Candria Mascarenas
Albuquerque,NM
Summary
Compassionate Patient Care Technician with experience in hospital environments. Strengths include providing empathetic patient support, conducting vital sign measurements, and assisting with daily living activities. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Patient Care Tech
University of New Mexico Hospital
Albuquerque, NM
09.2022 - Current
- Unit secretary/ HUC, EMR charting, collecting specimens, ADL’S,vitals, CBG’s, transferring patients, inventory, floor stock, nutrition stock, I/O’s, patient care, Q2 turning for bed rest patients, proper PPE usage
- Make staff assignments, associate monitors, check temperatures, POCT testing, admits, discharges, transfers, and prep rooms for admissions
- Knowledge of radiation, chemo, and neutropenia precautions, assisting patients with ADLs, and communicating with nurses and doctors.
- Performed EKGs, phlebotomy, and other laboratory tests as directed by physician or RN.
Patient Care Tech
Presbyterian Rust Hospital
Albuquerque, NM
10.2022 - 07.2023
- EMR charting, collecting specimens, assisting patients with ADL’S, CBG’s, transferring patients, QC glucometers, record meals, floor stock, obtaining I/O’s, Q2 turning, PPE usage, Prepare rooms for admissions, gather chart and print patient labels, assist discharges, transfer patients from bed to wheelchair, etc
- Assisting nurses and doctors with patient needs and communicating abnormalities to nurses
- Documentation of results on EMR and rounds on patients.
Patient Care Tech
Lovelace Hospital
Albuquerque, NM
10.2018 - 08.2019
- Competently performed a variety of patient care responsibilities at different levels to meet the patients’ daily ADLs and comfort needs
- Document in EMR EPIC patients’ vitals, height, weight, in and outputs, nutrition, Q2 turns, ambulation, specimen collections, glucose monitoring, and hourly rounding
- Reporting unusual/abnormal findings by communicating with nurses and other healthcare providers
- Maintain supplies, stocking medical supplies, and clean patients’ rooms and floors
- Maintain clean equipment and store them efficiently
- Transferring patients with a gait belt and Hoyer lift, transferring inpatients to procedures, diagnostic tests, and discharges
- Cross-trained in various departments: Med/Surg, Ortho, Neuro, ICU, Postpartum, ER, Heart Hospital, Rehab, Oncology, NICU, ER, Behavioral Health, & Critical Care.
Patient Care Tech
Baylor Scott and White Health
Irving, Texas
02.2017 - 07.2017
- Providing admission packets for incoming patients, and home health information according to their diagnoses, providing written and oral communications, telephone etiquette, faxing, copying, computer applications, transcribing physician orders.
- Maintaining follow-up calls to patients after discharge, filing and maintaining charts, maintaining daily patient schedules, data entry, assembling paperwork for patient discharge in the established order
- Vital signs, patient care, Patient ADLs, reporting to nurses, hourly rounding, admissions, discharges, transferring patients, collecting specimens for labs, documentation, ambulation, nutrition, feeding patients, Q2 turning.
Patient Care Tech
Lovelace Women's Hospital
Albuquerque, NM
09.2014 - 12.2016
- Provided direct patient care and assistance to healthcare team members.
- Such as vitals, patient ADLs, hourly rounding, maintaining wound drainages, recording I/O’s, transferring patients with a gait belt, Maintaining communication with nurses and staff, while reporting abnormalities
- Stocking, maintaining cleanliness and prepping rooms for admissions
- Conducted safety rounds regularly to ensure safe environment for patients.
- Charting using EMR, Obtaining Glucose, collecting specimens, & ambulating patients. Attend and keep current with units’ guidelines and protocols.
Patient Care Tech
Lovelace Health System
NM, Albuquerque
11.2015 - 07.2016
- Competently performed a variety of patient care responsibilities at different levels to meet the patient’s daily ADLs and comfort needs
- Document in EMR EPIC patients’ vitals, height, weight, in and outputs, nutrition, ADLs, Q2 turns, ambulation, specimen collections, glucose monitoring & levels, and hourly rounding.Reporting unusual/abnormal findings by communicating with nurses and other service providers.Maintain stocked and clean patient rooms and floor
- Maintain clean equipment and store them efficiently.Transferring patients with gait belt and Hoyer lift
- Transferring inpatients to procedures, tests, and discharges.Cross-trained in various departments: Med/Surg, Ortho, Neuro, ICU, Postpartum, ER, Heart Hospital, Rehab, Oncology, NICU, ER, Behavioral Health, & Critical Care.
Patient Care Tech
UNM Hospital
Albuquerque, NM
09.2012 - 02.2014
- Unit secretary, answering phone calls, greeting visitors, filing, data entry, transcribing physician orders and quickly in computer systems.
- Communicate call list for nurses and physicians, provided accurate written and oral communication, prepared admission packets for incoming patients, made sure unit was well stocked with supplies, run errands, communicated with bed board for incoming patients direct, transfer, and discharging patients, etc
- Vitals, patient care, Q2 turning for bed rest patients, proper
- PPE usage
- Knowledge of radiation, chemo, and neutropenia precautions, assisting patients with ADLs, and communicating with nurses and doctors.
Education
Undergraduate - Nursing
Grand Canyon University
Albuquerque, NM01-2026
Certificate - CPR
American Red Cross
07-2024
Certificate - Medical Assisting
Carrington College
Albuquerque, NM05-2011
High School Diploma -
Albuquerque High School
Albuquerque, NM05-2009
Skills
- Information Protection
- Patient Observation
- Records/EMR/Charting
- Direct Patient Care, support, and safety
- Collecting/Recording Data
- Epic and Cerner knowledge
- POCT testing
- Vitals
- ADL’s Assistance
- Communication
- Perform EKG’s
- Health Care Terminology
- Collecting Labs
- Policy/Procedure Knowledge
- OSHA safety practices
- Fire Safety/Evacuation
- Healthcare Protocol/Admissions
- HUC/Secretary
- Professional Bedside Manner
Certification
- American Red Cross BLS CPR
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Patient Care Tech
Presbyterian Rust Hospital
10.2022 - 07.2023
Patient Care Tech
University of New Mexico Hospital
09.2022 - Current
Patient Care Tech
Lovelace Hospital
10.2018 - 08.2019
Patient Care Tech
Baylor Scott and White Health
02.2017 - 07.2017
Patient Care Tech
Lovelace Health System
11.2015 - 07.2016
Patient Care Tech
Lovelace Women's Hospital
09.2014 - 12.2016
Patient Care Tech
UNM Hospital
09.2012 - 02.2014
Undergraduate - Nursing
Grand Canyon University
Certificate - CPR
American Red Cross
Certificate - Medical Assisting
Carrington College
High School Diploma -
Albuquerque High School
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