Charisse Taylor

Seeking a career that will utilize my experience and allow for growth and opportunity. Justice, IL

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Provides morning, evening and/ night care, which may include bed bath, oral hygiene, shampooing and combining hair, back and nail care, shaving, dressing patient, changing bed linen, cleaning over bed table and bedside stand, straightening room, and other general care as needed throughout the day. Provides general nursing care such as positioning patients; lifting and turning patients; applying/ utilizing special equipment; assisting in use of bedpan, urinal or commode; ambulating the patient; preoperative and postoperative care; and application of abdinal binders. Takes and records temperature, pulse, respiration, weight, height, blood pressure, calorie counts, and in take/output measurements.

Prepares patients for meals, severs and removes food trays, and assists with meals or feed patients. Assist in and accompanies patients in the admission, transfer, and discharge procedures. Distributes drinking water and other nourishment to patients. Performs general care activities for patients in isolation. Answers patients call lights, anticipates patients needs, and makes rounds on assigned patients. Assist patients with handling clothing and other personal property(including dentures, glasses, contact lenses, hearing aids, prosthetic device) throughout there hospital stay. Transport patients to and from various departments as requested. Assists in maintaining a safe and clean environment by cleaning Utility Rooms, cleaning equipment and preparing for disinfection or sterilization, reporting equipment that is out of order, reporting other problems to Clinical Manager/Supervisor, appropriate handling of clean and dirty linen and storing supplies on the unit. Rehab tech experience as well 2 years. Willing to relocate: Anywhere

Authorized to work in the US for any employer

Work Experience

Nursing Assistant

Nurse Agency - Chicago, IL

May 2020 to Present

Working at the University of Chicago Hospital taking vitals, checking accrue checks, assisting patients to bathroom or commodes or bed pans, checking daily weights, answering call lights assisting nurses with admissions, charting, on patients, also some days sitting with mental behavior patients or fall risks patients.

Bria of strive

Rehabilitation Health Facility - Palos Hills, IL

April 2014 to February 2022

Provide personal Care, taking vitals, passing trays, transfers with lifts, help with rehabilitation, help nurses with assessments, charting on every patient, helping nurses with wound care. Help with admissions, checking blood sugars, bladder scans as needed, making rounds frequently making sure patients are dry an well, turning patients every two hours thus that are needed. Assist patients with bathing, provide patients with bed pans commode or urinal as needed, assist patients with EKG monitors assist patients with clothing provides patients with wheelchairs or walkers as needed assistant patients in there discharge.

Certified Nursing Assistant

LaRabida Children's Hospital - Chicago, IL

May 2020 to October 2021

Get report from previous shift, take patients vitals charting every two hours on each patients make sure all patients are dry and well assist patients with showers and changing of clothes or pajamas answer all call lights, assist nurse with admission to the floor assist patients with transfers as needed, reposition patients every two hours as needed.make sure all patients needs are fulfilled. Rehab Technician

Select Rehabilitation - Palos Hills, IL

June 2017 to August 2019

Does patients schedule's as well as PT'S an OT's schedule's up date projection print out the medical diagnos for doctors to sign transport patients to an from there rooms for therapy assist therapist with patients keep all equipment clean an stack.

Patient Care Technician

Thorek Memorial Hospital - Chicago, IL

April 2016 to August 2017

Thorek Memorial Hospital I work as a patient care technician in the med-surf unit as well as the Psych unit. In the med-surf unit we had to chart on every patient every 2 hours do vitals connector EKG machines monitor their EKG machines report any changes to the nurses make sure all patients was dry and well answer call lights assist to an from bathroom supply all patients with ice water assist the nurse with anything that's needed. Psych unite I had to take vitals an assist my patients as needed also monitor every patient an chart an report any changes on all patients. Bria of Forest Edge

Nursing Rehabilitation - Chicago, IL

June 2013 to July 2017

Provide personal Care, shaving, grooming, bathing,taking vitals, charting,making sure patients are dry an well, passing trays feeding, transfers with lifts.also working with the mental health. Wound Care Technician

Bria of Forest Edge - Chicago, IL

January 2015 to February 2017

assisting the wound care nurse with cleaning the patients cleaning the supplies assisting her with the patients far as bandaging the patients wounds cleaning the patients wounds, paperwork and making sure her cart is clean an filled with all the supplies as needed also sterile an clean all supplies thats needed. Certified Nursing Assistant/ Central supply

California Gardens Nursing home - Chicago, IL

April 2005 to February 2013

Provide morning, evening and/ night care which may include bed bath, oral hygiene, shampooing, shaving and combing hair, nail and back care, changing bed linen cleaning over bed table and bedside stand, straightening room and other general care as needed throughout the day.applying/ utilizing special equipment; assisting in use of bed pan urinal or commode; ambulating the patients. Take and records temperature, pulse, respiratory, weight, height. blood pressure and measurements. Assist in and accompanies patients in the admission transfers, and discharge, Distributes drinking water and other nourishments to patients, answer patients call lights anticipates patients needs, make rounds on assigned patients.

Assist in maintaining a safe and clean environment by cleaning Utility Rooms, cleaning equipment and preparing and preparing for disinfection or sterilization, report equipment that is out of order. Assist patients with handling clothing and personal property ( including dentures, glasses, contact lenses, hearing aids) .walking and assisting patient with walkers and wheelchair.also part time receptionist on nights,also 5 years working on the mental health unit. Education

Associate in physical therapy assistant

Daley College - Chicago, IL

October 2019 to Present

Diploma in computer, Microsoft

South Shore High School - Chicago, IL

September 1993 to June 1997

Certificate in Nursing

Kennedy King College - Chicago, IL

January 2005

Skills

• Computer Hardware, Microsoft. Excel Customer Service Office work. (7 years)

• Maintaining patients care equipment, physically fit and able to move patients equipment around. CNA team leader supervised 5 to 6 CNAS at a time. Setting up patients medical appointments sterilization and Central Supply (10+ years)

• EKG (7 years)

• CNA Supervisor (5 years)

• Customer Service (10+ years)

• Receptionist (7 years)

• Microsoft Office (10+ years)

• Caregiving

• Home Care

• Vital Signs (10+ years)

• Help Desk (5 years)

• Dementia Care (10+ years)

• Active Directory

• Desktop Support (7 years)

• Hospital Experience (6 years)

• Technical Support (10+ years)

• Alzheimer's Care

• Microsoft Windows (10+ years)

• Computer Networking

• Remote Access Software

• Software Troubleshooting (10+ years)

Certifications and Licenses

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

CPR

BLS Certification

Assessments

HHA - Home Health Aide — Highly Proficient

November 2019

Showing sensitivity and enthusiasm while providing care to patients. Full results: Highly Proficient

Work Style: Reliability — Proficient

October 2019

Tendency to be dependable and come to work

Full results: Proficient

Patient-Focused Care — Completed

October 2019

Addressing concerns and using sensitivity when responding to needs and feelings of patients Full results: Completed

Verbal Communication — Proficient

February 2020

Speaking clearly, correctly, and concisely

Full results: Proficient

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Additional Information

Been a Certified Nursing Assistant and Rehab tech and Patient Care Technician for over 10 years. Worked with skilled, Rehab, Dementia, Skilled med-surg units critical patients Young Adults mentally disabled and psych.Also I'm a student at Daley college obtaining my associate's degree for PTA.

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