Alisha Thornton

I provide excellent and professional bedside manners; I also show each patient I encounter compassion, empathy, patience, and good communication and listening skills. I am a great problem-solver and I critically think very well. I am infatuated with the medical field and everything and everyone in it. I love to learn and I love to help and most importantly I love to teach and be taught.

Willing to relocate: Anywhere. Authorized to work in the US for any employer.

CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant at Cheatue rehabilitation (2024-01 – Present)

• Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary 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, ice packs, heat treatments, and therapeutic baths; and applying restraints.
• Maintains patient stability by checking vital signs and weight; testing urine and recording intake and output information.
• 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.

Phlebotomist at The University of Chicago (2022-02 – 2023-06)

Collect blood samples from pediatrics, teenagers, adults, and geriatric patients. Also, process orders for stat pick up, run and complete orders for EKGs. Provide patient care in emergency room as needed.

CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant at Health Care Plus (2021-04 – 2022-02)

Assist with Restorative care for patients according to there plan. Assist with baths. Meal prep, errands and recreational activities.

Certified Phlebotomy Technician at Medical Solutions (2015-05 – 2019-01)

• Comfort positioning. To help minimize anxiety, it is recommended that children be held by parents when possible.
• Use of an assistant. An assistant to stabilize the arm and comfort the patient is essential for every pediatric draw and preferable to restraining devices.
• Topical anesthetics.
• Performing heel punctures and finger punctures. These methods may be more successful alternatives for venipuncture with pediatric patients.

Some college in Nursing – South Suburban College (2021-01)

Certificate in Patient care technician – CCLC (2021-04 – 2021-12)