Registered Nurse Mental Health

Jude N. Uzomba

**** ***** ****** *******, *****

Cell: 718-***-**** Email: *******@*****.***

Professional Summary

Competent, empathetic and supportive behavioral health specialist with over 13 years experience in patient /client advocacy. A skilled multi-tasking Nurse with demonstrable ability to providing a high quality and compassionate care with exceptional interpersonal skills and an impeccable team play, Possesses excellent assessment and interviewing skills with dogged determination and unimpeachable ethical integrity and value.

Certifications/Licenses:

Registered Nurse (RN), Psychiatric -Mental Health Nurse (PMHN), Crisis Intervention, SAMA, MediTech, BLS and Eccentrics medical app.

Education:

07/2009-Date:

Have over 110 continue education (CE) credit hours in mainly mental health and other nursing topics, attended seminars/workshops and In-service trainings with annual skills validations.

12/08 Wagner College Staten Island, New York State-: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

09/04 FOB School of Health Careers Brooklyn, NY: Diploma in Nursing Assistant

06/95 University of Nigeria Nsukka: Bachelor of Arts (Graphic Design)

06/89 Federal College of Education, Okene, Nigeria: Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE)

Job Experience:

11/2015 -08/21/2017: Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) Roger Brooke Dr. San Antonio, TX

RN- RTP Unit (Resident Treatment Program): (Full Time, 40hrs/WK).

-Charge nurse duties and responsibilities:

-Participated in multidisciplinary team meeting to determine the eligibility of a referred patient into the program

-Advocated for patient’s right and responsibilities

-Collaborated with the patient to provide a more individualized patient care plan

-Ensured that orders are completed and patient assessment/interview done in timely manners

-Managed the unit to create a conducive and safe milieu to better meet the patient care needs

-Performed shift assignment, resolved issues arising on unit and provided recommendations

-Liaison and collaborated with other team members with patient to formulate the care goal

-Participated in interdisciplinary team meetings to review and update patient care plan

-Provided in-service training and skill validation to staff members

-Performed In-Patient’s admission, head-to-toe assessment and discharges.

-Monitored client with chemical dependence withdrawal s/s, pain assessment/intervention.

-Provided Pt/family education to include information about health maintenance, mental illness, psycho tropics and their therapeutic effects, dosages, and side effects.

-Demonstrated a therapeutic rapport with the acute and chronically ill mental health patient.

-Conducted group activities & counseling to promote healthy health hygiene.

06/13-09/10/15 Methodist Specialty & Transplant Hospital Fredericksburg San Antonio, TX

Registered Nurse Psych ICU: (Full Time, 40hrs/WK).

-Performed intricate, systematic psychiatric In-Patient’s admission (head-to-toe assessment) and discharges.

-Provided appropriate verbal and behavioral treatment modalities.

-Performed blood sugar monitoring, pain assessment/intervention.

-Provided Pt/family education to include information about health maintenance, mental illness, psychotropic meds and therapeutic effects of meds, dosages, & side effect.

- Also provided teachings on coping strategies, evaluations/assessments and legal treatment modalities and Client’s advocacy.

-Medication administration/monitoring of s/s & making recommendations to the doctors.

-Attended multidisciplinary team meetings and end of shift’s reports.

-Demonstrated a therapeutic relationship with the acute and chronic mentally ill patient.

-Provided congenial environment and trustful therapeutic relationship to foster patients' self-expression self-determination in making relevant decisions about their care and fostering self-expression of thoughts and processing of concerns during therapeutic group activities.

-Performed charge duties; made assignment, delegated duties and provided proper supervisions & feedbacks to staff

-Prepared Patients for out of unit procedures as ordered (i.e., CT scan, MRI, Colonoscopy, X-ray, ECT, etc.)

-Participated in codes, emergencies & conducted routine crash cart checks.

-Provided crises intervention & appropriate safety interventions like: observation, monitoring and care for suicidal & homicidal ideations, application of & care for patients in restraints/seclusion and limit-setting, activity restriction and use of safe and effective measures in the prevention and management of Pt with violent and assaultive behavior and making proper documentations to include all the provided care/procedures per facility policies.

07/09-07/31/13 Interfaith Medical Center Atlantic Ave. Brooklyn, NY

Registered Nurse Psych Unit: (Full Time, 40hrs/WK).

-Charge duties; made assignment, delegated duties and provided proper supervisions & feedbacks to staff etc.

-Performed In-Patient’s admission; head-to-toe assessment and discharges.

Educated Patient/Family members on health maintenance.

-Medication administration/monitoring of s/s & making recommendations to the doctors.

-Provides education on the therapeutic effects & frequency of meds.

-Multidisciplinary liaisons, team meetings/ morning reports.

-Conducted group activities & counseling.

-Orientated and mentored Nursing student and new staff

-Performed charge duties; making assignment & delegation of duties

-Prepares Patients for both in & outside unit procedures as ordered (i.e., CT scan, MRI, Colonoscopy, X-ray, ECT, etc.)

-Participated in codes, emergencies & conducted routine crash cart checks.

-Crises intervention & Client’s advocacy.

-Performed Nursing care plan and management

Job Experience:

05/11-11/30/12 Brunswick Medical Center, Louden Ave. Amityville, NY

Nurse Supervisor-In Patient Psychiatric Units: (Part Time, 24hrs/Wk)

-Ensuring adequate staffing for each unit.

-Performed conflict resolution management amongst staff, Clients/Family members

-Provided education to & updating staff on new policies & procedures.

-Management duties/ supervision of nursing staff to ensure high quality & safe Patient care by Providing conducive & motivating environment for staff to carry out their duties.

-Responded to codes & emergencies and ensuring safe environment.

-Participated in management meetings.

Job Experience:

09/08-12/08 US Department of Veteran Affairs Hospital Brooklyn Campus, NY

Preceptorship Training in Medical Surgical Unit: (120days)

-Monitored vital signs, blood glucose, pain assessment and reported findings to my Preceptor

-Assisted with bed making, Patient grooming, feeding and bed birth

-Provided education to Patient/Family members on health maintenance

-Performed SubQ injections, oral and IV medications to Clients under the supervision of a preceptor

-Monitored side effects of the administered medications & related findings accordingly

-Participated in receiving admission, head-to-toe assessment and in discharges

-Did MRSA pre-admission and discharge screening

-Suctioned patients on tracheostomy, inserted condom urinary catheter and monitored input & output

-Assisted with preparing and transporting Client for procedures outside the unit and used Hoyer lift for non ambulatory Patient.

04/05-06/08 Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center Brooklyn, NY-

Psychiatric Technician: (Full Time, 40hrs/WK)

-Assisted with Patients’ admission and property search, unit orientation/review of unit rules & regulation

-Provided one to one Constance observation, intensive monitoring & routine observation

-Participated in crises intervention and a member of emergency response team (ERT)

-Encouraged and evaluated Patient participation in group activities

-Monitored and documented vital signs, reported abnormal findings to the charge nurse and Patients’ observation and made recommendations as appropriate to enhance Patients outcome

-Interacted with Patients to collect data to provide a safe milieu and to enhance an individualized care

-Assisted with bed making, Patient grooming, feeding and environmental

-Contributed to the maintenance of a therapeutic milieu through performing duties such as daily living activity groups, community meetings and special interest groups

-Attended interdisciplinary conferences to report observations of patients’ participations in unit group activities and Patient’s peer interactions, Crisis Intervention & Annual In-service Training

-Escorted Patients to appointments outside the hospital and off the unit for some procedures/tests, to provide support and guidance and engaged Patients with some therapeutic activities such as ping-pong therapy and emotional support to both Patients and family members

09/04-04/05 Security Officer, Interfaith Medical Center Brooklyn, NY

-Assisted in crisis intervention/emergency response.

-Provided back up & escort during patient’s transportation within the hospital.

-Controlled traffic and monitored visitors in and around the ER area to ensure order and safe working environment and also provided directions to visitors to the various departments

-Received and scanned Patients coming to Detox/Psych units

Computer/technical Skills:

-Possesses vast knowledge in healthcare related IT program/applications like, MediTeck, Mysis, Eccentrics medical application, Word Processing, Power Point, Photocopying machine etc

Extracurricular Activities:

I enjoy listening to news, watching documentaries, sports, interesting movies, travelling and meeting people. I also enjoy playing table tennis, walking out, cooking, teaching and encouraging others towards goal attainment. Engaging in an intellectual conversations and brainstorming is very refreshing for me. I am also very interested in political affairs.

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