Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Additional Information
Job Abilities
Certification
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Katrina Huddleston

Montgomery

Summary

  • Dedicated, service-focused professional seeking to transition into healthcare as a nursing assistant.
  • Reliable worker with the ability to quickly learn new concepts and skills.
  • Backed by a solid work history, reputation as a team player and passion for helping others.
  • Background includes experience caring for terminally ill, medical and surgical patients.
  • Current on all immunizations (including flu vaccine, tuberculosis and hepatitis B).

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Personal at Home Care Giver

Christina and Max Giese
04.2022 - Current
  • Enhanced clients'' emotional well-being by offering companionship and engaging conversations.
  • Improved client''s daily living experience by providing personal care, meal preparation, and light housekeeping tasks.
  • Managed household tasks such as laundry, grocery shopping, and organizing spaces for a clean living environment.
  • Assisted clients with mobility issues, helping them maintain independence and an active lifestyle.

Provide assistance with activities of daily living, including assisting with basic hygiene needs and medication management for C4 level quadriplegic

Perform basic care like grooming, bathing, and helping patient dress.

Complete daily OT / PT stretching and electric stimulation therapy (ESTIM) routine.

Complete daily wound care by cleaning and changing in accordance with treatment plan

Foley catheter and colostomy care

Transport to medical appointments, physical and occupational therapy, appointments, shopping, etc.

Transfer patient to wheelchair using hoyer lift

Clean room and bathroom by sanitizing surfaces, removing clutter and changing bed linens

Home Health Aide

FCC Of Texas
10.2017 - 04.2022
  • Helped patients maintain personal hygiene through bathing, grooming, and toileting assistance when necessary for dignity preservation.
  • Maintained a clean and safe home environment for patients, reducing falls and accidents.
  • Assisted clients with daily living activities, enhancing their independence and quality of life.
  • Performed light housekeeping duties including laundry linen changes sweeping vacuuming and mopping ensuring a clean and organized living space for patients.

Certified Nursing Assistant - Patient Care Unit 4

Memorial Hermann
04.2010 - 04.2019
  • Received "exemplary" and "exceeds expectations" ratings on all performance reviews
  • Cited for excellence in interpersonal communications, teamwork, customer service, flexibility and reliability
  • Demonstrated the ability to interact with customers from diverse cultures and backgrounds
  • Provided patient care to surgical patients under the guidance and direction of the registered nurse
  • Assisted patients with bathing, dressing, hygiene, and grooming in accordance with established care plan
  • Knowledge with orthopedic equipment (including Cpm's Trapezes, walkers and cryo cuffs)
  • Obtaining vital sign, I & O, weights, collects and labels specimens, reports abnormal findings to nurse
  • Provides age and population specific patient care in a skillful, safe, accurate, and efficient manner

Antepartum CNA

Methodist Willowbrook Hospital
04.2011 - 06.2012
  • Assisting with bathing and diapering newborns
  • Helping with elimination needs
  • Changing bed linens
  • Maintaining a clean environment
  • Assisting with ambulation
  • Monitoring and reporting changes in the mother's or baby's condition
  • Providing emotional support to new mothers and their families

Certified Nursing Assistant - Obstetrics Department

Anderson Hospital
09.2003 - 04.2010
  • Received "exemplary" and "exceeds expectations" ratings on all performance reviews
  • Cited for excellence in interpersonal communications, teamwork, customer service, flexibility and reliability
  • Demonstrated the ability to interact with customers from diverse cultures and backgrounds
  • Provided patient care to obstetrical and neonatal patients under the guidance and direction of the registered nurse
  • Commended for multitasking abilities; infant security, effective communication skills, age and population specific patient care
  • Completes computer documentation
  • Vital signs, I & O, weights, collects and labels specimens, reports abnormal findings to nurse
  • Provides care to neonates requiring phototherapy, assists in patient discharge process

Certified Nursing Assistant - Third Medical Floor

Anderson Hospital
03.1998 - 09.2003
  • Received "exemplary" and "exceeds expectations" ratings on all performance reviews
  • Cited for excellence in interpersonal communications, teamwork, customer service, flexibility and reliability
  • Demonstrated the ability to interact with customers from diverse cultures and backgrounds
  • Provided patient care to surgical and non-surgical patients
  • Commended for multitasking abilities
  • Completes computer documentation
  • Vital signs, I & O, weights, collects and labels specimens, reports abnormal findings to nurse, patient food and fluid needs, patient mobility
  • Assists in patient discharge process and completes appropriate forms
  • Provides age and population specific patient care in a skillful, safe, accurate, and efficient manner

Education

Ward Clerk Certification -

SWIC Southwestern Illinois College
2500 Carlyle Ave, Belleville, IL 62221
12-2002

Skills

  • MS Word
  • MS Excel
  • MS Outlook
  • Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
  • Quality Patient Care
  • Compassionate caregiving
  • Compassion and empathy
  • Bathing assistance
  • Vital signs monitoring
  • HIPAA compliance
  • Direct patient care
  • Feeding assistance
  • Personal hygiene assistance

Additional Information

Available for all shifts, extended hours and weekend assignments. If any further information needed, please feel free to contact me.

Job Abilities

  • MS Word
  • MS Excel
  • MS Outlook
  • Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
  • Quality Patient Care
  • CPR Certification
  • Physical Activity

Certification

  • CPR/AED Certification
  • Texas Driver's License
  • First Aid Certification

Timeline

Personal at Home Care Giver

Christina and Max Giese
04.2022 - Current

Home Health Aide

FCC Of Texas
10.2017 - 04.2022

Antepartum CNA

Methodist Willowbrook Hospital
04.2011 - 06.2012

Certified Nursing Assistant - Patient Care Unit 4

Memorial Hermann
04.2010 - 04.2019

Certified Nursing Assistant - Obstetrics Department

Anderson Hospital
09.2003 - 04.2010

Certified Nursing Assistant - Third Medical Floor

Anderson Hospital
03.1998 - 09.2003

Ward Clerk Certification -

SWIC Southwestern Illinois College
Katrina Huddleston