Professional Experience

Printzos Family, Fort Wayne, IN (February 2010 to January 2013)
Home Health Aide

• Performed all tasks with a patient-centered focus while seeking opportunities for improvement of processes and treatments.
• Assisted patients with healing and recovery after surgery.
• Available to provide on-call care at all times of day and night for patient or emotional support for family members.
• Ensured efficacy of treatments through monitoring of treatment regimens.
• Assisted residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, lifting and transferring.
• Followed infection control procedures.
• Often commended for maintaining the safety, respect and dignity of residents.
• Experience with various medical conditions including Parkinson’s and Dementia.
• Self-directed with astute judgment skills. High level of personal accountability.
• Sound, ethical and independent decision-making ability consistent with medical protocols.
• Provided all daily living tasks to enhance quality of life for elderly patients.

Boyer Family, Fort Wayne, IN (March 2009 to January 2010)
Respite Provider

• Provided behavioral/emotional support and supervision for those with dementia and Alzheimer’s.
• Assisted residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, lifting and transferring.
• Provided all daily living tasks to enhance quality of life for elderly patients.
• Monitored fluid intake and output levels.
• Assisted patients with daily functions.
• Closely monitored acute conditions.

Cardinal Center, Warsaw, IN (August 2005 to October 2009)
Weekend Shift Supervisor

• Supervised weekend shift staff and promoted quality of care for individuals with developmental delays.
• Promoted continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for which care is provided.
• Performed direct patient care aimed at increasing comfort, psycho, social and spiritual well-being by providing assistance with personal hygiene, physical comfort, nutrition, prevention of skin breakdown, rehabilitation and safety.
• Charted daily information on the residents such as mood changes, mobility activity, eating percentages, and daily inputs and outputs.
• Maintained a clean, orderly and well-stocked environment.
• Promoted personal and co-worker safety.
• Observed and monitored client behavior and responses to treatment.
• Tracked client movement out of the group home by documenting times and destinations of clients.
• Checked facility for open windows, locked doors, malfunctioning smoke detectors and other safety hazards.
• Quickly responded to crisis situations when severe mental health and behavioral issues arose.
• Documented all patient information including service plans, treatment reports and progress notes.
• Collaborated closely with treatment team to appropriately coordinate client care services.
• Displayed sensitivity to the cultural and linguistic needs of the clients and families served.
• Taught clients anger management techniques, relaxation skills, impulse control, social skills, emotional coping skills and functional living skills.
• Involved clients’ family members in planning social service programs.
• Involved clients’ family members in planning social service programs.
• Monitored patients prescribed psychotropic medications to assess the medications’ effectiveness and side effects.

Cardinal Center Warsaw, IN (March 2003 to August 2005)
Community Based Instructor

• Provided coaching, mentoring, and consultation to clients to enhance personal development.
• Observed and monitored client behavior and responses to treatment and behavior modification plans.
• Quickly responded to crisis situations when severe mental health and behavioral issues arose.
• Documented all patient information including service plans, treatment reports and progress notes.
• Displayed sensitivity to the cultural and linguistic needs of the clients and families served.
• Worked in group home serving adult and geriatric patients with developmental delays and psychiatric behavior problems.

Education

Associate of Science Nursing – Ivy Tech Fort Wayne, IN

Licenses

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
• Community Medication Administration Certification
• Health Care Provider Basic Life Support Certification