoms, and communicating with health care providers about the patient’s needs and change in status
  • Responds to calls from patients, families, caregivers, and referral sources
  • Effectively interacts with patients, families, and other healthcare team members.
  • Perform patient admission visits and coordinate services and provide point of service electronic charting and documentation at time of patient visit and admission

staff nurse (lpn), va connecticut healthcare system

07.2015 - Current
  • Member of an outpatient clinic setting managing Veterans with PTSD, alcohol use disorder, and opioid use disorder
  • Psychiatric experience in a busy outpatient clinic setting
  • Administering anti-psychotic and opiate antagonists Depo injections such as Abilify and Naltrexone
  • Methadone and Buprenorphine dispensing
  • Good communication skills and comfort in working with individuals with mental health and substance use disorders
  • Good computer skills for documentation and appointment scheduling
  • Great team player in collaborating with different members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team

STAFF NURSE, ST. JOSEPH’S CENTER

08.2010 - Current
  • Assumes the professional responsibility and accountability for a group of residents including medication and treatment administration such as PO and IV medications, education, and counseling on medical diagnoses, and procedures
  • Participates as an active member of the healthcare interdisciplinary team to implement nursing care plans, daily charting, and documentation of care
  • Communicates and collaborates effectively with residents, families, physicians, LPN’s and nursing aides and other healthcare team members to meet the goals and needs of the residents
  • Guides and directs certified nursing assistants and license practical nurses to assure adherence of practice within their scope of care, patient specific care plans, and policies and procedures
  • Obtains a variety of specimens for laboratory analysis, interprets results of glucose tests, performs daily special treatments such as wound care and urinary catheterizations

Education

PMHNP - APRN

Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
08.2023

Bachelor of Science in Nursing -

Purdue University Global
04.2021

Associate of Science in Nursing -

Excelsior College
11.2019

Diploma in Practical Nursing -

New England Technical Institute
05.2005

Skills

  • Mental health and PTSD counseling and management
  • Mental health crisis intervention
  • BLS certified
  • IV trained including IV medication administration
  • Technological skills such as CPRS, VISTA, AVATAR, GUI, EPIC
  • Member of Connecticut Nurses’ Association
  • Member AANP

Timeline

staff rn medsurg unit va hospital

11.2021 - Current

staff rn in inpatient adult psych, yale new haven hospital

03.2021 - Current

on call hospice rn, athena hospice

07.2019 - Current

staff nurse (lpn), va connecticut healthcare system

07.2015 - Current

STAFF NURSE, ST. JOSEPH’S CENTER

08.2010 - Current

PMHNP - APRN

Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

Bachelor of Science in Nursing -

Purdue University Global

Associate of Science in Nursing -

Excelsior College

Diploma in Practical Nursing -

New England Technical Institute

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