Care Assistant Health

Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name Sandra

Surname Murangari

Place of Birth Mutare

Gender Female

Marital Status Married

I.D Number 08-669255 C75

Passport No. DN107000

Address ** ******** *rive

Paddonhurst, Bulawayo

Zimbabwe

Email Address ***********@*****.***

SKILLS

Written skills, Emotional Intelligence, Professional ethics, working with children check, administration, Judgement and decision making, computer skills, People management and time management, team work, integrity, interpersonal skills, adaptability, genuine personal warmth, optimistic attitude, Active listening, Attention to detail, compassion, communication skills, critical thinking, empathy, professionalism, aspirational, responsive excellence, companionship, love, kindness

WORK EXPERIENCE

Ekuphumuleni Nursing Home Care- Feb – April 7 2019 Geriatric

1) Taking patients and preparing

2) Theatre cases.

3) Keeping the sluice room clean / tidy

4) Collecting clean swabs and theatre instruments and taking dirty instruments and swabs to the theatre.

5) Taking patients for scan, x-ray.

6) Going to the pharmacy to collect their medication 7) Attending and taking down details of new admissions of a patient. 8) Making sure they have fresh water to drink on a daily basis. 9) Attending to patients’ calls.

10) Making sure they have enough linen to keep them warm throughout the night. 11) Taking care of and treating bed sores by keeping them clean to avoid infections. 12) Making sure their bed & surrounding areas are also clean to avoid cross infection from one patient to another.

13) Knowing the patients’ diagnosis by name and the medication to give them. 14) When giving medication to patients it’s important to know the strength, dose, time and observing them soon after giving them their medication. 15) Dressing of wounds with clean bandages.

16) Activate listening with patients’ call

17) Showing compassion to patients / Elderly Patients 18) Communicating effectively with patients / the elderly patients. 19) Showing empathy to patients / the elderly.

20) Doing 2 hourly turns to bed ridden patients.

21) Knowing the patients’ diagnosis by name and the medication to give them. 22) Activate listening with the patients calls.

23) Going to the pharmacy to collect their medication. 24) Attending to patients call.

25) Casualty and Emergency Department

I am currently working as a care assistant, working at hospitals, residential homes, care homes and nursing homes and community support or care homes. Monitoring client's health status, assisting service users in all aspects of their care needs physical, emotional, and spiritually, providing attention when needed whilst ensuring service users retain their comfort and dignity, adjusting care plans as needed based on clients’ needs, working with family to ensure that they are comfortable with the care plan, providing care if needed, scheduling appointments with physicians and other healthcare professionals to ensure proper treatment is being received, ensuring that the home environment is safe for the client by ordering new equipment, making repairs to items such as stairs, or cabinets, coordinating with other service providers such as physical/physio therapists, occupational therapists and social workers, assessing the clients’ needs and working with the family to develop a care plan, communicating regularly with case managers and other home staff members about the client's progress and needs, assisting individuals with learning and physical disabilities, short term illnesses, long term illnesses, chronic diseases, dementia, Parkinson's, stroke, cancer, spinal injury / brain injury, stoma /colostomy, diabetes, tracheostomy, child care, new-born, advance elderly care, observing the patient for changes in condition and reporting these changes and the patients' need to the attending nurse / physician, risk assessments, ensure clinical area is safe for practice, interventions and management of risk, assessing, implementing and evaluating their care needs, manage best practice around patient flow by providing clinical expertise and advice, working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams ensuring patient needs are met, assists the patient with the activities of daily living and facilitates the patient's efforts for self-efficiency and independence, home ventilation, oral suctioning, oxygen saturation, venepuncture, intravenous cannulation, chart-checking and recording temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, blood sugar levels, weight/height, wound care, moving & handling, personal hygiene, toileting, administering medication, providing companionship, assisting clients with ambulation and mobility around the house / outside / walks/ wheelchair/hoist by using appropriate straps/ belts in standing and movement, monitoring challenging behaviour, nutrition, ensuring fluid and food intake charts are in place for residents with problems relating to nutrition or hydration, recording special dietary, incontinence pads, commodes, completing assessments, catheter care - bags, engaging with clients for social activities and enrichment, delivering person centred care to the residents within the home, ensuring they are treated with dignity and respect. Excellent decision making, commitment to delivering high quality care, willing to learn, willing to go the extra mile, passion, flexibility, patience, motivation, dedication, friendliness, attentiveness, positivity, experience, empathy, desire to learn, going the extra mile, calmness under pressure, reliable, critical thinking, sensitivity and understanding, a desire to help people, the ability to work well with others, patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations, the ability to accept criticism, to be thorough and pay attention to detail, good sense of humour, excellent communication, organizational skills, dedication, focus, compassion, energetic and hardworking, time management, able to work under pressure, teamwork, delivering holistic care in a fast-paced high pressure environment.

Professional Etiquette

Appearance

Professional good manners

Behaviour towards the public/ patient

The religious customs of the patient

Bed making

Basic Human needs

Care of the elderly

Signs of ageing / the skin / the eyes/ height loss / post / stooping walk and arteries

Emotional tendencies / fear of death / loss of independence/ frustration/ loneliness/ attitudes / personality / introversion / abstinence/ moodiness and lack of finance

Prevention of accidents in the geriatric home

Nutrition

Elimination / toileting / micturating / defecation / excreta

Equipment used / bed pan in females / in males / urinary

Commode

Measures to induce Micturition

Ensure complete privacy

Patients drinks a lot of water

Apply a warm towel on the pubic area. Patient to be supported and comfortably sitting on a warmed bed pan

Pressure Sores

Physically handicapped patients

Observation of excretor / cleaning after use

Diabetes Mellitus / Adult onset / juvenile onset no Insulin dependent

Hyperglycemia

Glycosuria

Osmotic duresis

Hypertension

Polyuria (excessive urination) Polydipsia (excessive thirst) Polyphagia (excessive hunger)

Signs & symptoms- tingling & numbness of hands and feet/ wounds that do not heal/ sudden vision changes less cataracts

Recurrent infections

Fatigue and Weakness

Management / Diet -Low Sugar Diet / Exercise to decrease weight / monitor blood sugar levels by doing haemo check-ups.

Insulin injections/ Juvenile onset

Hypoglycaemia – High low blood sugar

Complications

Diabetic ulcer

Diabetic Retinopathy (Blindness)

Diabetic neuropathy (complication of the brain)

Emaciated patients

Unconscious patients because of immobility

Incontinent patient because of ammonia in urine.

Obese patients due to heavy weight on pressure area.

The aged due to poor blood circulation

Giving of medicines/ it must have the patients name, name of the drug, dosage, strength/ dosage

When giving medicines watch out for reactions, vomiting, rash, itchiness, blared vision, nausea.

Senile Dementia- is a broad term used for a syndrome characterised by a general decline in higher brain functioning such as reasoning with a pattern of eventual decline, inability to perform even basic activities of daily living such as toileting and eating.

Severely frail-completely dependent for personal care from whatever cause (physical or cognitive) Even so they seem stable and not at high risk of dying within six months.

Very severely frail- Completely dependent approaching the end of life. Typically, they could not recover even from a minor illness.

Terminally ill- Approaching the end of life. This category applies to people with a life expectancy +- 6 months who are not otherwise evidently frail.

Scoring frailty in people with Dementia / The degree of frailty corresponds to the degree of dementia. Common symptoms in Mild Dementia include forgetting the events of a recent event though still remembering the event itself, repeating the same question/ story and social withdrawal.

In Moderate Dementia recent memory is very impaired even though they seemingly can remember their past life events well. They can do personal care with prompting.

In Severe Dementia they cannot do personal care without help.

Passion, sincerity and a genuine concern for others.

Chronic global

Brain failure Dementia

Types of Dementia

Alzheimer’s Disease

Arteriosclerotic Dementia

Causes of Dementia

Genetic/ Neurotransmitter changes/ Vascular abnormalities / Stress/ Head Injuries/ Infections (fungal, meningitis, criptococases, infections-chronic alcohol abuse)

Intermediate Signs/ Late or severe signs

Management of Dementia

Occupational and physical therapist can evaluate/ environmental measures/ drugs/ Care giver assistance/ End of life issues/ observations/ respiration / blood pressure / weight / urine output and input/ skin colour / pressure sores / wounds/ bruises, rash/ swelling

Mater –Dei Private Hospital / Registered Nurse

- Caregiver and the patient / Community

- The body and how it works

- Toilet care

- Environment and bed making

- Dressing and Undressing

- Personal Hygiene

- Feeding and Nutrition

- Breathing

- Helping the patient with his or her feelings

- Wound care

- Medicines

- Caring for patients with infectious diseases

- Care of the elderly

- Caring for a sick baby or child

- Caring for people with HIV and AIDS

- Death and Dying

- Death and Dying and Support for the family

- The Patients family

- The caregiver and the family

- Resources and support

1) Taking patients and preparing

2) Theatre cases.

3) Keeping the sluice room clean / tidy

4) Collecting clean swabs and theatre instruments and taking dirty instruments and swabs to the theatre.

5) Taking patients for scan, x-ray.

6) Going to the pharmacy to collect their medication 7) Attending and taking down details of new admissions of a patient. 8) Making sure they have fresh water to drink on a daily basis. 9) Attending to patients call.

10) Making sure they have enough linen to keep them warm throughout the night. 11) Taking care of and treating bed sores by keeping them clean to avoid infections. 12) Making sure their bed & surrounding areas are also clean to avoid cross infection from one patient to another.

13) Knowing the patients’ diagnosis by name and the medication to give them. 14) When giving medication to patients it’s important to know the strength, dose, time and observing them soon after giving them their medication. 15) Dressing of wounds with clean bandages.

16) Activate listening with patients’ call

17) Showing compassion to patients / Elderly Patients 18) Communicating effectively with patients / the elderly patients 19) Showing empathy to patients / the elderly

20) Doing 2 hourly turns to bed ridden patients

21) Knowing the patients’ diagnosis by name and the medication to give them. 22) Activate listening with the patients Calls

23) Going to the pharmacy to collect their medication 24) Attending to patients’ call

25) Casualty and Emergency Department

26) ICU Department

27) HDU- High Dependency Unit

- Taking responsibility for the well-being of our residents, including making sure their physical, emotional and social needs are met - Leading, motivating and mentoring to your team and delivering clinical guidance and training to ensure the safe, smooth and efficient running of the care home - Carrying out assessments and developing, implementing and evaluating individualized care plans for each of our residents - Monitoring work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and conform to relevant standards, policies and legislation - Generally promoting our residents’ independence, choice, dignity and respect by delivering the very best standards of care and striving for continuous improvement What you’ll need - A demonstrable passion for caring for the elderly and infirm and a flair for helping people maintain their independence and choice in homely surroundings - A proven ability to lead, motivate and mentor a team, delegate effectively and promote excellent customer relationships - A willingness to coach, guide and support your team on a daily basis, including providing formal and informal programs of teaching to colleagues and other care professionals - A genuine commitment to adhering to the NMC Codes of Conduct and expanding your professional development.

Based Home Care-July to Sept

St Johns Ambulance Association

Zimbabwe

Rehabilitation Training

Life Saver International First Aid- July to Sept

St. John Ambulance Association Zimbabwe

Rehabilitation Training

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Eveline High School 1986 to 1990

Subject Grade

English Language C

Geography C

Commerce C

Human & Social Biology C

Ndebele C

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Progressive College of Secretarial Courses (1992-1995) Subject

Grade

Elementary Typing Pass

Elementary Intermediate Pass

Business English Pass

Office Procedures Pass

Switchboard Operation Pass

REFEREES

Mr Gotosa

The Principal

Ellite High School

Box 3897

BULAWAYO

Mr Matare

Elliot & Nephew

QV Building 1st Floor, 9th / Fife Street

BULAWAYO

Mr S. Chawira

Shepco Industrial Supplies

Stand No. 15021

BULAWAYO

Ekuphumuleni Home Nursing Care

Zimbabwe

************@*******.**.**

Matron Malemane

Phone: 071*-***-***

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