Leia Stewart
Natchitoches,LA
Summary
Compassionate Certified Nursing Assistant with extensive experience at Community Care Nursing Home, skilled in vital signs monitoring and patient care. Proven ability to enhance patient comfort and dignity through effective communication and personalized support. Recognized for implementing fall prevention strategies, ensuring safety and wellbeing for all residents.
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.
Professional caregiver with experience delivering patient-centered care in fast-paced environments. Skilled in assisting with daily living activities, monitoring vital signs, and providing emotional support. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving positive outcomes. Reliable, adaptable, and skilled in using medical equipment and following care plans.
State-certified Nursing Assistant bringing senior-level experience in healthcare settings. Observant and reliable with good bedside manner and excellent time-management skills to address patient requirements in high-volume care facilities. Proficient in mobility and personal hygiene support.
Detail-oriented Certified Nursing Assistant with successful geriatric healthcare experience. personable and compassionate with superior communication and rapport-building skills. Strong commitment to comprehensive and individualized patient care and education. Liaises with medical professionals, patients, and family to provide continuous top-quality care and education.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Certified Nursing Assistant
Community Care Nursing Home
08.2023 - Current
- Assisted residents with daily living activities, ensuring comfort and dignity.
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to nursing staff promptly.
- Maintained cleanliness and safety of resident environments to enhance wellbeing.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop personalized care plans.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Natchitoches Nursing And Rehabilitation Center
08.2021 - 08.2023
- 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.
Traveling Certified Nursing Assistant
Primetime Healthcare
02.2019 - 07.2022
- Provided compassionate patient care in diverse healthcare settings across various locations.
- Assisted with daily living activities, ensuring comfort and safety for patients.
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to healthcare teams promptly.
- Collaborated with nursing staff to develop and implement individualized care plans.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Park in Plano Nursing Home
03.2019 - 07.2019
- Documented patient care accurately in electronic health records for continuity of care.
- Advocated for resident needs effectively within the healthcare team framework.
- 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.
- Prevented pressure ulcers development through frequent turning, repositioning of patients, and diligent skin assessments.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Heritage Manor West
08.2017 - 06.2018
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Christus Health
12.2002 - 05.2007
- Trained new staff on best practices for resident care and safety protocols.
- Built rapport with patients and families, providing emotional support during difficult times.
- Assisted nurses with wound care procedures ensuring proper healing processes took place.
- Cared for residents in assisted living facility and delivered high-quality support to meet needs.
- Participated in fun group activities with patients to boost mood, improve overall memory, and provide light entertainment.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Helped clean and prepare patient consultation rooms to maintain hygiene standards
- Documented patient conditions and care provided, ensuring accurate health records for informed medical decisions.
- Enhanced patient comfort by providing compassionate, one-on-one care during daily activities.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Green Meadow Haven
04.2002 - 12.2002
- Served as an advocate for each patient's needs during shift handoffs or interdisciplinary conferences with other healthcare professionals.
- Cared for clients with diagnoses such as respiratory failure, diabetes, Parkinson's disease and muscular dystrophy.
- Monitored vital signs for early detection of medical issues, ensuring timely intervention and treatment.
- Improved patient satisfaction with empathetic listening and addressing concerns promptly.
- Assisted in rehabilitation of patients, facilitating quicker recovery with exercise and mobility support.
- Supported patients with personal care tasks to preserve dignity and promote independence.
- Changed linens in rooms, keeping spaces fresh and clean for patient health and satisfaction.
- 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.
Education
No Degree - Psychology
Southern New Hampshire University
Hooksett, NH05-2028
High School Diploma -
Patterson Career Center
Dayton, OH05-2000
Skills
- Patient care
- Vital signs monitoring
- Personal hygiene assistance
- Electronic health records
- Daily living activities support
- Compassionate communication
- Infection control measures
- Mobility assistance techniques
- Fall prevention strategies
- Nutritional monitoring
- Emotional support provision
- HIPAA compliance
- Reliable team player
- Direct patient care
- Bathing assistance
- Collecting vital signs
- Compassionate
- Alzheimer's and dementia care
- Dressing assistance
- Recording vital signs
- Electronic charting
- Compassionate caregiver
- Documenting behaviors
- Feeding assistance
- End-of-life care
- Positioning patients
- Adaptable
- Transfer techniques
- Patient lifting
- Urinary catheter care
- Geriatric care
Certification
- CNA - Certified Nurse Assistant
Timeline
Certified Nursing Assistant
Community Care Nursing Home
08.2023 - Current
Certified Nursing Assistant
Natchitoches Nursing And Rehabilitation Center
08.2021 - 08.2023
Certified Nursing Assistant
Park in Plano Nursing Home
03.2019 - 07.2019
Traveling Certified Nursing Assistant
Primetime Healthcare
02.2019 - 07.2022
Certified Nursing Assistant
Heritage Manor West
08.2017 - 06.2018
Certified Nursing Assistant
Christus Health
12.2002 - 05.2007
Certified Nursing Assistant
Green Meadow Haven
04.2002 - 12.2002
No Degree - Psychology
Southern New Hampshire University
High School Diploma -
Patterson Career Center