Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (DNP)

Gloria Fosu, DNP, PMHNP

Laurel, Maryland ***** 240-***-**** ************@***.***

EXPERIENCES

Arthur Behavioural Healthcare Services LLC

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• Conduct psychiatric evaluations.

• Create treatment and medication management plans.

• Provide direct feedback to individuals, families, and caregivers regarding treatment and

medication management plan.

• Implement treatment and intervention plans directly with clients.

• Create and maintain data collection materials (including data sheets, spreadsheets, etc.).

• Provide training to therapists, technicians, families, caregivers, and other professionals.

• Maintain electronic health records for clients.

• Work collaboratively with families and professionals.

• Participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings.

• Providing of psychiatric and behavioral services

• Diagnose and treat mental health illnesses using DSM 5

• Suboxone Treatment

• Prescribe medications and medications managements.

• Perform assessment and evaluations for new patients, fellow ups.

• Develop coordinate with interdisciplinary services providers regarding patient care.

• Facilitate referrals to other healthcare professionals and medical facilities as needed patients.

• Assisting individuals in achieving recovery goals

• Case management

• Intakes evaluation /triage

• Build milieu therapy, promotes self-care, health teachings, counseling

• Intervenes for psycho-biological needs, crisis intervention

• Monitor and treat patient with withdrawals from substance abuse

Shepperd Pratt Hospital 2021 – 2022

Registered Nurse

• Perform assessment and evaluations for new patients, fellow ups.

• Develop coordinate with interdisciplinary services providers regarding patient care.

• Facilitate referrals to other healthcare professionals and medical facilities as needed patients.

• Assisting individuals in achieving recovery goals

• Case management

• Intakes evaluation /triage

• Build milieu therapy, promotes self-care, health teachings, counseling

January 2022

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present

PMHNP & CEO

Conduct assessment, diagnosis, prescribe medications, follow ups

Medication management

• Intervenes for psycho-biological needs, crisis intervention

• Monitor and treat patient with withdrawals from substance abuse.

• Supports professional practice by observing the following: Uses knowledge and practices in

accordance with the Nurse Practice Act; Joint Commission, state, and local laws; and Patient’s

Bill of Rights hospital policies.

• Uses appropriate standards of safety and hygiene to maintain a patient care environment with a

focus on safety and preventing the spread of communicable disease between patients and staff.

• Maintains positive relationships with physicians and other interprofessional team members,

collaborating to problem solve and improve patient care.

• Provides excellent customer service and positively impacts HCAHPS metrics.

• Performs other duties as assigned/necessary.

Holy Cross Hospital Silver Spring (Both Dialysis unit acute and chronic) 2019 – present

Supervisory Registered Nurse/Clinical Nurse/Nurse In-Charge

• Provides planning and delivery of direct and indirect patient care.

• Responsible for providing patient centered care to medically complex patients.

• Supervises care, treatment, and services of the patient(s).

• Documents the patient’s plan of care using identified nursing diagnosis, expected patient

outcomes and selected nursing interventions.

• Always maintains confidentiality with patients, medical staff, and co-workers.

• Provides a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic patient environment using empathy.

• Adheres to and supports the policies/procedures/goals/objectives of the hospital to provide quality

patient care, revises plan of care according to evaluation, changes in medical plan of care and

nursing interventions.

• Performs interventions according to identified priorities, plan of care, and the hospital policies

and patient care outcome standard.

• Implement physicians’ orders, administer medications, start IVs, perform treatments, procedures

and special tests, and document treatment as required by company policy and local/state/federal

rules and regulations.

• Assess and evaluate patients' needs for, and responses to, care rendered.

• Apply sound nursing judgment in patient care management decisions.

• Administer prescribed medications as ordered.

• Utilizes nursing process, evidenced-based practice, and unit-specific competencies to complete an

accurate and timely assessment of the patient’s needs, goals, preferences, and resources available.

• Supports professional practice by observing the following: Uses knowledge and practices in

accordance with the Nurse Practice Act; Joint Commission, state, and local laws; and Patient’s

Bill of Rights hospital policies.

• Uses appropriate standards of safety and hygiene to maintain a patient care environment with a

focus on safety and preventing the spread of communicable disease between patients and staff.

• Maintains positive relationships with physicians and other interprofessional team members,

collaborating to problem solve and improve patient care.

• Provides excellent customer service and positively impacts HCAHPS metrics.

• Performs other duties as assigned/necessary.

Holy Cross Hospital

Worked on HRP/MCH/Labor and Delivery Unit – 02/08/2008 – 6/07/2019 Worked on Oncology, Medical/Surgical floor unit for a year – 02/08/2018

• Observe and record patient behavior.

• Performs physical examination and diagnostics test.

• Educate patients about management of illness.

• Administer medications and treatments. Ensuring standard of care delivery.

• Monitor and coach nursing staff.

• Support the delivery of effective and efficient care.

• Delegating and supervision various task to GNAs.

• Developed patient care plans, including assessments, nursing diagnosis, evaluations of patient's

response to care.

Family and Nursing Care 2004 – 2007

Home Care Supervisor Nurse

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• Maintain the comfort and safety of patients.

• Monitors and reports changes in patient’s condition to supervisor.

• Educate patients on preventive and healthy lifestyle changes.

• Commitment to confidentiality of information always

• Providing mental health assessment to clients while evaluating a range of mental health

interventions to meet inmate’s healthcare needs.

• Conducting intakes on mentally ill inmates suffering from concurrent alcohol/substance abuse

problems or behavioral issues and coordinating care with families or friends of patients with

supervising psychiatrists for consultations.

• Administering medications as prescribed while monitoring patient progress.

• Implementing therapeutic support to patient and families.

• Triaging and coordinating care

• Render patients’ emotional support through empathy, active listening, and education.

• Commitment to confidentiality of information always

Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital Ghana 1996 – 1999

Registered Nurse

• Organizing training seminars and courses to educate new staff or introduce new procedures and protocols.

• Evaluating staff performance and providing corrective measures if necessary

• Assessing, monitoring, and caring for patients

Overseeing the care of all patients and orientation of field staff.

Patient assessment, care plan development, MD orders; compliance, evaluation, and supervision

of non-professional staff in the delivery of in-home patient care

Provide basic medical care, including changing wound dressings, administering medications,

collecting specimens, assisting with hygiene care, feeding, tracheostomy care, Foley catheter

insertion and other nursing tasks as directed by the Registered Nurse.

• Communicating with upper management regarding Nurse performance, staff issues and changes to treatment protocols

• Creating a yearly budget for nursing staff

• Performing administrative tasks, such as creating staff schedules and ordering supplies

• Remaining calm under pressure and be able to delegate staff responsibilities quickly and

effectively during busy shifts or emergency situations.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Walden University

Doctor of Nursing Practice Nov 2021 - Feb 2023

Walden university

Master of Science in Nursing - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Feb 2017 - Jun 2020

Chamberlain University

Master of Science in Nursing - FNP still in progress 2016 - present

Grand Canyon University, Maryland

BSN- Nursing

2014 - 2016 (Graduated with Honors)

Nursing Training College, Effie Nkwanta Regional Hospital NTC - Ghana, West Africa

Diploma in nursing - RN-NTC 06/06 /1996 - 1999

CERTIFICATIONS /LICENSURE

PMHNP- BC-Maryland 2021

R176670 – Registered Nurse - Maryland since 1999 SABOXONE /MAT WAIVER certified.

NPI 100******* CDS/DEA N113540 CAHQ 15541566

INPT-OB

C-EFM

CPR/ BLS

AFFILIATIONS

Advance practice registered nursing association North America Nursing Association

American Cancer Association

Prince Georges community Involvement.

Yoga group

American Red Cross (ARC) Instructor (CPR/FIRST AIDE, BABY SITTER TRAINING) America Heart Association (AHA) instructor (CPR, FIRST AIDE)

Maryland Board of Nursing (teaching students, CNA/GNA, CMT)

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