Dorothy Cockrell

• Offered companionship and kindness to elderly patients.
• Maintained clean, safe, and well-organized patient environment.
• Established nutritious meal plans and prepared daily offerings to meet patient dietary needs.
• Monitored client vital signs, administered medications, and tracked behaviors to keep healthcare supervisor well-informed.
• Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
• Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
• Documented daily activities and changes in client condition to enable tracking history and maintain accurate records.
• Guided patients to restroom to support bladder and bowel relief requirements.
• Assisted with daily living activities, running errands, and household chores.
• Laundered items, changed sheets and made bed to keep patients' bedroom clean.
• Provided compassionate and patient-focused care to cultivate well-being.
• Supported daily hygiene needs of patients by assisting with bathing, dressing, dental care and personal grooming.
• Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing, and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.
• Cooked meals and assisted patients with eating tasks to support healthy nutrition.

• Offered companionship and kindness to elderly patients.
• Maintained clean, safe, and well-organized patient environment.
• Established nutritious meal plans and prepared daily offerings to meet patient dietary needs.
• Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
• Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
• Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
• Administered medications following prescribed instructions to alleviate symptoms and discomfort, monitoring client reactions.
• Laundered items, changed sheets and made bed to keep patients' bedroom clean.
• Built and maintained rapport with clients and family members to facilitate trusting caregiver relationship.
• Assisted with daily living activities, running errands, and household chores.
• Guided patients to restroom to support bladder and bowel relief requirements.
• Replaced bandages, dressings, and binders to care for wounds and encourage healing.
• Provided compassionate and patient-focused care to cultivate well-being.
• Supported daily hygiene needs of patients by assisting with bathing, dressing, dental care and personal grooming.
• Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing, and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.
• Cooked meals and assisted patients with eating tasks to support healthy nutrition.

• Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
• Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
• Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
• Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
• Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
• Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
• Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
• Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
• Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
• Accurately recorded interactions in medical charts, documenting accidents and interventions applied.
• Adhered to treatment plan instructions when administering medications and treatments to patients.
• Measured and recorded patients' weight, height, blood pressure, pulse and respiration.
• Administered prescribed medications and started intravenous fluids using [Software] to note times, types and amounts of medications for each patient.
• Examined and observed patients to detect injuries or symptoms requiring immediate medical attention.
• Answered patient call signals, intercom system notifications and signal lights to determine patients' needs.
• Conveyed treatment options, diagnosis information and home care techniques to patients and caregivers to continue care consistency.
• Offered exceptional care and support to individuals recovering from acute incidents and dealing with chronic conditions.
• Performed triage on incoming patients and determined severity of injuries and illnesses.
• Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
• Leveraged feedback and process improvement opportunities to create safer and healthier environment and increase patient satisfaction.
• Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
• Observed and documented patient factors such as diets, physical activity levels, and behaviors to understand conditions and effectively modify treatment plans.
• Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
• Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
• Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.

• Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
• Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
• Accurately recorded interactions in medical charts, documenting accidents and interventions applied.
• Adhered to treatment plan instructions when administering medications and treatments to patients.
• Administered prescribed medications and started intravenous fluids using [Software] to note times, types and amounts of medications for each patient.
• Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
• Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
• Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.

• Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
• Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
• Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
• Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
• Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
• Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
• Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
• Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
• Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
• Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
• Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
• Accurately recorded interactions in medical charts, documenting accidents and interventions applied.
• Adhered to treatment plan instructions when administering medications and treatments to patients.
• Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
• Performed routine wound care and dressing changes on schedule.
• Remained calm during high-stress, critical situations, demonstrating sustained focus and problem-solving in real-time.
• Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
• Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
• Performed triage on incoming patients and determined severity of injuries and illnesses.
• Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
• Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
• Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
• Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
• Participated in evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities.
• Performed frequent checks on life support equipment and made necessary adjustments to preserve optimal patient conditions.
• Observed and documented patient factors such as diets, physical activity levels, and behaviors to understand conditions and effectively modify treatment plans.
• Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
• Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
• Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
• Offered exceptional care and support to individuals recovering from acute incidents and dealing with chronic conditions.

• Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
• Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
• Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
• Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
• Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
• Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
• Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
• Supported physicians during examinations and scans to assist with diagnostic procedures.
• Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
• Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
• Accurately recorded interactions in medical charts, documenting accidents and interventions applied.
• Adhered to treatment plan instructions when administering medications and treatments to patients.
• Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.

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• Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
• Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
• Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
• Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
• Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
• Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
• Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
• Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
• Supported physicians during examinations and scans to assist with diagnostic procedures.
• Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
• Accurately recorded interactions in medical charts, documenting accidents and interventions applied.
• Triaged phone calls from patients and outside contacts and handled in order of importance.
• Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
• Adhered to treatment plan instructions when administering medications and treatments to patients.
• Instilled anesthetic drops and assisted in laser treatments and minor procedures.
• Used Lensometer to measure and record lens power of existing prescriptive spectacles.
• Applied eye medications and drops to dilate pupils in preparation for examinations.
• Conducted Goldman and Humphrey Visual Field Testing as part of overall vision evaluation.
• Operated ophthalmic equipment for patient eye examinations and prepared patients for examinations and surgeries.
• Measured intraocular pressure using Goldman and Tonopen tonometry process.
• Explained pre- and post-operative procedures to patients and carefully reviewed surgical plans.
• Measured and recorded visual acuity and color vision testing.
• Cleaned or sterilized ophthalmic or surgical instruments.
• Worked well with patients, staff, and manufacturer representatives to carry out successful office- and patient-related work each day.
• Promoted positive and smooth patient flow throughout facility, encouraging more efficient operations and boosting patient satisfaction.
• Performed visual field testing to measure patients' peripheral vision to determine any visual field loss.
• Administered visual acuity tests to measure patient ability to see clearly at different distances and identify visual impairments.
• Recorded patient history to help ophthalmologists determine diagnoses and treatment plans.
• Conducted tonometry testing to measure pressure inside patient's eye to determine presence of glaucoma
• Directed patients to exam rooms for initial evaluations and intake to aide physicians with carrying out efficient appointments.
• Identified issues during preliminary exam and addressed concerns with physician.
• Serviced, repaired and maintained ophthalmic equipment to keep instruments and tools in good condition.
• Provided patients with detailed instructions for pre- and post-op care under physician supervision to promote healing and optimal recovery strategies.
• Educated patients and relations on ocular health and safety, promoting good eye care.
• Gathered patient histories, took measurements and completed diagnostic tests as part of detailed ophthalmic evaluations.