Candria Mascarenas
Puyallup
Summary
Professional caregiver with experience delivering patient-centered care in fast-paced environments. Skilled in assisting with daily living activities, monitoring vital signs, and providing emotional support. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving positive outcomes. Reliable, adaptable, and skilled in using medical equipment and following care plans.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
PATIENT CARE TECH
Fresenius Medical Care
10.2024 - 01.2025
- Patient Care: Vitals, Weighting, assisting patients, managing hoyer lifts, Monitoring patients during treatments, record data and documents in chairside EMR, initiating treatments, and termination of treatments, report abnormalities to RN
- Knowledge operating dialysis machines: prepare sterile setup,machine testing and chemicals pre- treatment, machine maintenance and disinfecting cleaning, and troubleshooting
- Water room management and testing: Total chlorine, chlorine residual, and PH checks
- Perform CVC, AVF/ AVG assessment, cannulation, and care
- Preparing and administering prescribed heparin bolus and infusion and lidocaine
- Administer Oxygen and saline as prescribed and directed per physician orders
- Laboratory tests as directed by a physician or RN
- Stocking floors, disinfecting equipment and machines, disposing of biohazards, and maintaining the cleanliness of the work environment
PATIENT CARE TECH
University of New Mexico Hospital
09.2022 - 08.2024
- 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
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
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
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
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 a 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 Hospital
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
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
No Degree - Dialysis Technician
Fresenius Prep Dialysis Tech
Puyallup, WA01-2025
Certificate - Certified Nursing Assistant
Crystal Point CNA Training
Federal Way, WA11-2024
Certificate - Certified Medical Assistant
Carrington College
Alburqurque, NM 05-2011
High School Diploma -
Albuquerque High School
Albuquerque, NM05-2009
Skills
- ADL support
- Care plan implementation
- Observing responses
- Collecting specimens
- Patient-focused care
- Vital sign recording
- Transporting patients
- Inpatient care
Certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification - American Heart Association.
- Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - State Boards of Nursing.
Timeline
PATIENT CARE TECH
Fresenius Medical Care
10.2024 - 01.2025
PATIENT CARE TECH
Presbyterian Rust Hospital
10.2022 - 07.2023
PATIENT CARE TECH
University of New Mexico Hospital
09.2022 - 08.2024
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 Hospital
11.2015 - 07.2016
PATIENT CARE TECH
Lovelace Women's Hospital
09.2014 - 12.2016
PATIENT CARE TECH
UNM Hospital
09.2012 - 02.2014
No Degree - Dialysis Technician
Fresenius Prep Dialysis Tech
Certificate - Certified Nursing Assistant
Crystal Point CNA Training
Certificate - Certified Medical Assistant
Carrington College
High School Diploma -
Albuquerque High School
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