SHAKEYA APPLINS
Syracuse,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
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Certified Nursing Assistant
Shiftmed
Syracuse, NY
03.2023 - Current
- Provided high-quality personal care services such as bathing, grooming, dressing, and feeding to ensure patient dignity.
- Assisted patients with daily living activities for enhanced comfort and wellbeing.
- Prevented pressure ulcers development through frequent turning, repositioning of patients, and diligent skin assessments.
- Improved patient care quality by monitoring and recording vital signs, fluid intake, and output.
- Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
- Conducted regular rounds to monitor patients'' physical and mental status throughout shifts.
- Promoted independence in patients through walking exercises or assisting them with mobility devices like walkers or wheelchairs.
- Adhered strictly to infection control policies while performing tasks such as changing dressings.
- Collaborated with nursing staff to create individualized care plans tailored to each patient''s needs.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Iroquois Nursing Home
Jamesville, NY
01.2024 - 06.2024
- Provided high-quality personal care services such as bathing, grooming, dressing, and feeding to ensure patient dignity.
- Assisted patients with daily living activities for enhanced comfort and wellbeing.
- Maintained a clean, safe environment by sanitizing surfaces, changing linens, and disposing of waste properly.
- Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
- Prevented pressure ulcers development through frequent turning, repositioning of patients, and diligent skin assessments.
- Conducted regular rounds to monitor patients'' physical and mental status throughout shifts.
- Performed accurate documentation of patient information according to established protocols for record-keeping purposes.
- Utilized therapeutic communication, empathy and active listening skills to encourage and develop positive relationships with patients.
- Assisted nurses with wound care procedures ensuring proper healing processes took place.
- Adhered strictly to infection control policies while performing tasks such as administering changing dressings.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Nurse Connection
Syracuse, NY
08.2022 - 03.2023
- Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary and ambulating, turning, and positioning patients
- Provided high-quality personal care services such as bathing, grooming, dressing, and feeding to ensure patient dignity.
- Assisted patients with daily living activities for enhanced comfort and wellbeing.
- Maintained a clean, safe environment by sanitizing surfaces, changing linens, and disposing of waste properly.
- Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
- Prevented pressure ulcers development through frequent turning, repositioning of patients, and diligent skin assessments.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Orlando Health
Orlando, FL
01.2021 - 07.2021
- Collaborated with peers and medical teams to support resident care plans, working under RN's supervision
- Monitored patient condition by recording vitals including blood pressure, respiration rates, and boy temperature
- Answered call lights to check on patients, retrieve items and call for advanced care
- Distributed ice and fresh drinking water to patients throughout shift
- Emptied bedpans and catheter bags as well as offered advance catheter care.
- Prevented pressure ulcers development through frequent turning, repositioning of patients, and diligent skin assessments.
- Phlebotomy
Certified Nursing Assistant
Medical Staffing Network
Rochester, NY
01.2019 - 06.2020
- Helped patients with daily living requirements by bathing, dressing, and assisting with mobility needs
- Documented vital signs like temperature and blood pressure to track medical symptoms and the progress of treatments
- Monitored patient condition by recording vitals including blood pressure, respiration rates, and body temperature
- Communicated with physicians, nurses, and other caregivers to exchange information about patient conditions, treatment plans and activities
- Worked alongside dining room personnel to ensure that patient's received correct meals and were fed properly.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Clinical Staffing Resources
Amityville, NY
07.2014 - 07.2017
- Provided high-quality personal care services such as bathing, grooming, dressing, and feeding to ensure patient dignity.
- Assisted patients with daily living activities for enhanced comfort and wellbeing.
- Maintained a clean, safe environment by sanitizing surfaces, changing linens, and disposing of waste properly.
- Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
- Prevented pressure ulcers development through frequent turning, repositioning of patients, and diligent skin assessments.
- Conducted regular rounds to monitor patients'' physical and mental status throughout shifts.
- Performed accurate documentation of patient information according to established protocols for record-keeping purposes.
- Changed linens in rooms, keeping spaces fresh and clean for patient health and satisfaction.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Nurse Finders
Liverpool, NY
08.2008 - 02.2013
- Performed light housekeeping, including cleaning patient rooms, and changing sheets on beds
- Emptied bedpans and catheter bags and offered skilled catheter care
- Answered call lights to check on patients, retrieve items, and call for advanced care
- Responded immediately to calls from patients for assistance or treatment and alerted medical staff to emergency situations
- Supported patients with daily activities and attending to personal hygiene, transporting patients, and assisting with walking and exercising.
Education
Nursing Assistant Certification -
Syracuse Educational Opportunity Center
Syracuse, NY01.2008
High School Diploma -
Corcoran Senior High School
Syracuse, NY01.2005
Skills
- Electronic charting
- Vital signs
- Transport patients
- Bed preparation
- Patient observation
- Mobility assistance
- HIPAA Compliance
- Reliable team player
- Direct Patient Care
- Basic Life Support
- Medical terminology knowledge
- Dementia and Alzheimer's knowledge
- Urinary Catheter Care
- Transfer Techniques
- Patient Lifting
- Colostomy Care
- Phlebotomy
Certification
- Basic Life Support, 07/01/2025
Timeline
Certified Nursing Assistant
Iroquois Nursing Home
01.2024 - 06.2024
Certified Nursing Assistant
Shiftmed
03.2023 - Current
Certified Nursing Assistant
Nurse Connection
08.2022 - 03.2023
Certified Nursing Assistant
Orlando Health
01.2021 - 07.2021
Certified Nursing Assistant
Medical Staffing Network
01.2019 - 06.2020
Certified Nursing Assistant
Clinical Staffing Resources
07.2014 - 07.2017
Certified Nursing Assistant
Nurse Finders
08.2008 - 02.2013
Nursing Assistant Certification -
Syracuse Educational Opportunity Center
High School Diploma -
Corcoran Senior High School