Experience

Presbyterian Kaseman Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Psychiatric Registered Nurse

  • Aug 2017 - Mar 2018

  Utilize the nursing process to assess, develop, implement and evaluate patients individual plan of care to achieve optimal clinical outcomes for patients. Coordinate care with the multidisciplinary treatment team to direct and facilitate the flow of patient care operations, including patient admissions, discharges and legal holds. Work within the interdisciplinary team to attain client-centered goals and intervene in acute crises. Provide psychoeducation and pharmacological education for clients. Organize therapeutic individual and group activities to assist patients improve their coping abilities. Work with patient’s families to help educate and cope with family member’s illness. Delegate and supervise care assignments for fifteen patients to support staff utilizing effective communication skills. Show less



University of New Mexico Hospitals

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Registered Nurse

  • Jul 2013 - Jul 2017

  Complete nursing assessments and develop treatment plans for new patients to 35 bed adolescent psychiatric hospital. Administer medications while ensuring the correct dose, frequency, and appropriate use by patients under physician’s orders. Monitor the results of medicated treatments for psychotropic side effects, utilizing assessment of AIMS. Assess mental health needs, develop, revise and monitor care plans in collaboration with interdisciplinary team to acheive optimal outcomes. Administer and monitor treatment regimens; and help patients improve their coping abilities through use of DBT skills and other supportive therapies, to effectively manage symptoms. Educate the family on the patient's mental illness, and ways of helping them cope to add to a successful therapeutic outcome. Supervise and monitor support staff. Show less