Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at PLYMOUTH PSYCH GROUP (2024-06 – Present)
Provides comprehensive psychiatric care to patients in an outpatient clinic setting.
- Conducts thorough psychiatric evaluations and assessments of patients to provide accurate diagnosis and individualized treatment plans.
- Adept in providing direct patient care in both in person and telehealth format.
- Focuses on providing holistic and patient centered treatment plans by carefully listening to the patient's wants and needs for their treatment.
- Sees patients ages 5 and up with diagnoses such as depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, autism spectrum disorders, disruptive mood dysregulation disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, and schizoaffective disorders.
- Manages a caseload of over 300 patients, ensuring timely follow-ups, appropriate medication management, and holistic approach to treatment.
- Started and ran a parent support group for parents of children with neurodivergence that is well attended by members of the community.
- Precepts future PMHNP students, teaching them how to provide comprehensive psychiatric care to patients in an outpatient setting.
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Student at PLYMOUTH PSYCH GROUP (2024-01 – 2024-04)
200 Clinical Hours
- Shadowed and worked collaboratively with a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who is doctorly prepared.
- Participated in direct patient care both in person and through telehealth.
- Collaborated with preceptor on diagnosis and treatment decisions while taking a patient centered and holistic approach to treatment plans.
- Participated in weekly consult meetings and collaborated with other providers and care team members on selected patient cases.
- Worked with patients age 11 and up with diagnoses such as depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, disruptive mood dysregulation disorders, and bipolar disorders.
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Student at NORTH SUBURBAN COUNSELING CENTER (2023-09 – 2024-04)
300+ Clinical Hours
- Shadowed and worked collaboratively with Psychiatrist who is certified in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry with over 30 years of experience.
- Participated in intake and medical management appointments for patients age 16 and above.
- Collaborated with preceptor on diagnosis and treatment decisions and plans for patients with severe mental illnesses such as personality disorders, schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder.
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Student at PSYFI TMS (2023-10 – 2023-12)
150 Psychotherapy Hours
- Shadowed and worked collaboratively with a Licensed Graduate Social Worker who has a masters of trauma-informed social work.
- Participated in psychotherapy sessions that were a combination of talk therapy, CBT, DBT, and play therapy rooted in attachment and somatic theories from a trauma-informed approach.
- Worked and developed therapeutic relationships with patients as young as age 7 to those over the age of 70 to help them process and cope with the life experiences and mental illnesses that they were experiencing.
Registered Nurse, Children's Residential Treatment Center at VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA MN & WI (2022-03 – 2023-09)
- Managed the nursing aspect of a locked residential mental health treatment center for ages 11-17, and triaged calls from the Resident Counselors at all Residential Youth Services sites.
- Provided culturally competent and trauma informed nursing care to 6-24 residents.
- Attended and participated in all administrative meetings as needed.
- Redesigned and updated Medication Teaching class by reformatting, rewriting, reorganizing, and creating new manuals, skill checklists, PowerPoints, videos, and test to fit an eight-hour class length while creating and maintaining a disability friendly format.
- Trained Residential Counselors in medication administration, and all healthcare policies and procedures.
- Attended and assisted during resident's sessions with the Psychiatrist, enter prescription orders electronically, and assist with any other needs.
- Managed obtaining informed consent from guardians, ordering medications, filling out prior authorizations, and regular auditing of the medication cart and files.
- Oversaw implementation of a smooth transition to electronic MAR charting system from paper charting.
Registered Nurse, Nurse Manager at RESCARE MINNESOTA (2020-07 – 2022-03)
- Provided care to persons served on an as needed basis.
- Managed the nursing aspect of 53 group homes, up to 212 patients, and triage calls from the Direct Support Professionals.
- Organized and implemented a companywide covid vaccination clinic for all staff and persons served at the St. Paul location. That model was then adopted by our parent company, BrightSprings, and rolled out across 48 states.
- Oversaw and managed the St. Paul nursing department.
- Directly oversaw and managed an LPN.
- Implementation of electronic MAR charting system from paper charting.
- Updated and modernized the medication administration class multiple times to meet employee needs and change from paper to electronic charting.
Registered Nurse, Cardiovascular Diagnostic Services at ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL (2017-01 – 2020-06)
- Provided care and maintain comfort for patients undergoing transesophageal echocardiogram procedures.
- Utilized moderate sedation techniques and monitored patients from pre procedure through recovery and discharge.
- Administered stress medications during cardiac stress test with EKG, PET or SPECT monitoring.
Registered Nurse, Interventional Radiology at ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL (2015-06 – 2017-01)
- Administered care to patients undergoing IR procedures, monitoring acute and critical conditions.
- Educated patients on diagnostic imaging procedures, sedation, recovery process and after care.
- Worked as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide excellent patient care during procedures in interventional radiology, ultrasound, CT, and MRI using light to moderate sedation.
Registered Nurse, ICU at UNITED HOSPITAL (2011-07 – 2015-05)
- Cared for a wide variety of patients on a busy 30-bed Intensive Care Unit.
- Coached and mentored a student nurse as he developed nursing skills during his Capstone project.
Registered Nurse at UNITED HOSPITAL (2007-07 – 2008-08)
