Renée Brunner-Houser

*** **** **** ****, **** Springs, WY 82901 • 720-***-**** • ad3i6j@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE:

To provide quality psychiatric care to patients in an outpatient setting.

EDUCATION

PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER/MSN 6/2014

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, NURSING 12/2000

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

WORK EXPERIENCE

ACCESS TELECARE (FORMERLY KNOWN AS SPECIALISTS ON CALL) 2/20/22 -Present

Dallas, TX

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Performs psychiatric services to various hospital emergency departments

Provides telepsychiatry services across the life span in 13 different states

De-escalates agitated patients

Crisis intervention

Diagnose and order appropriate medications for patients

Determine if patients need a higher level of care

Provide inpatient psychiatric care to seriously mentally ill patients

LOCUM TENENS.COM 12/2021 – 2/2022

Alpharetta, GA

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Temporary job until my work at Specialists on Call (SOC) started

Provided medication management and psychiatric care for adolescents

Assigned to Adolescent Inpatient at Highlands Behavioral Health in Highlands Ranch, CO

SOUTHWEST COUNSELING SERVICES 12/2020 – 11/2021

Rock Springs, WY

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Consultant to local hospital

Trained local law enforcement on how to successfully help those with psychiatric illness in crisis situations

Provided psychiatric assessment, diagnoses, and medication management for individuals across the lifespan

Assesses and manages medications for dually diagnosed patients in residential treatment centers

Resource to the therapists in the company

Provides training to other individuals

Crisis intervention

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS OF SOUTHEASTERN IOWA 9/2018 – 11/2020

West Burlington, IA

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Assisted in setting up an integrated care practice

• Consultant to primary care providers

• Help set up the behavioral health consultant role for practice site

• Assess patient symptoms and diagnose according to DSM-5

• Prescribe medications based on patient assessment

• Interfaces with multiple disciplines of the health care system

KAISER PERMANENTE 2/2018-8/2018

Denver, CO

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

• Assesses client’s complaints and design treatment plan

• Medication management

• Collaborates with multidisciplinary staff and crisis team

• Provides support counseling

• Provides emergent intake appointments

LOCUM TENENS.COM 11/2018-2/2018

Alpharetta, GA

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner – Locum Tenens

• Assignment to Aleph, PC in Missoula, MT

• Assess clients and start treatment plans

• Medication management

• Assisted in organizing and implementation of multidisciplinary care at various residential treatment centers

• Collaborated with treatment team

• Provided treatment in walk-in clinic and emergent visits

STAFF CARE/AMN 3/2017-11/2018

Coppell, TX

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner – Locum Tenens

• Assignment to Kaiser Permanente and Carolina Outreach

• Charting on Epic HER

• Assess and provide diagnoses to members

• Provided care to members across the life span

INSIGHT TELEPSYCHIATRY 5/2017 – 2/2018

Marlton, NJ

• Telepsychiatry service

• Assigned to Yellowstone Jail in Billings, MT 6 hours a week

• Assesses psychiatric needs for inmates

• Medication prescription and management

• Worked in a collaborative team with medical health, social workers

Law enforcement, and the courts

MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERS 1/2016 – 3/2017

Boulder, CO

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

• Assessed and diagnosed clients across the lifespan

• Prescribed and managed medications for clients across the lifespan

• Managed psychiatric needs for underserved populations

• Cared for clients with varying psychiatric issues

• Covered Same Day Prescriber Clinic and managed needs of emergent clients

• Provided coverage in Psychiatric Step-Down Unit

SPANISH PEAKS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER (Health Solutions) 7/2014 – 1/2016

Pueblo, CO

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

• Provided medication management for a variety of patients

• Provided community mental health education

• Covered both in and out patient populations.

• Managed psychiatric health needs for underserved population

• Trained newly hired nurse practitioners

• Provided on call services for the company

• Colorado nursing and nurse practitioner license

• DEA prescriber

• Managed and provided Walk-in Clinic Services

CURRENT LICENSURE: WA, ID, WY, CO, NY, CT, PA, NC, FL

PAST LICENSES: MT, AZ

SERVICE PROJECTS: I provide pro bono psychiatric evaluations for military veterans to help enable them to

Active member of the American Legion Auxillary Post 24

AWARDS

Service Excellence Award from Spanish Peaks Behavioral Health Center - 2015

Hospital-wide Nurse Leadership Award from Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center – 2009

CERTIFICATES

Advanced Studies in Complimentary and Integrative Therapies – Drexel University

Forensic Trends and Issues in Contemporary Healthcare – Drexel University

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