Sarah C. Mensah

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Email: ad2xz2@r.postjobfree.com

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Leadership Dependable Team building

Training. Attention to Detail Productivity

Safety Punctual. Professional

EXPERIENCE:

Nov 2016-Present Lawrenceville, GA

LPN/Charge Nurse Gwinnett Extended Care Center (Sub Acute/Rehab Unit),

Proficient in facilitating physician orders, implementing appropriate plan of treatment signed by the physician and interventions.

Provide nursing care prepare and administer and/or supervises the self-administration of medications according to physician's orders

Talk to the patients about their present problems, allergies, medications and keep an eye on their medical records.

Proactively collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and resources to optimize patient outcomes.

Participate with a degree of self-direction in rehabilitation according to individual patient's care

plan, including patient teaching.

Start IV’s and hang intravenous fluids, medications and blood draws.

Starting, monitoring, or discounting the intravenous catheters or the intravenous fluids.

Takes verbal orders from doctors, transcribe on the MAR, fax to pharmacy and follow through.

Undertake various office responsibilities; answer calls and reply to messages and execute triage

within the scope of LPN.

Assembling the equipment like gastrostomy tubes, catheters, and oxygen supplies.

Providing basic bedside duties such as dressing wounds, changing bandages, inserting

catheters, and given injections.

Schedule and supervise CNAs/Techs in providing general and routine care for patients and follow

through.

Use interpersonal skill and dynamic communication in contacts with patients, family members of

the health care team and facility staff.

Nov 2016 – Dec 2017 LPN/Wellness Nurse

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Apr 2016 – Nov 2016 Licensed Vocational Nurse

Proficient in facilitating physician orders, implementing appropriate plan of treatment signed by

the physician and interventions.

Administer medications according to physician's orders.

Monitor/reporting on patient status, and records. Also schedules doctor’s appointment based on

the needs of the patient.

Effectively ensure compliance with established protocol/policies/procedures and regulatory

standards.

Dynamic communication and patient/family relation skills.

Use interpersonal skills in contacts with patients, members of the health care team and facility

staff.

Sept-2015-May 2015 Licensed Vocational Nurse Arbor Terrace of Johns Creek, GA

• Talk to physician’s offices and doctors as needed to take phone orders, change orders for

residents and ensure that all new medications are faxed to pharmacy in order to get the prescription filled timely and accurately.

Sunrise Senior Living, Lawrenceville GA

Monitors the health of the elderly patients, keep records of changes in the patient's health and

provide medical care to patients who need it.

Responsible for educating their patients so that the patients can take care of their own health,

according to Sunrise Senior Living.

Assisting in training and monitoring of medication care administration.

Benton House of Grayson, GA

Prepare and care for patients receiving diagnostic test and specialized treatments.

Verifies identity of resident receiving medication that the correct medication is being given,

monitor patient and record the correct time of administration on the MAR/MOR.

Obtain and record resident’s vital signs (temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration),

weight, food and fluid intake and output as directed.

Effectively ensure compliance with established protocol/policies/procedures and regulatory

standards.

Proactively collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and resources to optimize patient outcomes.

Counsels residents in identifying and resolving social and other problems and also schedule

doctor’s appointments based on their needs.

Participate with a degree of self-direction in rehabilitation according to individual patient's care

plan, including patient teaching.

Nov 2011-May 2015 Licensed Vocational Nurse EYAK Services, San Antonio TX

Check patients in PHA (Physical Health Assessments) using CHCS verifying DEERs accessibility

for care, AHLTA, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word).

Printing out medication and immunization reconciliation sheets for updates.

Performed duty with all branches of Armed Service from baseline to post-injury ANAM

(Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics) results reflective of potential cognitive impairments secondary to deployment related or other head-injury events.

Dec 2009-Dec 2010 Owner/Manager Glory Manor Elderly Care, Menifee, CA

Owned and managed 4 beds nursing facility for elderly for 2 years.

Scheduled, interview and hired potential employees to work under my supervision.

Instructed orientation and safety classes for new employees.

Ensured monthly training is done for all employees.

Managed all aspect of finances, pharmacy medications and refills, as well as doctor’s

appointments.

Maintained a safe, comfortable and respectable working environment for client and staff.

Sept-2006-Dec 2010 Licensed Vocational Nurse Menifee Valley Hospital, Menifee CA

Proficient in facilitating physician orders, implementing appropriate plan of treatment signed by

the physician and interventions.

Prepare and care for patients receiving diagnostic test and specialized treatments.

Prepare and administer medications according to physician’s orders and observe ingestion and

other application.

Monitor/reporting on patient status, and maintaining detailed records and charts.

Starts Intravenous fluids, care for patient with ventilators, tracheostomy tube, nasogastric tubes,

and care of gastrostomy tubes in general.

Effectively ensure compliance with established protocol/policies/procedures and regulatory

standards.

Proactively collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and resources to optimize patient outcomes.

Dynamic communication and patient/family relation skills.

Obtain and record vital signs (temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration), weight, food,

and fluid intake and output as directed.

Use interpersonal skills in contacts with patients, members of the health care team and facility

staff.

Collaborate with and assist members of the health care team in collecting data for assessing,

planning, executing and evaluating the nursing care of patients.

Provide a wide range of nursing care to all ages both accurately ill and long-term patients in

medical, surgical and psychiatric settings under the guidance and supervision of a registered

nurse.

Assist with provision for the emotion and physical comfort and safety of patients.

Apr 2007 – Jan 2008 Licensed Vocational Nurse Manor Care, Hemet CA

Proficient in facilitating physician orders, implementing appropriate plans and interventions.

Prepare and care for patients receiving diagnostic test and specialized treatments.

Prepare and administer medications and monitor patients ingesting it.

Starts Intravenous fluids, care for patient with ventilators, tracheostomy tube, nasogastric tubes,

and care of gastrostomy tubes in general.

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Insert and care for patients with urinary catheters.

Monitor/reporting on patient status, and maintaining detailed records and charts.

Effectively ensure compliance with established protocol/policies/procedures and regulatory

standards.

Dynamic communication and patient/family relation skills.

Use interpersonal skills in contacts with patients, members of the health care team and facility

staff.

Collaborate with and assist members of the health care team in collecting data for assessing,

planning, executing and evaluating the nursing care of patients.

Provide a wide range of nursing care to both accurately ill and long-term patients in medical,

surgical and psychiatric settings.

Education

Associate of Science in Nursing (Degree) Licensed Vocational Nurse (Diploma) Certified Psychiatric Technician

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