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Talina DeLaGarza

Johnstown,CO

Summary

Caring newly graduated occupational therapist (pending license) with versatility in adapting to diverse needs of clients, developing targeted treatment plans to support individual needs. Well-trained occupational therapist with years of experience building personal confidence among clients suffering from varying disorders and social impairments. Systematic rehabilitation specialist with deliberate planning and thoughtful organization, developing benchmarks for individuals in occupational therapeutic environments.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Elderly Caregiver

Touching Hearts At Home
05.2022 - Current
  • Offered companionship and kindness to elderly patients.
  • Maintained clean, safe and well-organized patient environment.
  • Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
  • Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry and completed weekly grocery shopping.
  • Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
  • Entertained, conversed and read aloud to keep patients mentally alert.
  • Assisted disabled clients to support independence and well-being.
  • Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
  • Transported individuals to events and activities, medical appointments and shopping trips.
  • Conferred with supervisor to discuss patient condition and medical care.
  • Supported daily hygiene needs of patients by assisting with bathing, dressing, dental care and personal grooming.
  • Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.
  • Laundered items, changed sheets and made bed to keep patients' bedroom clean.
  • Cooked meals and assisted patients with eating tasks to support healthy nutrition.
  • Monitored clients' overall health and well-being and noted significant changes.
  • Assisted with daily living activities, running errands and household chores.
  • Provided compassionate and patient-focused care to cultivate well-being.
  • Recorded patients' pulse, blood pressure and respirations (TPRs) to assess and document important health information.
  • Built and maintained rapport with clients and family members to facilitate trusting caregiver relationship.
  • Recorded status and duties completed in logbooks for management.
  • Applied mobility assistance knowledge to safely ambulate patients in different spaces involving varying elevations and obstacles.

Occupational-therapist Student

Creighton University
08.2019 - 05.2022
  • Coordinated interventions with multidisciplinary treatment team.
  • Established compassionate and caring relationships with patients.
  • Performed evaluations and assessments to recommend best treatment for individual patients.
  • Performed assessments during treatment to determine progress according to goals.
  • Evaluated patient conditions, histories and goals.
  • Conducted physical, academic, vocational, mental and other types of evaluations to identify clients' needs and devise rehabilitation plans.
  • Customized standard plans to meet individual abilities and needs.
  • Meticulously reviewed records and referrals to determine and implement best treatment methods.
  • Consulted with direct-care staff to implement best methods to achieve therapy goals.
  • Determined best treatment plans to meet objectives for school, work and home life.
  • Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.

Doctoral Student Therapist

Institute Of Latin American Concern & Angeles De Conan
01.2022 - 05.2022
  • Serviced underprivileged/minority population
  • Overcoming cultural barriers to provide non traditional services.
  • Population, orphaned patients ages 2 – 50 y/o, with physical and mental disabilities.
  • Completed needs assessment to gather information to create and educate staff
  • Created and provide health literacy resources that could be continually used by staff.
  • Completed a self-educate diagnosis manual with most common conditions seen at orphanage
  • Created and provided an intervention tool kit aimed to facilitate staff with ideas to implement play-based functional activities for patients with sensory, ADL, gross/fine motor skills deficits
  • Completed a stress perception manual to identify and manage high stress levels in work environment
  • Additional resources provided: referrals to alcohol, substance abuse and mental health treatment facilities.
  • Delivered intensive, home-based and on-site individual, family,.
  • Administered individual non-standardized assessments to formulate needs and select appropriate interventions.
  • Promoted and modeled non-violent and trauma-sensitive culture.
  • Mentored youth to improve crisis de-escalation skills.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • Quickly learned new cultural norms and applied them to daily tasks, and improving relationships.

Level II Fieldwork Student

B, Amy Rogge and Associates
09.2021 - 12.2021
  • Facilitated interventions for children with different backgrounds and diagnoses (i.e., developmental delays, sensory integration, CP, DS, etc.).
  • Conducted initial evaluations, (re)assessments, created client centered treatments, and used therapeutic use of self to establish client-therapist relationship.
  • Use critical thinking strategies to modify existing activity and create new ones on the spot
  • Interacting confidently with caregivers/family members to debriefing and explaining relevant observations at the end of sessions
  • Advocate for personal and clients needs
  • Worked dual fast-paced outpatient pediatric clinics
  • Collected, arranged and input information into database system.
  • Gathered, organized and input information into digital database.
  • Educated staff on organizational mission and goals to help employees achieve success.

Level II Fieldwork Student

St. Anthony Hospital
05.2021 - 08.2021
  • Reported back to instructor to receive day-to-day tasks and responsibilities.
  • Communicated effectively with faculty and staff and accepted critiques and suggestions for areas of improvement.
  • Documented sessions/evaluations/discharges for each patient seen. Sent them for approval to instructor in a timely manner.
  • Collaborated with professional team to discuss patient strengths and weakness, and progress towards goals.
  • Completed research, compiled data, updated spreadsheets and produced timely reports.

Internship Student

Inpatient Rehab, Developmental Pathways for Kids
03.2020 - 03.2020
  • Reported back to instructor to receive day-to-day tasks and responsibilities.
  • Communicated effectively with faculty and staff and accepted critiques and suggestions for areas of improvement.
  • Completed observations and interactions with instructor to identify patients sensory and motor deficits in therapeutic play sessions.
  • Discuss and analyze treatment interventions for both individual and group sessions.
  • Analyze interprofessional collaboration during treatment sessions.
  • Worked on projects using knowledge gained in classes to put together recommendations for issues.
  • Built rapport with clients to facilitate trusting relationship and provide setting conducive to growth.

Level, Cancer exercise specialist

Utah State Hospital
05.2017 - 08.2017
  • During my week rotation at Utah State Hospital, I was able to see and learn how to facilitate services to psychiatric patients who were hospitalized in an inpatient hospital
  • I learned that within an inpatient psychiatric facility there are a range of diagnosis that can be treated in a group setting or individually
  • Treating a patient with mental health disabilities requires much patience, avoiding trigger words, and knowing how to gain their trust, in order for them to participate in sessions
  • Most of the sessions were pre-planned interventions/programs that allowed individuals to learn appropriate behaviors and facilitate society reintegration upon discharge
  • Inpatient psychiatry august 2020 level 1b, colorado in motion, fort collins, co hand therapy clinic may 2o2o level 1a, rocky mountain ms center [canceled due to covid-19], , university of colorado cancer rehabilitation institute
  • During a 16-week internship as a cancer exercise specialist at the University of Northern Colorado Cancer Rehabilitation Institute I learned how to assess the patient and patient information, evaluate their current health status and prescribe exercise prescription
  • All the patients treated were cancer survivors that were currently going through treatment or in remission and used exercise as a medicinal way to eradicate cancer treatment toxicities
  • As a level II cancer exercise specialist, it was my duty to monitor patient’s vitals, before and after their session, update medications in chart and verify there was no adverse side effects and made sure that during the exercise session the patients were able to execute them in a safe manner
  • To record the patient’s improvement a battery of test was performed every 12 weeks to reevaluate their progress.

Doctor of Occupational Therapy, Vice President

Creighton University Regis
01.2022 - 05.2022
  • Student Government
  • Mitigated financial discrepancies by managing budget and payroll operations.
  • Increased workflow by analyzing data and maximizing opportunities for improved productivity across several areas.
  • Spearheaded cross-functional initiatives across departments to achieve business goals for bottom-line profits.
  • Resolved issues and recommended actions based on production and compliance reports.
  • Identified opportunities to improve business process flows and overall departmental productivity.
  • Oversaw business-wide changes to modernize procedures and organization.
  • Shaped solutions and approaches by leveraging trends in customer marketplaces and industries.

CUSOTA Member

Occupational Therapy Association of Colorado Member
09.2019 - 05.2022
  • Reviewed outcomes and metrics to evaluate performance, effectiveness and impact.
  • Defined organizational problems to create and implement correction plans.
  • Attended one public hearings per month to gain community input.
  • Assisted in identifying and recruiting other board members, successfully recruiting qualified volunteers for board members.
  • Collaborated with all other members to seek involvement in policy decisions, fundraising and visibility of organization.

Ekg Technician

Doctors Hospital
12.2013 - 08.2014
  • At renaissance
  • I worked at DHR as the EKG Tech for the Respiratory Department
  • As the EKG Tech I oversaw the execution of all the 12-lead EKG’s ordered throughout the hospital including those needed in the outpatient lab
  • At the end of the day I had to make sure all the EKG’s performed throughout the day had been charged for the billing department, orders had been created, and EKG results for our Outpatients faxed to proper physician’s office
  • Other duties I was responsible for were to maintain the EKG machines, making sure they were clean and working properly, I would occasionally install a 24hr Holter Monitor on patients and I was familiarized with EEG’s and the machines needed to carry out test
  • As a DHR employee I strived to provide my patients with exceptional customer service and made sure they felt as comfortable as they possibly could during their stay at hospital
  • Extracurricular experiences/activities/services

Activities

12.2019 - Current
  • Wheelchair Rugby Event February 2020
  • Helped organize event by setting up electronic equipment
  • Directed other staff members to designated areas
  • Coordinated snacks and lunch distribution for teams

Brownsville Texas Special Olympics
03.2012 - 05.2013
  • Helped coordinate event by handing out flyers and talking to people
  • Organized sport activities for children with disabilities
  • Money raised by working concession stands.

Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - SPORTS AND EXERCISE SCIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO

Doctor of Occupational Therapy - Occupational Therapy

CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY
Omaha, NE
05.2022

Skills

  • Medical Equipment - IBM, SPSS, Bodpod, BMI caliper, sphygmomanometer (blood pressure cuff), and efficiently perform Ergometer Test
  • Volunteer Recruitment
  • Operations Support
  • MS Office
  • Computer Skills
  • Verbal and Written Communication

Certification

LSVT Big Certification - March 2021 – March 2023 First Aid, CPR & AED certified – 8/2021 – 8/2023 UNC Cancer Rehabilitation Institute 5-year Certification Aug 2017 – Aug 2022 Others

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Portuguese
Limited Working

Timeline

Elderly Caregiver

Touching Hearts At Home
05.2022 - Current

Doctoral Student Therapist

Institute Of Latin American Concern & Angeles De Conan
01.2022 - 05.2022

Doctor of Occupational Therapy, Vice President

Creighton University Regis
01.2022 - 05.2022

Level II Fieldwork Student

B, Amy Rogge and Associates
09.2021 - 12.2021

Level II Fieldwork Student

St. Anthony Hospital
05.2021 - 08.2021

Internship Student

Inpatient Rehab, Developmental Pathways for Kids
03.2020 - 03.2020

Activities

12.2019 - Current

CUSOTA Member

Occupational Therapy Association of Colorado Member
09.2019 - 05.2022

Occupational-therapist Student

Creighton University
08.2019 - 05.2022

Level, Cancer exercise specialist

Utah State Hospital
05.2017 - 08.2017

Ekg Technician

Doctors Hospital
12.2013 - 08.2014

Brownsville Texas Special Olympics
03.2012 - 05.2013

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - SPORTS AND EXERCISE SCIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO

Doctor of Occupational Therapy - Occupational Therapy

CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY

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