Shirley Evans

• Assist clients with daily living activities, ensuring comfort and safety.
• Communicate effectively with clients to understand their needs and preferences.
• Monitor client health by tracking vital signs and reporting changes to healthcare professionals and family.
• Implement personalized care plans to enhance client well-being and autonomy.
• Run errands for patient.
• Prepare meal for patient according to dietary needs.
• Remind patient to take medication daily.
• Groom patient.
• Provide companionship to patient.
• 
  

• Monitored vital signs and reported changes to healthcare team promptly.
• Maintained cleanliness and organization of patient care areas to promote hygiene.
• Assisted nurses with essential tasks, streamlining workflow and increasing efficiency in the healthcare setting.
• Maintained clean and safe environment to promote patient safety and comfort.
• Promoted a safe and inclusive healthcare environment, adhering to policies and procedures while advocating for the well-being of all patients.
• Reduced stress for patients and families through effective communication and empathetic support.
• Enabled increased mobility for patients by assisting with ambulation exercises and transfers using proper body mechanics techniques.
• Participated in ongoing professional development opportunities to stay current on best practices in patient care technology advancements.
• Educated patients on self-care techniques and post-discharge instructions, empowering them to take control of their own health maintenance.
• Implemented infection control protocols, contributing to safer hospital environment.
• Facilitated patient mobility and recovery with guided exercises and ambulation support.
• Contributed to team meetings, offering insights on patient care improvements based on direct observations.
• Assisted with administration of medications under supervision of nursing staff, ensuring proper patient treatment.
• Assisted nursing staff with medical procedures to support patient care plans.
• Improved patient satisfaction with attentive communication and responsiveness to needs.
• Provided nutritional support by assisting patients with meals, catering to individual dietary needs.
• Ensured safety and well-being of patients through diligent observation and reporting of changes in condition.
• Enhanced patient comfort by providing compassionate bedside care and support.
• Collected and documented patient information to aid in accurate medical record keeping.
• Enhanced teamwork by collaborating closely with nurses and doctors to coordinate patient care.
• Delivered compassionate end-of-life care, offering comfort and dignity to patients in their final stages.
• Assisted nursing staff with completing daily rounds, documenting vital signs and answering calls.
• Maintained patient stability by checking vital signs and weight and recording intake and outtake information.
• Completed activities of daily living for patients unable to self-care, and assisted those with limited mobility in completing tasks.
• Responded to patient requests for supplies and personal comfort items such as extra blankets.
• Facilitated personal hygiene management, feeding and ambulation.
• Transported patients between rooms and appointments or testing locations.
• Helped patients complete range of motion exercises to prevent loss of function during care.
• Observed patients under care conditions to help identify symptoms, responses to treatments and progress with goals.
• Followed directions of licensed nurses to administer medications and treatments.
• Cared for clients with diagnoses such as respiratory failure, diabetes, Parkinson's disease and muscular dystrophy.
• Provided care to patients throughout lifespan with consideration of aging processes, human development stages and culture.
• Supported needs of Number+ residents under long-term care.
• Collaborated with physicians to design at-home medication guidelines and educated patients and families on correct medication administration.
• Helped patients with self-feeding and assisted feeding, based on individual needs.
• Assisted nursing staff with patient care activities, ensuring comfort and safety.
• Supported daily living activities for patients, enhancing overall well-being.
• Utilized electronic health record systems to document patient information accurately.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop individualized care plans.
• Educated patients on post-treatment care and recovery processes effectively.
• Responded swiftly to patient needs, demonstrating adaptability in fast-paced environments.
• Monitored vital signs and reported changes to nursing staff, ensuring timely medical interventions when necessary.
• Assisted in training new Patient Care Technicians, sharing knowledge and best practices to ensure consistency in care delivery.
• Enhanced patient recovery by applying therapeutic techniques as instructed by physical therapists.
• Streamlined patient check-in process, enhancing efficiency of care delivery.
• Provided emotional support to patients and families, easing their stress and anxiety during hospital stays.
• Conducted patient education on treatment procedures and post-discharge care, promoting better health outcomes.
• Documented patient information and care activities in electronic health record.
• Delivered high-quality care to Type patients in hospital facility.
• Monitored patient specimen samples and test results to effectively alert supervisors of potentially unhealthy changes.

Worked on the Acute Care Units: Gastrointestinal, Infectious Disease, Renal as well as Stroke and Siezure, Organ Transplant and Oncology.

Assisted with daily living; Bathing, feeding, ambulating.

Changing dressings and ostomy wounds.

Inserting multiple catheters for various reasons; Intravenous, gastrointestinal and urinary.

Drew labs and collected specimans.

Draining ostomy and urinary bags.

Kept patients room cleaned.

Collected and recorded vital signs, intake and out put.

Sitter; monitored patients that cannot be left alone due to circumstances that are out of thier control and or comprehension.

Team Responsibility; Report patients wellbeing holistically daily.