Nursing Assistant Certified

Nadine Mendoza

Certified Nursing Assistant

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Certified Nursing Assistant

Olive View - UCLA Medical Center - Los Angeles, CA November 2023 to February 2024

• Providing physical support for patients or residents with daily activities and personal hygiene, including bathing, dressing, getting out of bed, - using the toilet, walking, standing, or exercising.

• Ensuring patients or residents receive appropriate diet by reviewing their dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences.

• Obtaining a wide range of information from physicians, caregivers, and nurses about patient conditions, treatment plans, and suggested activities.

• Measuring and recording food and liquid intake and urinary and fecal output and reporting changes to medical or nursing staff.

• Recording vital signs, including blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and respiration rate as requested by staff.

• Examining patients to detect issues requiring medical care, including open wounds, bruises, or blood in the urine.

• Noting observations of patient behavior, including complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses. Certified Nursing Assistant – Per Diem

Windsor Care Centers - Culver City, CA November 2020 to Present

• Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary, grooming and ambulating, turning, and positioning patients; and providing fresh water and nourishment between meals.

• Provides adjunct care by administering enemas, douches, non-sterile dressings, surgical preps, icepacks, heat treatments, sitz and therapeutic baths; and applying restraints.

• Provides patient comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transporting patients; answering patients’ call lights and requests; and reporting observations of the patient to nursing supervisor.

• Documents actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records.

• Serves and protects the hospital community by adhering to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures; federal, state, and local requirements; and jcaho standards.

• Preparing each patient room with necessary items like blankets, pillows, medical equipment, and bathroom needs

• Monitoring vitals and patient behavior and reporting them to the nursing and medical staff Certified Nursing Assistant

Rio Hondo Subacute and Nursing Center - Montebello, CA February 2019 to November 2020

• Provided individualized and friendly care for patients and residents

• Assisted patients and residents with basic activities of daily living

• Take vital signs

• Collect information about conditions and treatment plans from caregivers, nurses, and doctors

• Answer patient calls

• Examine patients for bruises, blood in urine or other injuries/wounds

• Change bed sheets and restock rooms with necessary supplies

• Provide physical therapy

Certified Nursing Assistant

Huntington Park Nursing Center - Huntington Park, CA June 2018 to November 2020

• Assisted patients and residents with basic activities of daily living

•Turn or reposition patients who are bedridden

•Collect information about conditions and treatment plans from caregivers, nurses, and doctors

•Provide and empty bedpans

•Examine patients for bruises, blood in urine or other injuries/wounds.

•Clean and sanitize patient areas

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

*Nursing Assistant Certification – Expires 11/2025

*Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification – Expires 1/2026

*Fire Safety Certification – Expires 11/2026

*Managing Abusive Behavior Certification – Expires 11/2028

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