Rachel Douglass

Provide clinical care on an adolescent eating-disorder unit, monitoring intake/output and meal completion while administering psychotropic medications and placing nasogastric tubes for emergency nutrition. Deliver emotional coaching to support recovery and improve patient engagement in treatment.

Served as travel RN and charge nurse performing comprehensive mental, physical, nutritional, and functional assessments, administering psychotropic medications, and leading care planning. Responded to psychiatric emergencies while maintaining patient and staff safety.

Provided travel nursing care for the Colorado Department of Human Services, conducting comprehensive assessments, administering psychotropic medications, and executing nursing plans per physician orders. Acted as charge nurse and managed psychiatric emergencies to ensure unit safety.

Worked as a travel RN for the Colorado Department of Human Services, completing mental and functional assessments, administering medications, and coordinating nursing care according to facility policies. Provided emotional support and implemented de-escalation strategies during crises.

Executed perioperative nursing care including pre- and post-operative management, medication administration, and assistance with outpatient urologic procedures such as vasectomies and cystoscopies. Maintained documentation and notified clinicians of status changes to ensure safe care.

Provided inpatient psychiatric nursing care including comprehensive assessments, psychotropic medication administration, and implementation of individualized nursing plans. Responded to psychiatric emergencies and supported patients in developing positive coping strategies.

Completed Associate of Science in Nursing at Castleton University, Castleton, Vermont, graduated May 2016.

Completed Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, graduated May 2010.