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Dona Malson

Mine Hill

Summary

Professional healthcare provider with strong skills in patient care, vital signs monitoring, and hygiene assistance. Demonstrates exceptional teamwork, ensuring smooth operations and adaptability to changing needs. Reliable and focused on achieving results through compassionate patient interactions and effective communication. Prepared to contribute positively to healthcare teams and patient outcomes.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

Nursing Assistant

Prime Healthcare
05.2023 - 03.2025
  • Helped patients effectively manage routine bathing, grooming, and other hygiene needs.
  • Improved patient satisfaction by providing compassionate assistance with daily activities, such as bathing, dressing, and feeding.
  • Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
  • Increased patient engagement by providing emotional support, companionship, and encouragement during challenging times.
  • Promoted a safe and clean environment by maintaining strict adherence to infection control protocols and sanitation standards.
  • Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
  • Maximized patient satisfaction by helping individuals carry out personal tasks such as dressing and walking.

Paraprofessional

Celebrate The Children
09.2013 - 12.2022
  • Oversaw students in classroom and common areas to monitor, enforce rules, and support lead teacher.
  • Improved classroom management by assisting teachers with behavioral interventions and monitoring student progress.
  • Supervised students during non-instructional periods such as lunch, recess, or field trips, ensuring safety at all times.
  • Fostered a positive learning environment by establishing strong rapport with students, parents, and faculty members.
  • Enhanced student support by delivering one-on-one and small group assistance in various subjects.
  • Supported special education teachers in implementing accommodations and modifications for students with diverse learning needs.
  • Delivered personalized educational, behavioral, and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
  • Promoted a respectful classroom culture by modeling appropriate behavior and reinforcing positive interactions among peers.
  • Enhanced classroom efficiency through organizing instructional materials, managing daily schedules, and preparing resources for lessons as needed.
  • Prepared instruction materials, constructed bulletin boards, and set up work areas.
  • Assisted teachers in the development of engaging lesson materials aligned with curriculum standards for various subject areas.

CHHA

VNA
03.2007 - 08.2013
  • Assisted patients with bathing, oral hygiene, grooming, feeding and elimination.
  • Provided patients and families with emotional support.
  • Exhibited compassionate care and communication with regard to issues of death and dying.
  • Administered simple range of motion exercises.
  • Positioned residents for comfort and to prevent skin pressure problems.
  • Assisted with transferring residents in and out of wheelchairs and adaptive equipment.
  • Maintained a clean, healthy and safe environment.
  • Cleaned and organized patients' living quarters.
  • Performed household tasks such as laundry, dusting, washing dishes and vacuuming.
  • Assisted with patient transfer and ambulation.
  • Enhanced patient comfort by providing compassionate and individualized care.
  • Improved overall patient satisfaction by consistently providing attentive and respectful care services.
  • Developed strong relationships with patients'' family members, fostering trust and open communication channels for effective care collaboration.
  • Provided emotional support to patients and their families during difficult times, fostering a nurturing environment.

CNA

Dover Christian Nursing Home
02.1998 - 04.2001
  • Read and recorded temperature, pulse and respiration.
  • Responded appropriately to the physical, emotional and developmental needs of patients.
  • Prepared patient rooms prior to their arrival.
  • Documented resident records on daily flow sheets.
  • Assisted with ADLs.
  • Sensitive to the needs of geriatric patients.
  • Positioned residents for comfort and to prevent skin pressure problems.
  • Assisted with transferring residents in and out of wheelchairs and adaptive equipment.
  • Followed safe lifting techniques and individual resident lifting instructions.
  • Assisted patients with ambulation and crutch walking.
  • Assisted with adequate nutrition and fluid intake.
  • Assisted with patient transfer and ambulation.
  • Answered patient calls for care and feeding.
  • Tended to patients with chronic illnesses.
  • Assisted nurses with wound care for pressure ulcers, bed sores, and surgical site wounds.
  • Charted daily information on the residents such as mood changes, mobility activity, eating percentages, and daily inputs and outputs.

Education

GED -

Dover High School
Dover, NJ
01.1998

Skills

  • Hospice care provider
  • Dementia and Alzheimer's knowledge
  • Mobility assistance
  • Feeding assistance
  • Valid NJ driver's license
  • Grooming and bathing assistance
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Efficient and reliable
  • Compassionate caregiver
  • Direct patient care
  • Patient care
  • Basic life support
  • Patient-focused care
  • Recording vital signs
  • Catheter care
  • Companionship and emotional support

Timeline

Nursing Assistant

Prime Healthcare
05.2023 - 03.2025

Paraprofessional

Celebrate The Children
09.2013 - 12.2022

CHHA

VNA
03.2007 - 08.2013

CNA

Dover Christian Nursing Home
02.1998 - 04.2001

GED -

Dover High School

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