Katherine Dinwiddie
Shawnee
Summary
With a proven track record, I excel in compassionate care and emergency readiness, enhancing patient dignity and supporting families through critical times. My expertise spans from terminally ill patient care to effective recordkeeping, significantly improving care standards and patient satisfaction.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Certified Home Hospice Aide
Suncrest Hospice
04.2023 - Current
- Protected privacy and delivered comfort to preserve dignity of dying patient and family members.
- Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing, and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.
- Checked and recorded vital signs, noting any significant changes and assisted nurses with treatment.
- Supported families through difficult times by offering emotional support and education on important care tasks.
- Trained new staff members on best practices for home health care.
Marketing Manager
Oasis Healthcare Staffing
10.2022 - 04.2023
- Boosted brand awareness and generated leads while managing internal and external marketing campaigns and programs.
- Developed and implemented marketing strategies to use for launches, rebranding campaigns and promotions.
- Conducted market research to identify new opportunities and target markets.
- Secured long-term accounts by recommending strategies to promote brand effectiveness and highlight product benefits.
Travel CNA
Oasis Healthcare Staffing Agency
01.2020 - 04.2023
- Traveled to hospitals and assisted living facilities to help with short staff needs.
- Delivered high-quality care to ICU, CCU, Med Surg, and ER patients in hospital facilities.
- Supported needs of 30+ residents under long-term care.
- Delivered individualized patient care by recording vital signs, documenting observations, administering treatments, and evaluating patient needs.
- Observed patients under care conditions to help identify symptoms, responses to treatments and progress with goals.
- Completed activities of daily living for patients unable to self-care, and assisted those with limited mobility in completing tasks.
- Facilitated personal hygiene management, feeding and ambulation.
- Provided care to patients throughout lifespan with consideration of aging processes, human development stages and culture.
- Assisted nursing staff with completing daily rounds, documenting vital signs and answering calls.
Travel CNA
Total Medical Staffing
12.2018 - 01.2022
- Traveled to hospitals and assisted living facilities to help with short staffed needs.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
- Responded quickly and calmly in emergency situations.
- Delivered individualized patient care by recording vital signs, documenting observations, administering treatments, and evaluating patient needs.
- Utilized therapeutic communication, empathy and active listening skills to encourage and develop positive relationships with patients.
- Maintained patient stability by checking vital signs and weight and recording intake and outtake information.
- Observed patients under care conditions to help identify symptoms, responses to treatments and progress with goals.
- Assisted nursing staff with completing daily rounds, documenting vital signs and answering calls.
- Monitored patient specimen samples and test results to effectively alert supervisors of potentially unhealthy changes.
CNA
Cornerstone Hospital
03.2016 - 11.2018
- Cared for patients in ICU.
- Worked with the wound care team assisting with dressings and wound vacs.
- Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
- Delivered individualized patient care by recording vital signs, documenting observations, administering treatments, and evaluating patient needs.
- Observed patients under care conditions to help identify symptoms, responses to treatments and progress with goals.
- Monitored patient specimen samples and test results to effectively alert supervisors of potentially unhealthy changes.
- Helped patients complete range of motion exercises to prevent loss of function during care.
- Completed activities of daily living for patients unable to self-care, and assisted those with limited mobility in completing tasks.
Education
Certificate of Technical Studies - Nursing And Phlebotomy
Gordon Cooper Technology Center
Shawnee, OK02-2016
High School Diploma -
Meeker High School
Meeker, OK05-2007
Skills
- Care plan implementation
- Emergency readiness
- Cultural sensitivity
- Family support
- Terminally ill patient care
- Personal care assistance
- Compassionate care and emotional support
- End-of-life care
- Infectious disease protocols
- Medical equipment operation
- Recordkeeping
- Tracheostomy care
- Diabetic care
- Wound care
- Policies and guidelines
Certification
- HHA - Home Health Aide
- CNA - Certified Nurse Assistant
Timeline
Certified Home Hospice Aide
Suncrest Hospice
04.2023 - Current
Marketing Manager
Oasis Healthcare Staffing
10.2022 - 04.2023
Travel CNA
Oasis Healthcare Staffing Agency
01.2020 - 04.2023
Travel CNA
Total Medical Staffing
12.2018 - 01.2022
CNA
Cornerstone Hospital
03.2016 - 11.2018
- HHA - Home Health Aide
- CNA - Certified Nurse Assistant
Certificate of Technical Studies - Nursing And Phlebotomy
Gordon Cooper Technology Center
High School Diploma -
Meeker High School
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