Nurse Practitioner Psychiatric
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ERIKA UBOM, DNP,MSN, PMHNP-BC
PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER CV
Phillips Ranch, CA 909-***-**** **********@*****.***
EDUCATION
Doctor in Nursing Practice
CSU Fullerton
c/o 2024
Post Masters Certification
CSU Los Angeles
May 2020
Master of Science in Nursing
Charles Drew University of Science and Medicine
August 2017
Doctor of Chiropractic
SCU of Health Sciences
December 2012
Bachelor of Science
University of California Riverside
June 2008
LICENSURE & CERTIFICATIONS
PMHNP-BC
PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER
California
#95015158
RN
Registered Nurse
#95133543
BLS
Basic Life Support
August 2023
DEA# MU6455782
NPI#197*******
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Compassionate and dedicated APRN with 15 years of healthcare experience and 6 years of psychiatric emergency department experience at various mental health facilities, and 3 years of Psych NP experience in crisis and jail settings
PMHNP-BC with the passion, desire, and willingness to provide patient-centered care to all people who struggle with mental illness.
Versatile, flexible, humble steward of service who is coachable, moldable, and ready to provide quality patient care.
EXPERIENCE
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner-BC
Orange County Healthcare Agency-Theo Lacy Jail
Orange, CA; December 2023 to present
Provide evaluations, diagnoses, and treatment plans for patients, including those for suspected physical or neurological conditions
Determine patients’ need for psychiatric medication and crisis intervention
Assess and monitor patients continued use of prescribed psychotropic medication
Director of Nursing
Laurel Park Behavioral Health Center
Pomona, CA; January 2023 to December 2023
Managing and leading all nursing personnel operations.
Developing short and long-term goals for the entire nursing department.
Establishing new policies and updating existing policies to improve the standard of care for patients.
Planning and overseeing admission, nursing, and patient care processes.
Maintaining department budgets and recording all expenses.
Responding to any nursing-related issues in a timely manner.
Coordinating with medical staff and other departments to ensure hospital efficiency.
Overseeing all record-keeping processes and ensuring all necessary documents are accurate and up to date.
Hiring and training new nursing staff members.
Evaluating staff performance and preparing accurate reports detailing your findings.
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner-BC
College Hospital Costa Mesa Crisis Stabilization Unit
Costa Mesa; CA; July 2021 to July 2023
24/7 Emergency Psychiatric Stabilization Servicing Adults 18 & older
Medi-Cal Certified
Medication Support / Evaluation
LPS designated
Facilitate Psychiatric Inpatient admissions as necessary
Provide linkage and/or referral to most appropriate level of aftercare
Offer community resources to patients under my care
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner-BC
Institute of Multicultural Counseling and Educational Services;
Glendale; CA; January 2021 to September 2021
Health screening for all clients, including all vital signs
Conducting follow-up meeting with client for medication evaluation and necessary adjustment
Administer injections of psychotropic medications, as needed
Conduct client mental health evaluation and developing treatment plan/care plan
Conduct health education including understanding of prescribed psychotropic medications and their side effects for both client and team
Psychiatric Liaison
Kaiser Permanente Orange County
Anaheim & Irvine Emergency Rooms
April 2022 to December 2023
Screens psychiatric referrals from a variety of internal and external sources
Works with Emergency Department staff in the identification of potential psychiatric referrals.
Performs psychosocial assessments and collects collateral related to patients' primary support group, social environment, occupation, education, housing, finance, health service access, and legal problems.
Completes emergency psychiatry patient assessments for patients triaged to psychiatry.
Develops care plans with final dispositions authorized by the Emergency Room Physician or consulting psychiatrist and provides general and crisis counseling to patients and their families including short term crisis follow-up in accordance with approved treatment plans.
Provides guidance to hospital staff involved in caring for psychiatric patients and provides input for team members actively involved in violence de-escalation, suicide prevention, seclusion, and restraint practices.
Charge Registered Nurse
Los Angeles County at USC Medical Center; Los Angeles, CA January 2018 to May 2022
Oversaw / managed 25-30 staff on the psychiatric emergency floor
Provides exceptional, life-saving care to up to 20 patients daily in the psychiatric emergency room.
Administer emergency psychiatric drugs to patients during the acute phase of their mental illness.
Stabilize the acutely psychotic mental health patient who emergently need life-saving interventions in their time of distress.
Triage each case as they present via ambulance, law enforcement, or crisis stabilization team.
Act as Behavioral Response Leader when patients throughout the ED are a danger to themselves or others.
Trained in nonviolent crisis intervention, management of assaultive behavior, and therapeutic strategic interventions
Registered Nurse, Safety
Metropolitan State Hospital; Norwalk, CA; January 2021 to March 2021
Administer nursing care to forensic clients, patients, or inmates at Metropolitan State Hospital
Assist in planning and evaluating nursing care of assigned forensic clients, patients, or inmates
Assist in directing and training other nursing service personnel and perform other related nursing tasks
Provide direction to unit or clinic personnel in general or specialized nursing work and provide for continuity of forensic client, patient, or inmate care with nursing personnel of other shifts.
Be responsible for directing the work of other employees during an eight-hour shift of an organized nursing unit and relieving the supervisor as required.
Registered Nurse, Sheriff
Twin Towers CHS-Inmate Reception Center; Los Angeles, CA; May 2020 to November 2020
Complete physical & mental health assessments of inmates booked to Twin Towers, Men’s Central Jail, and or the Inmate Reception Center in the correctional health jail setting.
Administer prescribed medications to inmates while in and or out of their cell maintaining all safety measures necessary.
Respond to “man down” custody calls of inmates who need acute life-saving measures, ie. voluntary overdose of controlled substances, drugs, or alcohol; status epilepticus, cardiac arrest, traumatic brain injuries, foreign body ingestion, self-inflicted wounds, and or conspired jail ambushes by inmates.
Proficient in electronic health record documentation
My colleagues would describe me as a calm, collected, peaceful teammate in this work setting during my tenure as RN, Sheriff at Twin Towers-Inmate Reception Center.
Registered Nurse
College Hospital Cerritos; Cerritos, CA; September 2017 to January 2018
Complete physical & mental health assessments of patients in acute psych inpatient setting
Administer prescribed medications, making constant adjustments commensurate with patient's condition under the supervision of psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner
Develop care plans for patients, helping them be as independent as possible
Administer and monitor treatment regimens
Observe and report behavioral changes to appropriate staff
Registered Nurse
Kaiser Mental Health Center; Los Angeles, CA; May 2019 to October 2019
Complete physical & mental health assessments of patients in acute psych inpatient setting
Act as Charge RN to 30+ staff members and create their daily assignments
Administer prescribed medications, making constant adjustments commensurate with patient's condition under the supervision of psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner
Monitor patients for life-threatening conditions as related to serotonergic medications they take daily, i.e. Serotonin Syndrome, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
Trained in nonviolent crisis intervention, management of assaultive behavior, and therapeutic strategic interventions
Create and discuss treatment plans with patient and family members as per MD orders.
ERIKA UBOM, MSN, PMHNP-BC
PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER CANDIDATE
Pomona, CA 909-***-**** **********@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Nurses Association
Since 2017
American Nurses Credentialing Center
Since 2020
American Psychiatric Nurses Association
Since 2020
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
●Acute Psychiatric Crisis Stabilization
●Acute Care Psych Inpatient Care
●Correctional Health Service for jail inmates
●Psychiatric Emergency Room Care
●Drug and Alcohol Addiction
●Trauma Informed Care
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Elias Murillo
Doctor of Chiropractic
Camarillo, CA
805-***-****; ***********@****.***
Kevin Martin
Director of Intramural Sports
University of California Riverside, CA
Dr. Zada
Psychiatrist
LAC-USC-Psych ER
Dr. Gellman
Psychiatrist
LAC-USC-Psych ER
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