Professional Experience

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Huda NP, PLLC

February 2017 to present

  • Providing geriatric psychiatry services to assisted living communities as an independent psychiatric provider.
  • Partnered with Aegis Living assisted livings in the greater Seattle area to provide psychiatric assessments, medication management, and consulting for their residents and their families.
  • Implementing family and staff educational training on dementia care.

Adjunct Clinical Faculty

University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, Washington

March 2004 to present

  • Clinical instructor to graduate students pursuing their advanced practice psychiatric nurse practitioner degree.
  • Developed learning objectives with students to best tailor their individual learning needs within the practice setting.
  • Evaluated students’ performances on achieving learning objectives.
  • Collaborated with course instructor regarding students’ performance.
  • Frequent invited speaker on geriatric psychiatry related topics.

Nursing Instructor

Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington

September 2017 to May 2019

  • Part-time instructor for Doctor of Nursing Practice students.
  • Providing 10 lectures yearly with an emphasis on geriatric psychiatry content for future Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioners as well as providing clinical instruction.

Medical Director of Solstice Behavioral Health

Full Life Care (formerly Elderhealth Northwest), Seattle, Washington

July 2009 to January 2016

  • Sole medical director for a community mental health program that grew from 50 clients to 200 clients served over a 6-year period.
  • Developed and coordinated the growth of an expanding mental health program: established collaborative relationships with a primary care organization, assisted living, local universities, state and county mental health agencies, as well as collaborating within a diverse care delivery agency to serve those in adult day health, home care, and dementia care boarding homes.
  • Provided psychiatric evaluations and medication management to adults needing mental health services.
  • Provided clinical supervision and consulting to mental health case managers and therapists.
  • Provided consultation and educational workshops to other members of the Full Life team, including adult day health staff, community volunteers, home care workers.
  • Implemented and clinically supervised PEARLS, an evidenced-based treatment for older adults with depression, for adult day health clients as well as community dwelling individuals.
  • Implemented and clinically supervised STAR, an evidenced-based approach for reducing dementia related anxiety and depression, for staff at adult day health, dementia boarding homes, and the mental health team.

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Older Adult Services and Information Systems, Navos Outpatient Services (formerly Highline-West Seattle Mental Health): Seattle, Washington

August 2016 to May 2017, September 2001 to November 2012

  • Provided psychiatric evaluations and ongoing medication management to clients residing in skilled nursing facilities, assisted living residences, adult day health, and within the clinic setting.
  • Maintained a caseload of over 200 mentally ill patients residing in assisted living, skilled nursing, adult day health, and the outpatient clinic setting.
  • Coordinated care with treatment providers, facility staff, case managers and community partners.
  • Expertise for treating older adults with mental illness and dementia related illnesses as well as comorbid behavioral issues.
  • Identified as a Geriatric Mental Health Specialist by the Washington State Department of Health.
  • Provided training for mental health specialists and care staff on mental illness and dementia care.

Consulting Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Neighborcare Healthcare, Pike Market Medical Clinic, Seattle, Washington

February 2013 to January 2016

  • Provided integrated psychiatric treatment in a primary care clinic treating underserved adults.
  • Mentoring future psychiatric nurse practitioners on advanced practice nursing.

Attending Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Cascade Behavioral Hospital, Tukwila, Washington

February 2016 to July 2016

  • Psychiatric Hospitalist: Provided direct clinical services such as completing psychiatric evaluations, leading crisis management, conducting medication management, daily rounding on a team of patients, providing individual psychotherapy, and evaluating patients’ status to discharge safely from a psychiatric inpatient setting.
  • Attending provider on a voluntary geriatric psychiatry inpatient unit
  • Attending provider on an acute adult inpatient unit for those in crisis requiring involuntary psychiatric treatment.

Clinical Instructor, Part-Time Faculty

University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, Washington.

September 2008 to 2014, January 2005 to March 2005

  • Clinical Instructor for 100 hours of psychiatric clinicals for bachelor of nursing students.
  • Developed unique clinical environment for inpatient and outpatient clinical experiences for 10 students.
  • Evaluated students’ performances on required assignments and their overall attainment of course objectives.
  • Collaborated with course instructor regarding students performance.

Research Consultant

Northwest Research Group on Aging

University of Washington School of Nursing: Seattle, Washington

September 2010 – 2012, June 2001 to September 2006

  • Co-authored training video and manual targeting behavioral management skills for working with demented residents in assisted living facilities.
  • Lead instructor for a multi-site study aimed at implementing a behavioral management training program for assisted living residences.
  • Interventionist: Conducted training program for nurses aides for a NIMH-funded research study at ten assisted living facilities in the Seattle area.

Publications

Teri L., McKenzie GL, LaFazia D, Farran CJ, Beck C, Huda P, van Leynseele J, Pike KC. (2009).

Improving dementia care in assisted living residences: addressing staff reactions to training. Geriatr Nurs. 2009 May-Jun;30(3):153-63. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2008.07.002. Epub 2009 Apr 2.

Teri, L., Huda, P. Gibbons, L. Young, H., Young H., and van Leynseele, J. (2005).

STAR: A Dementia-Specific Training Program for Staff in Assisted Living Residences. The Gerontologist, 45, 686-693.

Linda Teri, Ph.D. and Piruz Huda

MN STAR: Staff Training in Assisted Living Residence, Training Manual and Video. Copyright L. Teri 2001.

Invited Speaker

Integrating Non-Pharmacological and Pharmacological Interventions in the Treatment of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia

  • Date: March 18th, 2021
  • Event: Annual American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry Conference

Eastern Washington Alzheimer’s and Dementia Virtual Conference

  • Presentation: Prioritizing Non-Pharmacological Interventions in the Treatment of Dementia-Related Behavioral Disturbances
  • Date: November 12, 2020

American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry Conference

  • Presentation: Managing Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) in the Era of Black Box Warnings
    • Speakers: Piruz Huda, ARNP and Rajesh Tampi, MD, MS
    • Date: March 2nd, 2019
    • Location: Atlanta, Georgia

University of Washington School of Nursing

  • Presentation: Managing Mental Health Issues and Psychiatric Medications in Older Adults
    • Event: Advanced Practice in Primary Care and Acute Care
    • Date: October, 2015
    • Audience: Primary care providers across the Pacific Northwest

International Society of Psychiatric Nurses annual conference

  • Presentation: Realistic Expectations on the Efficacy and Safety of Psychopharmacologic Interventions for Dementia-Related Behavioral Disturbance
    • Date March 24th, 2015
    • Location: Seattle, Washington
  • Presentation: Effective Leadership Strategies for Working Across Disciplines and Settings When Treating Mental Illness in Older Adults
    • Date March 24th, 2015
    • Location: Seattle, Washington

Assessing and Treating Older Adults with Psychosis, Piruz Huda, ARNP

2 Hour guest lecture for the University of Washington School of Nursing for the course “Nursing and Mental Illness”

  • February 24th, 2012
  • February 26th, 2013
  • February 14th , 2014
  • February 20th, 2015
  • February 15, 2017
  • February 20th, 2019

Managing Mental Health Issues and Psychiatric Medications in Older Adults.

Dementia Training: Etiology, Assessment, Treatment, and Interventions. 4 hour training by Piruz Huda, MN, ARNP

  • Full Life Care: case managers and clinicians
    • 3/7/2015, 11/4/2013, 2/8/12
  • Community Psychiatric Clinic: case managers and clinicians
    • 11/7/2012
  • Navos OASIS team: case managers and clinicians
    • September 2006

Psychopharmacology for the Elderly. Piruz Huda, MN, ARNP.

4 Hour guest lecture for University of Washington School of Social Work for Geriatric Mental Health Specialist Certification,

  • June 2012
  • June 2011
  • June 2010
  • September 2008
  • December 2004

Psychopharmacology for the Elderly. Piruz Huda, MN, ARNP.

2 hour training for Seattle University Clinical Psychology Department

  • April 2009
  • April 2008

STAR: Staff Training in Assisted Living Residences: Certified Nursing Managers Training.

Teri, L., Huda, P., McKenzie, G. Presented at the Washington Health Care Association “All the Right Ingredients: WHCA Annual Nurses’ Conference”. Tukwila, WA, November 17, 2004

Challenges of the Geriatric Population in a Variety of Clinical Settings

Marjorie Graf, MS, ARNP, Piruz Huda, MN, ARNP, Diane Kaplan, MS, ARNP. Presented to the Association of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing, Seattle Chapter Meeting, September 28, 2004.

Nursing Assistants’ Responses to a Dementia Care Training Program in the Assisted

Living Setting
Piruz Huda, MN, ARNP, Linda Teri, Ph.D. and Heather Young, Ph.D, ARNP Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America’s 56th Annual Scientific Meeting. November 23, 2003, San Diego, California.

DSM –IV TR Use with Older Adults and Mental Illness, Piruz Huda, MN,

ARNP Washington School of Social for Geriatric Mental Health Specialist Certification, September 8, 2004

Treating Agitation in Dementia. Linda Teri, PhD, Sue McCurry PhD, Piruz Huda, MN, ARNP, Rebecca Logsdon PhD.

Presented to adult family home managers for DSHS, State of Washington July 14, 2001. Staff Training for Dementia Care in Assisted Living Facilities: Strategies for Care Linda Teri, PhD, Piruz Huda, MN, ARNP, and Heather Young, PhD, ARNP Co-presented a pre-conference workshop at the Gerontological Society of America’s 55th Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, November 22, 2002.

Increasing Staff Compliance with Dementia Training Programs Piruz Huda, MN, ARNP, Sue McCurry PhD, Rebecca Logsdon PhD, Linda Teri PhD.

Presented at a symposium on dementia care in assisted living residence at the Gerontological Society of America’s 55th Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts November 24, 2002.

Poster Presentations

Implementation of an Evidenced Based Dementia Care Training Program within a Community Care Agency that Serves Adults in Various Settings.

International Society of Psychiatric Nurses annual conference, Seattle, Washington March 25th, 2015

Nursing Assistants’ Responses to a Dementia Care Training Program in the Assisted

Living Setting Gerontological Society of America’s 56th Annual Scientific Meeting. November 23, 2003, San Diego, California.

Education

Master of Nursing

  • Year: 2001
  • Program: Psychosocial Nurse Practitioner Program
  • Institution: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
  • Thesis: Assessment and Treatment of Anxiety in Assisted Living Dementia Residents

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

  • Year: 1996, Cum Laude
  • Institution: University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences

  • Year: 1993
  • Institution: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
  • Dual Majors: Psychology and History

Licensure/Certification

Board Certified as an Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

  • Dates: 11/1/2021 - 10/31/2026
  • Certifying Body: American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

Washington State Licensure

  • ARNP (CNS PSYCH/MH legend): 025804 AP30006121, current
  • Registered Nurse: 025801 RN00129292, current

National Provider Identifier (NPI)

  • Number: 1538225172

DSHS Approved Trainer and Curriculum Provider

  • Specialization: Dementia Care Training
  • State: Washington
  • Years: 2008 to present

Geriatric Mental Health Specialist

  • Certified by: Washington State Department of Health, Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry
    • Years: 2008 to 2010, 2015, 2017 to present
  • Adjunct Faculty at University of Washington School of Nursing
    • Years: 2003 to present
  • Association of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses
    • Years: January 2002 – 2006, 2018 - present
  • Board Member, Sound Generations (formerly Senior Services), Seattle WA
    • Years: 2015 to 2018
  • Associate Member, American Geriatrics Society
    • Years: 2012-2013
  • Gerontological Society of America
    • Years: April 2003 – 2005