Registered Nurse Mental Health
Resume:
GAIL JERIDEAU- PRATT
*** * ******* ***. ********** Station, New York 11746• **********@*****.*** • 951-***-****
REGISTERED NURSE
CREATIVE ● DEDICATED ● EFFICIENT ● ORGANIZED
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Dedicated nursing professional with an extensive academic background in health care administration, complemented by years of hands-on experience in a variety of nursing and medical settings.
• Readily develop rapport with patients, families, staff and other health care professionals.
• Reliable health care provider with the ability to stay calm and intervene during crises.
• Resourceful in completing projects, ability to multi-task effectively.
• Excellent analytical skills coupled with an extensive background in needs assessment.
• Self-motivated; able to set effective priorities and implement decisions that achieve immediate and long-term goals.
• Dedicated individual with a reputation for consistently going beyond what is required.
• Acute/Critical Care
• Discharge Planning
• Risk Management
• Nurse Standards of Care
• Case Management
• Utilization Review
• Analysis Reporting
• Staff Development
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Assessment Compiling & Evaluating
• Created tailored care plans describing treatment methods and goals, including medications, therapy and other behavioral management systems.
• Monitored patients through the treatment process, and made the appropriate recommendations as advisable.
• Handled a large amount of crisis intervention issues, and developed new areas of improvement for the current system as a team.
• Ensured a smooth communication process by acting as the liaison between physicians, psychiatric directors, caregivers, and service providers.
• Evaluated the necessity and practicality of care advising psychiatrists and case managers, and implemented technique training as team leader.
Health Facilities Evaluation
• Conducted compliant investigations and in-depth surveys of health facilities to determine their compliance with state licensing and federal certification requirements of the Medicare and Medi-Cal programs.
• Enforced Stat and Federal laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to areas affecting patient care such as nursing, physicians, restorative, pharmacy, social, dental, and related services.
Charge Nurse Experience
• Supervised, trained, directed, and motivated a staff in hospital, jail, and clinic settings which increase employee knowledge and efficiency, and decreased turnover.
• Mediated numerous disputes and organized workloads accordingly, which maximized efficiency.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PSYCHIATRIC NURSE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR 2009-2010
RIVERSIDE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH Riverside, CA
PSYCHIATRIC NURSE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR 2007-2008
DETENTION CENTER RIVERSIDE DEPARTMENT MENTAL HEALTH Riverside, CA
HEALTH FACILITIES EVALUATOR RN 2006-2007 STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES CA.
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX- BSN PART TIME 2003-2006
MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR, RN 1999-2003
LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH Los Angeles, CA
Various mental health part-time positions/ Attending BSN program 1997-1999
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION CHARGE NURSE 1993-1996
MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM Las Vegas, NV
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
MSN DEGREE 2011
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX Online
Relevant Coursework; Dynamics of Family System, Population-Focused Health Care, Analysis of Research Reports, Research Utilization Project, Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Health Care
BSN DEGREE 2006
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX (3.72 GPA) Online
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• State of California Disciplinary and Diversion Committee for RN’s with Addiction Issues.
• Utilization Review//Discharge Planning
• Computerized Business Skills
• Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner
• Adult Education, Child Abuse and Victimization
• Alcohol and Drug Counseling
ACCREDITATIONS
• American Nurses Association, Certificate: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
• Public Health Nurse
• 2009- Legal Nurse Consultant, Certified
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