Karla Mitchell
McDonough,GA
Summary
Hardworking, reliable and compassionate Nursing professional demonstrating exemplary skills in direct patient care and healthcare team support for over 10+years. Communicative and collaborative demeanor cultivated over 3+ years of superior healthcare industry performance. I'm highly organized, proactive and punctual with a team-oriented mentality.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Certified Nursing Assistant- Preceptor
The William Breman Jewish Home
02.2022 - Current
- Providing great patient care
- Answering patient calls and determining how best to help them
- Providing physical support for patients or residents with daily activities and personal hygiene, including bathing, dressing, getting out of bed, using the toilet, walking, standing, or exercising
- Turning and repositioning bedridden patients
- Ensuring patients or residents receive an appropriate diet by reviewing their dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences
- Obtaining a wide range of information from physicians, caregivers, and nurses about patient conditions, treatment plans, and suggested activities
- Measuring and recording food and liquid intake and urinary and fecal output and reporting changes to medical or nursing staff
- Recording vital signs, including blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and respiration rate as requested by staff
- Examining patients to detect issues requiring medical care, including open wounds, bruises, or blood in the urine
- Reminding patients to take medications and nutritional supplements
- Noting observations of patient behavior, including complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses
- Stay up to date on CNA training and facility policy and procedure.
- Supported needs of 10+ residents under long-term care.
Lead Medication Aide (CMA)
Atria Senior Living
08.2019 - 04.2024
- Facilitated activities of daily living, including personal hygiene management, feeding and ambulation
- Fostered relationships with patients, caregivers and healthcare teams to achieve individual care
- Aid with medication needs
- Contact pharmacy about medication concerns
- Perform daily chart audits to ensure resident medication safety
- Organized and administered medications on clear schedules to help alleviate symptoms and optimize quality of life
- Observed patient vital signs and medication reactions and reported health concerns or behavioral changes
- Monitored and reported residents’ progress.
- Called and faxed pharmacies to submit prescriptions and refills.
- Provided compassionate care for patients, addressing their concerns and ensuring a positive experience.
- Collected and documented patient medical information such as blood pressure and weight.
- Assisted with routine checks and diagnostic testing by collecting and processing specimens.
- Conducted preliminary patient evaluations measuring weight, temperature and blood pressure.
- Kept medical supplies in sufficient stock by monitoring levels and submitting replenishment orders before depleted.
- Prepared and administered medications to alleviate patient symptoms.
Lead Medication Aide
Jonesboro Assisted Living Center
05.2018 - 12.2020
- Organized and administered medications on clear schedules to help alleviate symptoms and optimize quality of life
- Observed patient vital signs and medication reactions and reported health concerns or behavioral changes
- Assessed patient needs in response to medications
- Monitored patients' behaviors and emotional states, reporting and documenting information in files
- Fostered relationships with patients, caregivers and healthcare teams to achieve individual care plan targets.
Resident Coordinator Assistant
Peachtree Creek Memory Care
05.2017 - 12.2021
- Assists with patient care under supervision of the RN
- Fostered relationships with residents to optimize acclimation and ease transition to new living environment
- Conducted weekly meetings with directors and assessed and advocated resident needs; recommended solutions and strategies to improve resident care and satisfaction
- Responded to crisis situations quickly to maintain calm and immediately determine the level of assistance needed
- Recognized by management for providing exceptional customer service
- Demonstrated self-reliance by meeting and exceeding workflow needs
- Handled and delegated tasks, including calling, faxing and emails to residents’ families, medial physicians and other resident related professionals
- Participated in patient and family planning processes, provided instructions and addressed questions and/or concerns
- Provided patients with direct nursing care when the department was short-staffed
- Administered scheduled drugs under direct supervision of licensed nurse.
Lead Certified Nursing Assistant
Nurse Care of Buckhead
07.2016 - 11.2018
- Perform safely techniques
- Measure patients' vital signs
- Execute housekeeping tasks
- Facilitated activities of daily living, including personal hygiene management, feeding and ambulation
- Documented information in patients' chart and communicated status updates to in care team
- Respond to patients' alarms.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Jonesboro Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC
10.2014 - 05.2017
- Reposition and transfer patients
- Record patients' health concerns
- Execute housekeeping tasks
- Record patients' vital
- Complete other duties as needed.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Governor's Glen Assisted Living
09.2014 - 07.2016
- Providing quality care and assistance to the residents, residents rights ad policies
- Assisting residents meeting their physical and emotional needs
- Answer and respond immediately to resident calls
- Assist residents with their activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living.
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Chattahoochee Technical College
Marietta, GA06.2025
Skills
- Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and Power point
- Intermediate computer skills
- Excellent attendance record
- Willingness to take on added responsibility
- Strong sense of ethics – 10 years
Timeline
Lead Certified Nursing Assistant- Preceptor
The William Breman Jewish Home
02.2022 - Current
Lead Medication Aide (CMA)
Atria Senior Living
08.2019 - 04.2024
Lead Medication Aide
Jonesboro Assisted Living Center
05.2018 - 12.2020
Resident Coordinator Assistant
Peachtree Creek Memory Care
05.2017 - 12.2021
Lead Certified Nursing Assistant
Nurse Care of Buckhead
07.2016 - 11.2018
Certified Nursing Assistant
Jonesboro Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC
10.2014 - 05.2017
Certified Nursing Assistant
Governor's Glen Assisted Living
09.2014 - 07.2016
Associate of Science - Nursing
Chattahoochee Technical College
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