Nicola Scavello

• Supervised day-to-day operations to meet performance, quality and service expectations.
• Completed regular inventory counts to verify stock levels, address discrepancies, and forecast future needs.
• Offered hands-on assistance to customers, assessing needs, and maintaining current knowledge of consumer preferences.
• Mentored team members to enhance professional development and accountability in workplace.
• Evaluated employee performance and conveyed constructive feedback to improve skills.

• Cleaned and disinfected hemodialysis machines, chairs, trays, room and equipment.
• Provided in-patient care for Number dialysis patients simultaneously focusing on providing clean, safe and comfortable treatment environment.
• Recorded patient's pre-dialysis weight, vitals and any new medical conditions.
• Recorded client data on hemodialysis flow chart.
• Set-up equipment for dialysis and primed dialyzer in preparation for use.
• Explained dialysis procedures and hemodialysis machine operation to patients prior to treatment to ease anxieties.
• Explained dialysis procedures to patients and answered questions and concerns prior to starting dialysis.
• Monitored each patient closely during treatment to check for any adverse reactions or change in condition and reported emergencies to attending nurses.

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• Set up and operated dialysis machines for patients receiving treatment for kidney failure.
• Conducted equipment and safety checks on hemodialysis equipment and supplies.
• Inventoried, ordered, and restocked equipment and supplies needed for hemodialysis treatment.

Patient Care Technician, under direction and supervision of Charge Nurse, assists with providing care and delegated activities of treatment to patients with renal failure. This position performs duties as assigned by Charge Nurse and Registered Nurse.

• Safely transported, transferred, and positioned patients on chairs for treatment.
• Explained dialysis procedures and hemodialysis machine operation to patients prior to treatment to ease anxieties.
• Started and ended reverse osmosis water systems and completed water quality monitoring tests.
• Inventoried, ordered, and restocked equipment and supplies needed for hemodialysis treatment.
• Measured and recorded patients' pre-dialysis and post-dialysis vital statistics, including weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiration rate.
• Cleaned and connected to access sites, including fistulas, grafts, and catheters, by following infection control protocols.
• Followed directions when mixing dialysate and priming dialyzer with saline or heparinized solutions.
• Performed routine quality control and safety checks on all equipment.
• Set up and operated dialysis machines for patients receiving treatment for kidney failure.
• Exhibited courtesy, compassion and respect to patients, families, caregivers, visitors, physicians, administrators and co-workers.
• Used PEARL to chart patients' progress and update departmental records with data according to healthcare documentation regulation.

Provide Support services for children and adults with special needs.

Assists individuals with disabilities to lead a self-directed life and contribute to the community, assists with activities of daily living if needed, and encourages attitudes and behaviors that enhance community inclusion.

• Offered social support by transporting individuals to events and activities, in addition to medical appointments and shopping trips.
• Assisted clients with daily living needs, including bathing and personal grooming, to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
• Kept household areas clean and well-stocked, ran errands, managed laundry and completed weekly grocery shopping.
• Gathered dietary information, assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives and support wellness goals.
• Prepared reports, kept investigation records and maintained all case-related paperwork.

• Responsible for technical management of hemodialysis or blood treatments to patients with advanced kidney disease
• Measured and recorded patients’ pre-dialysis and post-dialysis vital statistics, including weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse rate, and respiration rate
• Performed routine quality control and safety checks on all equipment
• 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
• Explained dialysis procedures and hemodialysis machine operation to patients prior to treatment to ease anxieties
• Investigated and reported issues relating to patient care or conditions that might hinder patient well-being to charge nurse
• Engaged patients with games, crafts, cooking, music, reading and other activities
• Partnered with team of registered nurses to achieve overall well-being of all patients
• Preceptor of 2 years with Ability to train New Staff and educate fellow teammates.
• Provided patient education
• Collecting patients blood samples as per orders as well as assessing patients access
• Responded to patient alarms and needs-assessment requests to identify course of treatment
• Calibrated equipment for optimal use and to obtain accurate diagnostic results
• Improved patient care, safety and compliance by partnering with nurses
• Collected, documented and reviewed patient medical histories and relayed important factors to supervising clinicians

• Assisting Nurses with direct patient care
• Providing Care for patients per their needs / Helping them to gain back their independence
• Bathing, Ambulating and Transferring immobile patients such as amputees, spinal cord injuries, strokes, hips, and knees
• Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment
• Transported patients between rooms and appointments or testing locations
• Supported ambulation and physical therapy needs by conducting planned exercise routines
• Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care
• Work under direct supervision of Charge nurses.

• Provide Quality/Compassionate care to Patients
• Checked and recorded vital signs, noting any significant changes and assisted nurses with treatment
• Protected privacy and delivered comfort to preserve dignity of dying patient and family members
• Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities
• Comforted family members, offered attentive listening and high level of emotional support
• Positioned patients to provide comfort and promote better body alignment
• Complied with all company-specific guidelines and performed hands-on nursing care to patients under RN supervision
• Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment
• Gathered dietary information, assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives and support wellness goals
• Supported diagnostic and treatment procedures, including setting up and operating specialized medical equipment
• Provide compassionate care to terminally ill patients and their families.

• Provide Quality/Compassionate care to Patients
  Checked and recorded vital signs, noting any significant changes and assisted nurses with treatment
  Protected privacy and delivered comfort to preserve dignity of dying patient and family members
  Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities
  Comforted family members, offered attentive listening and high level of emotional support
  Positioned patients to provide comfort and promote better body alignment
  Complied with all company-specific guidelines and performed hands-on nursing care to patients under RN supervision
  Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment
  Gathered dietary information, assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives and support

• Provide Quality/Compassionate care to Patients
• Helping Nurses with Patient Care/ Keeping Patients as comfortable as possible
• Turning/ Bathing / Feeding Patients
• Supported ambulation and physical therapy needs by conducting planned exercise routines.
• Assisted patients with mobility needs, including moving to and from beds, organizing wheelchairs and preparing assistive devices.
• Helped patients effectively manage routine bathing, grooming and other hygiene needs.

• Provide Patient care to critically ill patients
• Helping Nurses with P.O.C's
• Doing EKG's
• Assisting in patient cardiac arrests
• Repositioning pts and doing Mouth care every 2 hours
• Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels
• Recorded patients' pulse, blood pressure and respirations (TPRs) to assess and document important health information
• Guided and educated patients and caregivers on diagnoses, disease management, preventative measures, medication use and self-care to foster consistency in care administration.