Patricia Byers

• Providing Emotional Support: Offering empathy, active listening, and encouragement to patients.
• Monitoring Patients: Observing and recording behaviors, vital signs, and other relevant information.
• Facilitating Activities: Helping patients participate in group activities and therapeutic sessions.
• Crisis Intervention: De-escalating potentially dangerous situations and providing immediate support.

Collaborating with psychiatrists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to implement treatment plans.
Documenting patient observations, interventions, and progress.
Communicating Information: Sharing relevant information with the healthcare team.

• Advocacy and Education: Promoting Recovery: Supporting patients in developing skills and achieving their goals.
  Advocating for Rights: Ensuring patient rights and promoting their social inclusion.
• Educating Patients: Providing information about mental health conditions and treatment options.
  

• Assisted patients with daily living activities, promoting independence and dignity.
• Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
• Promoted good oral and personal hygiene by aiding patients with shaving, bathing, and teeth brushing.
• Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate and attentive care.
• Maintained confidentiality of patient information according to HIPAA guidelines while communicating effectively with team members about critical updates.
• Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
• Ensured prompt response to call lights, addressing patient needs in a timely manner.
• Utilized proper body mechanics and assistance devices when transferring patients, minimizing the risk of injury for both parties.
• Cared for residents in assisted living facility and delivered high-quality support to meet needs.
• Implemented fall prevention measures by identifying high-risk patients and maintaining clutter-free environments around bedsides.
• Reduced patient stress levels through effective communication and active listening skills.
• Promoted infection control practices within the facility by adhering to strict hand hygiene procedures and utilizing personal protective equipment when necessary.
• Utilized therapeutic communication, empathy and active listening skills to encourage and develop positive relationships with patients.

Providing Patient Care:

• Assisting with activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, grooming, and toileting.
• Maintaining patient comfort and dignity.
• Monitoring and reporting changes in the patient's condition, including vital signs and pain levels.
• Assisting with wound care, medication administration, and other medical tasks as directed by the RN.
• Emotional Support and Companionship: Providing emotional support and companionship to patients and their families. Being a "listening ear" and offering comfort during difficult times. Helping patients and families navigate the end-of-life experience.
• Housekeeping and Light Tasks: Performing light housekeeping tasks related to the patient's immediate environment, such as making the patient's bed and tidying their area.
• Communication and Collaboration:
• Communicating effectively with the hospice team, including nurses, doctors, and social workers.
• Documenting patient care and updates.
• Participating in team meetings and care planning

Skills and Qualifications:

• Compassion and empathy: The ability to provide care and support to patients and families during a difficult time.
• Communication skills: The ability to communicate effectively with patients, families, and other members of the healthcare team.
• Organizational skills: The ability to manage time and tasks effectively.
• Physical stamina: The ability to assist patients with daily activities of living, such as bathing, dressing, and ambulation.
• Emotional resilience: The ability to cope with the emotional challenges of working in a hospice setting.
• Ability to follow instructions: The ability to follow the instructions of the hospice nurse and other members of the healthcare team

• Medications Assistance
• Improved patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based behavioral interventions and strategies.
• accurate documentation patient information, progress notes, and treatment plans.
• Implemented and established behavior strategies by setting rules, reiterating expectations, and rewarding good behavior.
• Provided compassionate support for patients experiencing emotional distress or challenging behaviors, fostering a safe environment conducive to recovery.
• Assisted patients in developing healthy habits such as exercise routines and balanced meal planning, supporting overall mental health improvement efforts.
• Provides short-term residential services for adults in psychiatric crisis. Offers a safe and supportive environment for people who need a place to stay until they stabilize and can safely return to the community. Maximum capacity is eight individuals. The average length of stay is one week. Trained staff members are on duty 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.