Elizabeth Blanco
211 Lincoln Ave.,PA
Summary
Compassionate Certified Nursing Assistant with extensive experience at Waverly Heights, excelling in patient-focused care and vital signs monitoring. Known for building strong patient relationships and providing emotional support, I ensure safety and comfort while implementing care plans effectively. Trustworthy and adaptable, I am dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for patients.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Certified Nursing Assistant
Waverly Heights
01.2015 - Current
- 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.
- 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.
- Oversaw and maintained patients' rooms, group living areas, and nurse stations.
- Helped clean and prepare patient consultation rooms to maintain hygiene standards
- Assisted in rehabilitation of patients, facilitating quicker recovery with exercise and mobility support.
- Advocated for patient rights and needs, ensuring respectful and ethical care.
- Increased patient engagement by organizing recreational and therapeutic activities.
- Facilitated personal hygiene management, feeding and ambulation.
- Assisted nursing staff with completing daily rounds, documenting vital signs and answering calls.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Bryn Mawr Extended Care
09.2013 - 04.2017
- Assisted patients with daily living activities for enhanced comfort and wellbeing.
- 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.
- Prevented pressure ulcers development through frequent turning, repositioning of patients, and diligent skin assessments.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Enhanced team efficiency by promptly responding to call lights and reporting changes in patient condition to nurses.
- Conducted regular rounds to monitor patients'' physical and mental status throughout shifts.
- Promoted independence in patients through walking exercises or assisting them with mobility devices like walkers or wheelchairs.
- Cared for residents in assisted living facility and delivered high-quality support to meet needs.
- Assisted in rehabilitation of patients, facilitating quicker recovery with exercise and mobility support.
- Advocated for patient rights and needs, ensuring respectful and ethical care.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Green Acres Manor
09.2010 - 10.2012
- Delivered individualized patient care by recording vital signs, documenting observations, administering treatments, and evaluating patient needs.
- Performed accurate documentation of patient information according to established protocols for record-keeping purposes.
- Assisted nurses with wound care procedures ensuring proper healing processes took place.
- Implemented infection control protocols, minimizing spread of illnesses among patients and staff.
- Increased patient engagement by organizing recreational and therapeutic activities.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Magnolia Gardens Assisted Living
09.2010 - 10.2012
- Reduced fall incidents by implementing safety measures like bed alarms and proper positioning techniques.
- Utilized therapeutic communication, empathy and active listening skills to encourage and develop positive relationships with patients.
- Helped clean and prepare patient consultation rooms to maintain hygiene standards
- Maintained clean and safe environment, reducing risk of infections and promoting health.
- Supported patients with personal care tasks to preserve dignity and promote independence.
- Improved patient satisfaction with empathetic listening and addressing concerns promptly.
- Helped patients with self-feeding and assisted feeding, based on individual needs.
Education
BSBA - Management
Notre Dame University
Cotabato City, Philippines 03.2000
Skills
- Patient care
- HIPAA compliance
- Reliable team player
- Direct patient care
- Collecting vital signs
- Bathing assistance
- Compassionate
- Alzheimer's and dementia care
- Vital signs monitoring
- Dressing assistance
- Safety precautions
- Recording vital signs
- Compassionate caregiver
- Patient-focused care
- Companionship and emotional support
- Documenting behaviors
- Feeding assistance
- Positioning patients
- End-of-life care
- Adaptable
- Patient lifting
- Transfer techniques
- Urinary catheter care
- Ambulation assistance
- Healthcare ethics
- Inpatient care
- Patient relationship building
- Responding to emergencies
- Transporting patients
- Supporting personal needs
- Maintaining privacy
- Colostomy care
- Trustworthy companion
- Complex Problem-solving
- Patient management
- Specimen collection
- Light housekeeping
- Valid state driver's license
- Patient relations
- Indirect patient care
- Condition monitoring
- Care plan implementation
- Preparing meals
- Activity planning
- Medical records management
- Outpatient care
- Meal planning
- General housekeeping
- Helping with medication
- Dementia and Alzheimer's care
- Vital sign recording
- Range of motion exercises
- Toileting assistance
- Infection control procedures
- Collecting specimens
- Vital signs
- CNA certification
Timeline
Certified Nursing Assistant
Waverly Heights
01.2015 - Current
Certified Nursing Assistant
Bryn Mawr Extended Care
09.2013 - 04.2017
Certified Nursing Assistant
Green Acres Manor
09.2010 - 10.2012
Certified Nursing Assistant
Magnolia Gardens Assisted Living
09.2010 - 10.2012
BSBA - Management
Notre Dame University
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