Holly Monka MSN RN ANP APRN-BC
Tucson
Summary
Patient-oriented Nurse Practitioner committed to delivering comprehensive, compassionate, and culturally sensitive care, with greater than 12 years Primary Care experience. Expertise in all aspects of patient care, including acute and chronic disease management, patient education, and care planning. Demonstrated leadership skills with exceptional critical thinking and decision making skills.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Medical Provider
Buena Vista Recovery Center
02.2022 - Current
- Providing patient and family education about addiction and recovery
- Working collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team including nursing, case management, and therapists
- Providing referrals for additional services such as residential treatment
- Monitoring patients’ recovery and adjusting treatment plans as necessary
- Documenting all treatments and progress notes accurately and timely
- Staying updated on the latest research and developments in addiction medicine
- Evaluating patients and making an accurate diagnosis of addiction or substance-related health conditions
- Designing, implementing, and adjusting individualized treatment plans
- Providing medically supervised detoxification, when needed
- Prescribing medication-assisted therapies (MATs), as appropriate
- Managing the medical care and psychiatric conditions related to addiction
Medical Provider
Community Medical Services
01.2021 - Current
- Offered professional, respectful therapy to addicted individuals
- Determine effective combination of therapy and medical treatments for patients in recovery
- Collaborated and Developed effective programs for managing 900+ patients with addiction; Medical Provider for largest MAT clinic in Tucson
- Provided Hepatitis Screening and treatment, leading medical team in implementing algorithms and work flow for staff
- Assessed and treated patients for co-morbid conditions associated with addiction: offered PrEP, wound care for abscesses, referrals for HIV treatment
Nurse Practitioner
COPE Community Medical Services, INC
12.2020 - 01.2021
- Screening and Assessment of new and existing patients to determine treatment options for both primary care and behavioral health, integrating a multi-disciplinary approach, building a new Health Home for clients
- Implementing empirical, comprehensive care plans specific to each patient with ongoing, goal-oriented monitoring
- Providing Primary Care services including health maintenance, vaccinations, and appropriate health screenings determined by population and ris
- Medical Provider for Medication Assisted Treatment of addiction, began providing motivational interviewing with behavioral health team towards successful harm reduction practices
Nurse Practitioner
El Rio Community Health Center
02.2010 - 12.2019
- Provide culturally competent care to medically underserved patient populations, including the homeless, patients with serious mental illness, and providing transgendered care.
- Act as Lead Provider for SAMHSA grant-funded programs building health home and working towards improving patient clinical outcomes and reducing mortality rates among patients with serious mental illness.
- Perform comprehensive patient assessments, order and interpret medical tests, and judiciously use clinical data to diagnose patients. Seeing 18 + patients per day.
- Work with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to develop, implement, and manage individualized plans of care; prescribe medications and monitor patients’ response to treatment.
- Educate patients on diagnosis, treatment options, medication self-administration, and follow up care.
- Document all facets of care in electronic medical records, tracking patients’ progress through progress notes, discharge summaries, and clinic notes.
- Collaborate with specialists, physicians, social workers, hospital discharge planners, and behavioral health team to coordinate care and initiate plans to reduce re-hospitalization rates and ensure continuity of care.
- Precept student nurses and mentor new and established nurses on patient care, outcome goals, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Conduct community outreach, visiting homeless shelters, soup kitchens, and halfway houses to enroll individuals in El Rio Community Health programs and provide free, quality health care.
- Participate in Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, meeting to discuss formulary and medication concerns such as patient safety, cost, and maintenance of comprehensive pharmacy; follow related trends and maintain currency on prescribing alerts issued by FDA and other empirical entities.
- Member of Transgendered Care Team to best device an empirical approach and develop best practices for care. Foremost provider of Transgendered Care in Tucson.
Nurse Practitioner
Manhattan House Calls
07.2008 - Current
- Provide complete primary care, including comprehensive wound care, to marginalized, homebound older adults.
- Manage in-home
patient services in collaboration with lab, radiology, and affiliated community
resources.
Public Health Nurse
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
11.2003 - Current
- Coordinate and provide high quality multidisciplinary health services to adolescents and acutely ill adults.
Past experience includes, Breast Cancer Study Clinical Nurse, New York University, New York, NY Critical Care Nurse, Cornell Hospital, New York, NY Nursing Fellow, NYU Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York, NY Intern, The National Council on Aging, Washington, DC
Education
Master of Science - Advanced Practice Nursing
New York University
New York2008
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
New York University
New York, NY2003
Bachelor of Science - Sociology
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WISkills
- Disease management expertise, including acute and chronic diagnoses and treatment
- Expertise in diagnosing and treating common psychiatric diagnoses
- Proficiency in mental health pharmacology
- Addiction Medicine expertise
- Gender-affirming healthcare expertise
- Wound management
- Leadership and teamwork
- Commitment to organizational goals
- Collaboration and mission alignment
Volunteer Experience
Nurse Practitioner, La Clinica Amistad, Tucson, Az; Nurse Volunteer, Ministry of Health / Global Volunteer Network, Cuzco, Peru; Prenatal Care Coordinator, Planned Parenthood, Milwaukee, WI
Certification
Board Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner in the States of New York and Arizona, 2008 to Current
Registered Nurse, States of New York and Arizona
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certificate, Current
Awards
Earned National Health
Service Corps Award for Primary Care Provider Servicing Underserved
Communities, April 2010
Presentations
- “The HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Uganda,” presented to undergraduate nursing students at New York University, New York, NY, October 2002
- “Building Sustainable Health Care Programs in Developing Countries,” presented to students and faculty at Makere University, Uganda, August 2002
Affiliations
- Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- American Society of Addiction Medicine
- World Professional Association for Transgender Heatlh
Timeline
Medical Provider
Buena Vista Recovery Center
02.2022 - Current
Medical Provider
Community Medical Services
01.2021 - Current
Nurse Practitioner
COPE Community Medical Services, INC
12.2020 - 01.2021
Nurse Practitioner
El Rio Community Health Center
02.2010 - 12.2019
Nurse Practitioner
Manhattan House Calls
07.2008 - Current
Public Health Nurse
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
11.2003 - Current
Master of Science - Advanced Practice Nursing
New York University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
New York University
Bachelor of Science - Sociology
University of Wisconsin
Similar Profiles
Anne HebblethwaiteAnne Hebblethwaite
Registered Nurse Case Manager at APN Staffing/River People Health CenterRegistered Nurse Case Manager at APN Staffing/River People Health Center
Malik ColemanMalik Coleman
Behavior Health Technician at Buena Vista Drug and Alcohol Recovery CenterBehavior Health Technician at Buena Vista Drug and Alcohol Recovery Center
Ezequiel TerrazaEzequiel Terraza
Treatment Advisor at Buena Vista Health And RecoveryTreatment Advisor at Buena Vista Health And Recovery
Marcos HolguinMarcos Holguin
Maintenance Technician 2 at Salvation Army Hospitality HouseMaintenance Technician 2 at Salvation Army Hospitality House
Daniel GibbsDaniel Gibbs
Production Supervisor at Imperial Brown Mfg.Production Supervisor at Imperial Brown Mfg.