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Wenatchee, Washington, United States

Salt Lake City Utah

As a psychiatric nurse practitioner student, performed therapy and psychiatric care including medication management to veterans while working with an experienced psychiatric nurse practitioner.

Primary Children'S Hospital

Provide a safe environment for acute psychiatric patients Frequently act as charge nurse on 20 bed psychiatric inpatient unit for children ages 5 to 18 Perform physical and mental health assessmentsMonitor for both positive and negative effects of newly prescribed medicationsAdminister PO, IM, SL, and Enteral medications and treatments Assist in the behavior treatment plans of psychiatric patients Communicate with therapists, providers and staff about patient concerns and treatmentReceive and screen phone calls from hospitals in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Nevada about new patients, and coordinate their admissions to the unit Address concerns and answer questions from parents Check charts and monitor for medication and treatment errors

Spanish Fork, Ut

Provide a safe environment for inmates being booked into the jail Perform physical assessmentsMonitor for both positive and negative effects of newly prescribed medicationsAdminister PO, IM, SL, and Enteral medications and treatments Communicate with officers to determine the best courses of actionAddress concerns and answer questions Check charts and monitor for medication and treatment errors

Roosevelt, Ut

Assist in the rehabilitation of post-surgical knee and hip replacement patientsDaily assess patients, dress surgical wounds, communicate regularly with doctors and therapists Helped patients with goal setting and pain management Teach and assist patients to complete transfers and locomotionWorked with physical therapists to encourage patient mobility and recovery

St. George, Ut

Provide acute, long term and Alzheimer care to residents of facilityHelped provide a calm atmosphere for residents with Alzheimer’s Supervised certified nursing assistantsPass daily medicationsRegularly assess residents, consult doctors, and meet with residents’ families

Fort Hood, Tx

Senior medical soldier in a company-size unitProvided routine medical care to a platoon of twenty soldiers while at home stationProvided emergency medical care to soldiers and civilians during two military deployments to IraqWorked as the sole medical provider during combat situations and emergenciesOrganized and carried my own medical supplies on daily combat missions Applied dressings, started IV’s, gave medications, provided life saving care in dangerous environmentsCalled medical evacuation helicopters into combat situations to evacuate wounded soldiers Gave reports to doctors and nurses when passing off a patient to a higher level of careReceived frequent instruction from a physician’s assistant and a doctor about specialized care to do when on combat missions, including chest tubes, emergency cricothyrotomies, venous cut downs, arterial bleeds, nerve blocks, emergency medications and intraosseous cathetersAssisted a physician with minor surgeries Processed with soldiers after we experienced traumatic events or lossHeld the role as squad leader and supervised four junior medics who were assigned to my squadHeld the role as Unit Movement Non-Commissioned Officer, in which I coordinated packing and transportation for all military equipment to and from training and combat missions

Doctorate In Nursing Practice, Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing

Bachelor'S Degree, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

RN to BSN program

Associate'S Degree, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

Associate's degree in nursing