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Fort Wayne, In

➤ Providing care for patients experiencing mental health crisis including psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar, depression, and addictions, and successfully supporting patients suffering from crisis intervention needs.➤ Utilizing techniques such as motivational interviewing to help empower the patient to make individualized decisions and accomplish goals, while providing the patient with the information needed to make informed self-care decisions.• Ensuring delivery of high-quality, safe, and cost-effective care consistent with the mission, values, and vision of the company, in accordance with Government regulations, licensing, and accreditation requirements.➤ Documenting and responding to patients' normal and abnormal statuses, while also developing patient-specific crisis plans designed to aid the patient in maintaining safety and reducing need for external intervention.➤ Acting as a patient advocate and aiding patients in developing skills to advocate for themselves, as well as helping participants identify triggers, and learn and apply positive cognitive- behavioral skills.➤ Actively participating in shared governance and goal setting, serving as a highly engaged, full partner on the care team, while proactively recommending program design modifications as needed in order to drive innovations in mental health.➤ Performing comprehensive nursing assessments on all patients, inclusive of the biopsychosocial and medical history with consideration to age, mental, social, and physical status, and response.➤ Formulating a plan of care, including discharge plan, utilizing assessment data and patient, family, and health team input, while assuming full responsibility for quality to maintain optimal patient health and restoration of function.➤ Ensuring individualized, goal-directed nursing care for patients and families to achieve desired patient outcomes, with realistic and measurable goals, as well as revising as needed to reflect the patient's changing status.

Fort Wayne, In

➤ Effectively making recommendations for and negotiating changes in patient care and unit practices to drive results, as well as promoting innovative practices in the educational and clinical environment, and aiding in policy development.➤ Identifying clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual issues for the patient, and articulating to other providers, while advocating for patients and families around health care needs, conditions, and treatment options.➤ Collaborating on assessments, planning, facilitation, care coordination, and evaluation for options and services to meet the individual needs of the patient, as well as identifying and resolving barriers that hinder effective care.➤ Employing a variety of strategies and approaches to manage patients' physical, environmental, and psycho-social health issues, as well as educating patients in an open, honest manner, increasing adherence to treatment pathways.➤ Proactively ensuring patients are progressing towards desired outcomes by continuously monitoring patient care through evaluations, and following-up with clients and agencies to document use/success of referral.➤ Handling bedside monitoring and 12-lead EKG, and reviewing diagnostics and laboratory data, as well as assessing patient status, notifying Physicians of clinical changes and abnormal test results.➤ Accurately calculating doses, started IVs, ports, and PICC lines, mixing and administering drugs according to protocols for recovering post-operative patients, in addition to handling discharge and admittance of patients to the floor.➤ Fostering development of team members, and continually improving teaching effectiveness through feedback, leveraging strategies grounded in educational theory and evidence-based practice, increasing student performance.

Fort Wayne, In

➤ Provided intra-aortic balloon pump care, Swan Ganz catheter care, Continuous Veno-Venous Hemofiltration, and intracranial pressure monitoring, while caring for Level 1 trauma and post-operative heart surgery patients.➤ Led the recovery and managed care of 1-2 critically ill patients per ship, with multiple vasoactive drips and full ventilation support, as well as served as the Code Blue Team Leader.➤ Delegated assignments and owned nursing supervision in the provision of care as Preceptor, promoting continuity of care, while supporting the Nursing Manager in management of Nursing Students, engaging in shared Unit leadership.➤ Assessed changes in status and instituting appropriate interventions, including initiating emergency treatments as needed in an effort to stabilize patients until Physician support arrives.➤ Managed patients with life-threatening illnesses, including acute congestive heart failure and massive trauma, providing person-centered care using sound clinical reasoning informed by evidence from research and practice.➤ Educated patients and families about treatments, after-care, symptom management, and pain management, as well as served as a role model for communication with other health care team members to enhance and influence nursing.➤ Completed timely patient rounds, and provided nursing care in a therapeutically effective manner, demonstrating sound clinical and professional judgment and competency.

Springfield, Mo

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Nursing

Nursing Diploma

Master’S Degree, Family Nurse Practitioner

➤ Gaining the skills needed for advanced practice nursing in a variety of healthcare settings, including private practices, hospice.