TRINEASE SANDERS
Paulina
Summary
Dynamic Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with expertise in crisis intervention and mental health assessment. Skilled in EMR utilization and team collaboration to provide comprehensive patient care.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN, Emergency Care
St. James Hospital
Lutcher
01.2021 - Current
- Assessed patients on admission to determine their physical and psychological health and gather pertinent history
- Triage and prioritizing care in face pace environment
- Providing cardiac and emergency life support in critical situations
- Effectively managing multiple tasks and prioritizing in high-pressure situations
- Operation and managing of ventilators, defibrillations and emergent intravenous therapies
RN, Emergency Care
Prevost Memorial Hospital
Donaldsonville
01.2014 - Current
- Managed patient care and triage durning high stress situations
- Provided critical thinking and problem solving in emergent situations
- Triage and prioritization patients based on severity of condition and provided immediate care
- Provide rapid emergency medication administration and monitoring
- Provided cardiac and emergency life support
- Provided care in managing and operation of medical equipments such as ventilators.
RN
Our Lady of the Lake Tau Behavior Unit
Baton Rouge
01.2023 - 01.2024
- Support patients with psychiatric diagnoses including bipolar, schizophrenia, major depressive disorder and addiction, etc.
- Collaborative role working with psychiatrists, case managers, social workers, and psych techs.
- Completed rounds to observe and document patients' behavior, ensuring safety at all points
- Prepared and administered patients' medications including (LAI's and MAT) in close coordination with the psychiatrist
- Facilitated daily group therapy sessions to provide additional support and communication with patients
- Provide education to patients and their family members
- 23 bed psychiatric hospital
RN, Inpatient Behavior Health Unit
Beacon Behavior Hospital
Lutcher
01.2021 - 01.2023
- Provide complex care to patient suffering acute mental health crisis 20 bed facility
- Admission, screening, evaluations and treatment of person with mental health conditions with both acute and chronic disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, bipolar, PTSD, psychosis ages 18 and up.
- Consult and coordinate with healthcare care team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care plans
- Provide crisis intervention and de-escalation skills for those suffering from mental illness
- Provide brief psychotherapy therapy alongside social worker and counselor to patients on unit
- Facilitate group therapy with those working to recover from mental illness and opioid, alcohol, and substance abuse.
- Administration of medications mental health conditions such as LAI’s,
- Adminstration of medications for opiod use disorder such as sublocade, brixadi, buprenorphine and naltrexone.
- Administration and titration of medications for alcohol abuse and dependency such as vivitrol, naltrexone, acamprosate, disulfiram and benzodiazepines
RN and Nurse Tech
Our Lady of Ascension Hospital
01.2008 - 01.2014
- Assessed patient health problems and needs; and notify physician of clinical changes
- Developed and implemented nursing care plans
- Floated on multiple units: Med-Surg, Psych and Telemetry.
- Prepared and administer medications
- Educate patients and family members on health care need, condition, treatment plan, and discharge instruction.
- 27 inpatient bed hospital unit
Education
Master of Science - Nursing with Concentration in Psychiatric Mental Health
Nicholls State University
Thibodaux, La01.2025
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Louisiana State University
Alexandria, La01.2021
Associate of Science - Nursing
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
Baton Rouge, La01.2013
Certified Clinical Medical Assistant -
Medical Training College
Baton Rouge, La01.2007
Graduated High School -
Donaldsonville High School
Donaldsonville, La01.2005
Skills
- Crisis intervention and de-escalation skills
- Exceptional evaluation and management of person with anxiety,depression, mood disorder, PTSD, ADHD, addiction, etc
- Proficient in reviewing history and electronic (EMR)
- Great communication skills in dealing with complex patients
- Exceptional time management and organizational skills
- Provide and management of ketamine treatments
- Comprehensive mental health evaluations of pediatrics, adolescents, adults and geriatric population
- Assessment, treatment and evaluation of mental health and addiction conditions
- Collaboration and communication skills
- Administration and management of clients receiving LAI's
- Administration and management of clients receiving MAT medications such as brixadi, sublocade, buprenorphine, Vivitrol etc
- Administration and treatment of naltrexone, acamprosate, disulfiram
- Brief psychotherapy
- Facilitation of group therapy
- Proficient in applications- EPIC, tebra, athena, cerner, paragon, allscripts, microsoft, excel
- Proficient with CPT, ICD-10, and various electronic medical record documentation
Certification
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner -Across the Lifespan Certification 242492
- Registered Nurse Licensure, LA, 143653
- Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) Certification
- Medications for Substance Use Disorders (MSUD) training.
- Skin Wound Ostomy Certification (SWOC), 708028
- Certified Clinical Medical Assistant Certification, 1522-5600
- Crisis Prevention Institute Training (CPI), NCI29947FD
- Certification PALS, BLS, ACLS
Accomplishments
Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor's Society, Inducted in 2024
American Nurse Association and State Membership
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners
Neuroscience Education Institute
Affiliations
- Lutcher Family Clinic
- Ally Mental Health, LLC
- Baton Rouge General Psychiatry Clinic
- Baton Rouge General Hospital, Inpatient Behavior Unit
- Baton Rouge General Recovery
- The Baton Rouge Clinic Psychiatry
- Gulf Coast Behavior Health
- Our Lady of the Lake- St. Clare Behavior Unit
- Rebirth Rehabilitation Counseling, LLC
- Lady of the Sea, Cut off, La
- Eastern La Mental Health Hospital in Jackson, La
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
RN
Our Lady of the Lake Tau Behavior Unit
01.2023 - 01.2024
RN, Emergency Care
St. James Hospital
01.2021 - Current
RN, Inpatient Behavior Health Unit
Beacon Behavior Hospital
01.2021 - 01.2023
RN, Emergency Care
Prevost Memorial Hospital
01.2014 - Current
RN and Nurse Tech
Our Lady of Ascension Hospital
01.2008 - 01.2014
Master of Science - Nursing with Concentration in Psychiatric Mental Health
Nicholls State University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Louisiana State University
Associate of Science - Nursing
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
Certified Clinical Medical Assistant -
Medical Training College
Graduated High School -
Donaldsonville High School
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