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Brynn Beukema

Wyoming,MI

Summary

Dedicated caregiver brings 8-year background visiting patients in-home and conducting physical assessments, dressing wounds and assisting with bathing and grooming activities. Polite and courteous professional with in-depth knowledge of CPR and first aid. Dedicated to delivering consistent and focused attention to client safety, comfort and dignity. Committed to collaborating with physicians and families to provide quality patient care.

Clinical experience in long term care, PICU, NICU, Med-Surg, Pediatrics, OBGYN, Cardiac unit, Psych, and high acuity floors in local hospitals.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Private Home Caregiver

Private Family
05.2020 - 10.2022
  • Responsible for multiple medication passes each shift.
  • Maintained clean personal areas and prepared healthy meals to support client nutritional needs
  • Setting up doctor appointments and transportation to and from appointments
  • Assisting with full care for tetraplegic resident
  • Suprapubic catheter care and maintenance
  • Assist with range of motion exercises to maintain ROM
  • Hoyer lift
  • Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping
  • Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance
  • Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders
  • Changed dressings, bandages, and binders to maintain proper healing and sanitary measures
  • Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels
  • Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager
  • Provided compassionate and patient-focused care to cultivate well-being
  • Supported daily hygiene needs of patients by assisting with bathing, dressing, dental care and personal grooming

Mobility Driver

Life EMS
07.2019 - 05.2021
  • Assist multiple clients/patients with safe and comfortable transportation between facilities and/or home
  • Provides non-emergency wheelchair/mobility transportation services for children and adults
  • Local/Interstate travel for both appointments and leisure activities.
  • Determined quickest and safest routes for transport by using effective planning and organizational skills

Resident Caregiver

Stonewood Senior Homes
03.2018 - 04.2020
  • Responsible for multiple medication passes each shift
  • Setting up doctor appointments and scheduling transportation to and from appointments
  • Assisting with Hospice and End of Life care for residents at that stage of life.
  • Provided mobility assistance such as walking and regular exercising
  • Assisted patients with dressing, grooming and feeding needs, helping to overcome, and adapt to mobility restrictions
  • Assisted disabled clients to support independence and well-being
  • Provided transportation and appointments management

Great Lakes Healthcare Resources
10.2014 - 07.2017
  • Home Health Aid for Great Lakes Healthcare Resources
  • Enables patients to stay in their homes by monitoring and recording patient condition
  • Providing support and personal services
  • Educating patients and their families
  • Providing assistance with household tasks: light housekeeping, cooking, medication reminders, outings, companionship and pet care.

Home Caregiver and Activity Coordinator

Dunlop Court AFC, Dunlop Court Adult Foster Care Home
05.2014 - 07.2017
  • Enables patients to stay in their homes by monitoring and recording patient condition
  • Providing support and personal services
  • Teaching families and clients how to maintain Activities of Daily Living
  • Providing assistance with household tasks: light housekeeping, cooking, medication reminders, multiple outings, planning events and bringing to and from said events, companionship and pet care
  • Troubleshooting in real time, as clients' needs were ever changing, teachable moments constantly arose with a need to act quickly and make appropriate decisions.

Education

ADN RN Program - Registered Nurse

Grand Rapids Community College
Grand Rapids, MI
12.2023

Associate of Arts - Liberal Arts & Continued Education

Grand Rapids Central High School
Grand Rapids
05.2006

Skills

  • Beginner American Sign Language and Fingerspelling
  • Interpersonal Communications
  • Daily Charting
  • Home Health and Hospice
  • Patient and Family Interaction
  • Emotional and Social Support
  • Administering Medicines
  • Cardiovascular and Respiratory Evaluations
  • Care Plan Assessment
  • Compassionate Direct Client Care
  • Oral Hygiene
  • Patient Safety Management

Accomplishments

  • Dementia Friends of Grand Rapids Training Course August 2022
  • Virtual Dementia Tour at GRCC Training Course August 2022
  • WorkReady! Certification via MiWorks! October 2022

Certification

Dementia Friends of G.R. Training Course Aug 2022

Virtual Dementia Tour at GRCC Training Course Aug 2022

WorkReady! Certification via MiWorks! October 2022 Beginner American Sign Language and Fingerspelling

Languages

ASL
Limited Working

Timeline

Private Home Caregiver

Private Family
05.2020 - 10.2022

Mobility Driver

Life EMS
07.2019 - 05.2021

Resident Caregiver

Stonewood Senior Homes
03.2018 - 04.2020

Great Lakes Healthcare Resources
10.2014 - 07.2017

Home Caregiver and Activity Coordinator

Dunlop Court AFC, Dunlop Court Adult Foster Care Home
05.2014 - 07.2017

ADN RN Program - Registered Nurse

Grand Rapids Community College

Associate of Arts - Liberal Arts & Continued Education

Grand Rapids Central High School

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