Ambitious Certified Nursing Assistant with extensive experience in patient care and hospital administrative functions. Strong charting and patient-care skills combined with ability to evaluate and advocate for patient needs. Proven history of cultivating strong patient rapport to provide exceptional care and patient education.
These skills were gained with more than 3 years of experience while working as a CNA professional. I am a compassionate individual with adequate technical skills to attend to patients in various healthcare settings.
• Knowledge of how to read rhythm strips on heart monitors and EKG print outs.
• Drawing blood for lab work
• Obtaining blood sugars, restraints, suicide precautions, bathing, dressing, ambulating, and feeding.
• Charting concise and timely documentation.
• Checking and charting: vital signs, turns, rounds, weight, etc.
• Measuring and charting I’s and O’s.
• Collecting urine samples and stool samples
• Provide catheter care
• Communicate patient information to any involved health care team member.
• Shift reports and verbal communication.
• Keep individuals safe from health hazards.
• Monitor individuals’ behavior toward themselves and others.
• Maintain patients’ records of problems and progress.
• Report any neglect, or exploitation to the appropriate authorities.
• Help individuals with tasks like cooking, cleaning, showering, toileting, shopping, and managing money.
• Teach the residents tasks that they can ultimately learn to do for themselves.
• Treats individuals with dignity and respect.
• Provides transportation to and from activities.
• Perform skin inspections.• Communicate concerns as necessary to nursing• Provides cares such as; nail care, dressing, weights, grooming, shaving,
Oral care and toileting.
• Assist with transferring, walking, and positioning of residents.
• Assist with feeding
• Charting I’s and O’s
• Assures personal and staff compliance to residents’ rights.
Checking vital signs for patients and their daily monitoring
Maintaining privacy of patients as mentioned by HIPPAA regulations
Supporting patients and providing them with required advocacy
Obtaining blood sugars, drawing blood for lab work, restraints, suicide precautions, bathing, dressing, ambulating, and feeding
Navigate the electronic medical record to document the daily care of the patients to include: vitals, I and O’s, ADL’S, turns, rounds, weights, etc
Is competent in the patient interventions such as obtaining V/S and reporting abnormal values, and foley care
Knowledge of the operation of the patient care beds and the equipment used on the unit
Demonstrate aptitude for working, troubleshooting, and assisting the nurse with multiple pieces of equipment
Able to safely utilize equipment including, but not limited to: Medline SCD pumps, Portable and wall suction devices, Roche Accu-Check, and Accutor V V/S machine
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