Malika Johnson

• Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing, and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.
• Maintained strong connections within caregiver community to gain continuous knowledge.
• Changed dressings, bandages, and binders to maintain proper healing and sanitary measures.
• Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
• Transported individuals to events and activities, medical appointments, and shopping trips.
• Laundered items, changed sheets and made bed to keep patients' bedroom clean.
• Maintained clean personal areas and prepared healthy meals to support client nutritional needs.
• Assisted clients with activities of daily living, promoting independence and quality of life.
• Documented detailed daily reports on each client''s progress, informing adjustments in care plans when necessary.
• Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
• Completed regular check-ins and progress report for each client.
• Assisted patients with self-administered medications.
• Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping.

Participated in professional development opportunities to enhance skill set, contributing to overall intern growth and potential future employment prospects.

• Prepared patient X-rays and images for review by dentist.
• Prepared and arranged instruments, medications, and required materials for dental procedures.
• Maintained a clean and sterile work environment to prevent cross-contamination and infection.
• Helped dentists restore teeth by applying permanent and temporary fillings and crowns.
• Created dental impressions used for diagnostics, opposing models and study casts to make crowns, bridges, and other dental prosthetics.
• Enhanced patient comfort by providing gentle and thorough dental cleanings.
• Cleaned and sanitized dental tools and equipment, straightened treatment rooms, and restocked supplies to prep for next patient and maintain health and safety practices.
• Performed general chair-side duties for general dentistry, endo procedures, and oral surgery.
• Prepared instruments and equipment for use in dental procedures, ensuring their availability when needed.
• Assisted in chair-side dental procedures by filling cavities and taking impressions.
• Monitored patient comfort and safety during dental procedures.
• Successfully assisted dentist by performing four-handed dentistry and other chair-side duties.
• Measured and recorded vital statistics by taking patients' blood pressure, temperature, and pulse.
• Assisted dentists by passing instruments, suctioning intraoral fluids, adding water, and mixing materials for fillings, and impressions.
• Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Sanitized trays, instruments, and surfaces for clean dental office setting and patient safety.

• Established and maintained nurturing environment supporting social, emotional and academic development in students.
• Attended in-service and special training courses to continually develop professional abilities and knowledge.
• Designed developmentally-appropriate activities and projects to reinforce lessons.
• Cultivated organized classroom spaces to deliver an inclusive and welcoming learning experience.
• Communicated with parents through emails, newsletters and phone calls to share current classroom information, assignments and upcoming events.
• Worked closely with fellow teachers and faculty teams to meet student needs.
• Incorporated new technologies and instructional strategies to enhance student comprehension.
• Developed comprehensive lesson plans to implement core concepts and meet educational goals.
• Encouraged curiosity and exploration of new concepts to provide diverse and comprehensive education.