Kendra Hernandez
Shawnee,KS
Summary
Compassionate Certified Nursing Assistant with extensive experience at Johnson County Rehabilitation Hospital, skilled in patient care and vital signs monitoring. Proven ability to enhance patient comfort and safety through effective communication and proactive interventions, ensuring dignity and wellbeing. Dedicated team player committed to delivering high-quality care and maintaining a hygienic environment.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Certified Nursing Assistant
Johnson County Rehabilitation Hospital
Overland Park, KS
05.2024 - Current
- Provided high-quality personal care services such as bathing, grooming, dressing, and feeding to ensure patient dignity.
- Assisted patients with daily living activities for enhanced comfort and wellbeing.
- Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
- Maintained a clean, safe environment by sanitizing surfaces, changing linens, and disposing of waste properly.
- Reduced fall incidents by implementing safety measures like bed alarms and proper positioning techniques.
- Enhanced team efficiency by promptly responding to call lights and reporting changes in patient condition to nurses.
- Conducted regular rounds to monitor patients'' physical and mental status throughout shifts.
- Performed accurate documentation of patient information according to established protocols for record-keeping purposes.
- Promoted independence in patients through walking exercises or assisting them with mobility devices like walkers or wheelchairs.
- Delivered individualized patient care by recording vital signs, documenting observations, administering treatments, and evaluating patient needs.
Patient Care Technician
HCA Healthcare Inc.
Lee's Summit, MO
09.2022 - 08.2024
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to nursing staff, ensuring timely medical interventions when necessary.
- Assisted nurses with essential tasks, streamlining workflow and increasing efficiency in the healthcare setting.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate and attentive care.
- Assisted in training new Patient Care Technicians, sharing knowledge and best practices to ensure consistency in care delivery.
- Maintained clean and safe environment to promote patient safety and comfort.
- Provided high-quality personal care to patients, promoting comfort and dignity during their hospital stay.
- Contributed to a positive patient experience by keeping rooms clean, organized, and well-stocked with supplies.
- Assisted in transferring patients, beds and patient care equipment to other rooms adhering to necessary safety precautions.
- Recognized potential emergencies promptly, initiating appropriate action to stabilize patients until further assistance arrived.
- Reduced stress for patients and families through effective communication and empathetic support.
- Enabled increased mobility for patients by assisting with ambulation exercises and transfers using proper body mechanics techniques.
- Collected and documented patient information to aid in accurate medical record keeping.
- Fostered clean and hygienic environment, reducing risk of infections.
- Improved patient satisfaction with attentive communication and responsiveness to needs.
- Provided nutritional support by assisting patients with meals, catering to individual dietary needs.
- Enhanced patient comfort by providing compassionate bedside care and support.
- Assisted nursing staff with completing daily rounds, documenting vital signs and answering calls.
- Maintained patient stability by checking vital signs and weight and recording intake and outtake information.
- Changed linens in rooms, keeping spaces fresh and clean for patient health and satisfaction.
- Prevented cross-contamination by cleaning and sterilizing equipment.
- Helped patients complete range of motion exercises to prevent loss of function during care.
- Cared for clients with diagnoses such as respiratory failure, diabetes, Parkinson's disease and muscular dystrophy.
- Delivered high-quality care to Type patients in hospital facility.
Education
CNA - Nursing
Mid America
Overland Park, KS08.2024
Certificate - Certified Medicine Technician
MCCKC
Kansas City, MO10.2020
CNA - Nursing
Kansas City Job Corps
Kansas City, MO06.2008
Skills
- Patient care
- HIPAA compliance
- Reliable team player
- Direct patient care
- Collecting vital signs
- Basic life support
- Vital signs monitoring
- Electronic charting
- Medical terminology
- Mobility assistance
- Patient lifting
- Transfer techniques
- Urinary catheter care
- Healthcare ethics
- Patient relationship building
- Responding to emergencies
- Transporting patients
- Patient management
- Specimen collection
- Light housekeeping
Timeline
Certified Nursing Assistant
Johnson County Rehabilitation Hospital
05.2024 - Current
Patient Care Technician
HCA Healthcare Inc.
09.2022 - 08.2024
CNA - Nursing
Mid America
Certificate - Certified Medicine Technician
MCCKC
CNA - Nursing
Kansas City Job Corps