Yajaira Melendez
Orlando,Florida
Summary
Compassionate Nursing Assistant with experience in providing patient care within diverse healthcare environments. Strengths include assisting with daily living activities, monitoring vital signs, and delivering bedside care to patients under nurses' supervision. Previous work has resulted in improved overall patient satisfaction due to effective communication and empathetic patient engagement.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nursing Assistant/HHA PRN
Comfort Keepers Home Care
Orlando, FL
01.2025 - Current
- Maintained patient records accurately by documenting daily activities and changes in conditions or treatments
- Protected patient, self and others from injury during transfers, lifts and transports by using proper equipment and body mechanics
- Conducted regular rounds to check on patients' safety and proactively address issues
- Answered signal lights, bells and requests-for-service to assist patient services fulfillment
- Provided assistance to medical staff during tests, treatments and emergency procedures
- Assisted patients with their activities of daily living, including eating, grooming, toileting, ambulation, and hygiene
- Turned and repositioned bedridden patients to prevent bedsores
- Provided companionship to patients, monitored their emotional well-being, and offered reassurance when needed
- Observed patients' conditions regularly for any physical or mental changes and reported findings to the appropriate personnel promptly
- Demonstrated respect and regard for dignity of patients, families and fellow employees to promote professional, responsible and courteous environment
- Assisted with lifting patients to move on or off beds, examination tables and surgical tables
Nursing Assistant
ORMC Cardiac PCU
Orlando, FL
05.2022 - 01.2025
- Assist patients with hygiene, mobility, hydration, elimination, and nutrition
- Provide routine treatments and maintain a safe, clean, and orderly patient environment
- Care for patients with diverse medical conditions requiring telemetry and consistent observation
- Attended to patients with pneumonia, cardiac complications, renal disorders, gastrointestinal hemorrhages, sepsis, and monitored stable postoperative patients
- Documented patient intake and dietary requirements and aided with feeding and monitoring
- Assisted patients during ambulation and moved from one place to another by pushing wheelchairs
- Turned or re-positioned bedridden patients to promote blood flow and prevent bedsores
- Used mobility devices to transport patients
- Protected and promoted patient rights and assisted individuals to achieve maximum independence
Nurse Extern CVICU
HCA
Orlando, Florida
02.2021 - 03.2022
- Company Overview: Company Overview: Orlando, Florida
- Assisted patients with shaving, bathing, and oral hygiene to promote healthy habits and overall wellness
- Took patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse and documented height and weight
- Engaged with patient family and friends to provide courteous visit experience
- Documented patient intake and dietary requirements and aided
- Assisted patients during ambulation and moved from one place to another by pushing
- Turned or re-positioned bedridden patients to promote blood flow and prevent bedsores
- Used mobility devices to transport patients
- Protected and promoted patient rights and assisted individuals to achieve maximum independence
- Company Overview: Orlando, Florida
Medical Assistant Technician
IMA Medical Group
Kissimmee, Florida
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Company Overview: Company Overview: Kissimmee, FL
- Scheduled appointments for patients via phone and in person
- Led patients to exam rooms, answered general questions and prepared patients for physician by explaining process
- Educated patients about medications, procedures, and physician's instructions
- Contacted pharmacies to submit and refill patients' prescriptions
- Prepared patients for examinations, taking vital signs and updating medical histories
- Sterilized instruments and disposed of contaminated supplies in adherence to OSHA regulations
- Communicated with patients by phone and via written correspondence
- Transmitted physician's orders to patients, counseling on execution and addressing follow-up questions
- Company Overview: Kissimmee, FL
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
NUC University Online Division
Puerto Rico08.2023
Medical Assistant - Medical Assisting
Florida Technical College
Kissimmee, FL01.2018
Skills
- Electronic charting
- Basic life support
- Patient care and safety
- Monitoring fluids
- Personal hygiene support
- Infection control
- Companionship and emotional support
- Patient-focused care
- Vital signs monitoring
- Recording vital signs
- Catheter change and preparation
- Direct patient care
- Computer literate
- Mobility assistance
Certification
- BLS Certification, 06/01/25
- Diploma of Nursing Assistant (2018)
- Associate Degree in Nursing (8/23)
Languages
- Spanish, Native/Bilingual
- English, Full Professional
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Nursing Assistant/HHA PRN
Comfort Keepers Home Care
01.2025 - Current
Nursing Assistant
ORMC Cardiac PCU
05.2022 - 01.2025
Nurse Extern CVICU
HCA
02.2021 - 03.2022
Medical Assistant Technician
IMA Medical Group
01.2019 - 01.2021
Associate of Science - Nursing
NUC University Online Division
Medical Assistant - Medical Assisting
Florida Technical College
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