Deshanna Ingram
Toledo,OH
Summary
Dedicated caregiver with extensive experience in patient care, medication administration, and monitoring vital signs. Committed to providing companionship and emotional support while ensuring adherence to healthcare privacy policies and creating safe living environments for residents.
Overview
1
1
Certification
3
3
years of post-secondary education
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Caregiver
St. Anne Meads assist living
Southfield, MI
2025.08 - 2025.09
- Administered medications to residents according to prescribed schedules, supporting health management.
- Assisted residents with daily living activities and personal care needs.
- Assisted residents with showering, feeding, and bed transfers, ensuring comfort and well-being.
- Provided companionship and emotional support to enhance resident well-being.
- Maintained clean and safe living environments for all residents.
Nursing Assistant
WOODWARD HILLS HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER
Bloomfield Hills, MI
2022.03 - 2022.09
- Assisted residents with hydration needs, ensuring comfort and well-being.
- Delivered timely shower assistance to residents, enhancing personal hygiene and dignity.
- Provided showers to residents upon request in a timely manner.
- Facilitated resident hydration by providing water and assisting with changes when necessary.
- Maintained cleanliness and organization of resident rooms and common areas, promoting a safe and welcoming environment.
Nursing Assistant
Bickford Senior Living
Canton, MI
2021.10 - 2022.01
- Assisted residents with showers, feeding, changing, and dressing.
- Facilitated daily living activities and personal hygiene for patients to enhance overall well-being.
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to nursing staff.
- Ensured cleanliness and organization in patient rooms and common areas to create a safe and welcoming environment.
Education
Nursing assistant - Nursing
Abcott Institute
Southfield, MIComputer Applications - 13th
Davenport University
Warren, MIDiploma - General Studies
Northwestern High School
Detroit, MI 1998.08 - 2001.06
Skills
- Patient care
- Medication administration
- Assisting with ADLs
- Patient monitoring
- Vital signs
- Patient assessment
- Personal care assistance
- Oral hygiene
- Skincare
- Meal preparation
- Emergency procedures
- Emergency response
- Safe environment creation
- Safe patient lifting practices
- Patient transfer techniques
- Hoyer lift
- Gait belt
- Bathroom assistance
- Bathroom support
- Hazard correction
- Long-term care facility experience
- Nursing home experience
- Home & community care experience
- Memory care
- Dementia care
- Health promotion
- Care plans
- EHR systems
- EMR Systems
- EHR management
- Medical records
- Medical terminology
- Medical scheduling
- Databases
- Healthcare privacy protection
- HIPAA
- Policy adherence
- Customer service
- Communication skills
- Phone call management
- Basic life support
- CPR
- Critical care (emergency response procedures)
- Caregiving
- Assisted living
- Manual handling
- Isolation techniques
- Bed linen changing
- Safe lifting practices
- Working with geriatric patients
- Senior care
- Patient service
- Patient observation
- Pain management
- Personal grooming
- Personal hygiene
- Safe environment creation
- Bed linen changing
- Isolation techniques
- CNA management
- Dementia care
Certification
- CPR Certification
- AED Certification
- Driver's License
- CNA
- First Aid Certification
- BLS Certification
Additional Information
Medical office specialist, learned how to give injections., Also I was a bus attendant for 3 years.
Relocation
Southfield, MI
Timeline
Caregiver
St. Anne Meads assist living
2025.08 - 2025.09
Nursing Assistant
WOODWARD HILLS HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER
2022.03 - 2022.09
Nursing Assistant
Bickford Senior Living
2021.10 - 2022.01
Diploma - General Studies
Northwestern High School
1998.08 - 2001.06
Nursing assistant - Nursing
Abcott Institute
Computer Applications - 13th
Davenport University