Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Part Time - Trinity Psychiatry - Plano, TX
(2025-05)
- Conducts comprehensive outpatient psychiatric evaluation with a focus on safety, stabilization, and patient education
- Diagnose mental health disorders using DSM-5 criteria and deliver evidence-based treatment including medication management, and brief therapeutic intervention to support long-term stability to diverse patient populations
- Coordinate continuity of care in an outpatient setting, collaborate with therapists, primary care providers, and community resources to optimize patient support
- Monitor treatment effectiveness and adjust care plans as needed
- Educate patient and families about diagnoses, medications, and treatment options
- Promote mental health wellness, coping strategies, and self-management skills
Nurse Supervisor - Reunion Rehabilitation Hospital - Arlington, Texas
(2023-04)
- Supervises nursing staff
- Assesses patient's needs and provides nursing care for patients
- Plans and organize training for unit staff members
- Participates in guidance and educational programs
Registered Nurse - JPS Health and Hospital - Fort Worth, Texas
(2022-10 - 2023-04)
- Provides all manners of patient care and bedside nursing
- Shift charge assignment, delegated duties to staff nurses, licensed vocational nurses, and patient care technicians within their scope of practice
- Provided patient treatments, medication administration, and appropriate documentation (oral, intravenous, Intramuscular, etc.)
- Educated patients on a medication regimen, side effects, and the importance of adherence to the treatment plan
- Initiated detox protocols and notified providers of changes in patient status
- Provided discharge plans and teachings
Director of Nursing - ResCare Community Living - Arlington, Texas
(2022-01 - 2022-10)
- Oversees and directs the selection and hiring of clinical staff. Conduct interviews and make hiring decisions. Ensures staff competency and performance.
- Conducts/participates in quarterly quality improvement meetings, reviews pertinent available data, identifies trends, and oversees the implementation of improvement plans relating to health services
- Collaborates with ED in implementing quality improvement activities and corrective action plans
- Actively participates in weekly team/staff meetings
- Participates in Interdisciplinary team (IDT/PDP) meetings
- Facilitate communication and serve as a liaison between and among nursing staff, nursing and direct care staff, the work site and community medical providers, professional consultants, and direct care in coordination with Operations management
- Accountable for ensuring all clinical staff appropriately and complete orientation and all required in-services
- Responsible for the oversight of and response to external and internal surveys and audits within assigned areas relating to health services and in collaboration with operations leadership
- Ensured that mortality reviews are completed within five days of death and submitted to the State Health Services Director and Assigned Director, Clinical Practice
- Provides direct nursing care as needed
Nurse Case Manager - ResCare Community Living - Arlington, Texas
(2021-10 - 2022-01)
- Attends and actively participates in weekly team meetings
- Provides rehabilitation and coordinates medical needs for clients
- Medication Monitoring and Administration by oral medication or needle injections
- Orders, reviews, monitors, and discontinues medications as ordered by the physician
- Assists with keeping within the assigned nursing budget
- Conducts assessments and approves the plan of care and service delivery methods
- Performs competency and skills evaluations on employees who provide direct care
- Informs the physician and staff of changes in the client's medical or mental condition and needs
- Writes progress notes, summaries, and discharges
- Implements the treatment/rehabilitative activities and strategies
- Reports significant/major incidents or accidents and notifies proper authorities of circumstances or situations that present health hazards
- Follows consumer health plans, provides and promotes consumer choice, and facilitates independence
- Assists in maintaining and updating nursing, pharmacy, infection control, and health and safety policies and procedures
Director of Nursing - The Right Step Promises Behavioral Health - Euless, Texas
(2020-10 - 2021-10)
- Provides leadership for nursing department personnel
- Develops, maintains, and implements nursing policies and procedures that conform to current standards of nursing practice, facility philosophy, and operational policies while maintaining compliance with state and federal licensing/accreditation agencies' laws, regulations, and guidelines
- Evaluate the work performance of direct report nursing personnel and provide oversight of next-level personnel, determine merit increases, and implement discipline according to operational policies
- Participates in clients' medical care, addresses and resolves all concerns regarding medical care or treatment by nursing staff
- Develop strategic initiatives, implement new or revised programs, policies, and procedures, and monitor outcomes and results
- Ensures appropriate staffing levels and actively participates with Recruitment in the recruiting and hiring process
- Interprets policies and procedures communicates understanding to nursing staff, and monitors staff practices and implementation
- Facilitates and participates in regularly scheduled team meetings, multi-disciplinary review meetings, and facility leadership meetings
- Ensures quality assurance/improvement through audits and other data, submit/review incident reports for the medical department
- Oversees all Nursing/Medical department expenses, approves expenses and purchases, and assists with budget development and maintenance
- Maintains appropriate professional boundaries with current clients, family members, referral sources, and vendors
Adult Correctional Health Nurse Manager - Parkland Health & Hospital System - Dallas, Texas
(2019-09 - 2020-10)
- Manage over forty nursing staff and the MAP process
- Oversee the North Tower daily operations with over fifty employees
- Serves as a resource to colleagues and nursing staff
- Covers the Director of Nursing (DON) duties when DON is out
- Highly engaged shared governance member serving on the Professional Excellence in Nursing (PEN) Council, Nursing Leadership Council, and Nursing Leadership Academy (NLA). Volunteered to serve as a PEN council chair in 2020.
- Participates in system-wide initiatives and ensures correctional health is represented in these initiatives
- Ensures staff remain engaged and informed on Parkland's journey to excellence
- Collaborated with the medical director and regulatory in creating and implementing Nursing guidelines and the CCHP survey tool for the national survey
Interim Director of Nursing Correctional Health - Parkland Health & Hospital System - Dallas, Texas
(2019-06 - 2019-11)
- Managed both adult and juvenile Correction Health and 198 nursing staff and seven nurse managers
- Oversaw the day-to-day nursing operations
- Prepared and led the organization to a successful NCCHC reaccreditation in less than two months
- Interacted with interdisciplinary teams to foster collaboration and quality patient care
- Collaborated with the regulatory team to create survey readiness processes
- Oversaw Kay's tower/MAP and improved DWELL (time from the patient being identified as needing medical attention to time seen) time
Nurse Manager Juvenile Correctional Health - Parkland Health & Hospital System - Dallas, Texas
(2018-01 - 2019-06)
- Managed five Juvenile facilities spread throughout Dallas County
- Oversaw the day-to-day operations of these facilities
- Managed eighteen staff from all locations
- Consulted with the Juvenile Justice Department, Dallas Independent School District, and the Department of Health to ensure efficient care and quality patient outcomes
- Maintained the Texas Vaccine for Children data in all Juvenile facilities
- Attended the different facilities-based multidisciplinary meetings
- Interacted with parents/legal guardians of juveniles and other organizations that provide volunteer services, like- Essilor Eyeglasses Company
- Worked at attaining the goals as set forth by the Correctional Health Department
- Maintained quality standard of care by ensuring skilled competencies for all staff
- Completed quality improvement projects, education, training, and in-services
- Ensured the maintenance of high/quality standard of care, fostered staff satisfaction, and a positive work environment
- Ensured all staff were engaged with the Pathway to Excellence journey. Promoting a culture of excellence
Nurse Manager - Hickory Trail Hospital - Desoto, Texas
(2016-12 - 2017-12)
- Received report from off-going shift
- Ensured that nursing assignments were completed and collected from all units
- Completed audit/check incident reports, admissions, and charts
- Ensured that all staff take lunch breaks
- Rounded on units for completion of EOC
- Resolved grievances from patients and family members
- Administered corrective actions when necessary
- Scheduled and interviewed potential candidates
- Conducted continuing education/training and committee meetings and implemented changes
Staff Nurse Urology and Plastics - UT Southwestern Hospital - Dallas, Texas
(2016-03 - 2017-03)
- Directed patient care and bedside nursing
- Served patients and families
- Provided high-quality acute care for post-op patients. Administered medications and treatments as prescribed.
- Provided care to diverse age groups and disease processes
- Delivered care to patients according to institutional guidelines and policies
- Observed, assessed, and reported patient condition/changes to the doctor and documented according to institutional policy and state regulations
- Observed and followed guidelines on infection prevention protocols
- Implemented care plans, educated, and executed effective discharge teaching to patients
Charge Nurse - Greenhouse Addiction Center - Grand Prairie, Texas
(2015-07 - 2016-07)
- Performed admission assessment on clients
- Assessed quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards
- Measured health outcomes against client care goals and standards
- Resolved clients' problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies
- Thorough knowledge of mental health nursing
- Exceptional knowledge and working experience in inpatient psychiatric nursing
- Empathized with patients, educated, and explained the planned treatment
- Implemented care with exceptional organization and prioritization skills
Charge Nurse - Parkland Health and Hospital System - Dallas, Texas
(2015-02 - 2015-06)
- Provided all manners of patient care and bedside nursing
- Shift charge assignment, delegated duties to staff nurses, licensed vocational nurses, and patient care technicians within their scope of practice
- Provided patient treatments and medication administration and appropriate documentation
- Educated patients on a medication regimen, side effects, and the importance of adherence to the treatment plan
- Initiated detox protocols and notified providers of changes in patient's status
- Provided discharge plans and teachings
Licensed Vocational Nurse - Parkland Health and Hospital System - Dallas, Texas
(2009-08 - 2015-01)
- Provided total patient care and treatments and ensured appropriate documentation
- Educated patient on a medication regimen, side effects, and adherence
- Assessed, monitored, and documented the patient's vital signs, symptoms, and progress with treatments
- Initiated detox protocols, assessed and reported changes in status to providers promptly
