Alanna Wienkes
Highland,WI
Summary
Skilled Care Provider assisting elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities with daily living activities in-home or within care facility. Keep house by making beds, doing laundry, washing dishes and preparing meals. Advise families and healthcare team regarding health concerns, nutrition, cleanliness and household activities. Ability to complete tasks on time in both individual and team settings. Dependable and reliable, ready to learn and grow with your company.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Tech in Training
Walmart
12.2023 - Current
- Set up and modified patient profiles to include current medications and insurance details.
- Monitored ordering of pharmacy medication stock to maintain streamlined inventory and low overhead.
- Assisted pharmacist by filling prescriptions for customers and responding to patient questions regarding prescription and medication-specific issues.
- Boosted customer loyalty by providing friendly, knowledgeable assistance on drug interactions and side effects.
- Increased overall pharmacy productivity by restocking supplies, organizing shelves, and maintaining cleanliness according to standards.
- Facilitated seamless transitions between shifts by thoroughly documenting all relevant information for coworkers during handoffs.
- Managed opening and closing duties for pharmacy.
- Counted, measured and compounded medications following standard procedures.
- Resolved third-party billing, computer system and customer service issues.
- Counted and labeled prescriptions with correct item and quantity.
- Assisted in maintaining a clean and organized work environment, ensuring compliance with safety regulations.
CARE GIVER/ MEDICATION ADMINISTRATOR/Lead
Sienna Crest Assisted Living
07.2021 - Current
- Followed standards of hygiene, safety, and infection control when handling and disposing of medications
- Managed medication cart for complete, up-to-date supplies and quality control
- Correctly dispensed medications to patients in accordance with facility protocols
- Educated patients on proper medication usage and expected side effects
- Communicated with patients and family members to drive care plan
- Looked for changes in residents' day and personal care needs to update personal resident care plan
- Recognized and reported unsafe conditions for medication provision
- Removed discontinued, outdated, or deteriorated drugs from inventory
- Supplied, collected and emptied bedpans
- Gathered information from nurses and physicians about patient condition and treatment plans
- Documented and reported observations of patient behavior, complaints or physical symptoms to nurses
- Reminded patients to take medications and nutritional supplements
- Communicated with patients to determine need for assistance or social and emotional support
- Prepared and served food trays
- Observed and examined patients to detect symptoms that required medical attention, such as bruises, open wounds, and blood in urine
- Collected specimens, such as urine, feces, and sputum
- Communicated with patients to ascertain feelings and needed for assistance and social and emotional support
- Established special connections with patients through empathy and relationship-building techniques
- Measured and recorded food and liquid intake and urinary and fecal output
- Kept patient information confidential to protect organization's value
- Applied clean dressings, slings and support bandages
- Adjusted oxygen levels to verify patient comfort
- Recorded height and weight of patients
- Checked vital signs and recorded intake information to monitor patient stability
- Provided information, such as directions, visiting hours, and patient status information to visitors and callers
- Turned bedridden patients to avoid bedsores
- Cleaned and sanitized patient rooms and examination rooms
- Answered patient call signals, signal lights or bells to determine patient needs
- Collected data regarding patients' diseases, conditions, and treatment plans
- Turned and repositioned bedridden patients
- Explained medical instructions to patients and family members
- Utilized wheelchairs and moveable beds to transport patients to treatment units and operating rooms.
Caregiver
Lori Knapp
08.2023 - 11.2023
- Cooked meals and assisted patients with eating tasks to support healthy nutrition.
- Efficiently organized schedules.
- Managed patient appointments and transportation needs, ensuring punctual arrival at medical visits and other engagements.
INTERN
Friesians of Majesty
04.2022 - 06.2022
- My duties at Friesians of Majesty were feed 150 horses from stallions, mare, and foals
- All of the feeding's consisted of small square bale and grain
- The first feeding would be at 6am second feeding 12pm and third feeding 9pm
- All of the stallions inside and the mare and foals inside would get grain
- In the mornings I would have to clean 24 stalls between two barns
- Friesians of Majesty did camps for younger girls and adults, to teach them how to ride along with the common cares that one horse would need
- We would also do semen collections, bus shows, tours, carriage rides, and a lot of veterinary work
- Provided work updates as scheduled or requested
- Demonstrated proficiency in time and project management
- Helped organize meetings and events for specific staff and large groups
- Assisted others in solving problems using classroom learnings and software tools
- Gained experience, exposure, and knowledge of career-specific procedures and systems
- Trained in different positions and worked with variety of personnel
- Participated in client meetings and team discussions and offered feedback
- Generated and disseminated weekly progress reports.
CALF FEEDER AND MILKER
Drave's Farm
10.2020 - 05.2021
- Feeding claves from a range of 12 to 30 twice a day along with getting newborn up and going
- Feeding sick claves getting them back to health by giving them Calf Pro and electrolytes
- Milking cows in an 8 by 8 polar with about 180 head, all three shifts morning, noon, and night
- Weaning claves every three weeks moving them to the barns that they would go into based on ages and size, helping with some heard health, and help check heifers to see how their pregnancy is going if there are any problems
- Fed and watered livestock and monitored food and water supplies
- Provided medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations and arranged for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment
- Used disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, and pumps
- Segregated animals accorded to weight, age, color, and physical condition
- Castrated animals, dock ears and tails and shear coats to collect hair
- Examined animals to detect illness, injury, and disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain.
MILKER
Herr Dairy
01.2019 - 12.2020
- Milking cows in a 6 by 6 polar milking 160 head working the two shifts morning 5am-7am and night 5pm-7pm
- During these shifts the duties were getting the polar ready for milking set up the milk house and then switch all the lines over in the polar
- After getting things ready it is time to go get the first group after first group is done that is when second group needs to start heading into the polar
- After second group is done there is a break that gives you time to get things cleaned up and get the bottles ready for the calf feeder and then third group starts to come
- Isolated and treated livestock showing signs of illness to prevent infectious spread among herd
- Milked cows by hand or with mechanized equipment
- Conducted regular preventive maintenance tasks and repairs on milking equipment and stalls.
MILKER
Hi Lo Valley Holsteins
10.2018 - 03.2019
- Milking in an 86 Stanton barn milking night 9pm-11pm
- The duties of this job were to get the milk house ready get all the milkers set up
- After getting everything ready the feed had to be pushed up before and after milking after milking the lines needed to be cleaned out and the automatic feeder needed to be filled up, put the feed up clean up automatic waters
- Milked cows by hand or with mechanized equipment
- Fed and watered livestock and monitored food and water supplies
- Conducted regular preventive maintenance tasks and repairs on milking equipment and stalls.
Education
AGRIBUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY - ANIMAL SCIENCE -
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College
05.2023
High School Diploma -
Highland High School
Highland Wi05.2021
Skills
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Leadership
- Time Management
- Safety Management
- Medication Distribution
- Activities Of Daily Living (ADL) Support
- Calm Under Stress
- Transportation Assistance
- Animal Nutrition
- Wound Care
- Animal Training
- General Housekeeping
- Farm Machinery
- Vaccination Administration
- Follow-Up Calls
- Customer Interaction
- Livestock Care
- Dispensing Medicines
- Clean Equipment
- Animal Breeding
- Feeding Schedules
- Quick Learner
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Multitasking and Organization
Certification
Artificial Insemination
Additional Information
2 year member of Farm Club, first year as a member second year as the President of the Farm Club. 1 year member of FFA 3-year FFA officer Treasure, Secretary, and Vice President. Band member for 5 years. Art club member for 4 years being involved with the art fair, events for younger kids, student teaching for younger classes. Lions club member 2 years being involved with our town celebration, cook outs, fundraisers, glow runs/walks. Highland Rodeo club member for 5 years being involved with jackpots, rodeo, and fundraisers. Highland Tractor pull member being involved with getting ready for the pull and fundraisers. Little Britches Rodeo of Wisconsin contestant/member for 7 years, running in barrels, pole bending, and helping in the roping arena getting cattle moved.
References
- TAMRA MALITZ, Sienna Crest Assisted Living, Manager, (608) 935-9430, tmalitz@siennacrest.com
- TYSON THIELORN, JT's, Boss, (608) 341-9150, Jtgas11@gmail.com
- LORI AND SAM DRAVES, Draves Dairy, Boss, (608) 929-4820, Dravesdairy@gmail.com
Timeline
Tech in Training
Walmart
12.2023 - Current
Caregiver
Lori Knapp
08.2023 - 11.2023
INTERN
Friesians of Majesty
04.2022 - 06.2022
CARE GIVER/ MEDICATION ADMINISTRATOR/Lead
Sienna Crest Assisted Living
07.2021 - Current
CALF FEEDER AND MILKER
Drave's Farm
10.2020 - 05.2021
MILKER
Herr Dairy
01.2019 - 12.2020
MILKER
Hi Lo Valley Holsteins
10.2018 - 03.2019
AGRIBUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY - ANIMAL SCIENCE -
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College
High School Diploma -
Highland High School