DORIS M MUKISA
Buford
Summary
Board-Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with over 10 years of experience in psychiatric/behavioral health nursing. Attentive psychiatric staff nurse, composed and polished even in high stress situations. Collaborative leader and team player, highly motivated employee with a desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills.
Adept at delivering comprehensive patient care and adapting to diverse clinical settings. Highly skilled in patient assessment and critical thinking.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
PRN Staff Nurse
Emory Health Care
04.2018 - Current
- Company Overview: Emory Wesley Woods Hospital
- Caring for patients experiencing acute mental distress or who have an enduring mental illness
- Ensuring the correct administration of medication, including injections, and monitoring the results of treatment
- Responding to distressed patients in a non-threatening manner and attempting to understand the source of distress as well as applying de-escalating techniques to help manage their emotions and behavior
- Preparing and participating in-group and or one-to-one therapy sessions, both individually and with other health professionals
- Educating patients and their families about their mental status
- Providing counseling for patients with various mental illnesses such as depression, schizophrenia, eating disorders among others
- Performing COVID testing and administering the vaccine to patients
Travel Nurse
Millennium Travel Nursing
12.2022 - 01.2025
- Company Overview: Cambridge Health Alliance
- Worked on a 16-bed adult locked psychiatric unit
- Worked alongside an inter-discipline team of doctors, social workers, lawyers, and mental health counselors to care for patients
- Ensured the correct administration of medication, including injections, and monitoring the results of treatment
- Educated patients and their families about their mental health, medications effects and side effects, and importance of compliance
- Performed admissions and discharges
New Grad Internship
Avant Interventional Psychiatry
08.2023 - 04.2024
- Working as a psychiatric nurse practitioner student during clinical rotation tasked with assessing, diagnosing and treating children and adults with mental illness
- Conducted new patient assessments and performed psychiatric diagnostic evaluations to determine diagnoses, treatment strategies, and care coordination needs for clients with mental health, substance use, or other psychiatric needs under the supervision of a psychiatrist
- Maintained timely, complete, accurate and legible medical records for all patients evaluated and treated
- Ordered, obtained and assessed appropriate laboratory tests and diagnostics. Based clinical decisions on laboratory interpretation under the supervision of the psychiatrist
- Observed the psychiatrist perform pharmacologic treatment strategies, order medications, monitor, and evaluate progress on psychiatric and/or other medications.
- Performed prior authorizations with insurance companies and conducted phone calls with different pharmacies on behalf of the patient to ensure that medications ordered by the provider were available
- Completed medication and health education to include but not limited to informed consent, benefits, risks, side effects, and alternative treatments for medications ordered, health/wellness management, metabolic risk reduction strategies
- Competent and comfortable with conducting Telemedicine technology appointments both for intake and follow up encounters
Travel Nurse
Jackson Health Professions
02.2022 - 10.2022
- Company Overview: Georgia Regional Hospital
- Worked on a forensic unit with 42 individuals
- Consulted and coordinated with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate client care
- Administered prescribed medications and documented
- Modified client treatment plans as indicated by clients' responses and conditions
- Monitored all aspects of client care, including diet, physical activity and reported any symptoms and changes in clients’ conditions
- Documented daily, weekly, and monthly notes on individuals
- Provided health care, first aid, immunizations and assistance in convalescence and rehabilitation
Registered Nurse
Laurel Heights Hospital
05.2021 - 08.2021
- Company Overview: Adolescent Psychiatry
- Managed patient admissions and conducted individualized pediatric patient assessments
- Developed plan of care individualized for the toddler, preschool, school age or adolescent patients
- Performed therapeutic nursing interventions along with medication administration per physician orders
- Initiated emergency resuscitative measures according to pediatric resuscitation protocols
- Monitored all aspects of client care, including diet, physical activity and reported any symptoms and changes in clients’ conditions
Charge Nurse
Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office
04.2020 - 05.2021
- Company Overview: Gwinnett County jail
- Reviewed the physical, psychological, dental and safety needs of inmates incarcerated in the county jail
- Assisted correctional officers during the intake process of prisoners to evaluate healthcare needs and placement of inmates due to medical, psych, safety, infectious disease etc
- Responded to all medical emergencies in the building and completed the required paperwork
- Administered medication to inmates as ordered by the physician and communicated with the on-call physician for emergency medicine
- Triaged phone consultations from deputies about inmates and supervised other nursing staff on duty
Charge Nurse
Lahey Behavioral Health
09.2012 - 11.2017
- Company Overview: Bayridge Hospital
- Charge nurse on an acute 30 bed locked psychiatric unit and supervising 3 nurses and 4 mental health counselors
- Working with an inter-discipline team of doctors, social workers, lawyers, and mental health counselors to care for patients
- Caring for substance abuse patients and monitoring their detox process
- Ensuring the correct administration of medication, including injections, and monitoring the results of treatment
- Preparing and participating in-group and or one-to-one therapy sessions, both individually and with other health professionals
- Educating patients and their families about their mental status
- Competent with the Epic computer system
Education
Master of Science - Psychiatric Nursing
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond Kentucky05-2024
Skills
- Excellent communication
- Computer proficient
- Excellent de-escalation skills
- Patient health education
- Client focused
- Quick learner
- Results oriented
- Time management skills
- Clinical documentation
- Critical thinking
- Medication administration
- Patient assessments
Timeline
New Grad Internship
Avant Interventional Psychiatry
08.2023 - 04.2024
Travel Nurse
Millennium Travel Nursing
12.2022 - 01.2025
Travel Nurse
Jackson Health Professions
02.2022 - 10.2022
Registered Nurse
Laurel Heights Hospital
05.2021 - 08.2021
Charge Nurse
Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office
04.2020 - 05.2021
PRN Staff Nurse
Emory Health Care
04.2018 - Current
Charge Nurse
Lahey Behavioral Health
09.2012 - 11.2017
Master of Science - Psychiatric Nursing
Eastern Kentucky University
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