Keisha Kernahan
Patient Care Technician/Assistant
Kissimmee,FL
Summary
To secure a rewarding and challenging position as Certified Patient Care Technician, within the allied Healthcare community, with an opportunity for professional advancement.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Patient Care Technician
HCA Healthcare Inc.
10.2022 - Current
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Maintained clean and safe environment to promote patient safety and comfort.
- Assisted in transferring patients, beds and patient care equipment to other rooms adhering to necessary safety precautions.
- Responded to patient requests for supplies and personal comfort items such as extra blankets.
- Maintained patient stability by checking vital signs and weight and recording intake and outtake information.
- Helped patients complete range of motion exercises to prevent loss of function during care.
- Transported patients between rooms and appointments or testing locations.
- Helped patients with self-feeding and assisted feeding, based on individual needs.
- Completed activities of daily living for patients unable to self-care, and assisted those with limited mobility in completing tasks.
- Assisted nursing staff with completing daily rounds, documenting vital signs and answering calls.
- Changed linens in rooms, keeping spaces fresh and clean for patient health and satisfaction.
- Documented patient information and care activities in electronic health record.
Certified Patient Care Technician
The Brooklyn Hospital Center TBHC
10.2009 - 09.2021
- Promoted positive work environment with professional and supportive attitude toward department staff and new ideas
- Collaborated successfully by working with others to meet unit and organizational goals and to promptly attend to needs of patients and care team
- Complied with policies and procedures on customer satisfaction and service excellence
- Demonstrated cultural sensitivity in all communications and service delivery, remaining continuously professional, respectful, and courteous
- Engaged with patients, learning about each individual and establishing rapport to encourage personal comfort
- Collected and documented the patient's vital signs, including temperature, blood pressure and respiration rate
- Helped maintain patient cleanliness through support for bathing, bathroom needs, and other areas of personal hygiene
- Helped prevent the risk of bedsores by frequently turning and repositioning bedridden patients
- Supported patient comfort, adjusting bed settings, changing sheets, and repositioning to prevent bedsores
- Improved patient wellbeing, guiding through exercises, physical therapy, and other daily health routines
- Assessed patient rooms regularly to monitor health, wellbeing, and personal comfort
- Monitored food, beverage, and medication intake and alerted supervisory staff to changes in patient condition
- Tested medical equipment proficiency and recalibrated machinery to stay within strict performance standards
- Transported patients in wheelchairs and rolling beds between care, therapy, and examination rooms
- Moved patients from rooms to procedure rooms for their scheduled surgeries and examinations
- Transferred all kinds of patients, including those with IV, traction, cardiac pumps, and oxygen tanks
- Restored patient rooms, bathrooms, and bedding to clean and sanitized state with daily upkeep
- Uphold rigorous cleaning and sanitation protocol to protect staff and patients from blood-borne, airborne, and surface-transferred pathogens
- Minimized patient and staff exposure to infections and hazardous waste by collecting and disposing of the closed containers
- Wore appropriate personal protective equipment to prevent pathogenic transmission and encourage recovery
- Responded to emergencies, helping the qualified medical personnel stabilize and move distressed patients
- Protected staff by restraining patients and helping the medical team administer treatments
Patient Care Associate
Saint John's Hospital
07.2006 - 02.2009
- Performed duties in care of patients in the hospital under direction of nursing and medical staff
- Answered signal lights, bells and intercom system to determine patients ' needs
- Helped patients with daily living requirements by bathing, dressing and assisting with mobility needs
- Helped maintain patient cleanliness through support for bathing, bathroom needs, and other areas of personal hygiene
- Drew blood from patients and donors
- Assemble phlebotomy materials on work tray
- Verified and recorded identity of patients and donors
- Documented vital signs to track medical symptoms and the progress of treatments
- Attached electrodes to produced recordings of electromotive variations using electrocardiogram in order to provide data for diagnosis of heart ailments
- Transported patients using wheelchairs and stretchers safely from bed to chair
- Turned and repositioned bedfast patients to help prevent bedsores
Education
Certified Patient Care Technician - undefined
National Healthcareer Association
Manhattan, N.YGED - General Equivalent high school diploma.
SUNY Education
Queens Jamaica, N.YEKG & Phlebotomy Technician - EKG and Phlebotomy training.
New Age Training
New York, N.YSkills
- Patient observation
- Specimen collection
- Medical equipment operation
- Bed preparation
- Vital signs monitoring
- Patient hygiene management
- Patient transport
- Critical care
- Problem resolution
- Customer service
- Change linens
- Basic nursing care
Certification
Basic life support
Timeline
Patient Care Technician
HCA Healthcare Inc.
10.2022 - Current
Certified Patient Care Technician
The Brooklyn Hospital Center TBHC
10.2009 - 09.2021
Patient Care Associate
Saint John's Hospital
07.2006 - 02.2009
Certified Patient Care Technician - undefined
National Healthcareer Association
GED - General Equivalent high school diploma.
SUNY Education
EKG & Phlebotomy Technician - EKG and Phlebotomy training.
New Age Training
Basic life support
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