Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Languages
References
Timeline
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Melissa Castaneda

Lubbock,Texas

Summary

Compassionate Certified Nursing Assistant working in a fast paced facility in a hospital setting. Excel in communication,empathy,time management and customer service. Possess strong clinical skills such as vital sign monitoring,patient hygiene assistance and taken care of bed bound patients and there needs and maintaining relationships with patients and family members. Preforming Team Work with nurses and all staff.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

CNA/PCA

Covenant Specialty Hospital
Lubbock, Texas
06.2006 - Current
  • Provided assistance with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing and grooming. Assisting with incontinence care for patients that are bed bound.
  • Performed vital sign assessments, such as taking blood pressure and temperature and blood sugars.
  • answering call lights ,getting charts together, answering phone calls and taking messages. relating messages to nurses, putting in orders and checking for orders, assisting with directions for family members

Education

GED -

Matthews Learning Center
Lubbock, TX
06-2017

Skills

  • Compassionate communication
  • Feeding Assistance
  • Toileting assistance
  • Maintaining confidentiality
  • Dressing assistance
  • Basic Life Support
  • Patient Care
  • Vital signs monitoring
  • Transporting patients
  • Documenting behaviors
  • Patient-focused care
  • Medical terminology knowledge
  • Indirect Patient Care
  • Vital sign recording
  • Direct Patient Care
  • Mobility Assistance
  • Conducting intakes
  • Collecting specimens
  • Electronic Charting
  • HIPAA Compliance
  • Safety Precautions
  • Companionship and emotional support
  • End of life care
  • Supporting personal needs
  • Admitting support
  • Compassion and Empathy
  • Quality Assurance
  • Monitoring fluids
  • Assisting with wound care
  • Assisting nures

Certification

  • BLS

Languages

English
Professional
Spanish
Elementary

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

CNA/PCA

Covenant Specialty Hospital
06.2006 - Current

GED -

Matthews Learning Center
Melissa Castaneda