Nurse Practitioner Mental Health

Turner Jernigan, APRN-BC, RN, BS

Phone: 615-***-****

EMail: ******.********@**********.***

LifeCare Family Services

Vanderbilt University Department Of Psychiatry

Professional Style: Person Centered and Cognitive-Behavioral Theoretical Orientations, with Emphasis on Effective Pharmacological Interventions Derived from Evidence Based Care.

Clinical, Research, and Educational Experience

August 2000 – Present

• LifeCare Family Services

Franklin, Lawrenceburg, Coulumbia, Franklin, and Pulaski, TN

December 2009 – Present

▪ Adult, Pediatric, Geriatric, and Substance Use Disorders

Psychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis

▪ Adult, Pediatric, Geriatric and Substance Use Disorders

Psychotropic Medication Management

▪ Adult, Pediatric, Geriatric, and Substance Use Disorders

Laboratory Referral and Interpretation

▪ Crisis Assessment, Management, and Involuntary Commitment for Hospitalization

▪ Patient Advocacy and Facilitation of Interdisciplinary Approaches to Improve Health Outcomes with Primary Care, Educational, Psychosocial, and Mental Health Providers

▪ Assessment and Pharmacological Treatment of Many Psychiatric Illnesses Including

• Depressive, Bipolar, and Anxiety Disorders

• Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

• Substance Use and Personality Disorders

• Attention-Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders

• Pervasive Developmental Disorders

• Mental Retardation, Dissociative Identity, and Eating Disorders

• Cognitive Disorders and Pedophilia

• Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychiatry

Nashville, TN. January 2008 – Present

Employed Under Dr. Herbert Meltzer As a Sub-Investigator In Eight Investigator and Pharmaceutical Initiated Clinical Studies Including:

• "A Double-Blind, Placebo and Active-Controlled Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of Cariprazine in the Acute Exacerbation of Schizophrenia"

Forrest Pharamceuticals

•"A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel, 12-Week, Phase 2 Study of Two Different Doses of an Alpha-7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Agonist (EVP 6124) or Placebo in Schizophrenia Subjects on Chronic Stable Atypical Anti-Psychotic Therapy"

•"A 38-Week Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Active-controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of an Intramuscular Depot Formulation of

Aripiprazole (OPC-14597) as Maintenance Treatment in Patients with Schizophrenia."

Otsuka Pharmaceuticals.

•“A Phase 2a, Multi-Center Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel Placebo Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of MEM3454 as Adjunctive Treatment in Combination with Preexisting Antipsychotic in Patients with Cognitive Impairment Associated with Schizophrenia.” Memory Pharmaceuticals.

•“High Dose Risperidone Consta for Patients with Schizophrenia with Unsatisfactory Response to Standard Dose Risperidone or Long Acting Injectable”

PI: Herbert Meltzer, MD.

•”Improving Outcome in Schizophrenia Through Identification of Genetic Risk Factors”

PI: Herbert Meltzer, MD

•”Evaluating the Risks of Arrhythmia and Sudden Death Associated with Antipsychotic Drugs by Assessing the T Wave Abnormalities in the Holter Electrocardiogram

PI: Herbert Meltzer, MD

•”Effect of Addition of Armodafanil (ARM) on the Tolerability and Efficacy for Cognition of Antipsychotic Drugs in Patients with Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder”,

PI: William Bobo, MD

• Centerstone Community Mental Health Centers, Inc. –

Nashville and Madison, TN. September 2006 – December 2009

• Centerstone Community Mental Health Centers, Inc. –

Clarksville and Gallatin, TN. September 2002 - September 2006

Position: Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Job Duties Have Included:

▪ Adult, Pediatric, Geriatric, and Substance Use Disorders

Psychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis

▪ Adult, Pediatric, Geriatric and Substance Use Disorders

Psychotropic Medication Management

▪ Adult, Pediatric, Geriatric, and Substance Use Disorders

Laboratory Referral and Interpretation

▪ Crisis Assessment, Management, and Involuntary Commitment for Hospitalization

▪ Patient Advocacy and Facilitation of Interdisciplinary Approaches to Improve Health Outcomes with Primary Care, Educational, Psychosocial, and Mental Health Providers

▪ Assessment and Pharmacological Treatment of Many Psychiatric Illnesses Including

• Depressive, Bipolar, and Anxiety Disorders

• Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

• Substance Use and Personality Disorders

• Attention-Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders

• Pervasive Developmental Disorders

• Mental Retardation and Tic and Eating Disorders

• Cognitive Disorders and Pedophilia

August 2000 - August 2002

• Vanderbilt University School of Nursing - Nashville, TN GPA = 3.9 / 4.0

▪ M.S.N., R.N. - Adult Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

• Villages at Vanderbilt Mood Disorders Clinic; Mental Health Cooperative; Treadway

Clinic

▪ Psychiatric Assessment and Diagnosis, Individual Therapy, Psychotropic Medication

Management, Crisis Management, Couples and Group Therapy (>600 Hours)

• Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute

▪ Physical Assessment and General Medical Evaluation and Treatment (>60 Hours)

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Centennial Medical Center; Saint Thomas

Hospital

▪ Medical-Surgical, Pediatric, Postpartum, Community Health, and Inpatiant Psychiatric

Nursing (>700 Hours)

August 1999 - May 2000

• Middle Tennessee State University - Murfreesboro, TN GPA = 3.5 / 4.0

▪ 31 Hours of Applied Sciences including Advanced Placement Biology, Microbiology,

Chemistry, Physics, and Nutrition

August 1998 - August 1999

• Centerstone Community Mental Health Centers, Inc. - Columbia, TN

Position: Adult Case Manager

Job Duties Included:

▪ Case Management of the Severe and Persistently Mentally Ill Entailing Linkage to

Community and Agency Resources, Patient Advocacy, Evaluation of Impairment, Crisis

Assessment and Management, and a Large Number of Other Supportive Services

August 1993 - May 1998

• Tennessee State University - Nashville, TN

▪ B.S. Psychology, Graduated Magna Cum Laude

• National Fulfillment Incorporated - Lebanon, TN

Position: Customer Service Representative

Job Duties Included:

▪ Face to Face and Phone Contact with the General Public including Select Managerial,

Quality Improvement, and Administrative Duties

Licensure, Certification, and Registration

• American Nurses Credentialing Center

▪ Board Certified Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

• Certified Advanced Practice Nurse in the State of Tennessee - #APN0000008303

• Licensed Registered Nurse in the State of Tennessee - #RN0000135680

• Tennessee Board of Nursing Certificate of Fitness to Prescribe Legend Drugs - #2951

• Drug Enforcement Administration Controlled Substances Registration

• Designated Mandatory Pre-Screening Agent for Emergency Involuntary Psychiatric

Hospitalization for The State of Tennessee Department of Mental Health

Achievements and Professional Organizations

• Guest Lecturer For Vanderbilt University School Of Nursing

▪ Overview Of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Fall 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006

• Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society

• Substantial Vanderbilt School of Nursing Academic Scholarship Awards

• Full Undergraduate Education Academic Scholarship (Tennessee State University)

References on Request

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