Registered Nurse Mental Health

Gwendolyn O. Abadom- Nwaije, BSN, RN, BS

***** *** ********* **** ***** Airy, Maryland 21771 443-***-**** *********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

To work as a senior RN in a tertiary institution where my medical professional and practical experience will be fully utilized.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Bowie State University

Bowie, Maryland

Bachelor of Science in Rehabilitation Services & Counseling

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Princess Anne, Maryland

Dean’s list

Cum Laude

CNA/GNA Training Academy

Cambridge Nursing Academy

LICENCES/CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Registered Nurse – Maryland Board of Nursing, RN License #R222548

Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse:(RN-BC)

CNA Certificate/GNA License #A00131196

CPR BLS Certified

COMPETENCIES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Dedicated, compassionate, skilled Registered Nurse with extensive experience in patient care, health education, and quality assurance. Exhibits leadership, teamwork, presentation, and problem-solving abilities as displayed in various commendations. Proficient in planning holistic care to enhance, modify and support the health patterns of patients in various environmental contexts. Ms. Abadom seeks an opportunity where she will utilize critical thinking and communication skills while working as part of a multidisciplinary team in unique clinical settings.

University of Maryland Eastern Shore- Honor Student

University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Bowie State University – The National Leadership and Success.

SKILLS

Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, OneNote

Spanish

Outlook

SUNRISE

EPIC

Health Education

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Care Navigator:

Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center, 11890 Healing Wy, Silver Spring, MD 20904

May 2025– Present)

Facility Type: Acute Care Hospital

Teaching Facility: Yes

Trauma Level: 2

Total Beds: 180

Unit: Float

Caseload: 15-25patients

Identify patients who are vulnerable, high risk for readmission within 30 days of discharge, and/or high ED utilizers requiring additional support and connections to community resources

Collaborate with patients, staff, physicians, and community providers to develop a comprehensive plan of care for safe discharge, completing required documentation in a timely and accurate manner

Act as a patient advocate by identifying and connecting patients to the most appropriate community resources. Maintain a directory of available services by geographical area and update others about new services. Consult with others to identify potential community resources for resolving client health, psychosocial, or financial barriers

Collaborate with the behavioral health team and other community groups to ensure patients are connected to the most appropriate mental health programs in the community

Identify patients with admitting orders. Care Navigator will interview and complete assessment on the patients/family members to formulate a plan of care prior to transferring to a unit

Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to create CRISP Care Alerts for complex and high-utilizing patients

Aya Health care Agency, Johns Hopkins Home care Coordinator/Discharge Planner @ Howard County General Hospital

Howard County General Hospital, 5755 Cedar Ln, Columbia, MD 21044

September 2024– November2024 (Travel Contract Position)

Facility Type: Acute Care Hospital

Teaching Facility: Yes

Trauma Level: 2

Total Beds: 267

Unit: Emergency Department

Caseload: 21-40 patients

The position acts as a discharge planning resource to Hospital staff involved in home care planning, and facilitates continuity of care for the patient transitioning to home based services

Sheppard Pratt Health System Mental Health, RN, 6501 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21204

June 2024-August 2024 (Contract Position)

Facility Type: Psychiatric Hospital

Teaching Facility: Yes

Trauma Level: 2

Total Beds: 335

Unit: Adult Traumatic Brain Injury

Caseload: 5-8 patients

Serve adult patients ages 18 and older who suffer from one or more psychiatric disorders. We treat a wide range of psychiatric disorders on this unit, including, but not limited to, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety disorders, and psychosis.

Serve adolescent patients for psychiatric evaluation, stabilization, and treatment of children and adolescents with co-occurring developmental and psychiatric disorders.

While working on the adolescent unit, the patients are between the ages of six and 18, and have acute psychiatric and behavioral needs, along with a neurological, developmental, and/or genetic condition.

Effectively trained to de-escalate adult/ adolescent behavioral concerns.

Perform a full range of professional psychiatric nursing services, including assessing, planning, administering, and evaluating patient care in accordance with team treatment plan.

Administer medical treatment as prescribed by physician

Teach and provide psychosocial support to patients and their families

Provide day-to-day clinical direction to assigned Mental Health Workers or other paraprofessional staff

Document and report patient progress to treatment team

Developing and conducting master treatment plans,

Revising treatment plan when warranted

Reviewing all labs and reviewing abnormal labs with provider

Providing the patients with aftercare providers in conjunction with DSM 5 illness and medical problems

Connecting the patient with appropriate after care providers

Attend multi-disciplinary meetings along with the treatment team: Provider, patient, social work, and management

Authorization RN

Kaiser Permanente New Carrolton: 4000 Garden City Dr, Hyattsville, MD 20785

April 2023- November 2023

Facility Type: Acute Care Hospital

Teaching Facility: N/A

A nonprofit health plan and hospital system integrated with prepaid multispecialty medical groups

Total Beds: N/A

Unit: Behavior Health

Caseload: N/A

Kaiser Permanente utilization management (UM) activities include complex case management, skilled nursing facility case management, renal case management, facility-based utilization management, outpatient specialty referral management, home care, durable medical equipment, and rehabilitative therapy referral management. Collectively, these areas implement the UM Program for medical, surgical, pediatric, maternal health, geriatric and behavioral health care.

Registered nurses (RN) perform concurrent review of members’ admission to both participating and nonparticipating hospitals and other facilities. RNs also review or process outpatient referrals, requests for durable medical equipment, and home care services. RNs coordinate emergency care and out-of-area admissions.

ED Case Management/ Utilization Review Nurse

Howard County General Hospital, 5755 Cedar Ln, Columbia, MD 21044

January 2020 – September 2023

Facility Type: Acute Care Hospital

Teaching Facility: Yes

Trauma Level: 2

Total Beds: 267

Unit: Emergency Department

Caseload: 21-40 patients

Case Manager

provide clinical assessment and counseling

facilitate communication between you and your family and the interdisciplinary team

communicate your needs to other medical facilities, care providers and vendors

schedule appointments for your home care needs.

Utilization Management:

Medical record review

Clinical Nurse I

Howard County General Hospital, 5755 Cedar Ln, Columbia, MD 21044

June 2019- January 2021

Facility Type: Acute Care Hospital

Teaching Facility: Yes

Trauma Level: 2

Total Beds: 267

Unit: 1 North

Caseload: 15-20 patients

Clinical Nurse I

1. Entry level professional nurse focused primarily on developing knowledge and skills.

2. Provide safe patient care at a basic level and shows growth in ability to care for

increasingly complex patients.

3. Requires consultation with more experienced clinicians and benefits from feedback.

Charge Nurse/Patient Care Coordinator

Sheppard Pratt Health System Mental Health, 4100 College Ave, Ellicott City, MD 21043

October 2017- July 2020

Facility Type: Psychiatric Hospital

Teaching Facility: Yes

Trauma Level: 2

Total Beds: 79

Unit: Adult Crisis Stabilization/Adolescent /psychotic/co-occurring-dual diagnosis Units

Caseload: 15-20 patients

Serve adult patients ages 18 and older who suffer from one or more psychiatric disorders. We treat a wide range of psychiatric disorders on this unit, including, but not limited to, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety disorders, and psychosis.

Serve adolescent patients for psychiatric evaluation, stabilization, and treatment of children and adolescents with co-occurring developmental and psychiatric disorders.

While working on the adolescent unit, the patients are between the ages of six and 18, and have acute psychiatric and behavioral needs, along with a neurological, developmental, and/or genetic condition.

Adequately, respond to psychiatric emergency codes on the adult and adolescent unit. There I perform face-to-face assessments on patients.

Effectively trained to de-escalate adult/ adolescent behavioral concerns.

Perform a full range of professional psychiatric nursing services, including assessing, planning, administering, and evaluating patient care in accordance with team treatment plan.

Administer medical treatment as prescribed by physician

Teach and provide psychosocial support to patients and their families

Provide day-to-day clinical direction to assigned Mental Health Workers or other paraprofessional staff

Document and report patient progress to treatment team

Provide coverage and support to the Patient Care Coordinator

Developing and conducting master treatment plans,

Revising treatment plan when warranted

Reviewing all labs and reviewing abnormal labs with provider

Developing discharge summary

Providing the patients with aftercare providers in conjunction with DSM 5 illness and medical problems

Connecting the patient with appropriate after care providers

Attend multi-disciplinary meetings along with the treatment team: Provider, patient, social work, and management

Home Health Nursing Care Aide

Victory Home Care, Gaithersburg, MD February 2016-October 2016

Facility Type: Home Care

Teaching Facility: No

Trauma Level: 1

Total Beds: N/A

Unit: Geriatric

Caseload: 1 patient

Medication administration and management.

Assisted senior living residents with activities of daily living (ADLs): bathing, grooming, dressing, ambulatory care, and feeding.

Performed range of motion (ROM) exercises, vitals, nursing care assessments, and wound care management, whenever needed.

Assisted in other non-clinical duties, such as: telephone reception, stocking medical supplies, and maintaining a sanitized environment.

Certified Geriatric Nursing Assistant (GNA)

Pleasant View Nursing Home, Mount Airy, MD December 2012-August 2016

Facility Type: Senior Nursing Facility

Teaching Facility: No

Trauma Level: 2

Total Beds: 80

Unit: Progressive Care

Caseload: 10-12 patients

Assisted senior living residents with activities of daily living (ADLs): bathing, grooming, dressing, ambulatory care, feeding.

Performed routine vitals, basic nursing assessments, monitoring input & output, and wound care management.

Performed range of motion (ROM) exercises and leisure activities to residents.

Assisted in other non-clinical duties, such as: telephone reception, stocking medical supplies, and maintaining a sanitized environment.

Acute Rehabilitation Tech

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD March 2013-May2013

Department of Rehabilitation Services

Facility Type: Hospital

Teaching Facility: Yes

Trauma Level: 4

Total Beds: N/A

Unit: Inpatient Rehabilitation

Caseload: 7-10 patients

Assisted inpatient rehabilitation assessments: Range of Motion & Muscle Strength Measurement.

Assisted in patient teaching on assigned physical therapeutic regimens, taking blood pressure, and vital signs.

Assisted in other non-clinical duties, such as: patient transfers, telephone reception, inventory management of department’s medical supplies, and ensuring a clean clinic environment.

ATOD Student Intern

University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD August 2010 – May 2011

Fieldwork in Rehabilitation Services, Behavioral & Social Counseling at the Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug Prevention Center

Assisted in the planning, organizing and conducting education programs on Alcohol,

Tobacco, Drugs & Substance Abuse and Other Risk-related behaviors to students and to the community at-large.

Maintained access database and performed secretarial duties, whenever needed.

Hospital Summer Intern

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD Summer 2007& 2009

Department of Neurosurgery & of Neurology

Assisted in clerical duties: filing, answering phone calls, copying, and mail distribution.

Shadowed under assigned preceptors on in-patient therapeutic procedures and outpatient clinical services

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES

Chiropractic First - Private Practice, Mount Airy, MD

Volunteer October 2012- March 2013

Shadowed under assigned preceptors on in-patient therapeutic procedures and outpatient clinical services.

Assisted in other non-clinical duties: showed patients to their rooms.

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation August 2012-October 2012

Hospital Volunteer

Provided wheelchair assistance to both in-patient & outpatient clients.

Assisted in clerical duties: filing, answering phone calls, copying, and mail distribution

Shadowed under assigned preceptors on in-patient therapeutic procedures and outpatient clinical services

Assisted patients with transportation & basic activities of daily living (ADLs).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Nurse: Former nursing student at Bowie State University, Bowie, MD.5/13-12/14

Completed all clinical rotations in Foundations, Med-Surge, Psychiatric, Maternity, Pediatrics, Community health, Critical care, & Transition into Professional Nursing Practice.

New Nurse Residency Program: Completed at Sheppard Pratt Health System May 2018

APNA Member: (March 2018-Present)

APNA is the only PMH nursing organization whose membership is inclusive of all PMH registered nurses (RN) including associate degree (ADN), baccalaureate (BSN), and advanced practice (APN) comprised of clinical nurse specialists (CNS), psychiatric nurse practitioners (NP), and nurse scientists and academicians (PhD and DNP). APNA membership totals more than 11,000 psychiatric mental health nurses from all over the world. All PMH nurses are eligible for membership at a reasonable cost. The membership is comprised of approximately 40% psychiatric registered nurses and 60% psychiatric advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). Members practice in all settings, including inpatient, community, academic, research, private and public health institutions, and high-level administrative positions at state and federal levels.

ANA Member: (March 2018-Present)

We’re here to improve patient care through supporting both individuals and organizations to advance the nursing profession. From advocating in the halls of Congress, to setting the bar for credentialing worldwide, the ANA Enterprise exists to give every nurse the best chance of success.

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