Elizabeth Perez

• Administer and document medications according to the physician orders and facility policies.
• Accurately documenting the MAR and monitoring residents for medication effectiveness or adverse reactions.
• Coordinate medication refills, pharmacy orders and medication inventory.
• Obtained and documented vital signs and other routine health information.
• Assist residents with ADLs such as bathing, dressing, oral hygiene, grooming, toileting and transfers.
• Provide compassionate care to residents, including those with dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and those that are on hospice.
• Communicate effectively with hospice nurses, caregivers,resident and their families and other members of the healthcare team.

• Provided direct patient care and support in a fast-paced Emergency department under the direction of registered nurses and other providers.
• Recorded and documented vital signs during assessments, assisted with patient monitoring, and promptly reported changes in patient conditions.
• Assisted nursing staff with procedures, specimen collection, patient transport, EKGs, and other tasks within CNA scope of practice.
• accurately document care provided and observations in the EMR system.
• Prepared rooms, stocked supplies, cleaned equipment, and maintained a safe, organized patient care environment while adhering to infection control standards.

Contacted by Nightingales List to work at California Men's Colony's Mental Health Treatment Center, with occasional assignments at the onsite hospital.

• Conducted frequent rounds to monitor safety, behavior, mental status, and overall well-being of inmate-patients.
• Monitored changes in behavior to identify potential mental health issues, medical condition, or signs of self-harm and immediately report concerns to license clinical staff and correctional staff.
• Maintained suicide prevention, fall prevention, and other safety precautions.
• obtain vital signs and assist with basic clinical tasks within my scope of practice, including but not limited to meals/feeding, grooming, ADLs, hygiene and other basic needs
• Responded to behavioral and medical emergencies, addressing changes in patients' conditions promptly.

• provided direct patient care in a high-acuity step-down/telemetry unit under the supervision of registered nurses.
• obtained and documented vital signs, intake/output, and patient observations, promptly reporting changes in condition to ensure timely medical response.
• assisted patients with ADLs, ambulation, repositioning, transfers, hygiene, toileting and fall prevention measures.
• assisted nurses with admissions, discharges, patient transport, specimen collection, and bedside procedures, enhancing overall patient care within CNA scope.
• adapted to varying patient acuity and workflows while following unit-specific protocols, ensuring safe and compassionate care delivery.
• maintained infection control precautions, patient confidentiality, and accurate documentation
• floated to Med-surg, ICU, ER and other hospital units based on staffing and patient care needs.

• Followed infection control, isolation, and safety procedures throughout care routines.
• Assisted patients with activities of daily living such as bathing, grooming, dressing and feeding.
• Monitored vital signs including blood pressure, pulse rate, respiration rate and temperature.
• Turned and repositioned residents using proper body mechanics to prevent pressure ulcers.

• Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing, and daily living support.
• Measured vital signs and reported changes to nursing staff promptly.
• Maintained infection control standards across patient rooms and care equipment.
• Supported nurses with specimen collection and basic clinical tasks.
• Answered call lights promptly and responded to patient needs accordingly.
• Turned and repositioned residents using proper body mechanics to prevent pressure ulcers.