Compassionate Nursing Assistant with extensive experience, skilled in patient care and vital signs monitoring. Enhanced patient satisfaction through emotional support and effective communication, while maintaining strict infection control protocols. Proven ability to advocate for patient needs and promote independence, ensuring dignity and comfort in daily activities.
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Work History
Nursing Assistant
Able Mabel Home Health
Helped patients effectively manage routine bathing, grooming, and other hygiene needs.
Improved patient satisfaction by providing compassionate assistance with daily activities, such as bathing, dressing, and feeding.
Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
Increased patient engagement by providing emotional support, companionship, and encouragement during challenging times.
Promoted a safe and clean environment by maintaining strict adherence to infection control protocols and sanitation standards.
Promoted good oral and personal hygiene by aiding patients with shaving, bathing, and teeth brushing.
Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
Skillfully operated medical equipment, such as glucose monitors and blood pressure cuffs, ensuring accurate data collection for informed decision-making by healthcare providers.
Documented care actions by completing records and logs in medical software system.
Agreed to take on additional shifts and extra hours during busy periods and holidays to maintain proper staffing and floor coverage.
Forensic Service Tech Lead
West Central Georgia Regional Hospital
Provided high-quality personal care services such as bathing, grooming, dressing, and feeding to ensure patient dignity.
Assisted patients with daily living activities for enhanced comfort and wellbeing.
Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
Maintained a clean, safe environment by sanitizing surfaces, changing linens, and disposing of waste properly.
Improved patient care quality by monitoring and recording vital signs, fluid intake, and output.
Promoted good oral and personal hygiene by aiding patients with shaving, bathing, and teeth brushing.
Reduced fall incidents by implementing safety measures like bed alarms and proper positioning techniques.
Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
Performed accurate documentation of patient information according to established protocols for record-keeping purposes.
Promoted independence in patients through walking exercises or assisting them with mobility devices like walkers or wheelchairs.
Nursing Assistant
Quality Home Care
Helped patients effectively manage routine bathing, grooming, and other hygiene needs.
Improved patient satisfaction by providing compassionate assistance with daily activities, such as bathing, dressing, and feeding.
Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
Increased patient engagement by providing emotional support, companionship, and encouragement during challenging times.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Four County Health and Rehabilitation
Provided high-quality personal care services such as bathing, grooming, dressing, and feeding to ensure patient dignity.
Assisted patients with daily living activities for enhanced comfort and wellbeing.
Maintained a clean, safe environment by sanitizing surfaces, changing linens, and disposing of waste properly.
Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
Improved patient care quality by monitoring and recording vital signs, fluid intake, and output.
Promoted good oral and personal hygiene by aiding patients with shaving, bathing, and teeth brushing.
Reduced fall incidents by implementing safety measures like bed alarms and proper positioning techniques.
Collaborated with nursing staff to create individualized care plans tailored to each patient''s needs.
Streamlined communication between nursing staff, patients, and families to ensure comprehensive understanding of care plans.
Served as an advocate for each patient's needs during shift handoffs or interdisciplinary conferences with other healthcare professionals.
Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
Cared for clients with diagnoses such as respiratory failure, diabetes, Parkinson's disease and muscular dystrophy.
Education
Highschool Diploma -
Stewart County High School
Lumpkin, GA
Health Care Science - Nursing
Albany Technical College
Albany, GA
Skills
Patient care
Patient feeding
Basic life support
Direct patient care
Vital signs monitoring
Patient relationship building
Infection control
Mobility assistance
Catheter care
Electronic charting
Patient relations
Companionship and emotional support
Patient assessments
Light housekeeping
Client documentation
Medication administration
Medical terminology
Computer literate
HIPAA
Behavior redirection
Specimen collection
Records management
Certification
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - State Boards of Nursing.
First Aid Certification - American Red Cross or American Heart Association.
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification - American Heart Association.