Psychiatric mental health practitioner – part time - Cedars Health and Rehab
(2025-03)
Patient population from 30 to 97 year olds
- Provide mental care for residents with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD, Borderline personality disorder, ADHD and dementia.
- Psychotropic medication management
- Monitoring labs closely to ensure the patients get the right dose of the medication, monitor signs for toxicity and intervene appropriately.
- Coordinate with the interdisciplinary team in the patients' mental health care
- Coordinate with the family as well regarding their loved ones mental health care and attend to any related concerns
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) - Clinical Practicum Experience - Maryville University St Louis MO
(2022 - 2024)
Completed 675 hours of clinical practicum in mental health across the lifespan and 80 hours of clinical in advanced health assessment
- Identified patients' mental health problems and treatment plans through health/behavioral assessment
- Provided outstanding comprehensive and focused assessment of individuals and families across the lifespan
- Demonstrated proficiency in the use of the Telehealth platform to conduct mental health assessments and provide appropriate interventions
- Excelled in the documentation of patients' encounter in electronic medical record
- Demonstrated proficiency in Psychiatric mental health SOAP Note Documentation
- Proficient in motivational interviewing, Cognitive behavior therapy, supportive therapy, and group therapy
- Participated in the treatment and management of Medication Assisted Treatment
- Excelled in collaboration and advocacy in the management of the mentally ill population across the lifespan
Staff nurse - UVA Medical Center - Charlottesville, Virginia
(2020-10)
- Administered care to patients with cardiac complications such as heart failure, heart valve disease, and chest pain
- Attended conferences and in-service in managing patients using mechanical cardiac life support devices such as (LVADs).
- Notify the doctors of patients' heath decompensation and referral to a high level of care.
- Precept new nurses on the unit.
- Provided talk therapy to patients with co-occurring mental health challenges such as depression and anxiety
Staff nurse - Columbus Specialty Hospital - Newark, NJ
(2018-02 - 2020-10)
- Administer drips to hemodynamically unstable patients, and to restless patients with newly placed endotracheal tubes or tracheostomy tubes and titrate the drips accordingly
- Monitor patients on mechanical ventilators and intervene appropriately for any distress
- Perform tracheostomy care
- Perform cardiac monitoring on patients with cardiac issues and respond to any rhythm abnormalities appropriately
- Coordinate with the doctors to Institute septic protocols on septic patients
- Perform comprehensive admission assessment and shift assessment as required
- Collect specimens for the labs including blood draw
- Report critical labs and a change in patient's condition to the doctor and implement doctor's orders
- Document the assessment and any change in patient's condition in HCS and develop the plan of care
- Apply fall, aspiration, infection and pressure ulcer prevention protocols as required
- Administer enteral feeding and TPN
- Insert peripheral lines for IV therapy and IV fluids, and perform central line dressing change
- Monitor patients with pain and provide pain management interventions
- Perform wound care management using wound vacs and hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Perform blood transfusion as required
- Perform Chest tube management as required
- Provide supervision to junior staff
- Mentor and orient new hires
Staff nurse - Park crescent health and rehabilitation center - East Orange, NJ
(2016-09 - 2018-01)
- Performed comprehensive assessment on admissions and documented the assessment
- Notified the doctors for any critical labs or a change in patient's condition
- Took orders from the doctors and implemented them
- Performed wound care and pain management
- Instituted fall and aspiration prevention precautions for patients at risk
- Delegated responsibilities to LPN/LVN and CNAs
- Provided in service to LPN/LVN and CNAs
Staff nurse - Fortress health and Rehab center - College Station, TX
(2013-10 - 2014-06)
- Performed comprehensive head to toe assessment and documented the assessment
- Administered medication in timely manner
- Performed wound care and managed pain
- Reported critical labs or change in patient condition to the doctor
- Prepared the patients for dialysis and monitored them following dialysis
Staff nurse - College station Medical center - College station, TX
(2013-07 - 2013-09)
- Received patients from emergency unit and performed comprehensive admission assessment
- Performed peripheral line insertion for IV medication and IV fluid administration
- Performed blood transfusion
- Prepared patient for procedures by ensuring that they remain NPO midnight as per the doctors' orders, and by ensuring consents for invasive procedures are signed
- Closely monitored patients following surgical procedures and intervened appropriately for any change in condition
- Encourage early ambulation as per the hospital protocols to avoid DVT
- Monitored patients on cardiac monitors and intervened for abnormal rhythms
- Performed discharge planning
Science Teacher - Ibubi Girls' High School - Kenya
(2002-09 - 2007-07)
- Teaching mathematics and biology
- Christian Union Patron
- School counselor
