Medication management
Careful attention to complex medication regimens, shaped by years of high-acuity nursing.
About Amy
From critical care to mental health
Amy Salanty is a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner who came to psychiatry after a long career in intensive care. Her work in neurology and critical care nursing gave her a close view of how illness of the body and of the mind meet, and it is what led her to mental health.
From January 2025 she trained in outpatient psychiatry at Blue Umbrella Psychiatry in Davie, Florida, first through an academic clinical rotation while completing her master's degree, then in continued supervised practice. There she managed complex medication regimens, helped keep patient flow moving, supported colleagues with challenging cases and worked alongside patients' families. She left in March 2026.
In July 2026 she opened her own private practice, Purple Elephant Psychiatry & Wellness. It is fully virtual and serves clients throughout Florida.
She holds a Master of Science in Nursing in psychiatric and mental health nursing from Wilkes University, and lives in Hollywood, Florida.
- Psychiatricmental health nurse practitioner
- Neurologyand intensive care expertise
- Red Crossdisaster health volunteer
Career
A career built at the bedside
Before psychiatry, Amy worked in trauma bays, surgical intensive care units and other high acuity hospital settings in Georgia, North Carolina and Florida.
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2026 to present
Founder and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner
Purple Elephant Psychiatry & Wellness
Her own practice, opened in July 2026. Fully virtual, serving clients throughout Florida.
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2025 to 2026
Outpatient psychiatry
Blue Umbrella Psychiatry, Davie, Florida
Clinical rotation from January 2025 through her September 2025 graduation, then continued supervised training in outpatient psychiatry.
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2019 to 2024
Neuro-surgical intensive care nurse
AdventHealth, Daytona Beach, Florida
High-acuity care in a 32-bed intensive care unit. Assessment, monitoring and care planning alongside interdisciplinary teams.
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2017 to 2019
Long-term care nurse
Courtenay Springs Village, Merritt Island, Florida
Postoperative recovery and rehabilitation.
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2016 to 2017
Clinical nurse manager, medical-surgical intensive care
Wuesthoff Medical Center, Melbourne, Florida
Led a 12-bed intensive care unit: staffing, schedules and patient care flow. Rounded with the medical team, supported staff development, and wrote and introduced the department's care standards and documentation procedures. Primary responder for emergency codes and trauma cases, stabilising patients and coordinating transfers to larger trauma centres.
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2010 to 2016
Neuro-surgical trauma intensive care nurse and relief charge nurse
Holmes Regional Medical Center, Melbourne, Florida
Critical trauma patients in a 28-bed intensive care unit at a Level II trauma centre. Served in a charge capacity, coordinating staffing and the response to critical events.
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2009 to 2010
Medical-surgical intensive care nurse
Florida Hospital Memorial Center, Daytona Beach, Florida
Patient care in a 32-bed intensive care unit.
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2005 to 2009
Medical-surgical intensive care nurse and charge nurse
Parrish Medical Center, Titusville, Florida
Supervised the operations, staffing and rounds of a 12-bed intensive care unit.
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2002 to 2005
Medical-surgical nurse and relief charge nurse
Lower Keys Medical Center, Key West, Florida
A 36-bed medical-surgical floor, supporting unit leadership. From 2003 she also worked as a home health nurse with Life Line Home Health Agency in Key West.
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2000 to 2001
Travel nurse, Georgia and North Carolina
Cross-Country TravCorps
Staff and charge nurse in medical-surgical units across a number of acute care hospitals in both states.
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1998 to 1999
Medical-surgical nurse and charge nurse
Bulloch Memorial Hospital, Statesboro, Georgia
Her first nursing post. Led care coordination for a 32-bed unit, with triage and life support interventions.
Focus
What she brings to psychiatric care
Family support
Time with the people around a patient, who are often part of the care.
Neurology and critical care
A deep grounding in intensive care and neurology, where her interest in mental health began.
Disaster mental health
A volunteer with the American Red Cross in Disaster Health Services and Disaster Mental Health Services, and with Give an Hour.
Looking ahead
Care for the whole person, especially in later life
Amy plans further nurse practitioner study in adult and geriatric care, to meet the combined medical and mental health needs of older adults. She also plans to expand the practice to include psychedelic-assisted therapies such as ketamine and Spravato, and to hold nursing licences in more than one state.
Education
Training
- Master of Science in Nursing, Psychiatric and Mental Health NursingWilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 2025
- Bachelor of Science in NursingGeorgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, 1998
- Legal Nurse Consultant CertificateUniversity of Central Florida, 2007
Professional memberships
Affiliations
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- American Psychiatric Nurses Association
- American Nurses Association
- Florida Nurses Association
Gallery
Moments from a working life
Every picture of Amy Salanty on this page is an AI-generated illustration, produced with her approval from a reference photograph. They are not photographs of real events.
Outside the clinic
Music, making and travel
Away from work, Amy enjoys live performances by local bands, dancing, knitting, reading, travelling and television.
Contact
Get in touch
For professional enquiries, send Amy a message and she will reply by email.
- amypmhnp@purpleelephantpsych.com
- purpleelephantpsych.com
- Fully virtual, serving clients throughout Florida
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