LaTonya Dickerson
Columbia,SC
Summary
Achieved significant improvements in patient care quality at Nancy Home Care Services by expertly monitoring vital signs and implementing safety precautions. As a Certified Nursing Assistant, I combined compassionate caregiving with critical skills in vital signs monitoring and patient observation, enhancing patient comfort and reducing fall incidents.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Certified Nursing Assistant
Nancy Home Care Services
05.2017 - 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.
- Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
- Improved patient care quality by monitoring and recording vital signs, fluid intake, and output.
- Promoted good oral and personal hygiene by aiding patients with shaving, bathing, and teeth brushing.
- Reduced fall incidents by implementing safety measures like bed alarms and proper positioning techniques.
Education
No Degree -
Lower Richland High School
Hopkins, SC06.1991
Skills
- Direct Patient Care
- Collecting vital signs
- Bathing Assistance
- Compassionate
- Alzheimer's and Dementia Care
- Basic Life Support
- Bedside manner
- Vital signs monitoring
- Dressing assistance
- Safety Precautions
- Recording vital signs
- Compassionate caregiver
- Patient Care
- Feeding Assistance
- Transporting patients
- Maintaining privacy
- Feeding assistance expert
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Light Housekeeping
- Condition Monitoring
- Valid [State] driver's license
- Observing responses
- Certified Nursing Assistant
- Care Monitoring
- Catheter Care
- Output Monitoring and Reporting
- Patient Observation
- CPR/AED
- Emotional Support
- Bedsore Prevention
- Activities of Daily Living ADL Support
- Vital signs
Timeline
Certified Nursing Assistant
Nancy Home Care Services
05.2017 - Current
No Degree -
Lower Richland High School
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