MELISSA DESAINTGERMAIN

• Created a small community initiative aimed at helping families access grocery assistance through community donations.
• Organized outreach and communicated with potential donors about the purpose of the initiative.
• Developed the concept and structure of the program to connect community support with families in need.
• Managed messaging and communication related to the project.

• Successfully streamlined household operations to improve efficiency and maintain a harmonious living environment.

• Enhanced communication processes to ensure clarity and alignment with family goals.

• Implemented proactive solutions for inventory management and organizational challenges.

• Coordinated day-to-day household operations, ensuring a well-organized and efficient environment for family members.

• Provided personalized care and mentorship for children, fostering developmental milestones and building strong relationships.

• Managed logistics, including school drop-offs, extracurricular activities, and errands, demonstrating superior planning and time management skills.

• Maintained inventory and monitored household supplies, ensuring timely replenishment and cost-effective solutions.

• Communicated regularly with family members to address concerns, updates, and operational improvements, showcasing excellent interpersonal and problem-solving abilities.

• Oversaw organization and cleanliness of household common areas, demonstrating a focus on maintaining a functional and welcoming space.

• Problem Solving: Adept at addressing challenges with creative solutions, ensuring positive outcomes.

•Interpersonal Skills: Strong communicator with a proven ability to engage diverse audiences and foster collaborative environments.

• Conducted light meal preparation and grocery shopping, optimizing workflow and meeting the family's needs.

• Executed administrative tasks such as scheduling appointments, running errands, and tracking household projects, ensuring seamless operations.

• Providing loving and responsible care for the children of the family
• This care includes, but is not limited to the following: Meals, Dressing and Hygiene, Diapering, Potty Training, Safety, Child Health, Learning Activities, Naps, Recreation, Transportation, General Household Maintenance.

• Professional, in-home child-care provider
• Nanny for three children ages 6 months-5 years
• Cook meals/provide snacks, Dressing/diaper changing/potty training, Indoor and outdoor play, Activities and crafts, Driving children to activities/sports/classes/etc., Reading/helping with homework, Light housekeeping.

• Tutored students in high school and under
• Analyzed student’s comprehension, Set goals and improvement plans, Assessed progress and gave tests/quizzes, Improved study and organizational skills, Prepared one-hour lessons or a plan of study, Prepared activities to keep students engaged, Helped students become independent learners, Monitored and evaluated progress.

• Experience working on several different units including Spinal cord, Pediatrics, Brain Injury, Ortho, and Neuromuscular
• Maintained accurate records of patient care, condition, progress and concerns
• Monitored vital signs, such as blood pressure and pulse
• Responding appropriately to the physical, emotional and developmental needs of patients
• Assisted patients with bathing, oral hygiene, grooming, feeding and elimination
• Helped patients move in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs and automobiles
• Maintained a clean, healthy and safe environment
• Assisted with patient transfer and ambulation
• Followed safe lifting techniques and individual resident lifting instructions
• Transported patients to other areas of the hospital in wheelchairs and gurneys
• Answered patient calls for care and feeding
• Cared for clients with diagnoses such as respiratory failure, diabetes, Parkinson's disease, and muscular dystrophy
• Assisted nurses with wound care for pressure ulcers, bed sores, and surgical site wounds
• Supported diagnostic procedures, assisted with technical nursing treatments and entered information in patient records and charts
• Reported any unusual circumstances in the patients’ condition or environment
• Collects patient specimens and data, including vital signs, input/output and other delegated measurements
• Answered call lights and aided in patient comfort and safety by adjusting beds, lights, bed rails, pillows, patients’ clothing and bedside tables/equipment
• Performed direct patient care aimed at increasing comfort, psycho, social and spiritual well-being by providing assistance with personal hygiene, physical comfort, nutrition, elimination, prevention of skin breakdown, rehabilitation and safety.

• Greeted all incoming guests
• Answered phones and managed scheduling
• Managed appointments for nails, custom spray tans, body wraps, and red light treatments
• Conducted a tour of the salon answering questions, promoting memberships, discounts, products, and available deals
• Responsible for cleanliness of tanning beds, rooms, nail stations, front desk and bathrooms
• Educated customers in the effects of tanning and safe and proper tanning technique
• Maintained client records
• Provided new customers with tanning procedure and skin treatment training.