American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Texas Nurse Practitioners

American Association of Nurse Practitioners

American Association of Critical Care Nurses

American Nurses Association

University of Texas El Paso, TX: 4.0 Postdoctoral Grade Point Average [2021]

HRSA BHWET El Paso, TX: Graduate Program Award Recipient [2020]

University of Texas El Paso, TX: 4.0 Postgraduate Grade Point Average [2018]

Paso Del Norte Health Foundation El Paso, TX: Graduate Fellows Program Award Recipient [2018]

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society: Top 10% of Graduate Class [2015]

Alpha Chi National College Honor Society: Top 10% of Graduate Class [2015]

Golden Key International Honor Society: Top 10% of Graduate Class [2015]

University of Texas El Paso, TX: 4.0 Graduate Grade Point Average [2015]

University of Texas El Paso, TX: University Honors Degree [2008]

University of Texas El Paso, TX: Elected Class President [2008]

University of Texas El Paso, TX: Dean’s List [2007]

Project ARRIBA El Paso, TX: Program Award Recipient [2007]

New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM: Crimson Scholar [2005]

New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM: Dean’s List [2004]

Board-Certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner & Family Nurse Practitioner

I help adults, high-achieving professionals, and entrepreneurs experiencing mild to moderate anxiety, depression, trauma/PTSD, and burnout/moral injury rediscover their sense of excitement and engagement with work, loved ones, and life by offering a specialized approach for those motivated to uncover the root cause of their symptoms, improving behavioral health through lifestyle modification, psychotherapy, and integrative psychiatry, with medication as an option, NOT the only option. My approach harmonizes modern medicine with holistic strategies, fostering a balanced mind, body, and spirit.

Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Provides prompt, comprehensive, and competent medical care. Works collaboratively with healthcare team to provide prompt care to patients in healthcare setting.

Family Nurse Practitioner

Provides prompt, comprehensive, and competent medical care. Works collaboratively with healthcare team to provide urgent care to patients in healthcare setting.

Worked independently managing US Veterans with psychiatric-mental health conditions, including diagnosis, treatment, lab studies, and imaging while providing trauma-focused care.
Rotations: In/Outpatient, Tele-psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison, Substance Use, and Residential.

Initiated, planned, executed, and managed multidisciplinary team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria. Provided prompt, comprehensive, and competent medical care. 
Quality Improvement Projects: Telehealth, HEDIS, DSRIP, and 340B.

Worked independently treating and managing child/adolescent/adult patients with psychiatric-mental health conditions, including diagnosis, treatment, lab studies, and imaging. Implemented the integrated care model within organizational policies while reporting to CMO.

Utilized knowledge of professional nursing practice on scientific principles and nursing standards when providing acute and chronic disease management.
Rotations: Corrections, Dermatology, Pediatrics, Sports Medicine, and Women’s Health.

Provided telephone consultations, education, triage, and medication management.
Performed utilization review and prior authorizations with knowledge of ICD-10 and CPT coding. 

Registered Nurse

Provided critical care services and education to post-MI and post-op open-heart patients. Accepted responsibility for charge nurse and associate scheduling duties.

Provided critical care services and education to patients in the ICU, CCU and ED setting. Aided understaffed units to maintain adequate patient care and safe staffing levels.

Provided critical care services and education to trauma, brain injury, medical and surgical patients. Applied and operated multiple life-support devices crucial to patient vitality.

An initial visit with a provider involves a medical history review, an assessment of your specific symptoms and concerns, and possible diagnostic tests to evaluate a patient's health, identify issues, and develop and discuss treatment options.

Initial Visit

A follow-up visit with a provider involves checking the progress of the patient's treatment plan, assessing any new symptoms or concerns, and adjusting the treatment plan as needed to ensure optimal health outcomes.

Follow-up Visit

A prescription service appointment with a provider typically involves a brief review of his/her existing patient's medical history, confirming the need for the prescription service, and issuing a new prescription. It may also involve evaluating any side effects or concerns related to the medication and ensuring that the treatment plan is still appropriate for the patient's needs.

Prescription service

An opportunity for potential patients to discuss their concerns or needs with a provider, or therapist, to determine if their services are a good fit and to receive initial advice or guidance. Many providers offer free or very affordable consultation services with potential patient leads. Providers who add Free consultation as a service receives 2-3 times more prospects.

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