Psychiatric Registered Nurse — Elliot Hospital (2021–2022; 2025–Present)
Provide direct nursing care primarily on an inpatient psychiatric unit with focus on milieu safety, patient assessment, medication administration, crisis prevention, verbal de-escalation, interdisciplinary collaboration, patient flow, and reduction of restraint/seclusion use. Earlier experience included psychiatric nursing across inpatient and emergency behavioral health settings.
Nurse Manager for Behavioral Health Services — Concord Hospital (2024–2025)
Led three Behavioral Health Services departments (voluntary inpatient psychiatry licensed for 15 beds, a 6-bed psychiatric emergency area, and the ECT program). Supported operational reopening/capacity expansion after post-COVID census restrictions, and supervised multidisciplinary staff across nursing and allied disciplines. Oversaw ECT staffing, shift scheduling, cross-training to improve coverage, coordination with PACU, and accountability for policy/regulatory compliance and safe patient care. Applied staffing and resource awareness with attention to acuity, census, unit volume, skill mix, and patient safety.
RN 3, Psychiatric Registered Nurse — Concord Hospital (2022–2024)
Provided psychiatric emergency nursing care in a 6-bed psychiatric emergency area with focus on crisis stabilization, safety assessment, milieu management, verbal de-escalation, medication administration, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Frequently served as resource/charge nurse supporting staff, patient flow, and safety. Created and maintained a system-wide Behavioral Health newsletter aligned with the Concord Hospital Strategic Plan, and completed violent restraint documentation audits to support compliance readiness. Served as a preceptor/mentor and provided just-in-time bedside teaching during behavioral emergencies.
Clinical Resource Nurse / House Nursing Supervisor & Emergency Department Registered Nurse — Exeter Hospital (2011–2021)
Served as hospital-wide nursing supervisor/clinical resource for a 100-bed community hospital supporting inpatient units and the ED. Coordinated bed placement and patient flow while managing staffing operations (resource allocation, shortages, call-ins, schedule adjustments, and incentive-pay coordination with approval). Responded to hospital-wide clinical escalations, codes, and operational issues, acting as administrative nursing contact when senior leadership was not on site. Cross-trained into the Emergency Department while continuing supervisory responsibilities and was assigned charge responsibilities based on unit need. Earlier acute-care experience included progressive care, float pool, orthopedics, medical-surgical, and telemetry. Early nursing foundation also includes long-term/skilled nursing care at Edgewood Centre (2010–2011).
Registered Nurse — The Edgewood Center (2010-2011)
Building on the LNA foundation, further developed bedside prioritization—balancing direct care delivery, medication administration, and nursing documentation while coordinating with interdisciplinary staff.
Licensed Nurses Assistant - Exeter Hospital (2009-2010)
Built foundational bedside skills through physically demanding care; learned how critical it is to protect patient dignity and maintain calm emotional steadiness during personally emergent, intimate situations.