Nicholas W. Nash, Sr.
*** **** ** * Duncanville, TX 75116 * 214-***-**** * ad06wb@r.postjobfree.com
OBJECTIVE: Detail-oriented, professional Nursing Assistant of the highest integrity looking to join a patient care team bringing over eight years of experience and offering my commitment to providing quality patient comfort care dedicated to patient recovery, undertaking clinical duties and clerical/charting tasks as required. WORK EXPERIENCE:
Windsor Gardens, Lancaster, TX June 2022 - Present Mansfield Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Dallas, TX March 2022 – June 2022 Northgate Plaza, Irving, TX September - March 2022 Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation, Waxahachie, TX May 2021 - September 2021 Cambridge Caregivers, Dallas, TX January 2019 - April 2021 The Willis Group, Dallas, TX September 2018 - January 2019 Comfort Home Health Care Garland, TX September 2014 - October 2016 Nursing Assistant/Patient Care Associate
● Reliable for regularly working the night shift as part of rotating schedule, quickly adapting to different duties
● Responsible for sanitizing equipment, folding linens, and stocking supplies to prepare for the morning shift
● Reliable for building trusted relationships with residents by making their comfort a priority, and exhibiting a friendly/personable bedside manner while maintaining the patient’s dignity and privacy
● Responsible for assisting patients with personal hygiene to include bathing, oral hygiene, dressing, grooming, and eliminating
● Responsible for maintaining high levels of security in accordance with HIPAA guidelines
● Responsible escorting residents to communal dining area/distributing meal trays to include tracking caloric intake and verifying that residents received and consumed nutritious meals/snacks
● Reliable for preventing bedsores in bedridden residents by repositioning/turning them on a regular basis throughout the night
● Reliable for assisting doctors/nurses in providing patient stability by accurately measuring/recording vital signs, recording intake, and providing the required information for care plan preparation
● Responsible for assisting with patient transport/ambulation
● Reliable for calming/comforting patients in distress while following established company protocols
● Responsible for recording patient information in an accurate/timely manner
● Reliable for administering enemas/douches as required
● Responsible for assisting patients and their families by teaching them assisted living techniques
● Reliable for quickly responding to calls/call lights and aided in patient comfort/safety by adjusting beds/rails, pillows, lighting/temperatures in rooms, patient clothing, and bedside equipment
● Supported duties for diagnostic and technical treatment procedures to include setting up/operating special medical equipment/apparatuses
● Responsible for providing direct patient care aimed at increasing patient’s overall level of comfort, emotional, mental, and physical well-being
EDUCATION: 1992 HS Diploma - Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School, Dallas, TX 2019 Nursing Assistant Certification - Cambridge Caregivers, Dallas, TX SKILLS: CPR/First Aid Certified, Charting, Recording/Documentation, and Computer literate with a typing speed of 35 wpm.