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Air Force Medical Service (AFMS)

Mental Health (MH) Nurse of the Year 2009

46P3A/ Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP)

Award Cat: CGO
Winner: ???

AFI 36-2856 # 11


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LEADERSHIP AND JOB PERFORMANCE:
- Outstanding ldr; PACAF MH Nurse '08; #1/8 Flt CGO's; MDOS CGO '08; vital to AF SG "Best AF Hosp '08"
- Flawless case management; increased 50% access for OIF returnees; screened 3,500 soldiers within 14 days
- ADAPT Medical Director; #1/18 in business production; key to exceeding business plan 23%; earned $270K
- NEO team leader; triaged 50 evacuees in base disaster exercise; earned Sq Flt 3rd Qtr; WG "Excellent" ORI
- Sole CS provider for 10 FOB's/COP's w/14K km battle space/4 BNs; troops mission ready; WG CGO Jun '09
- Combat tested; sole Outreach Manager for Bagram Air Base; reached over 10K; honed human weapon system
- Mission focused; emphasized MH buddy care; earned MTF Medical CGO Start Right Top Performer Mar '09
- Delivered expert/timely tx to 452 CS pts; managed 37 suicidal/high risk mbrs; BG/CC lauded/coined; all RTD
- Performed informal walkabouts; reached 7,323 contacts/268 hrs; "frontline" preventive treatment; priceless!
- Spent 235 hrs consulting with commanders; normalized MH concerns; max'd access to MH svs; decors stigma
- Briefed 40 FST staff on CSC rxns; prescribed psych meds/saved aid station man hrs; provided seamless ops
- 1st Responder; triaged/aided with patient flow/document during numerous mass casualties; spot on appraisals
- Led rapid TEM response to four KIA; debriefed two units/30 Bagram warriors; facilitated grieving/recovery
- By name pick for 60 day manning gap at BTIF; ensured detainee & guard safety; exhibited mission 1st attitude
- CC's #1 select to forward deploy/12 wks; "first" for psych nurse; MTF Med CC/Wing CC coined premiere svs

SIGNIFICANT SELF IMPROVEMENT/BASE AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
- Inducted as AF's only PNP into prestigious Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society for Nursing; academic excellence
- Gifted speaker; developed/instructed CEU Compassion Fatigue briefing; enhanced performance of 20 medics
- Key proponent for DV prevention; scripted/acted interactive skit; increased awareness of resources base-wide
- Came under enemy fire 8 times/conducted CS relief in bunker; led 6 TEM's/briefed 102 soldiers; eased tension
- Completed 2 BN humanitarian aid to Afghan villages; distributed school supplies; aid/fed/clothed 375 families

ACRONYM LIST:
BG - Brigade
BN - Battalion
BTIF - Bagram Temporary Internment Facility
COP - Combat Out-post
CS - Combat Stress
CSC - Combat Stress Control
DV - Domestic Violence
FOB- Forward Operating Base
FST - Forward Surgical Team
NEO - Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation
PNP - Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
TEM - Trauma Event Management

 

Comments:

Decent package, the number of time savings items is impressive.  Unfortunately, there are bullets that have little to no quantifiable and qualifiable data.
 


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