Vera Hawkins
Urbana,MD
Summary
Reliable, service-focused nursing professional with excellent patient-care and charting skills gained through twenty years of experience as a CAN/CMA. Compassionate and technically skilled in attending to patients in diverse healthcare settings.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Certified Nursing Assistant
First Care Nuring
01.2009 - Current
- Administered medications and treatments, such as catheterizations, suppositories, irrigations, enemas, massages, and douches, as directed by a physician or nurse.
- Cleaned rooms and change linens.
- Feed patients who are unable to feed themselves.
- Provided patient care by supplying and emptying bed pans, applying dressings and supervising exercise routines.
- Provided patients with help walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed.
- Transported patients to treatment units, using a wheelchair or stretcher.
- Turned and re-position bedridden patients, alone or with assistance, to prevent bedsores.
- Explained medical instructions to patients and family members.
- Observed patients' conditions, measuring and recording food and liquid intake and output and vital signs, and report changes to professional staff.
- Performed clerical duties such as processing documents and scheduling appointments.
- Set up equipment such as oxygen tents, portable x-ray machines, and overhead irrigation bottles.
Certified Nursing Assistant
ASBURY METHODIST VILLAGE
01.2007 - 01.2009
- Provided nursing assistance to residents in a 120-bed long-term-care facility.
- Assisted residents with activities of daily living including helping with meals, transferring using assistive devices, bathing, dressing and grooming.
- Assisted with travel to the bathroom; helping with showers and baths.
- Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary; ambulating, turning, and positioning patients; providing fresh water and nourishment between meals.
- Provides adjunct care by administering enemas, douches, dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, and therapeutic baths; applying restraints.
- Maintains patient stability by checking vital signs and weight; testing urine; recording intake and output information.
- Provides patient comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transporting patients; answering patients' call lights and requests; reporting observations of the patient to nursing supervisor.
- Documents actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records.
- Maintains work operations by following policies and procedures.
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; participating in professional organizations; maintaining licensure.
- Enhances nursing department and hospital reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
Certified Medical Assistant
METRO HOMES
01.1993 - 01.1996
- Displayed strong clinical skills in assessing vital signs, performing lab draws and glucose checks, and providing pre- and post-operative care.
- Adhered to safety guidelines; completed hospital’s three-hour Patient Safety Training Program.
- Ensured the accurate, timely flow of information by maintaining thorough patient records and updating healthcare team on patients’ status.
- Complied with HIPAA standards in all patient documentation and interactions.
Education
B.S. - Healthcare Administration
Strayer University
Washington Grove, MD01-2022
Associates Degree - Business Administration
Frederick Community College
Frederick, MD01.2012
Skills
- Patient Care & Safety
- Medical Terminology
- Electronic Medical Records
- Vital Signs & Patient Monitoring
- Medication Administration
- Privacy / HIPAA Regulations
- Patient care
- HIPAA compliance
- Collecting vital signs
- Bathing assistance
- Vital signs monitoring
- Bedside manner
- Dressing assistance
- Basic life support
- Mobility assistance
- Feeding assistance
Certification
- Certified Nursing Assistant
- Certified Medical Assistant
Certifications Details
- Applied Career Training, Office Management, Medical Billing
- Medtech College, Certified Medical Assistant
- Cambridge Nursing Care, Certified Nursing Assistant
- State Of Maryland, Medication Technician
Languages
Dutch
Limited Working
Timeline
Certified Nursing Assistant
First Care Nuring
01.2009 - Current
Certified Nursing Assistant
ASBURY METHODIST VILLAGE
01.2007 - 01.2009
Certified Medical Assistant
METRO HOMES
01.1993 - 01.1996
B.S. - Healthcare Administration
Strayer University
Associates Degree - Business Administration
Frederick Community College
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