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Jacob Hamlin

Raleigh

Summary

Compassionate, patient-focused registered nurse with over five years of experience working with psychiatric patients of all ages. Experienced charge nurse with skill in thorough and timely documentation, efficient patient flow, timely intervention of treatments, deescalation, and delegation of necessary patient care tasks. Focused on serving the population and positive and far-reaching advancement to healthcare.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Registered Nurse

Salem VA Medical Center
10.2024 - 03.2025

Collaborate with interdisciplinary treatment team to plan and provide care for inpatient psych unit and geripsych unit


Experience with:

- Skin, fall risk, level of consciousness, and other assessments as deemed necessary

- Timely medical intervention prior to necessitation of medical code

- Timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients

- Utilization of deescalation techniques to maintain therapeutic milieu

Travel Psychiatric Nurse

VA Nursing Travel Corps
04.2023 - 10.2024

Worked as a travel nurse in understaffed psychiatric units located in South Dakota, Kansas, and Virginia


Experience with:

- Nightly charge nurse duties of admission, discharge, assessments, and chart auditing

- Substance detox assessments and interventions

- Implementing timely interventions when de-escalation techniques are not effective

- Safely administering forced, court-ordered medications when necessary

Registered Nurse

George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center
09.2021 - 04.2023

Worked alongside interdisciplinary care team to develop and implement patient care plans


Experience with:

- Nightly charge nurse duties of admission, discharge, assessments, and chart auditing

- Mentoring and delegating tasks to student nurses and new employees

- Safely administering forced, court-ordered medications when necessary

- Following CDC guidelines in isolating and caring for COVID-19 positive psych patients

- Substance detox assessments and interventions

Registered Nurse

Salt Lake Behavioral Health
02.2020 - 09.2021

Worked alongside interdisciplinary care team to develop and implement patient care plans


Experience with:

- De-escalating patients showing signs of crisis/coming down from crisis

- Daily patient health and suicide risk assessments

- Medication preparation and administration

- Implementation of behavioral interventions

- Patient education and maintenance of patient safety

Education

Master of Science - Nursing - PMHNP

Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions
Provo, UT
05-2026

Bachelor of Science Nursing (BSN) - Nursing Science

Roseman University of Health Sciences
South Jordan, UT
02-2020

Skills

  • Conflict resolution and deescalation
  • Personal care needs
  • Teamwork
  • Empathy
  • Patient check-ins
  • Ethics and confidentiality
  • Culturally-sensitive care
  • Medical assessment
  • Admission and discharge coordination

Certification

Registered Nurse: Interstate Compact License # 11674544-3102


Basic Life Support (BLS) certified by American Heart Association


PMDB certified





References available upon request

Timeline

Registered Nurse

Salem VA Medical Center
10.2024 - 03.2025

Travel Psychiatric Nurse

VA Nursing Travel Corps
04.2023 - 10.2024

Registered Nurse

George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center
09.2021 - 04.2023

Registered Nurse

Salt Lake Behavioral Health
02.2020 - 09.2021

Registered Nurse: Interstate Compact License # 11674544-3102


Basic Life Support (BLS) certified by American Heart Association


PMDB certified





References available upon request

Master of Science - Nursing - PMHNP

Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions

Bachelor of Science Nursing (BSN) - Nursing Science

Roseman University of Health Sciences
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