Kendra Williams
Tallahassee
Summary
Healthcare professional with comprehensive background in providing compassionate patient care and support. Known for reliability and adaptability in dynamic healthcare environments. Brings strong skills in patient monitoring, basic medical procedures, and effective communication, ensuring seamless team collaboration and optimal patient outcomes.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Certified Nursing Assistant
Oasis in the Keys Nursing and Rehab
Tavernier, FL
09.2024 - Current
- Assisted patients with nightly living activities, ensuring comfort and dignity.
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to nursing staff for timely interventions.
- Implemented patient care plans in collaboration with healthcare team members.
- Trained new staff on best practices for patient care and safety procedures.
- Maintained cleanliness of patient areas, adhering to infection control protocols.
- Provided high-quality personal care services such as bathing, grooming, dressing, and feeding to ensure patient dignity.
- Maintained a clean, safe environment by sanitizing surfaces, changing linens, and disposing of waste properly.
- Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
- Promoted good oral and personal hygiene by aiding patients with shaving, bathing, and teeth brushing.
- Prevented pressure ulcers development through frequent turning, repositioning of patients, and diligent skin assessments.
- Enhanced team efficiency by promptly responding to call lights and reporting changes in patient condition to nurses.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Brookwood Gardens Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Homestead, FL
04.2024 - 10.2025
- Assisted patients with daily living activities, ensuring comfort and dignity.
- Educated patients and families on health maintenance and rehabilitation processes.
- Coordinated scheduling of patient appointments and therapy sessions for optimal efficiency.
- Enhanced workflow by streamlining communication between nursing staff and administrative teams.
- Assisted patients with daily living activities for enhanced comfort and wellbeing.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Conducted regular rounds to monitor patients'' physical and mental status throughout shifts.
- Utilized therapeutic communication, empathy and active listening skills to encourage and develop positive relationships with patients.
- Performed accurate documentation of patient information according to established protocols for record-keeping purposes.
- Cared for residents in assisted living facility and delivered high-quality support to meet needs.
- Assisted nurses with wound care procedures ensuring proper healing processes took place.
- Cared for clients with diagnoses such as respiratory failure, diabetes, Parkinson's disease and muscular dystrophy.
CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant 1 / operating room
University of Miami Lennar medical center
Coral Gables, FL
11.2022 - 10.2023
- I work in the operating room turning over rooms when the surgery’s are finished
CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant
Eastridge Retirement Village
Cutler Ridge, FL
01.2022 - 10.2022
- I assists residents with various activities in this nursing homes while under the direction of a nurse in charge. Also I help people under the nurses care with day-to-day activities such as bathing, toileting, dressing, playing games, reading books.
Dietary Aide
CRYSTAL HEALTH AND REHABILITATION
Tavernier, FL
06.2021 - 09.2021
- Help prepare trays for breakfast, lunch, and dinner place food on tray as to what the patient tray card says.
Education
High school or equivalent -
South Dade Senior High School
Homestead, FL06-2019
Skills
- Reliable team player
- Direct patient care
- Bathing assistance
- Compassionate
- Alzheimer's and dementia care
- Basic life support
- Bedside manner
- Dressing assistance
- Safety precautions
- Electronic charting
- Compassionate caregiver
- Patient-focused care
- Mobility assistance
- Medical terminology
- Feeding assistance
- Positioning patients
- Patient lifting
- Transfer techniques
- Urinary catheter care
- Inpatient care
- Transporting patients
- Maintaining privacy
- Trustworthy companion
- Complex Problem-solving
Certification
- CPR Certification September 2021 to Present
- First Aid CPR AED March 2020 to March 2022 Adult and child First Aid/ CPR/AED conducted by Risk Control Consultants
- BLS/CPR September 2021
- Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) December 2021 to March 2023
- BLS Certification
- Driver's License
Timeline
Certified Nursing Assistant
Oasis in the Keys Nursing and Rehab
09.2024 - Current
Certified Nursing Assistant
Brookwood Gardens Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
04.2024 - 10.2025
CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant 1 / operating room
University of Miami Lennar medical center
11.2022 - 10.2023
CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant
Eastridge Retirement Village
01.2022 - 10.2022
Dietary Aide
CRYSTAL HEALTH AND REHABILITATION
06.2021 - 09.2021
High school or equivalent -
South Dade Senior High School