Mitchell Parkinson

• Perform health assessments to evaluate student and staff conditions and complaints
• Administer first aid and attend to student medical needs and report when required
• Duties include immunization verification, answering guardian health questions, administering medications, monitoring and providing for emergent healthcare needs of student and staff such as asthma, head injury, and reporting to the Missouri Department of Social Services and police agencies as required, providing timely nursing services for illness and injury, listening to the needs of patient and offering empathy and emotional support as needed, providing health education to students and staff, and operating a welcoming nurse clinic where student and staff and the public feel comfortable and confident with care received

• Care for 30-50 students daily for average

• Cared for two cerebral palsy students in a Special Education Classroom of 30 students monitoring, assessing and providing care
• Worked closely with the Special Education Department to ensure student wellness
• Served as an advocate for the students and families to meet healthcare needs
• Mentored and provided positive stimuli and interpersonal communication to help engage the students in the classroom experience
• Provided personal hygiene and peri-care daily

• Performed healthcare assessments and reviewed medical histories to determine direction and scope of care.
• Provided positive, non-biased care, and excelled in appropriate bedside manner.
• Duties; consistent and frequent floor rounding, medication administration and use of intravenous pumps, wound care, blood transfusions, enteral feedings, catheter insertion and removal, health education, ambulation and range of motion exercises, personal patient hygiene, lab draws and monitoring, telemetry floor, physician consults, suture and staple removal and other care as required.
• Provided healthcare with empathy and compassion and the patient being the number one priority.
• Patient to nurse ratio 6:1

• Conducted investigations based on incident reports

Provided reviews of staff and their care with students

• Learned of harmful student behavior and/or harm delivered to the student by staff. Provided details to the board of directors and made recommendations for care and provided detail for state compliance Reviewed and monitored closed circuit television cameras to aid in investigations and to promote safety. Used video as evidence of findings and to promote avenues to increase safety
• Worked with local law enforcement and child protective agencies as investigations warranted
• Worked alongside human resources and compliance personnel to promoting adherence to rules and regulations for auditing
• Student population approximately 200 for monitoring and investigation

• Directed and conducted client investigations locally and nationally
• Investigations consisted of comprehensive background investigations, complex interviews, legal liability issues, insurance claims, identification of fraudulent activity, scene investigations, witness locates, and other investigations preparatory to court proceedings
• Conducted 1000+ investigations