Sandra Betance
Princeton,TX
Summary
Compassionate caregiver with expertise in daily living assistance, medication management, and patient safety. Committed to enhancing client well-being through respectful care and individualized support.
Overview
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25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Caregiver
FirstLight Home Care of North Dallas
4100 Alpha Rd Ste 430, Dallas, TX 75244
07.2026 - Current
- Assisted clients with daily living activities to enhance overall well-being.
- Provided companionship and emotional support to foster positive relationships.
- Maintained cleanliness and organization of living spaces to ensure safe environments.
- Cooked meals and assisted patients with eating tasks to support healthy nutrition.
- Observed and documented client behavior changes for timely reporting.
- Implemented fall prevention strategies within the home environment by identifying hazards or obstacles that posed risk to patient safety.
- Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping.
- Assisted patients with self-administered medications.
- Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
- Transported individuals to events and activities, medical appointments, and shopping trips.
Private Caregiver
In-Home
17208 Village Ln, Dallas, TX 75248
02.2024 - 02.2026
- Provided personalized care and companionship to enhance clients' emotional well-being.
- Supported daily hygiene needs of patients by assisting with bathing, dressing, toileting, dental care and personal grooming.
- Assisted with personal hygiene tasks such as bathing, grooming, and dressing for enhanced selfesteem.
- Assisted with daily living activities, promoting independence and dignity for clients.
- Planned healthy meals, purchased ingredients, and cooked meals to provide adequate nutrition for client wellbeing.
- Monitored vital signs and reported any abnormalities to healthcare providers promptly.
- Drove patients to appointments and errands, ensuring their transportation needs were met safely and punctually.
- Monitored and documented changes in client health status, ensuring timely communication with healthcare professionals.
- Managed patient medications, ensuring accurate dosages and timely administration.
- Facilitated patient mobility by assisting with transfers, ambulation, and exercises as prescribed by therapists.
- Transported patients via wheelchair to and from rehabilitation and daily activities.
- Developed and maintained individualized care plans tailored to clients' unique needs.
- Implemented safety measures within the home environment to prevent accidents and injuries.
- Built trusting relationships with clients, fostering a positive caregiving experience.
- Trained new caregivers on best practices for providing compassionate and effective care.
- Maintained clean, safe, and well-organized patient environment.
- Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
- Changed dressings, bandages, and binders to maintain proper healing and sanitary measures.
- Implemented strategies to manage challenging behaviors effectively while maintaining client dignity and respect.
- Identified needs and coordinated plans for travel and out-of-town functions.
Patient Care Technician
Medical City Frisco
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX 75034
11.2021 - 01.2024
- Monitored patient vital signs. Routinely measuring temperature, pulse, respiration rate, and blood pressure. Checking blood glucose levels and reported changes to nursing staff promptly.
- Assisted with oxygen therapy by setting up equipment, helping position and secure oxygen delivery devices-such as nasal cannula or a face mask-comfortably on the patient's face. This includes proper placement of tubing around the ears and under the chin.
- Collecting urine and stool samples and labeling them for lab delivery. Removing urinary catheters and IV's and assisting nurses with minor wound care or dressing changes.
- Assisted in daily living activities,(bathing, dressing,brushing teeth, incontinence care, feeding, mobility), ensuring patient comfort and safety.
- Helping patients out of bed, transferring them to wheelchairs, and ambulating with walkers or repositioning them to prevent bedsores.
- Changed linens in rooms, keeping spaces fresh and clean for patient health and satisfaction.
- Serving meals, feeding patients who cannot feed themselves, and tracking daily fluid intake and output.
- Setting up and administering electrocardiograms (EKGs) to check heart activity.
- Prepared and maintained patient rooms for admissions, discharges, and transfers, ensuring readiness and comfort.
- Assisted nursing staff with completing daily rounds, and answering calls.
CNA-Purchasing Director
Stevens County Hospital-Pioneer Manor
1711 S Main St, Hugoton, KS 67951
04.2001 - 05.2021
- Assisting with Activities of Daily Living (ADL's), bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and feeding.
- Promoted good oral and personal hygiene by aiding patients with shaving, teeth brushing, denture care, nail and hair care.
- Helped patients with self-feeding and assisted feeding, based on individual needs.
- Mobility and Ambulation: Helping residents walk, utilizing walkers/canes, hoyer mechanical lift, sit to stand lift to safely transfer residents between chairs, beds, toilets and wheelchairs. Minimizing the risk of injury for both parties.
- Helped patients complete range of motion exercises to prevent loss of function during care.
- Ensured prompt response to call lights, addressing patient needs in a timely manner.
- Measuring vital signs, (blood pressure, temperature, pulse, oxygen level), recording weight, and documenting intake and output.
- Implemented fall prevention measures by identifying high-risk patients and maintaining clutter-free environments around bedsides.
- Prevented bedsores by regularly repositioning patients and implementing proper wound care techniques.
- Cared for residents with diagnoses such as respiratory failure, diabetes, Parkinson's disease, Dementia, Alzheimer's and muscular dystrophy.
- Participated in fun group activities with patients to boost mood, improve overall memory, and provide light entertainment.
- Transported patients between rooms and appointments or testing locations.
- Implemented inventory control measures, reducing stock levels and optimizing warehouse space utilization.
- Purchased new products and oversaw inventory stocking and availability.
- Established and maintained accurate records of purchases, pricing and payment terms.
- Cultivated strong relationships with vendors to maintain and improve levels of customer service.
Education
GED -
The University of Texas At El Paso
El Paso, TX06.1995
Certified Nurses Aide -
Seward County Community College
Liberal, KS06.2001
Skills
- Respectful and compassionate
- Dementia and Alzheimer's care
- Dependable and responsible
- Time management
- Strong ethics-Social interaction
- Meal preparation and Housekeeping
- End-of-life care
- Heavy lifting-Hoyer lifting equipment
- First aid and safety
- Elderly and Patient care
- Problem-solving
- Medication management and administration
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Caregiver
FirstLight Home Care of North Dallas
07.2026 - Current
Private Caregiver
In-Home
02.2024 - 02.2026
Patient Care Technician
Medical City Frisco
11.2021 - 01.2024
CNA-Purchasing Director
Stevens County Hospital-Pioneer Manor
04.2001 - 05.2021
Certified Nurses Aide -
Seward County Community College
GED -
The University of Texas At El Paso