CLAIRE T. BABASA
1550 Walnut St.,Ca.
Summary
Responsible for providing comprehensive nursing care utilizing the nursing process and meeting the established standard of nursing practice and performance. Demonstrate leadership competency while in charge. Functions as a preceptor and role model for new and other identified staff.
Overview
44
44
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Aveanna Healthcare
Aveanna Healthcare Agency
01.2024 - 03.2025
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
Elderly Caregiver
24hour Home Care
12.2015 - 05.2024
- Offered companionship and kindness to elderly patients.
- Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping.
- Assisted with personal hygiene tasks such as bathing, grooming, dressing, feeding, toileting giving attention to detail.
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Maintained clean, safe, and well-organized patient environment.
- Assisted clients in maintaining a safe and clean living environment, promoting health and wellbeing.
- Provided emotional support to seniors, fostering positive relationships and enhancing their overall mental health.
- Enhanced elderly residents'' quality of life by providing compassionate care and assistance with daily activities.
- Observed health status of clients to report changes and unusual occurrences to appropriate medical personnel.
- Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
- Assisted disabled clients to support independence and well-being.
- Increased client satisfaction by offering companionship and engaging in meaningful conversations throughout the day.
- Responded promptly to emergency situations, providing first aid treatment when necessary and alerting medical personnel if required.
- Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
- Supported seniors during nighttime hours by providing assistance and comfort, ensuring a restful night''s sleep.
- Coordinated closely with family members on updates regarding their loved one''s condition while respecting privacy.
- Improved mobility for elderly individuals by assisting with exercises and physical therapy routines.
- Maintained detailed records of client progress, updating healthcare professionals on any changes or concerns regularly.
- Monitored client vital signs, administered medications, and tracked behaviors to keep healthcare supervisor well-informed.
- Prepared nutritious meals tailored to individual dietary requirements for elderly clients while considering their preferences.
- Assisted clients with physical therapy exercises to maintain and improve strength, flexibility and balance.
- Managed medication administration for clients, ensuring proper dosages and adherence to prescribed schedules.
- Transported individuals to events and activities, medical appointments, and shopping trips.
- Documented daily activities and changes in client condition to enable tracking history and maintain accurate records.
- Conducted regular home safety checks to identify potential hazards ensuring a secure environment for the elderly.
- Implemented cognitive stimulation techniques like puzzles or memory games helping slow down cognitive decline in senior clients.
- Established nutritious meal plans and prepared daily offerings to meet patient dietary needs.
- Provided transportation services for clients to attend medical appointments or engage in community activities safely.
- Maintained client confidentiality and adhered to HIPAA regulations while documenting and sharing pertinent information with authorized parties.
- Facilitated social interactions among senior residents through group activities, events, and outings.
- Collaborated with healthcare professionals to develop personalized care plans for each client, addressing specific needs and goals.
- Provided emotional support, significantly improving residents' mental health and overall happiness.
- Enhanced residents' day-to-day experiences by listening to their stories and providing companionship.
- Maintained clean and safe living environments, significantly reducing risk of falls and infections.
- Trained new caregivers, sharing best practices and ensuring high-quality care across team.
Care Coordinator LVN
Brookdale Independent Living Facility
02.2024 - 04.2024
- Used company software and databases to maintain records of services performed and patient conditions.
- Managed patient caseloads effectively, ensuring timely follow-up and appropriate interventions.
- Developed strong relationships with community partners, facilitating referrals and collaboration on behalf of patients.
- Conducted regular evaluations of care plan effectiveness, making necessary adjustments based on feedback from patients and providers.
- Maintained accurate and up-to-date documentation of patient records in accordance with HIPAA regulations.
- Educated patients on self-care strategies, promoting independence and empowering them to manage their health conditions.
- Assessed patient needs and connected them with appropriate resources to ensure optimal health outcomes.
- Monitored progress towards patient goals, adjusting care plans as needed to achieve desired results.
- Advocated for patients'' rights within the healthcare system, working diligently to address concerns or barriers to care.
- Coordinated discharge planning, ensuring a smooth transition from hospital to home or other facilities.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Improved communication among healthcare providers, streamlining the coordination of services for patients.
- Provided emotional support for patients and families during difficult times, fostering resilience and coping skills.
- Facilitated appointments and transportation for patients, streamlining access to essential medical services.
- Streamlined information sharing between healthcare providers by implementing secure electronic communication systems.
- Ensured compliance with healthcare regulations and standards, maintaining patient safety and confidentiality.
- Monitored patient progress through regular check-ins, adjusting care plans to meet evolving needs.
Staff Nurse
International Medical Center
05.2007 - 08.2011
- Performs an ongoing assessment of the assigned patient’s nursing care needs to include consideration of biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self care, educational and discharge planning factors.
- Develops/reviews/revises the assigned patient’s care plan of nursing interventions to address the patient’s nursing care needs.
- Delivers nursing care to the patient base on the assessment of their needs.
- Evaluates on an ongoing basis the patient’s progress toward expected outcomes, responses to nursing interventions, the patient’s capabilities and/or limitations related to individual nursing and medical interventions, and the ability of the patient and/or, as appropriate significant others to manage continuing care needs after discharge.
- Initiates action in response to information indicating risk(s) to correct, prevent and/or minimize risk(s) to the patient, employer or hospital.
- Communicates and/or documents all relevant information as per established standards.
- Maintains positive professional interpersonal relationships with patients and their families, co-workers and other members of the Health team.
- Ability to perform technical skills competently and independently.
- Reports equipment failure, safety and security issues, and/or reduction of supply inventory to Head Nurse or designee.
- May act as a shift resource, charge person and/or team leader when assigned.
- Leads and contributes to development, implementation and evaluation of unit activities and unit based performance improvement activities.
- Acts as patient advocate.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Serve on Nursing Affairs committees as assigned.
- Integrates Trans-cultural principles into nursing care.
- Maintains professional appearance, behaviour and work environment.
- Participates in patient education programs.
- Through self evaluation, identifies areas of professional development. Participate in relevant lectures and or continuing education.
- Maintains current knowledge of clinical nursing practice and hospital related policies, procedures, and practices.
Staff Nurse
Mary Mediatrix Medical Center
05.2002 - 03.2007
- Initiate the nursing care process on all patients upon admission by recognizing the changes in patient’s conditions and taking actions as appropriate.
- Recording action taken and patient’s response in accordance with hospital policy.
- Orientating patients to their physical environments upon admission, and thereafter necessary.
- Attending to the patient’s hygiene and comfort needs as necessary or required.
- Making an occupied bed and unoccupied bed.
- Ambulating patients as ordered.
- Assisting ambulation as necessary as required.
- Answering patient’s call light as the hospital policy.
- Charting and assessing patients as ordered or required.
- Completing documentation of the same according to recording and charting policies.
- Collecting specimens from patients for laboratory examinations, in accordance with hospital policies and procedures.
- Observing infections controlled policies.
- Providing post mortem care assigned.
- Actively participate in CPR and documentation of post code as assigned.
- Checks crash cart in accordance with CPR committee guidelines.
- Administers prescribed medications in accordance with the hospital policies.
- Inserts and observe progress intravenous infusions.
- Maintains prescribed infusion rate.
- Ensures the IV sites are intact and patent.
- Assist medical staff with procedure and dressings.
- Make sure that equipment in proper working conditions.
Assistant Nurse
Casa De Sogiorno, Home for the aged
10.1991 - 06.1994
- Assisting elderly patients.
- Giving bath and hygiene to elderly patients.
- Serving their foods and assisting them.
Staff Nurse
Makati Medical Center
01.1981 - 07.1989
- Handled normal newborn infants.
- Handled premature babies with pneumonia and with ventilator.
- Handled premature babies in incubator with oxygen mask.
- Feed and handled babies with cleft palate.
- Handled babies with Down Syndrome.
- With knowledge in blood transfusion.
- With knowledge in cord dressing.
- Administered injections to newborn babies.
- Assisted mother in breastfeeding.
Education
B.S - Nursing
Lyceum of Batangas (presently Lyceum of the Philippines-University)
Batangas City, Batangas01.1988
Secondary Level -
St. Bridget’s College
Batangas City, Batangas01.1984
Primary Level -
Sta. Clara Elementary School
Batangas City, Batangas01.1980
Skills
- Infection Control
- Standard Precautions
- Isolation Techniques
- Physical Assessment
- Insertion of Urinary Catheters
- Insertion of Nasogastric Feeding Tube
- Insertion of Oral Feeding Tube
- Assisting with Lumbar Puncture
- Assisting with Removal of Central Venous Catheters
- Assisting with Bone Marrow Biopsy
- Assisting with Liver Biopsy
- Assisting with Removal of Sutures/clips
- Collection of Specimens
- Collection of Urine
- Collection of Blood (Peripheral)
- Collection of Stool
- Collection of Nasopharyngeal aspirate
- Preparation and Administration of Medications
- Oral Medication Administration
- Tympanic Medication Administration
- Nasal Medication Administration
- Topical Medication Administration
- Rectal Medication Administration
- Vaginal Medication Administration
- Ophthalmic Medication Administration
- Administration via Nasogastric tube/PEG
- Inhalational Medication Administration
- Intravenous Medication Administration
- Intramuscular Injections
- Subcutaneous Injections
- Intradermal Injections
- Calculation of Drug Dosages
- Knowledge of medication actions, contraindications, and side effects
- Intravenous Therapy
- IV cannulation
- IV infusion
- Administration of Blood Products
- Patient education
- Teaching nursing care procedures
- Preparation for discharge
Position
Caregiver
Personal Information
- Age: 48
- Family Status: Single parent with 2 children ages 19 and 16
- Date of Birth: 04/29/67
- Nationality: Filipino
Certification
Basic life support certification
LVN certification
Languages
Tagalog,English,Arabic,Italian,little Spanish
Professional Working
Timeline
Care Coordinator LVN
Brookdale Independent Living Facility
02.2024 - 04.2024
Aveanna Healthcare
Aveanna Healthcare Agency
01.2024 - 03.2025
Elderly Caregiver
24hour Home Care
12.2015 - 05.2024
Staff Nurse
International Medical Center
05.2007 - 08.2011
Staff Nurse
Mary Mediatrix Medical Center
05.2002 - 03.2007
Assistant Nurse
Casa De Sogiorno, Home for the aged
10.1991 - 06.1994
Staff Nurse
Makati Medical Center
01.1981 - 07.1989
B.S - Nursing
Lyceum of Batangas (presently Lyceum of the Philippines-University)
Secondary Level -
St. Bridget’s College
Primary Level -
Sta. Clara Elementary School
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