Jaaska L. (Cather) Hauser

Assess, diagnose, prescribe medication management and provide supportive psychotherapy to individuals 16 years of age and older, utilizing evidence-based treatment options, in collaboration with the patient. Psychoeducation regarding the mechanism of action, desired therapeutic effects, side effects, and potential adverse reactions to prescribed medications are explained prior to making medication changes, as well as throughout treatment. A holistic approach involving coping strategies, grounding techniques, and non-pharmacological interventions such as mindfulness, yoga, and somatic techniques is included in treatment planning.

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP), ANCC Board Certified - NeuroPsych Wellness Center, PC

(2022-01)

Assess, diagnose, prescribe medication management and provide supportive psychotherapy to individuals 16 years of age and older, utilizing evidence-based treatment options, in collaboration with the patient. Psychoeducation regarding the mechanism of action, desired therapeutic effects, side effects, and potential adverse reactions to prescribed medications are explained prior to making medication changes, as well as throughout treatment. A holistic approach involving coping strategies, grounding techniques, and non-pharmacological interventions such as mindfulness, yoga, and somatic techniques is included in treatment planning.

• Areas of expertise are women's mental health, perinatal mental health, perimenopausal mental health, posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD], anxiety disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity [ADHD], unipolar and bipolar depressive disorders.
• Medication management of FDA approved psychotropics are prescribed safely and conservatively, with adherence to clinical guidelines and DEA regulations.
• Physician Drug Monitoring Program reports are reviewed prior to prescribing any controlled substances.
• Frameworks utilized to support the psychosocial needs of patients include trauma-informed care, cognitive behavioral therapy, and psychodynamic approach.
• Collaborate with supervising psychiatrist, treatment team members, and therapists to optimize patient outcomes.
• Refer patients to appropriate therapies and community resources as needed.
• Provide crisis intervention, assess safety concerns, and transfer to a higher level of care when necessary.

Psychiatric Registered Nurse - Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) Adult & Adolescent Centers; Trauma-Sci Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) - Dominion Hospital

(2019-01 - 2022-12)

• Facilitate group therapies for adults and adolescents in an out-patient psychiatric mental health setting.
• Engage individuals in group to identify triggers, learn new coping skills, manage stress, and learn how to manage conditions such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, PTSD.
• Provide psychosocial and psychotropic medication education.
• Conduct admission intakes, orient new patients to program, transcribe physician orders, provide discharge instructions to patients who have met goals.
• Participate in weekly Treatment Team meetings to discuss patient's progress, update treatment plan, and collaborate with clinicians involved in patient care.

Registered Nurse Manager for Home Health Catastrophic Care Division - The Medical Team

(2018-01 - 2019-12)

Supervision of LPNs and RNs that provide Private Duty Nursing to pediatric patients with long term nursing needs such as tracheostomies, ventilators, feeding tubes and medication administration.

• Conduct monthly on-site supervisory visits.
• Provide education to nurses and families to meet the patients' needs.
• Initiate new patient cases with face-to-face visits, obtaining clinical information and submitting to insurance for authorization of services.
• Scheduling of nurses to provide services to client in home and in schools.
• Develop a Plan of Care that is patient specific.
• Obtain Medicaid authorizations for services, forms for medical necessity; obtain new authorizations every two months.
• Recruit, orient and train new staff.
• Maintain employee education records.
• Conduct annual competency skills fair.
• Serve as a mentor and leader to nursing and administrative staff.

Registered Nurse Case Manager - Sharecare

(2015-01 - 2018-12)

• Facilitated care coordination for patients enrolled in the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) program with chronic medical conditions, decreasing instability and overutilization of health care services by developing and implementing individualized Care Plans; collaborated with all members of the care team: PCP, Specialists, Pharmacists, ancillary providers.
• Executed successful weekly phone communication with 30-35 patients to promote patient activation.
• Formed trusting relationships with PCPs to increase engagement with PCMH and bend the cost curve.

Registered Nurse and Clinical Nurse Specialist - Nuclear Cardiology / Cardiovascular Lab - Winchester Medical Center

(2012-01 - 2015-12)

• Supervised an average of 10-12 Cardiac Stress Tests daily, including administration of Dobutamine and Lexiscan for chemical stress tests.
• Orchestrated Performance Improvement projects resulting in quarterly Outstanding Patient Satisfaction results, decreased length of stay for in-patients and decreased "no-show" rate of out-patients.
• Elected Team Leader during Cardio-Pulmonary resuscitation efforts.
• Guided the implementation of EPIC as a Designated Super User.

Registered Nurse and Clinical Nurse Specialist - Cardiovascular Interventional Unit - Winchester Medical Center

(2008-01 - 2012-12)

• Oversaw the daily operation of the unit as Charge RN via appropriate nurse: patient assignments.
• Served as Unit-Based Educator maintaining employee education records, providing in-services, conducting annual Performance Improvement Projects aimed at JCAHO's National Patient Safety Goals, oriented new staff to unit.
• Provided exemplary bedside care to patients pre and post cardiovascular angioplasty.

Registered Nurse and Clinical Nurse Specialist - Cardiac Catheterization Lab - Winchester Medical Center

(2001-01 - 2008-12)

• Rotated successfully through the roles of: Scrub nurse, circulator, and recorder during angioplasty, hemodynamic monitoring, pacemaker, and ICD insertion procedures at a Certified Chest Pain Center, resulting in continuous exemplary "door-to-balloon" time.
• Attained Clinical Ladder IV position, served as a mentor, preceptor to new staff, pioneered annual Performance Improvement Projects which resulted in improved patient safety.
• Unit Based Chairperson 2006-07, Unit Based Co-Chair 2005-06.
• Charge RN, Preceptor.

Registered Nurse – Pre-operative care unit and post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) - Countryside Ambulatory Surgery Center

(2000-01 - 2001-12)

Staff nurse for patients admitted for outpatient surgery. Preoperative assessment as well as postoperative nursing care in first and second stage PACU.

• Quality Assurance /Quality Improvement Department Chairperson, Preceptor.

Registered Nurse- Emergency Department - Inova Mt. Vernon Hospital

(1998-01 - 2000-12)

Staff nurse providing emergent, urgent, and non-emergent care to patients.

• Charge RN, Triage RN, Preceptor.
• Department Chairperson of the Shared Leadership Practice Council.

Registered Nurse -General Surgery, Trauma, and Organ Transplantation - Inova Fairfax Hospital

(1993-01 - 1998-12)

Nursing care of patients status post major abdominal surgeries; kidney, liver, and pancreas transplantation, and multi-trauma at a Level 1 trauma center and teaching hospital.

• Unit Base Education Committee, Preceptor.

Registered Nurse - Cardiothoracic Surgery and Surgical Step-Down Unit - George Washington University Medical Center

(1991-01 - 1993-12)

Staff RN for patients status post open heart surgeries, cardiothoracic surgeries, and critical care level status post general surgeries. 12-week Critical Care Internship included in orientation.

Post-MSN Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certification - Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing - Maryville University (2022-01)

Master of Science in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner - Marymount University (1997-01)

Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing - George Mason University (1995-01)

Associate in Applied Science in Nursing - Nursing - Northern Virginia Community College (1991-01)