Tabitha Everson

Improved quality of life for individuals with disabilities by providing compassionate and consistent direct support, assisted client with daily ISP goals and ADL's, provided and assisted with basic communicated skills, provided transportation, accurately recorded travel miles, ordered medications, provided daily medication reminders, monitored for medication safety, scheduled appointments, insured understanding of health providers AV instructions, provided education and resources for basic life skills, arranged and encourage daily activities within the community, minimizing risks during daily activities. advocated for client rights and ensured access to resources and services, completed daily progress notes in a correct and efficient manner, documented incident reports in a timely manner, assisted Clatsop Behavioral Health with annually updating clients ISP's, maintained a clean and safe living area for the client, followed safety protocols to maintain a secure environment, aided with budget management, encourage social and community involvement, participated in annual training to stay up to date on current practices for caring for individuals with disabilities, when needed provided communication assistance between clients, families, and other service providers to insure the best care coordination efforts, handled incoming mail, bills and invoices and completed appropriate actions, built and maintained a professional relationship with clients and family members to facilitate trust, monitored client progress as well as documented changes and reporting findings to appropriate advocates for review.

Assisted client with daily ISP goals and ADL's, provided and assisted with basic communicated skills, provided transportation, accurately recorded travel miles, ordered medications, provided daily medication reminders, monitored for medication safety, scheduled appointments, insured understanding of health providers AV instructions , provided education and resources for basic life skills, arranged and encourage daily activities within the community, completed weekly shift notes and daily progress notes, complete incident reports, assisted Clatsop Behavioral Health with annually updating clients ISP's, insured clients safety in their home, aided with budget management, encourage social and community involvement, relocated clients in affordable housing when necessary, and responsible for reporting abuse.

My Job was making dreams come true while allow the individual to have as much independence and freedom of choice as possible.

Provided caring companionship for residents. Followed resident’s ISP's and ADL's, completed all aspects of ADLs for residents such as bathing, toileting, transferring, feeding, serving meals, light housework, delivered meals to residents, and basic hygiene. Attended to residents on hospice, prepared deceased residents for final family visits and the morgue. Completed monthly vital signs, provided non-diabetic foot care, dispensed medications, administrated medications, preformed blood sugar test, administrated insulin, followed a MAR's, created MAR's, ordered medications, aided with monthly medication cycle Phil, followed DEA guidelines for control substances, followed HIPPA, faxed documents, checked med room temperatures daily, followed FDA guidelines when monitoring medications safety, labels, and expiration dates, applied treatments, provided basic wound care, emptied catheters and colostomy bags, assisted with retaining a urine specimen per nurses orders, communicated with pharmacies and providers on the phone in regards to resident care as well as medications, executed proper body mechanics, trained new hires, trained caregivers on proper medical device safety and safe transferring, trained day/evening shift on proper protocol for State caregiving standards, FDA , and Standard universal precautions.

Provided professional and compassionate care to residents, complete all aspects of resident’s ISP's and daily ADLs such as bathing, oral hygiene, dressing, transferring, transportation, light housework, skin care, meal delivery, and incontinence care. Provided wound care, basic treatment aid, complete monthly vital signs, dispensed medications, provided foot care, monitored and changed oxygen tanks daily, administered medications according to the MAR, preformed blood sugar test, and administered insulin, recorded new medications and medication updates in the MAR, answered phones, recorded messages accordingly, answered residents pagers at a timely manner, reported any new found injuries or falls to the RN, completed incident reports, documented shift notes, reported resident refusals, bathed residents according to the shower schedule, used the walk in tub as needed, used proper aseptic technique, completed daily weights, used lifts, and sit and stand mechanical devices as required per ISP's.

Accomplishments: By working at Suzanne Elise, it impacted me in different ways. It taught me skills to manage my own life. I learned life is precious so live