Elizabeth Briers
Meriden,CT
Summary
Dedicated Certified Nurses Assistant with a proven track record at Benchmark Senior Living, excelling in patient care and support. Leveraged skills in compassionate caregiving to enhance health outcomes.
Experience in working morning, afternoon, & evening shifts.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Certified Nurses Assistant
Benchmark Senior Living
07.2019 - 11.2023
- Maximized patient satisfaction by helping individuals carry out personal tasks such as dressing and walking.
- Promoted good oral and personal hygiene by aiding patients with shaving, bathing, and teeth brushing.
- Utilized therapeutic communication, empathy and active listening skills to encourage and develop positive relationships with patients.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Cared for residents in assisted living facility and delivered high-quality support to meet needs.
- Participated in fun group activities with patients to boost mood, improve overall memory, and provide light entertainment.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Completed activities of daily living for patients unable to self-care, and assisted those with limited mobility in completing tasks.
- Changed linens in rooms, keeping spaces fresh and clean for patient health and satisfaction.
- Helped patients with self-feeding and assisted feeding, based on individual needs.
- Transported patients between rooms and appointments or testing locations.
Education
Nursing
Gateway Community College
New Haven, CTOrville Platt High School
Meriden, CT06.2019
Skills
- Bathing assistance
- Patient care
- Basic life support
- Vital signs monitoring
- Dressing assistance
- Dementia care
- Positioning patients
- End-of-life care
- Alzheimer's care
- Feeding assistance
- Transfer techniques
- Healthcare regulations
- Ambulation assistance
- Toileting assistance
- Confidentiality
- Range of motion exercises
- Reliable team player
- HIPAA compliance
- Recording vital signs
- Collecting vital signs
- Compassionate
- Patient lifting
- Supporting personal needs
- Safety precautions
- Bedside manner
- Compassionate caregiver
- Documenting behaviors
- Responding to emergencies
- Geriatric care
- Maintaining privacy
- Companionship and emotional support
- Transporting patients
- Mobility assistance
Timeline
Certified Nurses Assistant
Benchmark Senior Living
07.2019 - 11.2023
Nursing
Gateway Community College
Orville Platt High School
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