Cristina Darii

Nursing student at Cuyahoga Community College, third semester. Organized, efficient and always willing to go extra mile to meet expectations. Nursing Assistant at Select Medical Cleveland Gateway with vast knowledge of medical terminology and infection control standards. Patient-focused Internist, received medical diploma in the Republic of Moldova. Completed a year of medical practice in Moscow.

English as a Second Language

BLS - Basic Life Support

Pleasantview Care Center - Introduction to Patient Care Concepts

02/2021 - 04/2021

• Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives,
• Helped clients with hygiene-related tasks such as brushing teeth, bathing, grooming and toileting,
• Recognized and reported abnormalities and/or changes in patients' health,
• Remained alert to problems or health issues of clients and competently responded,
• Answered patient assistance calls, assessed needs and offered qualified support,
• Helped patients maintain healthy skin by checking wounds, assessing integrity and bathing bedbound clients.

South Pointe Hospital, Cleveland Clinic Unit 3 Medical - Fundamentals of Nursing Concepts, 09/2021-10/2021

• Provided direct quality care such as assessing and monitoring vital signs, aiding with bathing, providing comfort during periods of anxiety and distress, and assessing blood glucose and administering sliding-scale insulin,
• Developed clinical skill in removing wound dressings, irrigating ulcers, packing ulcers, and applying new dressings to stage one through four wounds,
• Administered medications under supervision.

Jennings - Nursing Care Community and Behavioral Health Settings, 11/2021 - 12/2021

• Provided direct psychiatric care to patients with mental health disorders, including assessment and documentation of mental status, assistance in identifying protective factors, short- and long-term goals, therapeutic communication and discharge plans,
• Educated mentally ill clients on basic hygiene.

Hillcrest Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Unit 3A - Nursing Care, Acute and Chronic Conditions I, 01/2022 - 03/2022

• Implemented bedside shift report in an organized manner to ensure effective and successful communication and continuity of care,
• Provided skillful and purposeful care to a culturally and medically diverse group of patients,
• Administered medications under supervision,
• Independently educated patients and families about the importance of Chlorhexidine Gluconate baths for patients with Central lines.

University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center, Unit OB - Nursing Care Childbearing Families and Children, 03/2022 - 04/2022

• Provided culturally sensitive care to postpartum patients and post C-section patients,
• Cared for neonates and administered IM vitamin K injections (under supervision),
• Completed postpartum and neonatal assessments and reported abnormal findings to the appropriate supervisor.

University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Unit R6 - Nursing Care Childbearing Families and Children, 04/2022-05/2022

• Administered oral, tube feeding and IV medications to pediatric patients under supervision,
• Provided family-centered care by involving the family in the pediatric patient`s care.

Member of the PHI THETA KAPPA Honor Society