Diane Cooks

• Provided high-quality personal care services such as bathing, grooming, dressing, and feeding to ensure patient dignity.
• Assisted patients with daily living activities for enhanced comfort and wellbeing.
• Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
• Maintained a clean, safe environment by sanitizing surfaces, changing linens, and disposing of waste properly.
• Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
• Improved patient care quality by monitoring and recording vital signs, fluid intake, and output.
• Promoted good oral and personal hygiene by aiding patients with shaving, bathing, and teeth brushing.
• Reduced fall incidents by implementing safety measures like bed alarms and proper positioning techniques.
• Prevented pressure ulcers development through frequent turning, repositioning of patients, and diligent skin assessments. Also provided one to one sitter accomodations for behavior health patients.
• Utilized therapeutic communication, empathy and active listening skills to encourage and develop positive relationships with patients.
• Performed accurate documentation of patient information according to established protocols for record-keeping purposes.
• Promoted independence in patients through walking exercises or assisting them with mobility devices like walkers or wheelchairs.
• Assisted nurses with wound care procedures ensuring proper healing processes took place.
• Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care. Also stocked all needed supplies, linens and personal care items in the patient's rooms for the assisting of daily cares.

Responsible for the daily care of elderly patients. Responsible for taking vital signs Responsible for daily documentation of patient's activities into their personal chart. Responsible for accessing and informing the charge nurse of any unusual activity. Assisting in making the patient and family member/members as comfortable as possible. Being a caring companion. Filling out charge slips and any other essential information pertaining to patients and filing them appropriately. Responsible for keeping them out of harms way.

• Helped patients maintain personal hygiene through bathing, grooming, and toileting assistance when necessary for dignity preservation.
• Maintained a clean and safe home environment for patients, reducing falls and accidents.
• Assisted clients with daily living activities, enhancing their independence and quality of life.
• Performed light housekeeping duties including laundry linen changes sweeping vacuuming and mopping ensuring a clean and organized living space for patients. Also responsible for preparing and serving meals. Observing of the client taking their daily medications. Documenting of any activities that are out of the normal personality of the client/clients.