Christine Muthaura

Compassionately providing care to patients struggling with mental health and substance use in their homes, community, and acute inpatient care settings. Knowledge of risk assessment and application of evidence-based practice in care delivery to individuals struggling with mental health issues and dual diagnosis. Ability to work independently in an efficient and organized manner while performing all-encompassing care coordination/case delivery tasks and appropriate task delegation when required.

Staff Nurse-inpatient psychiatry / Inpatient Psychiatric RN - Hennepin County Healthcare Center - Minneapolis, MN

(2025-02)

• Assess patients daily and as needed for symptoms, safety, exacerbating psychiatric or medical concerns and liaise with their multidisciplinary teams for further assessment/treatment
• Risk assessment and crisis interventions using the least restrictive approaches
• Utilizing evidence-based practice in approaching daily care of the inpatient psychiatric patient to promote their physical, psychological and emotional well-being
• Medication administration, assessing for adverse events and educating patients on expected side-effects of psychotropic medications

Behavioral Response Team member - Unknown Organization

(2025-07)

• Rapid intervention and de-escalation by conducting rapid professional assessments of the individual's mental status and safety risks, and providing in-person support to calm challenging or dangerous behaviors
• Proactively managing crisis to minimize or prevent the need for physical restraints or seclusion
• Collaborating with clinical staff and security personnel to ensure a secure environment during acute psychiatric emergencies
• Providing brief education on recognizing behavioral trends to prevent future crises and conducting post-incident debriefings with staff to process stressful events

Travel Nurse - Unknown Organization

(2020-09 - 2024-12)

• Assess patients daily or as needed for exacerbation in symptoms, or new psychiatric and medical health issues and referring for further treatment as needed
• Ensuring high standard care for the patient through care coordination with various healthcare professionals involved in the patient care
• Risk assessment and crisis intervention utilizing the least restrictive methods
• Promoting physical, psychological, and emotional safety of the patients in accordance with trauma-informed practices
• Providing psychiatric care in an acute inpatient adult psychiatric unit
• Conducting daily and as needed patients' assessment and analyzing records to define treatment strategies in collaboration with Medical providers
• Medication administration, assessing for side effects/adverse reactions

Registered Nurse - ACT, Behavioral Health RN - Radias Health - St Paul, MN

(2017-10 - 2020-09)

• Collaborates with the psychiatric providers and primary care providers for efficient medication management of the clients in the community
• Ongoing health assessment of the clients while in the community and facilitating the integration of primary care services for the client by setting up appointments, supporting in attendance and follow up care
• Administering Long-Acting antipsychotic injections to the clients in the community
• Psycho education to clients on mental illness symptoms management with antipsychotics
• Provision of substance abuse counselling to dually diagnosed clients, assisting in finding placements for detox and addiction treatment when needed
• Independent living skills coaching and illness management supervision and education
• Crisis stabilization and prevention planning

Registered Nurse - Prairie St John's - Fargo, ND

(2015-08 - 2017-10)

• Provide direct quality care to patients including monitoring them during detox, administering medications and assessing for medical conditions of up to 24 patients per day
• Interacting with patients of different age sets and ethnic backgrounds while offering them quality mental health and chemical dependency treatment and supporting them during crisis moments
• Completing the admission and discharge processes into the CD residential treatment facilities of the hospital
• Assessing patients for mental health crisis, suicidal ideations or homicidal ideations and coordinating for appropriate care placement
• Training in new newly hired nurses in my role as a preceptor

Associate Degree In Nursing - Nursing - Iowa Lakes Community College (2014-07)

Bachelor of Science In Nursing - Nursing - Minnesota State University-Moorhead (2018-05)

MSN-PMHNP - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Spring Arbor University (2025-12)