b'Mental Healthcare Nurse Resume Example\nBROOKE SCOTT\n68999 South Equator Crest \xe2\x80\xa2 Gurnee, IL 76588\nResidence: 111-090-7788 \xe2\x80\xa2 Cell: (222) 888-7676 \xe2\x80\xa2 Email: Brooke_MHN @ email\n. com\n**Mental Health Nurse**\nConsiderate and empathetic Mental Health Nurse with more than a decade of\nprofessional experience in providing age-appropriate care for acute and crisis\nstabilization as well as planned and implemented professional nursing care for\npatients in accordance with hospital policies and regulations. Independently\nperformed job functions, executed nursing processes based on expanded\nknowledge and experience, coordinated and provided safe patient care with an\nunderstanding and awareness of age appropriate and culturally aware needs,\ntolerantly responded to patient messages and queries related to psychotropic\nmedication problems, routine reports, concerns about mood or behavior or other\nurgent issues that fall within the nursing scope. In addition to that possess\nconsiderable knowledge of modern psychiatric nursing theories, principles,\npractices, procedures as well as problems of mental illness and its treatment\ntheories and techniques.\nKEY COMPETENCIES\n\xe2\x97\x8fIndividual counseling \xe2\x97\x8fFamily conferences\n\n\xe2\x97\x8fMedications\nAdministration\n\n\xe2\x97\x8fDocumentation\n\n\xe2\x97\x8fFunctional supervision \xe2\x97\x8fDevelopment of program\npolicies\n\n\xe2\x97\x8fRecords maintenance \xe2\x97\x8fCrisis intervention\n\n\xe2\x97\x8fMental Health Assessment\n\nPROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE\nMental Health Nurse\nCorrectional Healthcare Companies \xe2\x80\x93 Atlanta, GA | July 2007 \xe2\x80\x93 Mar 2013\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Administered oral and injectable medications and oversaw the dispensing of\noral and topical medications and treatments\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Kept accurate written records of patients care provided including nursing\nassessments, treatment plans, progress notes, medications administered and\ndischarge planning\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Educated patients and their family members about the patient\xe2\x80\x99s illness,\nincluding medications and daily living skills\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Observed and assessed changes and trends in physical or mental condition of\nthe patient as well as planned and implemented therapeutic interventions and\nevaluated response to such interventions\n\n\x0c\xe2\x80\xa2 Conducted and evaluated classes and psycho-educational groups for patients,\nnursing or therapy staff\nPsych Health Nurse\nHealth Partners \xe2\x80\x93 Augusta, GA | May 2002 \xe2\x80\x93 July 2007\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Coordinated and taught educational mental health care programs to meet the\nneeds of staff, patients, caregivers and the community\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Developed and revised plans of care for the mental health patients and family\nunits\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Coordinated patient care with other staff members and physicians\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Provided patient intervention in the home setting using current psychiatric\nnursing practices\n\xe2\x80\xa2 Respected the patient\xe2\x80\x99s privacy and maintained confidentiality\n\nEDUCATION\nAssociate of Science in Nursing (ASN) \xe2\x80\x93 College of Medicines \xe2\x80\x93 Alpharetta, GA\n[11/09/2000]'