TASHAWNA PARKER
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Coneth Homes, Toledo, Ohio United States
Residential Specialist, Mar 2011 – present
• Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets.
• Change bed linens, wash and iron patients' laundry, and clean patients' quarters.
• Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert.
• Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs or automobiles, and with dressing and grooming.
• Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager.
Open Arms , Toledo, Ohio United States
Direct Care Aid, Oct 2010 – Feb 2011
• Perform a variety of duties as requested by client, such as obtaining household supplies or running errands.
• Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients on prescribed diets.
• Accompany clients to doctors' offices and on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, assistance and companionship.
• Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert.
• Administer prescribed oral medications under written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse and aide.
• Redirect and calm down MRDD clients in a way that follows their BSP and/or ISP
Private Home Care , Toledo , Ohio United States
Home Health Aide, Jun 2009 – May 2010
• Transport clients to locations outside the home, such as to physicians' offices or on outings, using a motor vehicle.
• Care for individual during periods of incapacitation, family disruption or convalescence, providing companionship, personal care and help in adjusting to new lifestyles.
• Participate in case reviews, consulting with the team caring for the client, to evaluate the client's needs and plan for continuing services.
• Administer bedside and personal care, such as ambulation and personal hygiene assistance.
• Provide clients with communication assistance, typing their correspondence and obtaining information for them.
• Perform health care related tasks, such as monitoring vital signs and medication, under the direction of registered nurses and physiotherapists.
• Instruct and advise client on issues such as household cleanliness, utilities, hygiene, nutrition.
• Perform housekeeping duties, such as cooking, cleaning, washing clothes and dishes, and running errands.
EDUCATION
Herzing University, Toledo, Ohio United States
Surgical Technology Candidate, May 2013
REFRENCES
• Available upon request