Aqeelah Salaam
Corona
Summary
Compassionate Certified Nursing Assistant diligent about serving patient's medical and personal needs. Focused on delivering high-quality care to individuals from diverse backgrounds. Dedicated to protecting patient safety and promoting satisfaction with facility services. Kind and energetic professional with outstanding bedside manner and charting abilities.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nursing Assistant
Kaiser Permanente
Los Angeles
04.2020 - 06.2025
- Patient care tasks safety needs - Use of: Hourly Rounds; participate in Unit fall prevention program; participate in workplace Safety program; patient mobility safety alarms; lifting equipment; bed rails; bed level; Isolation & Personal Protective Equipment; chemotherapy precautions; oral pharynx suctioning; patient surveillance assignment; restraints.
- Personal Hygiene Needs: Oral/mouth care; bed bath; shower; sitz bath; A.M./P.M. care; Peri-Care; routine skin care, applying over-the-counter creams & ointments for prophylactic treatment of skin conditions; apply pediculocides & comb hair to remove nits.
- Comfort Measures: Passing & refilling water pitchers; catheter care, including applying & removing condom catheter; daily linen change; post-mortem care, as assigned; use of nursing comfort skin care products.
- Nutritional Needs: Preparation of patient meal trays, snacks & fluids as directed by the RN; feeding techniques; weighing (standing, chair scale, bed scale, sling scale).
- Data collection vital signs: Temperature, pulse & respirations; blood pressure - manual & electronic on upper arm, thigh, & lower leg, including orthostatic blood pressure readings; pulse oximetry; height & weight; measure, record and/or empty output from drainage devices & closed drainage systems.
Nursing Assistant Certified
Windsor Care Center
Los Angeles
02.2015 - 05.2020
- Assisting resident with or performing Activities of Daily Living (ADL).
- Assisting resident with ambulation and transfers.
- Assisting licensed nurse with treatments and procedures as needed.
- Maintaining the confidentiality of all resident care information and Promoting a culture of safety to ensure a healthy practice and living environment.
Nursing Assistant
COUNTRY VILLA HEALTH SERVICES
Culver City
09.2015 - 02.2016
- Perform all duties as assigned and in accordance with facility’s established policies and procedures, nursing care procedures and safety rules and regulations.
- Make resident rounds at the beginning of each shift and every two hours thereafter to administer quality nursing care.
- Verify the identification of a resident before administering nursing care or serving food, to assure that appropriate care is being provided to the correct resident. Report missing ID bands to admission coordinator.
- Make beds, clean bedside and overbed tables.
- Dress residents neatly and in their own clothing. Assist residents in dressing as necessary. Assist in preparing residents for meals (taking to/from dining room, serving trays, placing bibs, assisting in feeding or cutting food, removal of trays, supervision in dining room.
Education
Certification in Cna -
Care training services
Los Angeles, CA04.2012
High school or equivalent -
View Park High School
Los Angeles, CA06.2009
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Communication
- CNA
- Cna Certified
- Phlebotomy
- Vital Signs
- Venipuncture
- Patient Care
- Hospital Experience
- Communication skills
- Computer skills
- Organizational skills
- Specimen collection / processing
- Blood sampling
- Applied behavior analysis
- Working with people with developmental disabilities
Certification
- CNA, 03/12, 05/23
- CPR/BLS, Present
- State Tested Nursing Assistant
- Certified Phlebotomy Technician, 04/23, 04/25
- LVN
- BLS Certification
Timeline
Nursing Assistant
Kaiser Permanente
04.2020 - 06.2025
Nursing Assistant
COUNTRY VILLA HEALTH SERVICES
09.2015 - 02.2016
Nursing Assistant Certified
Windsor Care Center
02.2015 - 05.2020
Certification in Cna -
Care training services
High school or equivalent -
View Park High School