Tina L. Moss

• Provided high-quality personal care services such as bathing, grooming, dressing, assisting and feeding to ensure patient dignity
• Total care
• Daily documentation/charting regarding patient care
• Provided quality care to elderly patients in a long-term care facility setting
• Utilized PPE appropriately and followed patient safety and infection control guidelines
• Utilized safe lifting techniques to transfer patients from bed to wheelchair or other mobility devices
• Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs
• Maintain a clean, safe environment by sanitizing surfaces, changing linens, and disposing of waste properly
• Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support
• Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurse
• Gather information from caregivers, nurses, or physicians about patient condition, treatment plans, or appropriate activities
• Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as getting in and out of bed, bathing, dressing, toileting, standing, walking, or exercising
• Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate
• Turn or reposition bedridden patients
• Undress, wash, and dress patients who are unable to do so for themselves

• Hourly rounding

•Recognize and report abnormalities and/or changes in patient health status to the charge nurse

• Turn and reposition patients to prevent skin breakdown

• Oral and personal hygiene by assisting patients with teeth brushing, shaving and bathing

• Helped patients with feeding and assisted feeding, based on individual needs.

• Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and doing rounds

• Charted daily information on patients such as mobility, eating percentages, mood changes and daily inputs/outputs.

• Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, oxygen and respirations.

• Change bed linens and make beds

• Total care