LAWRENCE NGANGA
Federal Way
Summary
Diligent CNA Caregiver with background in providing compassionate patient care and assistance with daily activities. Successfully supported medical teams in delivering high-quality healthcare services. Demonstrated exceptional communication and patient management skills, ensuring comfort and well-being.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
CNA
CLIP BOARD
Seattle, WA
05.2025 - Current
- Provided direct patient care, including assistance with daily living activities and mobility.
- Monitored vital signs, ensuring timely reporting of changes to nursing staff for prompt intervention.
- Cared for residents in assisted living facility and delivered high-quality support to meet needs.
- Administered prescribed medications under the supervision of a registered nurse, ensuring adherence to safety protocols.
- Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
- Promoted good oral and personal hygiene by aiding patients with shaving, bathing, and teeth brushing.
- Utilized proper body mechanics and assistance devices when transferring patients, minimizing the risk of injury for both parties.
Caregiver
COMMUNITY INTERGRATED SERVICES (CIS)
Federal Way, Washington
05.2023 - 06.2025
- Assisting nurses in triaging and managing the medical and behavioral health needs of patients in the Evaluation and Treatment and/or Secure Withdrawal Management units at Recovery Place in auburn
- Provide feedback and recommendations to care team regarding behavioral aspects of patient interdisciplinary care plans and patient service improvements
- Assist in the detection and proactive intervention with patients at-risk for behavioral escalation
- Conduct front-line patient care to include the taking and recording of pertinent medical information as delegate by nursing staff, to include vital signs, blood pressure, temperature.
- Assisting clients with basic activities of daily living tasks, supervising bathing, toileting, dish washing cooking.
- Observe and influence patient’s behavior with therapeutic interventions in the milieu by means of conflict resolution, communicating and interacting, initiating therapeutic activities, and utilizing varietal non-violent de-escalation skills.
- Assisting nurses with admissions and discharge processes and interfacility transfers to include belongings inventory, transmission and gathering of records, compiling patient charts, assisting patients as delegated.
- Provide 1:1 sitting for patients who are behaviorally escalated, have a history of behavioral concerns, who are attending court on-site, and/or who are currently in seclusion and/or restraint.
Caregiver
ACTRIV HEALTHCARE
02.2021 - 12.2022
- Assist residents with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, eating, transferring, and mobility.
- Engage residents in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
- Responds to all resident needs and/or requests for care promptly and provides or obtains assistance.
- Keep the environment safe and clean for residents.
- Always observe and uphold resident rights.
- Observe residents for changes in physical, emotional, mental, or behavioral condition, unusual symptoms, accidents, injuries, or unusual occurrences, and report promptly to a licensed nurse.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Frequent and routine aerosol misting of viral disinfectant in the community.
- Continuously evaluating conditions and making improvements to our COVID-19 prevention and response
Caregiver
CIDER CREST AFH
King County, Washington
05.2020 - 04.2021
- Providing continuous patient care, supervision, interaction, and role modeling to patients ranging in age from adolescents through geriatrics, depending on assigned unit.
- Facilitate structured group activities and assist with milieu management to ensure excellent patient care.
- First point of contact for patients and ongoing contact thereafter with emphasis on safety
- Escort patients to/from meals and outdoor breaks and monitor accordingly.
- Take vital signs.
- Complete patient wellness checklist and chart additional information as needed.
- Answer phones
- Escort visitors to see patients.
- Provide updates to family/friends who are authorized for such updates.
SYNERGY HOMECARE
12.2019 - 04.2020
- Delivering exceptional care to the dedicated client in their home
- Helping execute comprehensive personalized weekly schedules and care plans.
- Completing daily tasks in a safe and professional manner (ADLs)
- Supplying personal companionship, remaining actively engaged with each client by providing ongoing social & emotional support.
- Assisting with personal care activities to include personal hygiene, mobility assistance, incontinence care, light housekeeping, feeding and meal preparation.
- Keeping order, safety and client enjoyment top of mind always
- Providing transportation to and from appointments as needed
- Administrative functions such as documentation of completion of tasks and report changes in the client’s physical condition, mental capability or behavior
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
Daystar University
Nairobi,Kenya06-2012
Skills
- Time management
- Patient care
- Vital signs monitoring
- Compassion and empathy
- Dressing assistance
- Patient transfers
- Medication administration
Certification
- CNA - Certified Nurse Assistant
- HCA-Certified
- Dementia Specialty Training
- Nurse Delegation Diabetes
- Nurse Delegation Core
Languages
English
Full Professional
Swahili
Full Professional
Timeline
CNA
CLIP BOARD
05.2025 - Current
Caregiver
COMMUNITY INTERGRATED SERVICES (CIS)
05.2023 - 06.2025
Caregiver
ACTRIV HEALTHCARE
02.2021 - 12.2022
Caregiver
CIDER CREST AFH
05.2020 - 04.2021
SYNERGY HOMECARE
12.2019 - 04.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
Daystar University