SHERRINA BURTON

Meckler Ln, Warren, MI ***** H: 313-***-**** adt9ox@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Dedicated Nurse with over 16 years’ nursing experience and devotion to optimal behavioral and medical support. As a PMHNP-BC new graduate of Wayne State University, I am eager to utilize skills learned to help meet the demand for mental health providers and make difference in the lives of those with mental illness. I am caring and hardworking with a desire to eliminate stigma and discrimination against those with mental illness, also to positively impact patients, families and communities with expert, compassionate care. My education has prepared me to conduct skilled assessments, support diagnostics, diagnose, medication management and psychoeducation using evidence based research and practice across the lifespan. Excellent track record of achieving exceptional results in providing direct care, patient and family centered focused. Also developing individual care plans to meet patients' needs and achieve desired outcomes. Well- versed in handling needs in both highly-structured and unstructured environments while calmly coordinating simultaneous patient needs. Excellent organizational and communication skills SKILLS

• Compassion

• Ability to Empathize

• Good listener

• Cultural competence

• Strong Ethics and confidentiality

• Strong Communication skill

• Patient treatment plans

• Adaptable

• Customer Service

• Strong leadership skills

• Excellent Interpersonal skill

• Strong clinical

judgment/assessment

• Critical thinking

• Strong organization skills

• Problem solving

• Attention to detail

Computerized charting specialist

• Strong leadership skills

• Team player

EXPERIENCE

01/2020 to current

Staff Psychiatric Nurse/Charge Nurse

Behavioral Center of MI- Warren, MI

• Provide quality nursing support to adult patients with a variety of mental health disorders.

• Monitor patient’s condition, progress, and accurately recording and reporting on changes.

• Psychoeducation and facilitating group therapy.

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to monitor patient outcomes.

• Develop patient’s treatment plan and modify as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.

• Serve as charge nurse to manage staff assignments and ensure unit coverage.

• Administer oral, and intramuscular medication, and monitor for effectiveness and any adverse responses for emergent concerns.

05/2006 to 11/2020

• Facilitated transition to at-home care by providing patients with continued care information and discharge instructions.

Staff Nurse/Charge Nurse

Children's Hospital of MI Detroit, MI

• Treated patients following physician's orders and treatment plan, administering various types of medications and therapies.

• Provide excellent direct patient care through skilled assessment and compassion.

• Utilized extensive nursing expertise in the management of all patient care elements from admission to discharge, delivering emergency interventions when needed

• Monitor patient’s condition, progress, and medication side effects, accurately recording and reporting on changes.

• Educated patients and families on treatment strategies and at-home care to enhance long-term outcomes

• Practiced family -centered care

• Serve as Charge Nurse to manage daily staff assignment and patient scheduling to ensure unit coverage and flow.

• Serve as a resource on an interdisciplinary team to ensure quality patient care.

• Used facility EMR system to update patient records. EDUCATION AND TRAINING

01/2020-08/2022

Masters of Science: PMHNP-BC

Wayne State University- Detroit, MI

Focus on psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, planning, evaluations, and crisis intervention across a lifespan; biopsychological models of mental health and illness; theory and practice with individual, groups, families and with clinical populations of interest.

• Completed course work in Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population health for advanced practice.

• Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology across the lifespan

• Pharmacotherapeutics for advanced practice

• Psychopharmacology for advanced practice

• Advanced nursing assessment

• Research of Evidence-Based Advanced Practice

• Nursing Models and Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Practice

• Effects of drugs and alcohol: Social and physical function

• Advanced Practice with Individuals, communities, groups and families

• GPA 3.81

06/2021-08/2021

09/2021-08/2022

09/2021-04/2022

05/2014-9/2018

Intern PMHNP

A Better Tomorrow

Counseling &Consultation Services

PMHNP Intern

New Oakland Family Center

Partial Hospital Program and Outpatient Services

PMHNP Intern

Personalized Nursing Light House

Substance Abuse Residential Center

Bachelor of Science: Nursing

University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, MI

Focus on Leadership and EBP research

• Completed coursework in Transition of Professional Nurse.

• Leadership Transformation Practice.

• Participative Leadership Practice Nursing

• Evidence-Based Research Practice Nursing.

• Completed coursework in [Project Dev 1: Research Focus, Project Dev Phase 2: Implement Plan, Project Dev 3: Method Implement Plan, and Project Dev 4: Research Dissemination

• Completed coursework in Populated-Based Health within a community

• Health Care Ethics

• Clinical Informatics

• Advanced Health Assessment

Continuing Education: CEU’s

• Motivational Interviewing

• MAT training

• Caring for Behaviorally Challenged

• CBT- Trauma focused

• Controlled Substance Diversion prevention

• Opioid dependence and opioid use disorder

• Cultural competence

• Implicit Bias

• Alcohol use disorder pharmacotherapy and barriers to optimal care 2002-2006 Associate of Science: Nursing

Wayne County Community College Detroit, MI

• Cum laude graduate

ORGANIZATIONS

American Association of Nurse practitioners #2001954 CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSE

• PMHNP-BC (ANCC)

• APRN (MI state Board of Nursing) License#470-***-****

• Basic Life Support (BLS)American Red Cross

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