Sharon Dover
Culpeper,VA
Summary
Experienced CNA with over 20+ experience a strong background in hospice care, vital signs monitoring, ADL assistance, and compassionate family support. Skilled in infection control, patient observation, and calm response to changing needs. Skilled in ADL assistance, patient observation, infection control, and comfort-focused support. Known for calm communication, dignity-centered care, and quick reporting of changes to nursing staff.
Overview
1
1
Certification
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Certified Nursing Assistant
Private Client
Culpeper, Virginia
06.2022 - Current
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to the nursing staff at Hospice of Piedmont.
- Provided bathing, grooming, dressing, and toileting support for end-of-life patients to ensure comfort and dignity.
- Provided comfort-focused personal care for hospice patients in home settings.
- Repositioned patients to support skin care and pressure relief.
- Follow infection control and safety procedures during daily patient care.
- Supported families with a calm presence and compassionate bedside assistance.
- Assisted residents in walking safely, using mobility aids, with or without self-help devices.
- Assisted with ambulation of patients utilizing appropriate equipment safely.
- Responded quickly to emergency situations involving sudden illness or injury.
- Assisted residents in preparing for activities and social programs.
- Exhibited compassionate care and communication regarding issues surrounding death and dying.
- Supported non-ambulatory residents in range of motion exercises.
- Provided comfort measures such as back rubs and positioning pillows to provide comfort.
- Monitored physical, emotional, and symptomatic changes in patients to facilitate timely medical interventions.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Hospice of Piedmont
Charlottesville, Virginia
01.2019 - 01.2023
- Delivered comfort-focused personal care to hospice patients in home settings, enhancing their quality of life during difficult times.
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to the Hospice of Piedmont nursing staff.
- Assisted with bathing, grooming, dressing, and toileting for end-of-life patients.
- Repositioned patients to support skin care and pressure relief.
- Provided emotional support to families during difficult times. with calm presence and compassionate bedside assistance.
- Answered call lights promptly and responded to patient needs accordingly.
- Follow infection control and safety procedures during daily patient care.
- Maintained accurate, timely flow of information by completing thorough patient records and updating the healthcare team on patient status.
- Assisted residents in preparing for activities and social programs.
- Demonstrated compassionate care and communication to support patients and families navigating issues surrounding death and dying.
- Supported non-ambulatory residents in range of motion exercises.
- Provided comfort measures such as back rubs and positioning pillows for added comfort.
- Looked for physical, emotional, and symptomatic changes in patient condition and obtained necessary care for medical concerns.
- Measured and recorded food and liquid intake and output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff.
- Safeguarded patient privacy with strict adherence to HIPAA protocols.
- Assisted with admission procedures such as gathering personal data from the patient's chart.
- Examined and treated patient lacerations, contusions, and physical symptoms and referred patients to other medical professionals.
- Supplied, collected and emptied patient bedpans on a frequent basis.
- Exercised comatose and paralyzed patients to reduce delirium and improve physical function.
- Shaved and draped patients to prepare for surgery, treatment or examination.
- Organized and assisted residents in participating in daily activities. of daily living, personal hygiene management, feeding and ambulation.
- Observed and reported unusual symptoms and changes to the charge nurse.
- Monitored vital signs including blood pressure, pulse rate, respiration rate.
Education
High School Diploma -
Culpeper County High
Culpeper, VA06-1993
Skills
- Vital signs monitoring
- Recording vital signs
- Patient assessments
- Patient observation
- ADL assistance
- Patient care
- Infection control
- Safety protocols
- Safety precautions
- Compassionate communication
- End-of-life care
- Hospice care
- Home healthcare
- G-tube care
- Urinary catheter care
- Patient lifting
- Patient transfers
- Positioning patients
- Range of motion exercises
- Dressing assistance
- Toileting assistance
- Personal grooming assistance
- Documenting behaviors
- Clinical charting
- Electronic charting
- Patient intakes
- Family support
- Attention to detail
- Quality assurance
- Quality assurance controls
- Indirect patient care
- Vital signs collection
- Vital sign recording
- Team coordination
- Team collaboration
- Bedside manner
- Maintaining privacy
- Patient relationship building
- Compassionate communication
- Personal needs support
- Restraint application
- Specimen collection
- Valid [state] driver's license
- Team collaboration
Certification
- CNA LICENSE
- CPR Certified
- First Aid Certified
Timeline
Certified Nursing Assistant
Private Client
06.2022 - Current
Certified Nursing Assistant
Hospice of Piedmont
01.2019 - 01.2023
High School Diploma -
Culpeper County High