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Caprece Wilson

Surprise

Summary

Dedicated PMHNP with extensive experience in delivering comprehensive psychiatric care and mental health support through my many years of specializing as a psychiatric nurse across multiple settings. Proven ability to diagnose, treat, and manage mental health conditions while collaborating with healthcare teams to achieve optimal patient outcomes. Strong communication skills and ethical decision-making enhance the quality of care provided, resulting in tailored treatment plans that significantly improve patient well-being.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Psych RN

Avenir Behavioral Health Hospital
Surprise
01.2024 - Current
  • Assisted doctors during medical procedures.
  • Provided direct nursing care to patients, including administering medications, wound care, and IV therapy.
  • Assessed patient health and developed individualized care plans accordingly.
  • Developed education materials to help explain various conditions and treatments to patients.
  • Attended continuing education courses to stay up-to-date on current trends in nursing practice.
  • Identified potential safety hazards in the environment or among patients' behaviors.
  • Carried out physician orders regarding tests or medication administration accurately and safely.
  • Administered prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing protocols.
  • Ensured compliance with infection control policies and procedures.
  • Educated patients on health maintenance, disease prevention, and treatment options.
  • Counseled patients and caregivers, providing emotional, psychological and spiritual support.
  • Updated charts throughout shifts with current, accurate information to maintain strict recordkeeping standards.
  • Created, implemented and evaluated patient care plans with medical team.
  • Adhered to infection control procedures to facilitate safe, clean patient environment.
  • Stocked clinical workstations and procedure rooms with necessary supplies.
  • Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.
  • Collaborated with health groups to plan or implement programs designed to improve overall health of communities.
  • Coordinated discharge planning to ensure continuity of care post-hospitalization.
  • Prepared medical equipment and tools to aid physician during examination and treatment of patients.
  • Referred patients to specialized health resources or community agencies to furnish additional assistance.
  • Utilized computerized Resource and Patient Management System (RPMS) and Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.
  • Conducted specified laboratory tests to help detect conditions and determine diagnosis.
  • Interpreted and evaluated diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
  • Advocated for patient needs with interdisciplinary team and implemented outlined treatment plans.
  • Assessed patient conditions, monitored behaviors and updated supervising physicians with observations and concerns.

PMHNP Student Clinical Rotation

The Way Wellness
Maricopa
02.2025 - 05.2025
  • Developed individualized treatment plans for patients with mental health disorders.
  • Facilitated psychoeducation classes to help patients understand their diagnosis and how to manage symptoms effectively.
  • Assessed potential risk factors associated with suicidal ideation or violent behavior.
  • Prescribed psychotropic medications based on patient needs and responses to treatment.
  • Provided psychiatric evaluation and medication management to patients in an outpatient setting.
  • Utilized evidence-based interventions such as cognitive behavioral therapy during individual sessions.
  • Organized educational events within the local community aimed at increasing awareness of mental health issues.
  • Counseled individuals struggling with trauma-related issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder.
  • Evaluated current medications for effectiveness and possible side effects while making recommendations accordingly.
  • Adhered to HIPAA regulations regarding confidentiality of protected health information.
  • Diagnosed psychiatric disorders and mental health conditions through careful assessments.
  • Cultivated relationships with patients, discussing ways to help improve overall health while alleviating self-harm practices.
  • Advised and educated patients and families on mental health and medical conditions, medications, or treatment plans.

RN

Haven Behavioral Health Hospital
Phoenix
01.2020 - 01.2025
  • Administered care to crisis and detoxing patients
  • Administered CIWAS Assessment
  • Administered Psych meds
  • Administered COWS assessment
  • Administered IM injections for monthly maintenance and crisis intervention
  • CPI certified
  • Created care plans with rationales for Psych patients
  • Assisted with Lab draws, and Lab monitoring
  • Administered oral medications
  • Admission Assessment and Pre-discharge teaching
  • Administered Covid-19 test and relayed results
  • Designed goal-oriented care plans for patients

PMHNP Student Clinical Rotation

Embark Behavioral Health
Scottsdale
12.2024 - 05.2024
  • Evaluating, diagnosing, and treating patients dealing with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. This includes conducting thorough psychiatric evaluations and developing personalized treatment plans.
  • Interviewing patients, reviewing their medical history and medications, and performing necessary diagnostic tests to gather all relevant information.
  • Making preliminary diagnoses, providing treatment, and referring patients to specialized care when needed.
  • Managing medications, evaluating how well treatments are working and adjusting them as necessary, using clinical expertise.
  • Providing mental health education to both patients and healthcare to promote understanding and awareness.
  • Timely follow-ups to ensure patients receive the best care possible.
  • Writing and maintaining accurate patient records and ensuring compliance with all legal and ethical standards.
  • Providing crisis intervention when necessary.
  • Collaborating with team to deliver the highest quality care.

PMHNP Student Clinical Rotation

Sanctuary Addiction Recovery
Phoenix
12.2024 - 05.2024
  • Assessing, diagnosing, and treating adults, adolescents, and children experiencing symptoms of behavioral health disorders.
  • Prescribing, recommending, or discontinuing drugs and treatments to treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders in accordance with the Collaborative Practice Agreement and the state's Nurse Practice Act.
  • Collaborating with counselors, social workers, or other treatment team members to coordinate client care.
  • Responsible for timely and accurate completion of medical records, including assessment, treatment plan, progress notes, outcome measures, and billing entries.
  • Counseling clients during appointments, as necessary.
  • Designing/participating in the development of individualized treatment plans, incorporating best and leading practices into treatment interventions.
  • Examining or order laboratory or diagnostic tests for clients to provide information on general physical condition and mental disorders.
  • Collaborating with guardians, relatives, and significant others on client's conditions and treatment when clinically appropriate.
  • Preparing and submit assessments, progress notes, reports, and summaries to entities/agencies (funders, insurance companies, etc.) as required.
  • Returning calls and emails promptly (within 24 hours of receipt or sooner if clinically necessary).
  • Records all services performed for accurate billing for services provided in compliance with all local, state and federal laws, as well as payor rules and regulations. Submits billing documents in a timely fashion.
  • Looking for ways to improve and promote quality. Provides teaching and education to clinical staff, if requested.
  • Following all procedures and protocols as per Provident policy, federal and state regulations, standard practice, and in accordance with the Collaborative Practice Agreement.

Psych RN

St Luke's Behavioral Health Hospital
Phoenix
01.2023 - 12.2023

Administered care to crisis and detoxing patients

  • Provided emotional support to families facing difficult decisions about a loved one's care.
  • Provided direct nursing care to patients, including administering medications, wound care, and IV therapy.
  • Assisted doctors during medical procedures.
  • Responded quickly to life-threatening situations by providing appropriate interventions.
  • Attended continuing education courses to stay up-to-date on current trends in nursing practice.
  • Administered care to COT (involuntary)
  • Knowledge of use on restraint and seclusion policies and applications
  • Administered CIWAS Assessment
  • Administered Psych meds and use of rapid tranquilization
  • Administered COWS assessment
  • MOAB certified
  • Administered IM injections for monthly maintenance and crisis intervention
  • Administered methadone for replacement therapy patients
  • Created care plans with rationales for Psych patients
  • Assisted with Lab draws, and Lab monitoring
  • Administered oral medications
  • Admission Assessment and Pre-discharge teaching
  • Administered Covid-19 test, vaccine, and relayed results
  • Designed goal-oriented care plans for patients

Psych RN

Phoenix Neuro Psych Hospital
Phoenix
01.2022 - 12.2023
  • Administered care to crisis and detoxing patients
  • Administered care to COT (involuntary)
  • Knowledge of use on restraint and seclusion policies and applications
  • Administered CIWAS Assessment
  • Administered Psych meds and use of rapid tranquilization
  • Administered COWS assessment
  • Administered IM injections for monthly maintenance and crisis intervention
  • Administered methadone for replacement therapy patients
  • Created care plans with rationales for Psych patients
  • Assisted with Lab draws, and Lab monitoring
  • Administered oral medications
  • Admission Assessment and Pre-discharge teaching
  • Administered Covid-19 test, vaccine, and relayed results
  • Designed goal-oriented care plans for patients

RN

Milwaukee County Mental Health Hospital
Milwaukee
01.2021 - 12.2022
  • Company Overview: Maxim Healthcare
  • Administered care to crisis and detoxing patients
  • Administered care to COT (involuntary)
  • Knowledge of use on restraint and seclusion policies and applications
  • Administered CIWAS Assessment
  • Administered Psych meds and use of rapid tranquilization
  • Administered COWS assessment
  • Administered IM injections for monthly maintenance and crisis intervention
  • CPI certified
  • Created care plans with rationales for Psych patients
  • Assisted with Lab draws, and Lab monitoring
  • Administered oral medications
  • Admission Assessment and Pre-discharge teaching
  • Administered Covid-19 test, vaccine, and relayed results
  • Designed goal-oriented care plans for patients
  • Maxim Healthcare

RN

Arizona Department of Correction/Inpatient Psych Hospital
Phoenix
01.2019 - 12.2020
  • Nursing intake
  • Nurse Line of up to 30 patients seen a day
  • Response to ICS (incident command system)
  • Lab draws, Injections, Pill call for 400 inmates
  • Patient education, prevention care, and treatment of patients
  • Monitoring of patient with chronic illnesses, and acute illnesses
  • Providing COWS, CIWAS care to patients
  • Administering medication
  • Conducted suicide/self-harm watches for inmates in distress
  • Performed IV therapy, U/A dips, Fecal Occult blood test, TB test, Vaccinations

RN

La Palma Correctional Facility
Eloy
01.2018 - 12.2019
  • Nursing intake
  • Nurse Line of up to 30 patients seen a day
  • Response to ICS (incident command system)
  • Lab draws, Injections, Pill call for 400 inmates
  • Patient education, prevention care, and treatment of patients
  • Monitoring of patient with chronic illnesses, and acute illnesses
  • Providing COWS, CIWAS care to patients
  • Administering medication
  • Conducted suicide watches for inmates in distress

RN

Grove at the Lake Nursing Rehab
Zion
01.2017 - 12.2018
  • Psych unit staff nurse
  • Medication administration
  • Assessment intervention of patients
  • Designed goal-oriented care plans for patients
  • Exposure to G-tubes, NG-tubes, Ventilators, Tracheotomy's, IV's, Wound care
  • Responsible for implementing physicians' orders such as: EKGs, peak flows, immunizations, injections, ear irrigations, nebulizer treatments, phlebotomy

LPN

Grove at the Lake Nursing Rehab
Zion
01.2015 - 12.2017
  • LPN staff nurse
  • Psych unit staff nurse
  • Medication administration
  • Designed goal-oriented care plans for patients
  • Exposure to G-tubes, NG-tubes, Ventilators, Tracheotomy's, IV's, Wound care, Dialysis
  • Responsible for implementing physicians' orders such as: EKGs, peak flows, immunizations, injections, ear irrigations, nebulizer treatments, phlebotomy, and gathering/reporting laboratory results.
  • Assisted supervisor with administrative and supervisory duties which include but not limited to patient education, referrals, triage, initial assessments, ordering supplies

Certified Nursing Assistant

Grove at the Lake Nursing Rehab
Zion
01.2011 - 12.2014
  • Assisted with activities of daily living, used proper body mechanics for lifting, and also gained knowledge on different machines used for lifting
  • Worked on the dementia unit
  • Bathe and dress patient
  • Take vital signs
  • Turn or reposition patients who are bedridden
  • Collect information about conditions and treatment plans from caregivers, nurses and doctors
  • Provide and empty bedpans

PMHNP Student Clinical Rotation - Psychotherapy

Beyond Counseling LLC
Gilbert
04.2024
  • Establishing relationships with clients
  • Promoting and supporting their clients' mental health
  • Maintaining detailed and accurate records of each session with a client
  • Creating treatment plans for each individual in their care
  • Conducting assessments of each client's progress
  • Working with clients' families to help them offer the most appropriate support
  • Maintaining a working knowledge of the latest therapeutic techniques
  • Making referrals to other agencies or health professionals

PMHNP Student Clinical Rotation

Neurology Associates Outpatient Clinic
Mesa
01.2024
  • Assessing, diagnosing, and treating adults, adolescents, and children experiencing symptoms of a behavioral health disorders.
  • Prescribing, recommending, or discontinuing drugs and treatments to treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders in accordance with the Collaborative Practice Agreement and the state's Nurse Practice Act.
  • Collaborating with counselors, social workers, or other treatment team members to coordinate client care.
  • Responsible for timely and accurate completion of medical records, including assessment, treatment plan, progress notes, outcome measures, and billing entries.
  • Counseling clients during appointments, as necessary.
  • Designing/participating in the development of individualized treatment plans, incorporating best and leading practices into treatment interventions.
  • Examining or order laboratory or diagnostic tests for clients to provide information on general physical condition and mental disorders.
  • Collaborating with guardians, relatives, and significant others on client's conditions and treatment when clinically appropriate.
  • Preparing and submit assessments, progress notes, reports, and summaries to entities/agencies (funders, insurance companies, etc.) as required.
  • Returning calls and emails promptly (within 24 hours of receipt or sooner if clinically necessary).
  • Records all services performed for accurate billing for services provided in compliance with all local, state and federal laws, as well as payor rules and regulations. Submits billing documents in a timely fashion.
  • Looking for ways to improve and promote quality. Provides teaching and education to clinical staff, if requested.
  • Following all procedures and protocols as per Provident policy, federal and state regulations, standard practice, and in accordance with the Collaborative Practice Agreement.

Education

Master of Science - Nursing

Walden University
Minneapolis, MN
05.2025

Associate of Science - Nursing

Bryant & Stratton College
Milwaukee, WI
05-2018

LPN graduate - Practical Nursing

Northbrook College of Healthcare
Willowbrook, IL
03-2015

Certified Nursing Assistant -

Lake County High Schools Technology Campus
Grayslake, IL
03-2011

Skills

  • Courteous and kind to others
  • Patient assessment
  • Medication management
  • Psychiatric care
  • Crisis intervention
  • Patient education
  • Care plan development
  • Teamwork
  • Responsible
  • Dependable
  • Excellent organization skills
  • Strong leadership abilities
  • Fast learner
  • Safe, caring and compassionate care
  • Record keeping
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration
  • Behavioral health advocacy
  • Psychiatric assessment
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Behavioral interventions
  • Addiction recovery
  • Family therapy
  • Geriatric psychiatry
  • Collaborative care
  • Child and adolescent psychiatry
  • Eating disorder treatment
  • Group therapy
  • Psychotherapy techniques
  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Community mental health
  • Therapeutic communication
  • Mental health counseling
  • Clinical decision making
  • Pharmacological management
  • Suicide risk assessment
  • Multidisciplinary teamwork
  • Autism spectrum disorders
  • Diagnostic evaluation
  • Personality disorder treatment
  • Evidence-based practice
  • Telepsychiatry
  • Results interpretation
  • Health promotion
  • Multitasking Abilities
  • Quality improvement
  • Relationship building
  • Behavioral analysis
  • Attention to detail
  • Professional demeanor
  • Patient advocacy
  • Active listening
  • Recovery-oriented care
  • Adaptability
  • Prescription writing
  • Leadership in Nursing
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Professionalism
  • Medication monitoring
  • Psychiatric diagnosis
  • Crisis prevention intervention (CPI)
  • Effective communication
  • Clinical documentation
  • Risk management
  • Disorder diagnosis
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Patient-focused therapy
  • Cultural Competency
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

PMHNP Student Clinical Rotation

The Way Wellness
02.2025 - 05.2025

PMHNP Student Clinical Rotation

Embark Behavioral Health
12.2024 - 05.2024

PMHNP Student Clinical Rotation

Sanctuary Addiction Recovery
12.2024 - 05.2024

PMHNP Student Clinical Rotation - Psychotherapy

Beyond Counseling LLC
04.2024

Psych RN

Avenir Behavioral Health Hospital
01.2024 - Current

PMHNP Student Clinical Rotation

Neurology Associates Outpatient Clinic
01.2024

Psych RN

St Luke's Behavioral Health Hospital
01.2023 - 12.2023

Psych RN

Phoenix Neuro Psych Hospital
01.2022 - 12.2023

RN

Milwaukee County Mental Health Hospital
01.2021 - 12.2022

RN

Haven Behavioral Health Hospital
01.2020 - 01.2025

RN

Arizona Department of Correction/Inpatient Psych Hospital
01.2019 - 12.2020

RN

La Palma Correctional Facility
01.2018 - 12.2019

RN

Grove at the Lake Nursing Rehab
01.2017 - 12.2018

LPN

Grove at the Lake Nursing Rehab
01.2015 - 12.2017

Certified Nursing Assistant

Grove at the Lake Nursing Rehab
01.2011 - 12.2014

Master of Science - Nursing

Walden University

Associate of Science - Nursing

Bryant & Stratton College

LPN graduate - Practical Nursing

Northbrook College of Healthcare

Certified Nursing Assistant -

Lake County High Schools Technology Campus
Caprece Wilson