Health Care Aide - Capital Care Dickinsfield - 14225 94 St NW T5E 6C6 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
(2012-01)
- Provided high standards of care for elderly patients with a focus on everyday care and daily living such as personal hygiene and grooming, bathing, dressing, eating, and general well-being, as well as transferring patients between beds
- Ensured accurate completion of all administration and documentation related to patient care
- Maintained dignity and independence of patients while ensuring compliance with company policies and guidelines
- Contributed to the safe and compassionate delivery of care, as well as other duties including measuring vital signs, weighing, and record/report changes of patient condition to medical staff
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams and promoting empathetic communication with patient relatives
- Kept relations with doctors/hospital professionals when assessing patient requirements and requesting emergency medical input, as well as providing terminally ill patients with services ranging from companionship to personal care
- Actively developed professional healthcare competencies through regular training
- Maintained up-to-date patient records to enable care continuity between support providers
- Maintained safety standards throughout client home/care environments, reducing risk and prioritising health and hygiene
- Monitored individual's physical and emotional well-being, promptly reporting changes and providing suggestions for care plan adjustments
Registered Nurse - BUPA Care Homes Priory Mews Nursing Home - Watling St DA2 6EG, Dartford, Kent, United Kingdom
(2001-01 - 2012-12)
- Provided treatments as ordered by physicians and recording patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse
- Administered medications by intramuscular, subcutaneous, intra-dermal and intravenous injections/ treatments
- Documented patient health records in accordance with established charting policies and procedures in nursing standards
- Administered controlled narcotics assuming full responsibility for possession of keys, strictly adhering to regulations requiring the witnessed counting and charting of medications during change of shift
- Provided wound care, wound vac treatment, catheter care ostomy care, naso-gastric tube insertion using sterile and aseptic techniques and observed health and safety practices
- Immediate written and verbal reports to the Head Nurse /Supervisor of any significant incidents along with documenting problems identified (objective), time identified, nursing intervention given and evaluated
- Liaised between patients, nurses and physicians to address problems requiring immediate or long-term resolve
- Assessed the needs of individual clients and organized the provision of client care
Registered Nurse - Bauan General Hospital - Orosa St, Poblacion, Bauan, 4201 Batangas, Philippines
(1998-01 - 2001-12)
- Nursing care plan according to individual patient needs.
- Assessed patient needs and problems through clinical observation, interaction, physical assessments, as well as record effectiveness of nursing care in relation to goals
- Monitored cardiac and respiratory function of patients
- Integrated and responded to wide array of clinical information
- Proper intake, nutrition, fluids and electrolyte of patients
- Measures for the maintenance of proper urinary and blood functions
- Education and rehabilitation of patients as well as in the promotion of mental health and spiritual needs
- Administered medication, treatment, or highly specialized therapy in performing procedure.
- Immediately relayed any pertinent findings to the physician regarding patient's condition.
- Immediate written and verbal reports to the Head Nurse /Supervisor of any significant incidents. Documented problems identified (objective), time identified, nursing intervention given and evaluated
