Sheila Howard

Skilled & Rehab monitoring patients, assisting with personal care and daily activities.

Obtaining vital signs, charting on their behavior and basic needs. Assisting with meals, transfers, range of motion and transporting patients to and from the unit.

• Contributed to improved patient outcomes by diligently monitoring vital signs and promptly reporting changes.
• Enhanced patient comfort by providing compassionate and individualized care during travel assignments.
• Ensured accurate documentation of patient information, maintaining strict confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA regulations.
• Conducted thorough patient assessments at the start of each assignment, establishing a solid foundation for ongoing care provision.
• Demonstrated flexibility in adapting to different healthcare settings during travel assignments, seamlessly integrating into new teams as needed.
• Maintained a safe and clean environment for patients by adhering to infection control protocols and standards.
• Assisted patients with daily living activities, enabling them to maintain independence and dignity.

• Assisted with patient transfer and ambulation.
• Kept accurate records of patients' care, condition, and progress.
• Promoted a safe environment for both patients and staff members by adhering to facility policies and procedures at all times.
• Provided assistance in daily living activities by dressing, grooming, bathing, and toileting patients.
• Maintained accurate documentation of patient care, facilitating effective communication among healthcare team members.

Assisting patients with their ADL's, meals, transferring , getting their weights and vital signs. Point click Computer charting etc..

• Developed strong therapeutic relationships with patients and their families based on trust, empathy, active listening skills, and open communication.
• Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing, and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.
• Enhanced patient comfort by providing compassionate, individualized care and addressing specific needs.
• Protected privacy and delivered comfort to preserve dignity of dying patient and family members.
• Promoted a holistic approach to end-of-life care by incorporating various relaxation techniques such as music therapy or aromatherapy into daily routines.

• Assisted patients with daily living activities, promoting independence and wellbeing.
• Improving patient comfort by providing compassionate and attentive care.
• Maintaining a clean and safe environment for patients, reducing the risk of infections and accidents.
• Answering patient call lights.
• Monitoring vital signs and reporting changes on patient's condition to medical professionals promptly.
• Getting Accu-Checks, EKG, I&O and charting.
• Preventing bedsores through regular repositioning and skin assessments of at-risk patients.

• Assisting with personal care and daily activities, along with feeding and setting up patients for meals, doing accu- checks. Etc..
• Obtaining patients vital signs and reporting results to nurse or physician, charting changes on behavior etc.
• Preventing bedsores through regular repositioning and skin assessments of at-risk patients.
• Collecting and transporting specimens to the lab for testing.
• Maintaining a clean and safe environment to promote patient safety and comfort.
• Appling oxygen via nasal cannula, simple masks and nebulizer masks under direction of nurse in charge.

• Maintained a clean and safe environment for patients, reducing the risk of infections and accidents.
• Monitoring vital signs and reported changes in patient condition to medical professionals promptly.
• Documented patient information and care activities in electronic health record.
• Assisted patients with daily living activities, promoting independence and wellbeing.
• Assisting with Foley care, Acc-Checks, Weights, Transportating patients etc.
• Acting as liaison between patient and nurse to report changes and/or concerns.
• Provides high-level customer service to all patients, patient's family, visitors, and employees.