Madison Carter
Harrisburg
Summary
Accountable Registered Nurse specializing in psychiatry, with additional experience in an emergency room setting that is skilled in patient care for a wide age range, including pediatrics, adults, and geriatrics. Responds well to high-stress situations, and promotes the safety and well-being of patients through advocacy and utilizing crisis prevention, de-escalation techniques to maintain smooth patient/staff interactions.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, Behavioral Health
Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute
Harrisburg
01.2025 - Current
- Company Overview: Inpatient Psychiatry
- Completes patient admissions to the psychiatric unit, including full assessments, skin checks, crisis safety plans, medication reconciliation, and suicide screening.
- Performs comprehensive psychiatric assessments.
- Develops and implements nursing care plans.
- Educates patients on health maintenance and disease prevention.
- Monitors, records, and reports symptoms or changes in patients' conditions to medical and/or psychiatric providers.
- Oversees unit staff and assigns tasks (unit safety rounds, ligature checks, groups, medications)
Registered Nurse, Psychiatry, Emergency Room
UPMC Harrisburg
Harrisburg
11.2022 - Current
- Company Overview: Emergency Department: Psychiatric Pod
- Direct responsibility for 5-bed ER psychiatric unit.
- Completes initial and ongoing psychiatric assessments.
- Responsible for overseeing safety checks and maintaining the basic rights of the patients.
- Gives medications and documents accurate and confidential information in the electronic medical record.
- Discusses patient care plans with the multidisciplinary team.
- Assists in finding patient placement in psychiatric facilities.
Licensed Practical Nurse
UPMC Harrisburg
01.2022 - 12.2022
- Company Overview: Emergency Department
- Maintained patient assignments under the RN, placed IVs, administered medications, completed vital signs, and documented all nursing tasks and interventions.
- Assisted physicians with examinations.
- Promoted patient education under the RN, and completed focused assessments following the RN.
Emergency Department Clinical Assistance
UPMC Harrisburg
06.2020 - 01.2022
- Company Overview: Emergency Department
- Completed direct patient care tasks (foley catheter insertion, phlebotomy, vital signs, dressing changes).
- Provided emotional support and assisted in patients' activities of daily living.
- Helped nursing staff with codes, traumas, and acute illness scenarios.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing - RN to BSN Program
Western Governors University
Millcreek, UT06.2024
Associates of Science - Nursing (LPN-RN Bridge)
Harrisburg Area Community College
Harrisburg, PA12.2022
Certificate - Practical Nursing
Harrisburg Area Community College
Harrisburg, PA12.2021
Skills
- Precepting
- Psychiatric and mental health care
- Therapeutic communication
- Crisis intervention
- Emergency intervention
- Patient education and counseling
- Collaborative care
- Basic life support
Achievements
- Nurse Residency Graduate
- UPMC Harrisburg ED Behavioral Health Committee Chair
Certification
- Mental Health First Aid
- Crisis Prevention Institute - Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
- Basic Life Support
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Behavioral Health
Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute
01.2025 - Current
Registered Nurse, Psychiatry, Emergency Room
UPMC Harrisburg
11.2022 - Current
Licensed Practical Nurse
UPMC Harrisburg
01.2022 - 12.2022
Emergency Department Clinical Assistance
UPMC Harrisburg
06.2020 - 01.2022
Bachelor of Science - Nursing - RN to BSN Program
Western Governors University
Associates of Science - Nursing (LPN-RN Bridge)
Harrisburg Area Community College
Certificate - Practical Nursing
Harrisburg Area Community College
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