Nurse Practitioner R.N
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Karen Inzurriaga, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Contact Info
Karen Inzurriaga
PO Box 6266
San Antonio, Texas 78209
*******@*****.***
APRN, PMHNP-BC with years of varied nursing experience. Current BLS, ACLS. Professional, Versatile, able to complete multiple tasks, problem solve, with management experience. Years of Psychiatric inpatient and Psychiatric Home Health Nursing. Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program completed August 2016. Nominated for membership to Golden Key International Honor Society. Member of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau. I am currently on Board orders, a Warning with Stipulations, until December 21, 2022. The only restriction regarding my practice is that I will need twice monthly meetings with supervising physician instead of once monthly.
Work Experience
Dates Employed Job Title Company
2/2022 – 4/2022 Seeking/interviewing for next position.
12/2016 – 2/2022 PMHNP San Antonio Behavioral Health Hospital
San Antonio, Texas
Working doing inpatient follow-ups and admissions with physician supervision, seeing 20-30 Inpatient patients per day. I have an NPI number. and a DEA number, as well as personal malpractice insurance.
2/2017 – 9/2021 PMHNP Center for Healthcare Services
San Antonio, Tx
Working fulltime in a busy CCBHC Mental Health Clinic doing medication management and occasional brief processing and supportive psychotherapy. Attend monthly Medical Staff Committee meetings and monthly PMHNP meetings. Orient new NP employees. Work on various process improvement committees.
2/2016—2/2017 RN III Psychiatric Center for Healthcare Services
San Antonio, Texas
Crisis Care Unit staff. Obtained QMHP certification by completing ANSA, Psychiatric First Aid, and IMR training. Complete Psychiatric assessments, Review of systems, Complete physical assessments,
Monitors with or without observation, withdrawal complications, possible medication side effects and emerging symptoms of mental illness. Maintains up to date, well documented medical records, which comply with state and program requirements. Ability to physically manage aggressive patients, experience in treatment of chemically dependent persons, computer literacy and experience with mental health records.
2/2009- 2/2017 RN II Psychiatric Patience Home Health
San Antonio, Texas
Home Health Psychiatric Case Management, Quality Assurance, Admissions, Recertifications,
Skilled Nurse visits, transfers, Discharges. Psychiatric Long-Acting Injections, phlebotomy. I supervised LVN’s and CNA’s. Monitor with or without observation, withdrawal complications, possible medication side effects and emerging symptoms of mental illness. Maintained up to date well documented medical records, which comply with state and program requirements. Ability to physically manage aggressive patients, experience in treatment of chemically dependent persons, computer literacy and experience with mental health records.
7/2007 – 6/2012 RN Faculty Galen College of Nursing
San Antonio/Texas
Didactic and Clinical Instructor for an LVN/RN program, Developed a Simulation Program. Taught other instructors how to teach Simulation. Directed and taught Simulation Lab for 2 years. Taught in Skills lab, taught several semesters of Med Surg II.
10/2005 - 9/2007 RN CVOR Surgical Services Nix Hospital
San Antonio/Texas
Surgical Circulating Nurse-- CVOR, Peripheral Vascular, General/Laparoscopic, Plastics, OBGYN, Uro, Ortho.
5/2004 - 8/2005 RN- CVOR Surgical Services Texsan Heart Hospital
San Antonio/Texas
I worked full-time in the CVOR, circulating in CABG's, AVR's, MVR's, Thoracotomy's, AAA's, Fem-Pop's etc. We did do a large volume of Open hearts. I was the Staff Education Coordinator. I cross trained in the Cardiac Cath Lab.
4/2004 - 4/2005 RN- Surgery Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio/Texas
Worked part-time hoping to get a lot of Trauma surgery experience since it is a Level-I trauma hospital. I did get some, but not enough to keep working there. I did do CVOR, General, OB/GYN while there.
7/1999 - 4/2004 R.N. Surgical Services Baptist Health System
San Antonio/Texas
Completed 5-month perioperative course while working in main OR. Trained to circulate and scrub; circulated in General Surgery, Plastics, OB/GYN, Peripheral Vascular, OB/Gyn surgery, Neurosurgery, some Ortho and Urology surgeries, Outpatient Surgery, trained to specialize in CVOR.
6/1998 - 1/2002 RN, Admissions; Utilization Review Charter Real/ Psychiatric
Covenant Behavioral Health
San Antonio/Texas
Started doing in-house admissions, mobile assessments (on-site in contracted E.R.'s) for the hospital, then was promoted into and worked in Utilization Review until the hospital closed doing concurrent reviews, appeals, d/c planning, Medicaid letters, and Champus Txp's.
5/1997 - 7/1999 RN- Adult/Adol/Child, Partial/Acute Psychiatric Laurel Ridge Hospital
San Antonio/Texas
Worked as weekend shift Charge Nurse on Adult Acute Unit, supervising approximately 10-12 staff; then became Charge Nurse of Adolescent/Children's partial program.
9/1997 - 6/1999 RN- Transplant Services University Hospital
San Antonio/Texas
Worked on Transplant Telemetry Unit, completed 6 wk AACN course in Critical Care, became ACLS certified, worked 1 year on the Transplant ICU.
3/1997 - 9/1997 RN Case manager Vitas Hospice
San Antonio/Texas
Organized care utilized aggressive pain management for home health patient load of 15-20 patients. Supervised team of Social worker, LVN’s, Chaplain, CNA's, and volunteers.
Education
Month/Year Completed School Degree/Certificate Location
12/1996 San Antonio College Associate Degree Nursing San Antonio - Texas – US
3/1997 Passed Texas State Boards for Registered Nurse
9/1999 Baptist Health Education Perioperative Course (9-month course) completion San Antonio - Texas – US
8/2013 University of Texas Medical Branch Bachelor of Science in Nursing Galveston, Texas US
5/2015 University of Texas at Brownsville- Master of Science in Nursing Administration, Brownsville Texas- US
8/2016 University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program completion, Brownsville, Texas - US.
11/22/2016 Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certification/ ANCC Board Certification
12/2016 Advanced Practice Registered Nurse granted from the State Board of Texas of Nursing, with prescriptive privileges.
5/2021 University of Texas at Austin Doctor of Nursing Practice. Austin, Texas USA
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