Barbara Gagnon
Certified Nursing Assistant
Summary
Dedicated, attentive compassionate health care professional with excellent communication and organizational skills, to make a positive impact. More than twenty years of proven ability to form long lasting and meaningful relationships with residents, family members and colleagues. By learning their needs, interests, and hobbies, using this information to create an atmosphere and environment that everyone will enjoy.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Nurse Extern/ Certified Nursing Assistant
Care Partners Rehabilitation Hospital
10.2023 - Current
- Assist patients with ADL's including feeding, dressing, bathing, and transfers
- Monitor vital signs
- Follow patients plan of care and therapy schedule to assist with any exercises they may need
- Assist nursing with treatment and dressing changes
- Work closely with multiple interdisciplinary team members
- Assist patients to doctors' appointments as needed.
Correctional Health Assistant
NCDPS - Alexander Correctional Institute
05.2021 - 03.2022
- Medication administration to Inmate population in Maximum, Minimum and Closed Custody settings
- Assist nursing with treatment and sick visits
- Code Blue Team Member
- Obtain new medication orders from providers
- Take and record vital signs and assist with dressing changes
- Work closely with multiple interdisciplinary team members.
Trainer 1
J Iverson Riddle Developmental Center
11.2020 - 05.2021
- Assist residents with daily care, bathing, feeding, dressing
- Assist and participate with planning outings and other events for the center
- Collaborate with different departments to assist with care planning for residents
- CPI Certified
- Work with individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
Correctional Health Assistant
NCDPS - Alexander Correctional Institute
06.2020 - 10.2020
- Medication administration to Inmate population in Maximum, Minimum and Closed Custody settings
- Assist nursing with treatment and sick visits
- Code Blue Team Member
- Obtain new medication orders from providers
- Take and record vital signs and assist with dressing changes
- Work closely with multiple interdisciplinary team members.
Activity Director
Springs OF Catawba
02.2018 - 06.2020
- Schedule Activities for Seniors, Residents with Alzheimer's, and Dementia
- Attend weekly meetings with therapists, physicians, family members
- Schedule & transport residents to doctor's appointments
- Participate as an ambassador with the Alzheimer's Association
- Educate staff on materials pertaining to Alzheimer's and Dementia
- Work closely with community outreach programs.
Trainer 1
J Iverson Riddle Developmental Center
09.2016 - 02.2018
- Assist residents with daily care, bathing, feeding, dressing
- Assist and participate with planning outings and other events for the center
- Collaborate with different departments to assist with care planning for residents
- CPI Certified
- Work with individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
Lifestyle Assistant
Allegro Senior Living
10.2014 - 07.2016
- Assisted with planning and leading activities for residents including: Aquarobics, cooking, arts and crafts and health and wellness classes
- Scheduled entertainers, vendors, and resident outings
- Ensuring safety and dignity of residents while at activities or events
- Assisted with creating the monthly newsletter and calendar
- Scheduled and provided transportation for residents to various appointments and events
- Providing a warm and home like atmosphere by decorating community for holidays, events, special entertainment
- Completed assessments to learn more about residents
- Collaborated with therapy department to help provide safe and effective classes for residents
- Provided tours for new prospects
- Worked with Marketing on community outreach projects
- Assisted care staff with ADL's as needed (Vital signs, toileting and transferring residents…etc.)
- Manager on duty
- Purchased supplies for various departments
- Receptionist when needed, answered phones, received packages, input work orders.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Baldomero Lopez State Veterans Nursing Home
04.2013 - 10.2013
- Assisted residents with ADL's including feeding, dressing, bathing, and transfers
- Monitored vital signs
- Followed resident's plan of care to follow any exercises they may need
- Documentation for cost recovery
- Collaborated with all departments to ensure residents' needs were met.
Certified Nursing Assistant, Admission's Coordinator, Activities Assistant
Woodland Terrace of Citrus County
08.2005 - 04.2013
- Assisted residents with daily ADL's including feeding, bathing, dressing, documentation, and vital signs
- Collaborated with the interdisciplinary team to help implement strategies to help the short-term residents return to maximum ability for their return home
- Planned and implemented activities for lower functioning and memory care residents
- Assisted in wellbeing and overall morale of residents, family members and staff
- Ensuring the safety of residents during times of difficulty and stress
- Arranged for entertainers and volunteers to come into the facility
- Insurance/Medicare/Medicaid Verification and eligibility
- Communication between hospitals and other rehab facilities
- Provided tours of the facility and assisted with arranging admissions from hospital to the facility
- Collected payment for co-insurance payments and helped arrange long term care if needed
- Inter-collaborative team meetings for care plans, discharge planning, safety, and rehabilitation of residents
- Root, cause, analysis, plan of correction implementations
- Training of New employees
- Receptionist as needed.
Education
Associate Degree in Nursing -
Galen College of Nursing
Asheville, NC 05.2001 -
Skills
Vital signs monitoring
Health Promotion
Documentation accuracy
Compassionate Care
Direct Patient Care
Clinical judgment
Patient Assessment
Mobility Assistance
Family Education
Time Management
Self Motivation
Infection Control
Educationandlicenses
- Galen School of Nursing, Enrolled in ADN Program
- Lecanto High School, General, 2003, Lecanto, FL
- Caldwell Community College, CNA, 2004, Boone, NC
- Certified Nursing Assisant-1 NC, 306381
- Certified Nursing Assistant -2 NC, 94774
- Florida Certified Nursing Assistant Fl., 39802
- Qualified Activity Director
- CPR certified
References
Ida Biggs, CNA (828) 423-5824
Marion Bates, RN (910) 995-7380
Melissa Rumbough, RN (828) 774-7302
Timeline
Nurse Extern/ Certified Nursing Assistant
Care Partners Rehabilitation Hospital
10.2023 - Current
Correctional Health Assistant
NCDPS - Alexander Correctional Institute
05.2021 - 03.2022
Trainer 1
J Iverson Riddle Developmental Center
11.2020 - 05.2021
Correctional Health Assistant
NCDPS - Alexander Correctional Institute
06.2020 - 10.2020
Activity Director
Springs OF Catawba
02.2018 - 06.2020
Trainer 1
J Iverson Riddle Developmental Center
09.2016 - 02.2018
Lifestyle Assistant
Allegro Senior Living
10.2014 - 07.2016
Certified Nursing Assistant
Baldomero Lopez State Veterans Nursing Home
04.2013 - 10.2013
Certified Nursing Assistant, Admission's Coordinator, Activities Assistant
Woodland Terrace of Citrus County
08.2005 - 04.2013
Associate Degree in Nursing -
Galen College of Nursing
05.2001 -