Ella Puga
Dyer,IN
Summary
Compassionate Certified Nursing Assistant with proven expertise at Providence Life Services, delivering exceptional patient care and enhancing comfort through effective communication and safety measures. Skilled in vital sign monitoring and patient relationship building, I advocate for patient needs while promoting independence and dignity in care.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Certified Nursing Assistant
Providence Life Services
02.2025 - 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.
- Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
- 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.
- 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.
- Utilized therapeutic communication, empathy and active listening skills to encourage and develop positive relationships with patients.
- Performed accurate documentation of patient information according to established protocols for record-keeping purposes.
- Promoted independence in patients through walking exercises or assisting them with mobility devices like walkers or wheelchairs.
- Delivered individualized patient care by recording vital signs, documenting observations, administering treatments, and evaluating patient needs.
- Collaborated with nursing staff to create individualized care plans tailored to each patient''s needs.
- Served as an advocate for each patient's needs during shift handoffs or interdisciplinary conferences with other healthcare professionals.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Participated in fun group activities with patients to boost mood, improve overall memory, and provide light entertainment.
- Cared for clients with diagnoses such as respiratory failure, diabetes, Parkinson's disease and muscular dystrophy.
- Advocated for patient rights and needs, ensuring respectful and ethical care.
Education
Bachelor's of Science And Nursing - Nursing
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Tinley Park05-2027
Health And Wellness
Lake Central High School
Saint John, IN05-2023
Skills
- Patient care
- HIPAA compliance
- Reliable team player
- Direct patient care
- Collecting vital signs
- Bathing assistance
- Compassionate
- Alzheimer's and dementia care
- Bedside manner
- Dressing assistance
- Safety precautions
- Recording vital signs
- Electronic charting
- Compassionate caregiver
- Patient-focused care
- Medical terminology
- Mobility assistance
- Companionship and emotional support
- Documenting behaviors
- Feeding assistance
- Positioning patients
- Adaptable
- Patient lifting
- Transfer techniques
- Urinary catheter care
- Patient relationship building
- Responding to emergencies
- Supporting personal needs
- Maintaining privacy
- Trustworthy companion
- Light housekeeping
Timeline
Certified Nursing Assistant
Providence Life Services
02.2025 - Current
Bachelor's of Science And Nursing - Nursing
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Health And Wellness
Lake Central High School
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