Mark Hinkhouse

• Corrections nurse, serving a wide variety of individuals with diverse backgrounds.
• Served primarily the last several years in the mental health units assessing and reporting changes in mental status to facility psychiatrists.
• Duties also included caring for patients in acute and long term care units as well as the general population, assessing and reporting any changes in condition to facility physicians.
• Received and accurately carried out orders from facility physicians and psychiatrists.
• Proficiently completed dressing changes, treatments, and medication administration.
• Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.

Served on the safety committee for 3+ years, assisting safety manager and team in performing safety audits, fire drills, and various other activities to help lift and maintain safety awareness and standards.

Provide quality nursing care for approximately 20-30 residents. Perform physical and behavioral assessments of skilled and non-skilled residents and reporting any changes in health to physician. Provide behavioral/emotional support and supervision for those with dementia and Alzheimer's. Assist patients with multiple chronic diagnoses. Evaluate patient care needs, prioritize and performed treatments. Ensure safe and accurate administered of all medications per physicians orders. Accurately document all elements of nursing assessments, treatments, and medications. Supervise staff of 2-4 nursing aides. Perform all tasks with patient-centered focus while seeking opportunities for improvement of processes and treatments.

My skills and experience while at Lutheran Living have grown significantly, and encompass all that are listed with my other employers. The size of the resident population at Lutheran Living provides endless opportunities and experiences to help hone and develop my skills and abilities.

My ability to understand, communicate and resolve problems with staff, residents, and family members has grown and continues to grow with time.

Essentially cares and duties at All American Care were very similar to those while at Simpson Memorial Home. However, while at All American Care my ability to form and maintain interpersonal relationships with patients, patient family members, health care providers, and co-works grew significantly.

Provided quality nursing care for approximately 20-30 residents. Performed physical and behavioral assessments of skilled and non-skilled residents and reporting any changes in health to physician. Provided behavioral/emotional support and supervision for those with dementia and Alzheimer's. Assisted patients with multiple chronic diagnoses including COPD and asthma. Evaluated patient care needs, and prioritized and performed treatments. Ensured safe and accurate administered of all medications per physicians orders. Accurately documented all elements of nursing assessments, treatments, and medications. Supervised staff of 2-4 nursing aides. Performed all tasks with patient-centered focus while seeking opportunities for improvement of processes and treatments.