Paula M. Monlux is a Family Nurse Practitioner with over 10 years of nursing experience in various clinical settings including pediatrics, primary care, psychiatry and end stage renal disease. She has a MSN from Simmons College and is pursuing a PMHNP. Her experience includes working as an RN, charge nurse, case manager and now as an FNP. She is licensed in Wyoming and Oklahoma.
Paula M. Monlux is a Family Nurse Practitioner with over 10 years of nursing experience in various clinical settings including pediatrics, primary care, psychiatry and end stage renal disease. She has a MSN from Simmons College and is pursuing a PMHNP. Her experience includes working as an RN, charge nurse, case manager and now as an FNP. She is licensed in Wyoming and Oklahoma.
Paula M. Monlux is a Family Nurse Practitioner with over 10 years of nursing experience in various clinical settings including pediatrics, primary care, psychiatry and end stage renal disease. She has a MSN from Simmons College and is pursuing a PMHNP. Her experience includes working as an RN, charge nurse, case manager and now as an FNP. She is licensed in Wyoming and Oklahoma.
Paula M. Monlux is a Family Nurse Practitioner with over 10 years of nursing experience in various clinical settings including pediatrics, primary care, psychiatry and end stage renal disease. She has a MSN from Simmons College and is pursuing a PMHNP. Her experience includes working as an RN, charge nurse, case manager and now as an FNP. She is licensed in Wyoming and Oklahoma.
M Paula M. Monlux 2500 Dove Road Gillette, WY 82718 (405) 973-4729 pmonlux@gmail.com
Qualifications:
• Family Nurse Practitioner graduating in top third of class
• Registered Nurse with 10+ years’ experience in a rapidly growing patient treatment clinic. • Leader and problem-solver with the ability to think quickly during crises. • Exceptional planning, prioritizing, and goal-setting abilities to achieve best patient outcomes. • Ability to create and implement more efficient methods of operating a patient care clinic. • Educator to staff, and patients. Able to assimilate complex data and simplify the delivery for better understanding and compliance. • Computer knowledge: Windows, Word, Spreadsheet, and PowerPoint.
Professional Experience:
As a Nurse Practitioner: • Worked independently as a part of a team treating general pediatrics, primary care, as well as complex care patients.
As Charge Nurse: • Supervised up to five-person staff: RNs, and PCTs; accountable for patient assignment, unit operations, and overall patient care. • Responsible for the daily health maintenance of the fifty-six end-stage renal disease patient undergoing treatments in the clinical facility. • Participated with the training of staff. • Troubleshot problems with patients or staff, analyzing needs and generating referrals to appropriate resources. • Patient advocate between the fifty-six patients and the numerous nephrologists responsible for their care.
As a Staff Nurse: • Performed assessments; provided intravenous therapy, enteral and parenteral nutrition, and minimal wound care; provided some tracheal suctioning. • Educated patients on procedures, healthy lifestyle, and preventative measures for maintaining best outcomes. • Collaborated daily with physicians and health care team to achieve optimum patient care. • Daily pain management for terminally ill clients.
As a RN Case Manager: • Performed assessments; needs, environmental implications, informal support evaluation, feasibility for person to remain at home safely. • Researched/developed resources. • Educated patients on resources, made appropriate referrals
Notable Accomplishments: • Learned operation as a charge nurse in a rapidly growing dialysis clinic, with multiple nephrologists within one month of employment with the company. (Normal learning curve for a minimally trained dialysis nurse is six months to be able to operate without another licensed nurse present in the clinic.) Page 2 of 4 Paula M. Monlux, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, RN
Education:
Pursuit of Bachelor of Science in Biology 05/1998 to 01/2001
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Bachelor of Science in Nursing 08/2001 to 05/2004
Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK
High School Diploma 05/1998
Bishop Kelley High School, Tulsa, OK
Certification in Medical Billing and Coding 11/2014 to 12/016
U.S. Career Institute (ICD-9)
Professional Disability Advocacy 10/2015 to 4/2016
Oklahoma Partners in Policy (OK Disability Council)
Family Nurse Practitioner 5/2016 to 12/2019
Simmons College Boston, MA
Pursuit of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 5/2021 to 8/2022
Melissa has been a friend for numerous years. We met while working in the special needs’ community as moms and as advocates. She was also a mentor during one of my nurse practitioner clinical rotations.
Allison Alexander, FNP-C: provider at Kickapoo Tribal Health
Allison has been a friend for 2 years. We attended nurse practitioner school together and still maintain a close relationship sharing clinical insights, and resources.
Rachel Tromley, PMHNP-BC: provider at Oakwood Springs Psychiatric Hospital
Rachel was a provider at my previous RN position. We worked closely as Provider and RN in both the outpatient mental health clinic as well as the inpatient mental wellness, substance abuse, and heroes’ units. She remains an invaluable resource regarding mental wellness as well as substance abuse treatment.
Affiliations:
Oklahoma Nurses Association, American Nephrology Nurses Association, America Nurses Association, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, American Developmental Disability Nurses Association, Oklahoma Nurse Practitioner Association, American Association of Nurse Practitioners
