Inga M GiskeInga M. Giske, DNP, MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC, PMH-BC, NE-BC, serves as a psychiatric nurse practitioner on the Psychiatric Consult-Liaison service at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. She provides psychiatric evaluation and treatment recommendations fo patients during their medical admission while also providing education and support to professional staff, nursing, and ancillary care team members. In addition, she serves as a preceptor to nurse practitioner students, medical students, and internal medicine residents. Her nursing career has spanned from bedside nursing to regional leadership in acute inpatient psychiatric units and psychiatric emergency departments. She implemented evidence-based practice changes in both acute inpatient and psychiatric settings to reduce falls and violence and improve patient and caregiver satisfaction. Giske works to improve knowledge regarding mental health conditions and reduce stigma through education of nurses, other healthcare providers, and her community. She has been adjunct faculty at the University of Portland, teaching undergraduate psychiatric nursing. She provides competency-based suicide assessment training to nurses both locally and nationally. Lastly, she has served as a trainer to local law enforcement in her community, educating both new recruits and experienced officers on mental health, crisis intervention, and de-escalation for the past six years. Read More Read Less