Hard-working professional with 19+ years of experience and a proven knowledge of acute care facility. Aiming to leverage my skills to successfully fill the Healthcare role at your company.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
License Practical Nurse
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center
09.2023 - Current
Improved patient outcomes by administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and documenting relevant information.
Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure continuous quality improvement in patient care delivery.
Input i/o, bath and feed patients, and help assistant nurses with dressing change
Help patients with activity daily living
Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.
Change bed linens or make beds.
Nursing Assistant
Highsmith Rainey Speciality Hospital
11.2014 - 12.2019
Work under the direction of a licensed nurse.
Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.
Apply clean dressings, slings, stockings, or support bandages, under direction of nurse or physician.
Change bed linens or make beds.
Collect specimens, such as urine, feces, or sputum.
Feed patients or assist patients to eat or drink.
Gather information from caregivers, nurses, or physicians about patient condition, treatment plans, or appropriate activities.
Measure and record food and liquid intake or urinary and fecal output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff.
Observe or examine patients to detect symptoms that may require medical attention, such as bruises, open wounds, or blood in urine.
Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, standing, walking, or exercising.
Record height or weight of patients.
Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff.
Restock patient rooms with personal hygiene items, such as towels, washcloths, soap, or toilet paper.
Turn or reposition bedridden patients.
Exercise patients who are comatose, paralyzed, or have restricted mobility.
Foley insert, and straight cath.
Trach care
Medication Aide
Bladen East Rehab
05.2017 - 07.2019
Under supervision of an License Nurse.
Manage daily medications and ensure they are given to the patients.
Record medication dosages and times the should be administered.
Observe patients and document any changes
Laundry, Put up clothes in patient room, Activity daily living for Patients.
Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming.
Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert.
Administer prescribed oral medications, under the written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse or aide, and ensure patients take their medicine.
Change dressings.
Nursing Assistant
Primary Choice Home Care
02.2013 - 06.2015
Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager.
Check patients' pulse, temperature, and respiration.
Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming.
Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care.
Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert.
Administer prescribed oral medications, under the written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse or aide, and ensure patients take their medicine.
Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets.
Accompany clients to doctors' offices or on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, assistance, and companionship.
Direct patients in simple prescribed exercises or in the use of braces or artificial limbs.
Perform a variety of duties as requested by client, such as obtaining household supplies or running errands.
Nurse Assistant
B J Professional
06.2005 - 04.2007
Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager.
Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care.
Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert.
Administer prescribed oral medications, under the written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse or aide, and ensure patients take their medicine.
Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets.
Accompany clients to doctors' offices or on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, assistance, and companionship.