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LATRIKA HENDERSON-BURTON

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I am a registered nurse with over 20 years nursing experience. My nursing career began in 2001 as a licensed practical nurse and advanced to registered nursing in 2009. I completed my MSN on February 14,2021. I became a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner on April 19, 2022. I have over 17 years of extensive psychiatric nursing experience in various settings. I am Committed to providing safe and effective nursing care, while building therapeutic rapports.

EDUCATION

[2/2019-2/2022] Walden University Minneapolis, In

MSN/Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

3/08- 5/09] Chattahoochee Valley Community College Phoenix City, Al

Associate Degree Nursing

[ 3/04- 5/07] Troy University Montgomery Montgomery, Al

Bachelor’s in psychology/ Social Science

[5/00-8/01] Wallace Community College Selma, AL

Practical Nursing Certificate

WORK EXPERIENCE

[10/22-Current] Wellstone Emergency Services

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Evaluate mental health status of adult clients through psychiatric assessments and focused medical assessments. Formulate psychiatric diagnosis according to the DSM. Develop and implement an intervention that could include therapy, medication and referral to community resources as appropriate for the patient’s condition. Prescribe a legend drug if medication is indicated for treatment. Orders lab tests as appropriate and/or necessary. Counsel, teach and assist individuals and families to assume responsibility for self-care in prevention of illness, health maintenance and health restoration. Consult with and refer to other health care providers as appropriate. Institute emergency measures and emergency treatment or appropriate stabilization measures. Provide education and understanding of medication side effects.

[7/21-5/22] Baptist Healthcare (Crossbridge Behavioral Health)

Psychiatric Travel Nurse

Provide professional nursing care for acutely and chronically mental ill patients. Provide professional nursing care for substance dependent/ abuse patients. Assess, monitor, and administer nursing care to patients receiving detoxification treatment, and psychotropic therapy. Collect key information from patient, family, laboratory, and other medical reports. Provide therapeutic nursing interventions as ordered by physicians and assess their impact on the patient’s condition and progress toward desired outcome. Conduct admission and discharge teaching. Provide crisis interventions protocol for combative patients utilizing the Crisis Prevention Techniques. Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to implement treatment planning for the patients.

[10/20- 7/21] Wexford Health

Mental Health Intake Nurse

Perform mental health intake screenings on all inmates received into the Alabama Department of Correction. Assess for mental health current needs. Refer to appropriate provider based upon evaluation of needs and mental health history of treatment.

[1/20-10/20] Children’s of Alabama

Specialty Clinic Nurse

Assess, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for patients and families. Assist with referrals. Submit medication refills. Submit school medication forms. Assist with triage as needed. Assist with de-escalation.

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[4/19-4/20] Brookwood Medical Center

Behavioral Health Staff Nurse

Provide directs patient care on mental health unit. Perform daily shift assessments on patients. Admission assessment along with Discharge assessment. Administer medications. Assist with crisis de-escalation. Assist with MD rounds. Document accurately and timely. Assume charge nurse role as needed.

[3/2016-4/2019] Viva Health/Care Network of Alabama

Care coordinator/Case manager

Provides Care Coordination services to Medicaid recipients of all ages. Coordinates services in order to improve the management of chronic diseases along with acute illness. Provide medication/ Disease education, assist with obtaining appropriate follow-up, and assist with transportation coordination. Link recipient to various community resources. Assist with rehabilitation placement as needed. Assist with specialty referrals.

[ Fulltime 12/2012- 3/2017] Bullock County Hospital

RN Staff Nurse (Gateway Behavioral Health)

Provide direct patient care to patients in acute psychiatric crisis. Provide professional nursing care within the scope of nursing. Administer medications. Patient assessment. Provide therapeutic nursing care. Provide patient education. Conduct discharge and admission teaching. Accurate and precise documentation. Monitor patient and notify physician of any changes. Assist with physicians’ rounds. Assist Case Manager with Discharge planning. Arrange necessary follow-up appointments. Refer patients to specialist as ordered by physician. Provide next level provider with pertinent information about the patients stay. Provide daily updates to Utilization review.

[Fulltime 11/2009- 12/2012] Part-time 12/12-2/2016] Baptist Healthcare/ Cross bridge Behavioral Health

RN Staff Nurse

Provide professional nursing care for acutely and chronically mental ill patients. Provide professional nursing care for substance dependent/ abuse patients. Assess, monitor, and administer nursing care to patients receiving detoxification treatment, and psychotropic therapy. Collect key information from patient, family, laboratory, and other medical reports. Provide therapeutic nursing interventions as ordered by physicians and assess their impact on the patient’s condition and progress toward desired outcome. Conduct admission and discharge teaching. Provide crisis interventions protocol for combative patients utilizing the Crisis Prevention Techniques. Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to implement treatment planning for the patients.

[4/2008- 10/2012] Crisis Residential Facility / Montgomery Psychiatric Assessment Center

LPN/ RN Staff Nurse

Provide quality care to psychiatric patients. Monitor patient safety by being continually aware of patients, patient’s activities and patient interactions always. Assist with physicians’ rounds. Supervise mental health techs. Administer medications as ordered by the physician, document all medication administered. Provide patient education. Complete admissions assessments as well as discharges.

[7/2006-4/2008] PHP OF WETUMPKA

LPN Case Manager

Perform Case Management duties. Perform monthly patient assessment. Administer injections and medications as needed. Assist patient with placement as needed. Assist patients with provider referrals. Monitor patient files to make sure client’s medical appointments were up to date. Schedule MD appointments as needed. Arrange for patient transportation to appointments. Provide patient education. Attend yearly assessment team meetings. Provides medication training for non-licensed staff that administers meds and monitor staff when administering medication.

[7/2005-4/2006] Lincare Montgomery, Al

Healthcare Specialist LPN

Responsible for the setup of highly technical equipment such as ventilators, CPAPS and BIPAPS. Provide patient education according to the patient need and Lincare policy. Perform complete and professional assessments in accordance to Lincare policies and procedures. Maintains patient record in a complete and organized manner in accordance with company policies. Assist marketing staff as needed with in-services.

[ 4/2003- 7/2005 ] MHM Correctional Medicine Montgomery,Al

LPN Mental Health

Perform mental health intake screening on all new inmates received into the Alabama Department of Corrections (30-50 daily). Determine whether the inmates need urgent care or not. Schedule appointments for mental health patients to be seen by the appropriate multi-disciplinary team member. Provide nursing care and administer treatment as directed by the profession and treatment team to mentally ill inmates. Administer P.O. and I.M. medication in accordance with physician’s orders. Demonstrates knowledge of psychotropic medications including actions and side effects and observes for adverse reaction to medications and notifies MD. Maintains awareness of comfort and safety needs of patients.

CERTIFICATIONS

[4/22]

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner ANCC

[7/09] Alabama Board of Nursing

Registered Nurse

[ 10/01] Alabama Board of Nursing

Practical Nursing

INTEREST

REFERENCE

Available upon request

Hands on River Region

The Advanced Practitioners of the River Region

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