Mae Smith
Healthcare
Summary
Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level health care position. Ready to help team achieve company goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Foster Care Provider
Seeds That Grow Inc
Conyers, GA
05.2019 - Current
- Prepared and maintained individual beds and personal space for foster children.
- Improved children's health by preparing healthy meals and snacks.
- Cared for medically fragile children in need of extensive support.
- Helped reunify birth families through coordinated visitation strategies.
- Supported education of children under care through consistent attendance to school and attentiveness to homework assignments.
- Transported kids to mandated therapy, extracurricular activities and medical appointments.
- Assisted children through recovery from difficult home or school situations.
Instructor
Cumberland Medical Institute
Marietta, GA
06.2018 - 10.2021
- Evaluated and revised lesson plans and course content to achieve student-centered learning.
- Tracked student progress, frequently checking in with struggling students and identifying root causes of problems.
- Applied various teaching aids to minimize learning gaps and instruct and motivate students.
- Tested students to assess progress and adapted learning plans in alignment with performance.
- Assisted students in retaining lecture information with creation of guides and course materials.
- Increased student participation via engaging lectures and assignments.
- Developed and clearly presented classroom rules, guidelines and objectives.
- Tested and evaluated students on materials presented in workshops and classes.
- Facilitated learning with creation of engaging written and oral assignments.
Davita Preceptor
Davita, Inc & American Renal Associates
Sandy Springs, GA
08.2007 - 07.2018
- Met with students one-on-one to design learning plans and discuss projects.
- Precepted new physician assistants, mid-level providers, nurse practitioners and nurses following established standards of practice and organizational policies treatment is provided to a
- Lectured about What type of patients are recommended to dialysis treatment what time washing is used to provide a dialysis treatment what is the goal of a dialysis treatment what cycle patients medications a patient is given, can a person live a normal life style, proper skills to cannulate a dialysis patient,monitoring a patient during treatment, aftercare when treatment is completed.
- Collaborated with other preceptors and instructors to enhance student experience.
- Oversaw work of nursing student technicians and externs to educate on proper procedures and how to prioritize care tasks.
- Led classes with 2 students.
- Created and executed
- hemodialysis training program for staff and patients to achieve clinical care goals.
- Provided individualized instruction to struggling pupils.
- Contributed educational and clinical expertise to help optimize training courses and boost student learning.
- Monitored progress of each student and provided formal evaluation upon completion of clinical placements.
- Trained two students to identify signs of patient health deterioration and clinical equipment malfunction to promote achievement of course objectives.
- Coached underperforming students to help meet clinical objectives
- Directly cared for patients at least forty-eight hours each month to maintain currency on clinical techniques.
- Trained two students to identify signs of patient health deterioration and clinical equipment malfunction to promote achievement of course objectives.
- Developed and created clinical assignments to assess student skills.
CHT Dialysis Technician
Davita, Inc & American Renal Associates
Sandy Springs, GA
08.2000 - 07.2018
- Conducted equipment and safety checks on hemodialysis equipment and supplies.
- Recorded patient's pre-dialysis weight, vitals, and any new medical conditions.
- Provided in-patient care for four dialysis patients simultaneously focusing on providing clean, safe, and comfortable treatment environment.
- Recorded client data on hemodialysis flow chart.
- Monitored each patient closely during treatment to check for any adverse reactions or change in condition and reported emergencies to attending nurses.
- Started and ended reverse osmosis water systems and completed water quality monitoring tests.
- Set up and operated dialysis machines for patients receiving treatment for kidney failure.
- Inventoried, ordered and restocked equipment and supplies needed for hemodialysis treatment.
- Explained dialysis procedures to patients and answered questions and concerns prior to starting dialysis.
- Safely transported, transferred and positioned patients on chairs for treatment.
- Cleaned and connected fistulas, grafts and catheters to prevent infection.
- Performed routine quality control and safety checks on all equipment.
- Followed directions when mixing dialysate and priming dialyzer with saline or heparinized solutions.
- Explained dialysis procedures and hemodialysis machine operation to patients prior to treatment to ease anxieties.
- Set-up equipment for dialysis and primed dialyzer in preparation for use.
- Measured and recorded patients' pre-dialysis and post-dialysis vital statistics.
- Educated patients about procedures, answered questions, and provided comforting words to control anxiety and enhance procedure results.
- Gathered, charted, and analyzed patient history data and discussed key points with clinicians.
- Assisted physicians in diagnosis and treatment of patients.
- Advised patients and families on health topics pertinent to care and treatment.
- Utilized medical software to document and track patient progress.
- Monitored patient vital signs, lab results and other indicators of health.
- Cleaned and disinfected hemodialysis machines, chairs, trays, room and equipment.
Education
No Degree - Dialysis Technician
Medical Educational Development, Inc
Macon, GA 05.2001 -
No Degree - Dialysis Technician
Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission
Sewell, NJ 05.2001 -
Skills
File management
Singer, music teacher
I have been singing since I was twelve years old, because of my love for music and singing I attended many classes and work shops to sharpen my gift, that gave me the privilege to direct my first choir at the age of sixteen and today I am still studying to keep my gift at it's best.
Timeline
Foster Care Provider
Seeds That Grow Inc
05.2019 - Current
Instructor
Cumberland Medical Institute
06.2018 - 10.2021
Davita Preceptor
Davita, Inc & American Renal Associates
08.2007 - 07.2018
No Degree - Dialysis Technician
Medical Educational Development, Inc
05.2001 -
No Degree - Dialysis Technician
Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission
05.2001 -
CHT Dialysis Technician
Davita, Inc & American Renal Associates
08.2000 - 07.2018
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