Assistant Home Health
Resume:
Lisa R. Benson
Duluth Ga, 30096
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Profile
Certified Nursing Assistant
Motivated, quality oriented professional with a solid career background
and training as a Certified Nursing Assistant. I have trained, and obtained
positions as a nursing assistant, and a residential skilled trainer for
companies in need of Caregivers. I am familiar with ombudsman when
understanding patient care and patients' rights to privacy in the health
field. I have comprehensive knowledge of the rules and regulations with the
Health Insurance Accountability Act. Detailed knowledge and background on
medical records to ensure confidentiality is maintained, documentation,
processing and maintaining patient care, and confidentiality. I have cared
for patients under inpatient services, outpatient services and home health
care maintaining community living arrangements for people with Intellectual
Disabilities, Autism, Down syndrome, Alzheimer's disease and needing
Rehabilitation. In a professional manner I am consistent with managing and
keeping clients abreast with Activities of Daily Living. Able to work
independently, efficiently, with empathy, caring and understanding of the
needs each client has on a daily basis. I am flexible and versatile, able
to maintain a sense of humor under pressure. Poised and competent with
demonstrated ability to easily transcend cultural differences, with
excellent team building skills
Summary of Qualifications
Education and Training
Certified Nursing Assistance Program
04/12 -06/2014 Active GA
Certified Nursing Assistant
Experience
Duluth Medical Services Duluth,
GA
September 2013- Present
Patient Care Assistant
. Activity of Daily Living
. Assistance with Dressing
. Assistance with Bathing
. Assistance with Oral Hygiene,
. Recording of Vital Signs per MD Orders
. Hands on Assistance with Transfers
. Hands on Assistance with Walking
. Medication Reminders
. Assistance with getting in and out of Bed
. Meal Preparation
. Light Housekeeping
. Grocery Shopping
. Laundry Assistance
. Errands
. Transportation to Doctors Appointments
. Maintain Safety
. Transportation
Scepter Health & Rehabilitation CNA/ Unit Clerk
Snellville, GA
04/2013-06/2013
As a CNA you have to attend to each patient in every aspect of the job to
adhere to all rules and regulations. Give a good quality of patient care,
and patient safety
. Provides patients' personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals,
baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves; assisting 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, non sterile
dressing's ice packs, heat treatments, sitz and therapeutic
baths.
. Maintains patient stability by checking vital signs and weight;
testing urine; recording intake and output information, and
eating habits.
. 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.
. Protects organization's value by keeping patient information
confidential.
. Serves and protects the hospital community by adhering to
professional standards, hospital policies and procedures,
federal, state, and local requirements, and JCAHO standards.
. Updates job knowledge by participating in educational
opportunities; reading professional publications; participating
in professional organizations; maintaining licensure.
As a Unit Clerk you have to facilitate all departments throughout the
facility having good reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing
new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job
accomplishments.
. Handle all the paperwork that is generated in the nursing unit and
they also handle other paperwork like billing, insurance papers, etc.
. File patient information stated in nursing charts
. Ensure correct records of all the doctor's orders for the patient to
maintain accurate records
. Store files of each patient in the relevant unit so it is easier to
track the records when the patient visits the hospital again
. Adhere to facility software to train the new clerks on using the
software
. Coordinate with all the nurses and doctors in each unit
. Monitor the paperwork for the nurses that work each unit
. They handle all the internal communication between the hospitals, and
outpatient services, and send orders to pharmacy
. Report all issues to Director or Nursing
Synergy Home Health Care Alpharetta, GA
12/2012-04/2013
Patient Care Assistant
. Activity of Daily Living
. Assistance with Dressing
. Assistance with Bathing
. Assistance with Oral Hygiene,
. Recording of Vital Signs per MD Orders
. Hands on Assistance with Transfers
. Hands on Assistance with Walking
. Medication Reminders
. Assistance with getting in and out of Bed
. Meal Preparation
. Light Housekeeping
. Grocery Shopping
. Laundry Assistance
. Errands
. Transportation to Doctors Appointments
. Maintain Safety
. Transportation
Path Incorporation Philadelphia, PA
07/2005-10/2011
Residential Skills Trainer/Home Health Care
Support individuals with Intellectual Disabilities by providing assistance
and training in all areas of daily living in group home settings.
. Hygiene, Grooming
. Care of clothing and laundry
. Nutritional cooking, dietary needs, meal preparation, menu
development, grocery shopping
. Maintaining household cleaning
. Manage household budgets for banking, budgeting comparative shopping
and eating out accordance to the company's policy and procedures
. Recreation and leisure activities
. Using appropriate social skills
. Utilizing various modes of transportation for all Community Integrated
Activities
. Being aware of the use of community resources
. Support individual's care plans
. Attending annual meetings for client goals
. Attending monthly team meetings
. Assuring each individual's rights are respected
. Documentation of each client's daily outcome
. Completing monthly reports in a timely manner
. Supporting individual's independence as defined in independence time
summary and program plan
. Support individual's in their home with household purchases, preparing
meals, household cleaning and self-medication or administering
medication
. Report and communicate with Supervisor's on an ongoing basis
. Report to LPN any change in activity or mental wellness
. Report input and raise any questions concerning a client's well being
. Give timely feedback and remain open and understand rationale for
decisions made during the course of a day
. Maintaining high morale and work with team members and other
departments
Training
Acquired to maintain 24 hours of training annually
Medication Administration and annual review
Fire and Safety, First Aid, Infection Control, Crisis Intervention,
Diabetes Certification as Needed, CPR
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