Miranda Adams

• Provide leadership for nursing operations within a 144-bed inpatient behavioral health hospital.
• Supervise registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, behavioral health technicians, and ancillary staff.
• Coordinate daily clinical operations to ensure safe, high-quality patient care.
• Respond to psychiatric emergencies and provide clinical leadership during behavioral crises.
• Conducted leadership rounds to coach, mentor, and manage performance of nursing staff.
• Led interdisciplinary treatment team meetings and assist with patient care planning.
• Collaborate with psychiatrists, physicians, therapists, social workers, and case managers to coordinate patient care.
• Ensure compliance with hospital policies, state regulations, and accreditation standards.
• Supported quality improvement initiatives by monitoring and enhancing unit performance.

Educated staff on infection prevention standards and best practices to ensure compliance and safety.

• Served as infection prevention nurse, overseeing hospital-wide practices.
• Monitored infection prevention and control practices throughout the hospital.
• Analyze infection surveillance data.
• Participated in Infection Prevention and Quality Improvement Committees.
• Report communicable diseases to county and state agencies.

• Administer psychotropic medications safely and accurately.
• Perform psychiatric assessments and crisis intervention.
• Evaluate patient responses to treatment and nursing interventions.
• Delivered psychiatric nursing care to adolescent and adult behavioral health patients, enhancing their overall mental well-being.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation.
• Facilitated psychoeducational groups on healthy lifestyles, medication management, nutrition, relaxation techniques, and coping skills, empowering patients with essential life skills.

• Provided comprehensive nursing care for patients recovering from stroke, spinal cord injury, amputation, and other complex medical conditions.
• Conducted comprehensive admission and ongoing patient assessments to inform care decisions.
• Developed individualized plans of care.
• Administered medications, IV therapies, immunizations, and wound care.
• Collaborated with physicians and rehabilitation therapists.
• Provided education to patients and families on treatment plans and recovery goals to enhance understanding and engagement.
• Ensured timely and accurate clinical documentation to support continuity of care and compliance.