Professional: The Way of the Artisan
The Way of the carpenter is to become proficient in the use of his tools, first to lay his plans with a true measure and then perform his work according to plan. — A Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
Those words were written around 1645 and they are timeless. The Way of the craftsman is simply mindfulness of the task at hand, never mastered, not a skill itself, but a way of being with skills. If I can wake up right now, attend to what is happening, then I am practicing the Way.
Vocational Experience
There is something to be said for gathering a varied portfolio of experience! Variety leads to resiliency and versatility.
| Dates | Title | Responsibilities |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-Present | Psychiatric Nurse II: Community Services (RN) | Provide nursing services, primary psychotherapy, skills coaching, case management, crisis counseling, and PRN coaching to outpatients in the mental health field. The job also includes managing nursing services in an outpatient clinic, and providing backup for a newly emerging medical clinic. |
| 2009-2011 | Psychiatric Staff Nurse II: Adult and Adolescent Inpatients (RN) | Provide nursing services, milieu management and staff leadership for inpatient intermediate-length mental illness units, to include: charge nurse services, crisis management, emergency medical response, first aid, DBT and life skills teaching, group facilitation, patient documentation and unit administration. |
| 2010-Present | American Heart Association Healthcare Provider CPR Instructor | Teach and certify professional healthcare providers and lay persons in CPR and AED use |
| 2010-2010 | Psychiatric Evening Charge Nurse: Children and Youth (RN) | Evening charge nurse services on successful six week temporary assignment to adolescent psychiatric intermediate care unit, including team management, crisis descalation, safety management, teaching via PEM utilization and emergency medical response. |
| 2009-2010 | Psychiatric Staff Nurse I: Adult Inpatient | Provide nursing services, milieu management and staff leadership for inpatient intermediate-length mental illness unit |
| 2008-2009 | Psychiatric Staff Nurse: MICA (RN) | Provide nursing services, group facilitation, milieu management for inpatient mental illness/chemical abuse (MICA) unit |
| 2005-2008 | Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-B) | Crew ambulance, providing on-scene emergency medical and trauma services to patients |
| 2007-2008 | Behavioral Health Technician | Group facilitation, manage milieu safety, provide services per nursing direction |
| 2006-2007 | Patient Care Assistant | Assist patients with ADLs, provide presence and comfort to patients as needed, provide services per nursing direction |
| 1998-Present | Web Developer, Entrepreneurial | Coding: PHP, Perl, JavaScript, XML, XHTML, CSS, SQL; manage customer service; project design and management; project quotes |
| 1994-1998 | Corporate Intranet Webmaster | Design, build and maintain intranet web sites for various internal departments |
Professional/Academic Skills, Awards and Affiliations
- Associate of Applied Science in Nursing (AAS)
- NYS OASAS Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor-Trainee (CASAC-T) 2009 BS in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in Counseling Skills
- Extensive continuing education, including several BSN classes at the University of Rochester
- Matriculated at Union Institute and University in the Master of Arts in Health and Wellness program with a focus on the nurse's role as a behavioral change coach.
- Member: American Association for Men in Nursing (AAMN)
- Member: American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA)
- Member: American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA)
- Member: Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
- Member: US Mensa
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) skills trainer
- Certified Hypnotist
- Experienced therapeutic and teaching group facilitator
- Excellent reading, writing & documentation skills
- AHA CPR certified
- XHTML/CSS fluent
- Skilled coder, 10+ years with PHP, Perl, SQL and Javascript
- NYS CDL: experienced local driver with limited line haul exposure
