Michelle Desamour
Pomona,NY
Summary
Proficient and caring nursing team member offering outstanding patient-facing experience. Adept at addressing patient needs with compassionate care and attention to detail. Diligent about maximizing satisfaction, safety and wellness while serving patients of all backgrounds.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Licensed Practical Nurse
Buckingham Care & Rehabilitation
06.2022 - Current
- Record patient’s medical history accurately
- Take and record measurements of blood pressure, temperature, heart rate etc
- Observe patients under treatment to identify progress, side effects of medication
- Monitor patient’s condition including fluid intake and output and compose patients’ charts
- Administer injections, prescribed medications, enemas, clean and wound dress, ensuring patients are healing properly, and assist other basic medical care
- Collect samples for Lab testing as assigned
- Performing ongoing assessment of resident’s physical and mental health
- Evaluate patient’s well-being, reporting any needs to medical staff
- Administering quality skilled nursing in compliance with care plan, physician’s orders and personal observations
- Assist Nurse management with environmental safety and crisis management for the patient
- Observe, record, and report changes in patient’s condition to registered nurse, advanced practice registered nurse or physicians
- Maintain safety standards and infection control procedures.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Buckingham Care & Rehabilitation
10.2009 - 05.2022
- Answered call lights, bells or intercom systems to determine resident’s needs
- Facilitated activities of daily living, personal hygiene, feeding and ambulation
- Assisted patients with shaving, bathing and oral hygiene to promote healthy habits and overall wellness
- Turned and repositioned residents using proper body mechanics to prevent pressure ulcer
- Used mobility devices to transport patients, helped residents walk with or without self-help devices
- Maintained accurate, timely flow of information by completing patient’s record, and updating healthcare team on patient status
- Supported non ambulatory residents in range of motion exercises
- Documented activities and recorded information in EMR system
- Looked for physical, emotional and symptomatic changes in patient condition and obtained necessary care for medical concerns.
Patient Care assistant
Englewood Health and Medical Center
10.2017 - 06.2021
- Assisted patients with activities daily living, such as bathing, dressing, and oral hygiene
- Promoted patients comfort by quickly responding to calls light, or intercom system to determine patients with needs
- Documented accurately patient’s intake ant output
- Obtained patient’s vital signs and reported to staff nurse to identify changed from prior measurements
- Ambulated patients with appropriate assistive devices and in line with proper body mechanics
- Provided care, comfort and emotional support to children and adolescents facing serious illnesses and medical procedures
- Supported youth and adolescent’s patients in coping with medical procedures and treatments.
Education
Practical Nursing -
Essential School of Nursing
Miami, FL01.2022
High School Diploma -
College Martin Luther King Junior
Cap Haitian, Haiti01.1992
Skills
- Teamwork
- Leadership skills
- Critical thinking ability
- Understanding of confidentiality obligations and nursing best practices
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Compassionate and empathy
- Willing to experience and try new things
- Medication Administration
- Vital signs monitoring
- Direct Patient Care
- HIPAA Compliance
- Compassionate Care
- Clinical Documentation
- Vital signs
- Geriatric Care
- Clinical judgment
- Medication Dispensing
- Documentation accuracy
- Patient Care
- Family Communication
- Catheter Care
- Breathing Treatments
- EMR / EHR
- Patient Intake
- Caregiving skills
- Writing reports
- Certified in CPR/AED
- Patient Charting
- Dementia Knowledge and Care
- Strong Clinical Judgment
- Intravenous Medications
- Infection Control
- Specimen Collection
- Patient Observation
- Procedure Explanation
- Wound Dressing and Suturing
- Documenting intake
Certification
- Certified Nursing Assistant, New Jersey, NA81701190C, 06/01/25
- Basic Life support, 245412843155, 10/01/25
- Licensed Practical Nurse, Florida, PN 5256897, 07/01/25
Timeline
Licensed Practical Nurse
Buckingham Care & Rehabilitation
06.2022 - Current
Patient Care assistant
Englewood Health and Medical Center
10.2017 - 06.2021
Certified Nursing Assistant
Buckingham Care & Rehabilitation
10.2009 - 05.2022
Practical Nursing -
Essential School of Nursing
High School Diploma -
College Martin Luther King Junior
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