JENNIFER SALAMANCA
Westville,NJ
Summary
Accomplished in delivering patient-centered care, honed over years with Inspira Health Network and Care One Nursing Home, adept at mobility assistance and maintaining infection control standards. Excelled in enhancing patient satisfaction and safety, leveraging professional bedside manner and precise specimen collection skills. Demonstrated excellence in healthcare through proactive patient support and care environment management.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Dialysis Technician
DaVita Dialysis Corporation
09.2024 - Current
- Patient care: Monitoring patients during dialysis, answering questions, and providing emotional support
- Dialysis machine operation: Assembling, operating, and maintaining dialysis machines, including checking equipment settings and responding to alarms
- Patient preparation: Transporting patients to the dialysis room, positioning them, and taking their vital signs
- Education: Informing patients and families about dialysis procedures and aftercare
- Safety and cleanliness: Ensuring a safe and sterile environment for patients and staff by following infection control protocols and cleaning the dialysis unit
- Documentation: Recording patient information and documenting care provided
- Laboratory procedures: Performing laboratory procedures, such as blood glucose monitoring and collecting specimens
- Coordination: Working with nurses and doctors to ensure optimal patient care
- Discharge: Assisting with patient discharge, such as gathering belongings and transporting patients
Patient Care Technician
Inspira Health Network
01.2016 - 08.2024
- Responded to bell or light signal calls to assist patients with needs
- Performed variety of delegated basic patient care services to support nursing functions and activities of daily living
- Documented patient intake and dietary requirements and aided with feeding and monitoring
- Assisted with patient admissions, discharges and transfers
- Delivered outstanding patient care based on physical, psychological, educational and related criteria
- Promoted patient satisfaction by assisting with bathing, dressing and exercising
- Identified and reported observations and clinical symptoms to appropriate healthcare professionals, driving timely intervention
- Performed minor housekeeping tasks to keep patient areas clean and sanitized
- Supported healthy patient skin with bedside baths, wound care and integrity checks
Certified Nursing Assistant
Care One Nursing Home
02.2013 - 01.2016
- Obtained patient vital signs and reported results to staff nurse or physician to identify changes from prior measurements
- Responded to bell or light signal calls to assist patients with needs
- Performed variety of delegated basic patient care services to support nursing functions and activities of daily living
- Documented patient intake and dietary requirements and aided with feeding and monitoring
- Assisted with patient admissions, discharges and transfers
- Delivered outstanding patient care based on physical, psychological, educational and related criteria
- Promoted patient satisfaction by assisting with bathing, dressing and exercising
- Identified and reported observations and clinical symptoms to appropriate healthcare professionals, driving timely intervention
- Performed minor housekeeping tasks to keep patient areas clean and sanitized
- Supported healthy patient skin with bedside baths, wound care and integrity checks
- Answered signal lights, bells or intercom systems to determine resident needs
- Facilitated activities of daily living, personal hygiene management, feeding and ambulation
- Assisted patients with shaving, bathing and oral hygiene to promote healthy habits and overall wellness
- Observed and reported unusual symptoms and changes to charge nurse
- Turned and repositioned residents using proper body mechanics to prevent pressure ulcers
- Assisted residents with bathing and dressing to promote personal hygiene
- Used mobility devices to transport patients
- Helped residents walk with or without self-help devices
- Distributed drinking water and nourishment to residents
- Managed and maintained patient rooms, shared-living areas and nursing stations
- Rendered hands-on nursing care under direct RN supervision, adhering to medical center policies and procedures
Education
B.S. - Nursing - undergrad
Metropolitan Medical Center
06.2010
Bachelor of Science - Commerce in Major Computer
Centro Escolar University
03.1995
Skills
- Professional Bedside Manner
- Mobility Assistance
- Infection Control Standards
- Specimen Collection
Certification
- CNA
- BLS - CPR
Timeline
Dialysis Technician
DaVita Dialysis Corporation
09.2024 - Current
Patient Care Technician
Inspira Health Network
01.2016 - 08.2024
Certified Nursing Assistant
Care One Nursing Home
02.2013 - 01.2016
Bachelor of Science - Commerce in Major Computer
Centro Escolar University
- CNA
- BLS - CPR
B.S. - Nursing - undergrad
Metropolitan Medical Center
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