Nursing Home Health

SHANELL Y POLLARD

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BALTIMORE, MD *1218-3717

Phone: 443-***-****

Email: **************@******.***

Objective

To obtain and secure a full time position with an established organization that offers growth and advancement,opportunities where I can utilize my skills and various experiences to assist the company in achieving its goal.

Employment History

Correction Dietary Officer

05/2015 - 10/2018 Department Public Safety

Duties include: preparing meals in accordance with menus; production sheets; recipes and safe food handling practices; maintaining order and security; completion of required documents; conducting inventories; reporting maintenance needs and safety hazards; carrying out recycling initiatives; receiving and storing deliveries; verifying order quantities and product in conformance with specifications; ability to follow standardized recipes; production instructions, and calculate mathematical computations related to recipe conversions to produce acceptable quality products; and maintaining the Food Service Facility in clean, safe and sanitary condition on a daily basis. Care Associate

09/2014 - 06/2015 Good Samaritan Hospital Baltimore, MD Nursing assistants help patients with activities of daily living like eating and bathing. Nursing assistants, sometimes called nursing aides, help provide basic care for patients in hospitals and residents of long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes. Orderlies transport patients and clean treatment areas. Duties Nursing assistants provide basic care and help with activities of daily living. They typically do the following: * Clean and bathe patients or residents * Help patients use the toilet and dress * Turn, reposition, and transfer patients between beds and wheelchairs * Listen to and record patients' health concerns and report that information to nurses * Measure patients' vital signs, such as blood pressure and temperature * Serve meals and help patients eat Some nursing assistants also may dispense medication, depending on their training level and the state in which they work. In nursing homes and residential care facilities, nursing assistants are often the principal caregivers. They have more contact with residents than other members of the staff. Nursing assistants often develop close relationships with their patients because some residents stay in a nursing home for months or years. Orderlies typically do the following: * Help patients to move around the facility, by doing such tasks as pushing wheelchairs * Clean equipment and facilities * Change linens * Stock supplies Nursing assistants and orderlies work as part of a health care team under the supervision of licensed practical or licensed vocational nurses and registered nurses. Home Health Aide

03/2014 - 05/2015 Chesapeake Medical Staffing Timonium, MD Provide routine individualized health care such as changing bandages and dressing wounds, and applying topical medications to the elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities at the patient's home or in a care facility. Monitor or report changes in health status. May also provide personal care such as bathing, dressing, and grooming of patient. Geriatric Nursing Assistance

01/2013 - 09/2014 Genesis Health Inc Baltimore, MD Nursing assistants help patients with activities of daily living like eating and bathing. Nursing assistants, sometimes called nursing aides, help provide basic care for patients in hospitals and residents of long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes. Orderlies transport patients and clean treatment areas. Duties Nursing assistants provide basic care and help with activities of daily living. They typically do the following: * Clean and bathe patients or residents * Help patients use the toilet and dress * Turn, reposition, and transfer patients between beds and wheelchairs * Listen to and record patients' health concerns and report that information to nurses * Measure patients' vital signs, such as blood pressure and temperature * Serve meals and help patients eat Some nursing assistants also may dispense medication, depending on their training level and the state in which they work. In nursing homes and residential care facilities, nursing assistants are often the principal caregivers. They have more contact with residents than other members of the staff. Nursing assistants often develop close relationships with their patients because some residents stay in a nursing home for months or years. Orderlies typically do the following: * Help patients to move around the facility, by doing such tasks as pushing wheelchairs * Clean equipment and facilities * Change linens * Stock supplies Nursing assistants and orderlies work as part of a health care team under the supervision of licensed practical or licensed vocational nurses and registered nurses. Care Associate

01/2013 - 03/2014 Good Samaritan Medical Center Baltimore, MD Assists patients with activities of daily living (ADL's) including bathing, dressing, skin care, positioning, ambulation, toileting, and range of motion activities. • Assists with environmental services support such as linen management, trash removal, and cleaning patient rooms as needed. • Assists with transport of patients, specimens, equipment, and supplies as appropriate. Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality. • Communicates changes in the patient's condition to the Licensed nurse. • Contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies, procedures, quality standards and safety standards. Complies with governmental and accreditation regulations. • Obtains data and accurately documents pertinent patient information. • Participates in multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams. • Performs basic procedures, collects specimens, provides respiratory therapy support, performs and obtains EKG's. • Provides and documents nutritional support for patients. • Reports actual and potential problems concerning patients, families, staff and their departments to the Registered Nurse. Responds to questions from patient, families and significant others in a prompt, courteous, positive manner, referring them to appropriate personnel if necessary.

Security Officer

01/2011 - 12/2012 CROWN SECURITY Baltimore, MD

Security guards control building access for employees and visitors. Patrol and protect property against theft, vandalism, and other illegal activity. Enforce laws and protect an employer's property. Monitor alarms and closed-circuit TV (CCTV) cameras . Respond to emergencies. Control building access for employees and visitors * Conduct security checks over a specified area . Write reports on what I observed while on duty . Detain violators looking out for anything unusual. In an emergency, they are required to call for assistance from police, fire, or ambulance services. Some security guards are armed., Detain shoplifting suspects until the police arrive, and patrol parking lots. In offices and factories, protect workers and equipment and check the credentials of people and vehicles entering and leaving the premises. because they work wherever people and assets need to be protected. protect property, enforce rules on the proper. where they conduct . Housekeeper

02/2012 - 12/2012 Pirority Staffing Towson, MD

Perform any combination of light cleaning duties to maintain private households or commercial establishments, such as hotels and hospitals, in a clean and orderly manner. Duties may include making beds, replenishing linens, cleaning rooms and halls, and vacuuming.

Warehouse Associate

11/2011 - 08/2012 Wal-mart Store Baltimore, MD

Receive, store, and issue materials, equipment, and other items from stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard. Keep records and compile stock reports.

Housekeeper, Cleaning, Cooking

01/2010 - 12/2011 James McHenry School Baltimore, MD Assisted in classroom management such as organizing instructional material. Providing assistance in computer lab.

Providing instructional services to student under the direct supervision of a teacher. Providing personal care service as needed.

Steeped and moped girls and boys restrooms.

Clean cafeteria washed walls,table,floors,desk,took tush to the dumpster. Help wax floors and bluffed them,cleaned carpets.

Cleaned the outside of the school and playground.

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

05/2006 - 05/2008 Staffing Plus Baltimore, MD

Provide routine individualized healthcare such as changing bandages and dressing wounds, and applying topical medications to the elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities at the patient's home or in a care facility. Monitor or report changes in health status. May also provide personal care such as bathing, dressing, and grooming of patient.Pass out patients medications.

Certified Home Health Aide

10/2006 - 12/2007 Carefirst Staffing Baltimore, MD Provide routine individualized healthcare such as changing bandages and dressing wounds, and applying topical medications to the elderly, with disabilities at the patient's home or in a care facility. Monitor or report changes in health status. May also provide personal care such as bathing, dressing, and grooming of patient. Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

05/2006 - 10/2007 Newcare Home Health Baltimore, MD Assist the elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities with daily living activities at the person's home or in a care facility. Duties performed at a place of residence may include keeping house (making beds, doing laundry, washing dishes) and preparing meals. May provide assistance at non-residential care facilities. May advise families, the elderly, convalescents, and persons with disabilities regarding such things as nutrition, cleanliness, and household activities. Airline Security

04/1999 - 09/2001 Wackenhut Security Company B.W.I. Airport, MD Conduct screening of passengers, baggage, or cargo to ensure compliance with Transportation Security Administration

(TSA) regulations. May operate basic security equipment such as x-ray machines and hand wands at screening checkpoints.

Education History

Completion Date Issuing Institution Location Degree Received Course of Study Francis M. Wood High School Diploma Diploma

Certifications

Certification Title Issuing Organization Completion Date Expiration Date Certified Medication Tech MBON 04/2015 09/2015

Certified Geriatric Assistant MBON 05/2013 09/2017 Certified Nursing Assistance MBON 03/2002 09/2017

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