Cierra Currier
Saratoga Springs,NY
Summary
Proficient and caring nursing team member offering outstanding patient-facing experience. Adept at addressing patient needs with compassionate care and attention to detail. Diligent about maximizing satisfaction, safety and wellness while serving patients of all backgrounds. Detail-oriented Certified Nursing Assistant with successful geriatric healthcare experience. personable and compassionate with superior communication and rapport-building skills. Strong commitment to comprehensive and individualized patient care and education. Liaises with medical professionals, patients and family to provide continuous top-quality care and education. Compassionate Certified Nursing Assistant adept at bathing, grooming and feeding elderly and disabled patients. Familiar with advanced medical terminology and procedures.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Resident Assistant
Home Of The Good Shepherd
- Enhanced resident satisfaction by providing compassionate and attentive care.
- Improved residents'' well-being through consistent monitoring and timely assistance with personal hygiene tasks.
- Promoted a safe living environment by promptly addressing potential hazards and reporting concerns to supervisors.
- Supported residents during meal times, assisting with feeding and promoting proper nutrition.
- Maintained a clean, organized living space for each resident, fostering a comfortable and welcoming atmosphere.
- Trained new Resident Care Assistants in best practices and facility protocols, promoting teamwork and continuity of care across staff members.
- Ensured compliance with state regulations regarding resident rights, confidentiality requirements, and facility policies/procedures.
- Delivered exceptional care to residents with diverse needs, ranging from dementia and Alzheimer''s patients to those requiring physical rehabilitation support.
- Delivered and served meals and provided other dining needs.
- Assisted a significant amount of elderly, convalescents and disabled residents with daily living activities in residential care facilities.
Certified Nursing Assistant
The Wesley Health Care Center
2020.03 - 2024.03
- Improved patient care quality by monitoring and recording vital signs, fluid intake, and output.
- Assisted patients with daily living activities for enhanced comfort and wellbeing.
- Maintained a clean, safe environment by sanitizing surfaces, changing linens, and disposing of waste properly.
- Collaborated with nursing staff to create individualized care plans tailored to each patient''s needs.
- Built rapport with patients and families, providing emotional support during difficult times.
- Provided high-quality personal care services such as bathing, grooming, dressing, and feeding to ensure patient dignity.
- Reduced fall incidents by implementing safety measures like bed alarms and proper positioning techniques.
- Enhanced team efficiency by promptly responding to call lights and reporting changes in patient condition to nurses.
- Prevented pressure ulcers development through frequent turning, repositioning of patients, and diligent skin assessments.
- Promoted independence in patients through walking exercises or assisting them with mobility devices like walkers or wheelchairs.
- Served as an advocate for each patient's needs during shift handoffs or interdisciplinary conferences with other healthcare professionals.
- Assisted nurses with wound care procedures ensuring proper healing processes took place.
- Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
- Promoted good oral and personal hygiene by aiding patients with shaving, bathing, and teeth brushing.
Education
Graduate - Practical Nursing
WSWHE Boces
Hudson Falls, NY06.2024
Certification - Certified Nursing Assistant
WSWHE Boces
Husdon Falls11.2019
High School Diploma -
Saratoga Springs High School
Saratoga Springs, NY06.2018
Skills
- Condition Monitoring
- Patient Relations
- Medical terminology knowledge
- Electronic Charting
- Transporting patients
- Conducting intakes
- Patient-focused care
- Observing responses
- Documenting behaviors
- Patient Lifting
- Mobility Assistance
- Direct Patient Care
- Indirect Patient Care
- Quality Assurance
- Reliable team player
- Collecting vital signs
- Companionship and emotional support
- Compassionate
- Maintaining privacy
- Safety Precautions
- End of life care
- Geriatric Care
- Dementia and Alzheimer's knowledge
- Responding to emergencies
- Light Housekeeping
- Patient relationship building
- Preparing meals
- Specimen Collection
- Bedside manner
- Feeding Assistance
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Trustworthy companion
- Dressing assistance
- Urinary Catheter Care
- Positioning Patients
- Bathing Assistance
- Colostomy Care
- Blood Glucose Testing
- Medical Terminology
- Alzheimer's and Dementia Care
- Bedsore Prevention
- CNA Certification
- Injury Prevention
- Patient Observation
- First Aid Certification
- CPR Certification
- Universal Precautions
- Supply Restocking
- Clinical Documentation
- Biohazard Disposal
- Personal Care Aide
- Professionalism
Accomplishments
- Achieve patient satisfaction and ensured comfort through effectively helping residents and families with their difficulty with being in a new place by using therapeutic communication and building a strong patient to caregiver relationship.
- Achieved good rapport with coworkers through effectively helping with teaching and educating new staff with facility policies and procedures.
- Collaborated with numerous LPN's in the development of problem solving with concerns for patient care needs.
Certification
- Certified Nursing assistant, - 5 years
- Basic Life Support/ CPR certified
- Naloxone Training
Timeline
Certified Nursing Assistant
The Wesley Health Care Center
2020.03 - 2024.03
Resident Assistant
Home Of The Good Shepherd
Graduate - Practical Nursing
WSWHE Boces
Certification - Certified Nursing Assistant
WSWHE Boces
High School Diploma -
Saratoga Springs High School
- Certified Nursing assistant, - 5 years
- Basic Life Support/ CPR certified
- Naloxone Training
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