CELESTINE OYUGI
Lutherville
Summary
Compassionate RN with proven track record at Sheppard Pratt Psychiatric Hospital, excelling in crisis intervention and patient-centered care.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN
Sheppard Pratt Psychiatric Hospital
Towson
11.2024 - Current
- Delivered compassionate, age-appropriate care to patients facing mental health challenges.
- Conducting initial intake screenings, psychiatric evaluations, and triage.
- RPNs meticulously monitor for changes in both physical health and behavioral status.
- Administering psychotropic medications and monitoring patients for adverse reactions or effectiveness.
- Executing doctor-ordered care plans, which may include assisting with biological treatments like electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) or transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).
- Leading crisis intervention during mental health emergencies to stabilize patients who may be a risk to themselves or others.
- Identifying and removing environmental triggers or harmful objects to maintain a safe and secure setting.
- Building therapeutic relationships through active listening and emotional support to help patients manage symptoms, and facilitating counseling sessions or support groups to help patients develop social and life skills.
- Teaching patients and families about diagnoses, self-care activities, and healthy coping mechanisms.
- Coordinating care with multidisciplinary teams, including psychiatrists, social workers, and primary care physicians.
- Using communication techniques to manage aggressive behavior and, when necessary, performing physical restraints to prevent injury.
RN
Franklin Square Medical Center
Baltimore
01.2021 - 03.2025
- Charge nurse for IMC/Stepdown unit.
- Preceptor for new nurses.
- Contributes to achieving established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies, procedures, quality, and safety standards.
- Collects and analyzes significant patient information related to physical, psychological, sociocultural, economic, spiritual, and lifestyle behaviors, and efficiently leverages available technology.
- Functions autonomously, providing relationship-based care that promotes continuous, consistent, efficient, and accountable nursing care using the nursing process with a favorable focus on patient experience.
- Identifies current and potential complex problems of specific patient populations, critically analyzes trends and changes in patient status, and plans appropriate interventions.
- Incorporates evidence-based practice and research into patient care delivery, focusing on quality and safety.
- Communicates clinical concerns promptly to other members of the interdisciplinary team.
- Individualizes patients' plans of care, focusing on both short- and long-range goals, and effectively utilizes various teaching resources to meet the learning needs of patients and their families.
- Establishes priorities and delegates tasks to peers and ancillary staff in accordance with the scope of practice and unit requirements.
- Evaluate the patient's response to treatment and progress toward short and long-range goals, revise nursing interventions, and initiate and monitor discharge planning activities in collaboration with other interdisciplinary team members.
RN
Northwest Hospital
Baltimore
10.2018 - 01.2021
- Conduct and document initial and ongoing assessments, gathering data on patient and family needs.
- Assess patients’ clinical condition and diagnostic information to recognize the implications of abnormal diagnostic results and identify problems typically associated with a diagnosis or treatment.
- Provide individualized patient care in accordance with established care plans and practice standards.
- Identify and interpret subtle and early indicators of crises and take appropriate intervention.
- Collaborate with other staff members to develop the patient’s plan of care.
- Assess patients' and their families' learning needs and abilities, and develop and implement targeted teaching plans.
- Implements, documents, and provides care and education based on a plan of care.
- Make independent nursing decisions that meet the standard of practice and the patient's best interest.
- Provide safe, effective, and efficient care to assigned patient groups.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Coppin State University
Baltimore, MD05.2018
Skills
- Dependable and reliable
- Effective communication
- Attention to detail
- Pressure management
- Assessment expertise
- Self-motivation
- Patient-centered approach
Certification
- Registered Nurse/Delegating Nurse.
- Basic life support (BLS) certified by the American Heart Association.
Timeline
RN
Sheppard Pratt Psychiatric Hospital
11.2024 - Current
RN
Franklin Square Medical Center
01.2021 - 03.2025
RN
Northwest Hospital
10.2018 - 01.2021
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Coppin State University