Joanna Pirsch

Certified Nursing Assistant

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Hampshire IL, 60140

773-***-****

ad48yd@r.postjobfree.com

SKILLS

●CNA certified since March 22, 2018.

●CPR training and First Aid certified, last completed March 2023.

●Currently valid driver's license, auto insured, has reliable vehicle.

●Great communicator, detail oriented, good at updating patient status to nurses in a timely manner, compassionate and caring to patients and family members, great at self scheduling, flexible with schedule and excellent at time management.

●Proficient at charting, using lifts, patient ambulation, hygiene care, grooming, dressing, positioning, ROM, feeding, comforting patients verbally and through other comfort care measures.

●Fluent in speaking Polish. Also, fluent in reading, writing and speaking college level English.

EXPERIENCE

Gentiva Hospice, Arlington Heights- Hospice CNA

December 2019 - Current

●Provide comfort care at patients' place of living such as homes and facilities.

●Visiting patients, bathing, grooming, feeding, clothing, transferring, assisting nurses with patient care and procedures, and providing end of life care for patients with compassion while supporting family.

●Communicating to nurses and case managers regarding pt status change, communicating with family and facility nurses regarding patient needs.

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge- Float NCT

April 2021 - April 2022

●Checked vital signs, glucose checks and swiftly reported to supervising RN.

●Provided safe patient care, help with ADLs, ambulation and monitoring of patients.

●Ensured detailed charing on epic, application of telemetry monitoring and set up patients for tests with supervision of RN.

Fresenius, Mount Prospect- Dialysis Technician

January 2019 - December 2019

●Provide patient care during dialysis therapy, admit and discharge patients, act via protocol during patient emergencies and help as well as resolve patients needs.

●Provide safe and effective dialysis therapy under the supervision of a certified RN during treatment.

●Set up hemodialysis machines, initiate solution delivery systems, bleach dialysis machines and systems.

Northshore Hospital, Glenview- Patient Care Technician

July 2018 - December 2019

●Providing daily care to patients including ordering food, toileting, bathing, and monitoring confused patients.

●Charting in epic, admitting patient to floor, checking vital signs, setting up tele-monitoring, removing IV catheters, and performing ECG tests.

Self Employed, Des Plaines- Caregiver

August 2017 - January 2018

●Provided my mother with daily care pre and post open heart surgery.

●Helped her with toileting, cooking, cleaning, showering, and keeping her company 24/7.

EDUCATION

Jethro Healthcare School and Placement Services LLC, Des Plaines-Dialysis Technician Class Completed

October 2018 - December 2018

●Clinicals completed at Loyola University Medical Center

Polish American Association, Chicago - CNA

October 2017 - February 2018

Polish American Association, Chicago - Computer Basics Course

Completed: December 2011

Policealne Studium Zawodowe, Krakow Poland - Associate's Degree Liberal

September 1993 - June 1996

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