Melinda Mann

• Executed nursing duties for detox, short-stay mental health stabilization, and 28-day residential clients, ensuring comprehensive care in a three-unit facility.

• Administered scheduled and as-needed medications, ensuring accurate documentation to support client treatment plans.

• Assess and manage clients' withdrawal symptoms using COWS, AWAS, and SWAM protocols per each client’s treatment plan.

• Performed and documented daily mental health assessments, providing critical insights into client progress and needs.

• Led crisis interventions requiring physical holds, emergency medications, patient seclusion and mechanical restraints.

• Managed milieu by guiding and supervising floor staff while promptly addressing patients' distress to maintain a safe environment.

• Conducted initial nursing assessments for patients under Washington's Involuntary Treatment Act to ensure appropriate care planning.

• Performed daily psychiatric and physical assessments of all patients.

• Directed nursing operations for up to eight weeks while the Director of Nursing was unavailable.

• Developed and implemented individualized patient care plans in collaboration with social workers, rehabilitation therapists, psychiatrists, physical health providers and others in daily treatment team meetings.

• Assessed patients daily for psychosis, self-harm, harm to others, and changes in condition; documented comprehensive evaluations for treatment planning.

• Admitted two or more patients daily to a 24-bed voluntary unit at a large inpatient psychiatric facility, ensuring timely intake and support.

Administered prescribed medications per treatment plans, conducted room checks, served meals, and escorted patients to appointments, ensuring adherence to care protocols.

• Administered medication-assisted treatment for up to sixteen patients during abrupt cessation of alcohol, heroin, methamphetamine, and

other substances (detox).

• Performed full physical assessment and ETOH breathalyzer for all patients presenting to the facility to determine suitability for inpatient stay of up to five days.

• Communicated regularly with off-site medical provider to give updates, receive medication orders and to recommend higher level of medical

care when indicated.

• Collaborated with substance use disorder counselors, peers, and professionals to support patients in advancing drug and alcohol treatment plans upon discharge.