Patient Care Certified Nurse
Resume:
Noura Tolba, CNA
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1-408-***-****. ad679l@r.postjobfree.com
CERTIFIED NURSE ASSISTANT
Reliable, service focused nursing professional with excellent patient-care and charting skills gained through five (08) years of experience in working and taking care of diverse kind of disease.
I’m a compassionate individual with adequate technical skills to attend patients in various healthcare setting.
Certified Nurse Assistant with a desire for a leading position in healthcare administration while contributing 8 years of professional experience focused on patient care and costumer and public relations.
Nursing Skills
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Ability to accurately, completely, and independently perform the reading, writing, and
arithmetic required by the job.
• Ability to be patient and courteous and use active listening skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with staff, patients, and families, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to demonstrate customer service skills in interactions with all patients, families and staff,
including high volume and stressful situations.
• Ability to learn standard nursing procedures used in patient care; elicit information related to
patient symptoms.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Ability to provide appropriate care based on the needs of the specific individuals, including age.
• Ability to solve problems effectively using appropriate resources; is productive in workflow,
skills, and organization.
• Ability to speak, read, write, and understand English effectively at a level appropriate for the job.
• Ability to take and record patients' vital signs.
• Ability to transport patients as needed for admission, discharge, procedures, etc.
• Knowledge of basic principles, methods, medical terminology, and procedures of nursing aide
work as applied to patient care.
• Knowledge of computer systems and software used in functional area.
• Knowledge of standard asepsis, hygiene, and infection control procedures.
• Knowledge of standard charting procedures.
• Knowledge of standard instruments and equipment used in routine patient examinations and
treatment.
-Patient Care & Safety
-Vital signs & Patient Monitoring
-Diagnostic Testing
-Medical Terminology
-Privacy/HIPAA Regulation
-Electronic Medical Records
-Patient Advocacy & Support
-Nursing Assistant certification
-CPR, CPR certification
Professional Experience:
Westwood healthcare – San Jose
Certified Nurse Assistant
March 2024 _ Present
-Provide nursing assistance to residents in a 265 bed-long-term-care facility.
-Provide nursing assistance to residents
-Assist residents with activities of daily living including helping with meals, transferring using assistive devices, bathing, dressing and grooming.
-Provide high quality patient care an in-demand par-diem CNA within surgical, acute-care, rehabilitation, home-health-care and nursing home sitting.
-Preserve patient dignity and minimize discomfort while caring out duties such as bedpan changes, diapering, emptying drainage bags and bathing.
-Command for chart accuracy effective team collaboration, patient relations and consistent delivery of empathetic care.
-Ensure the accurate timely information by maintaining through patient records and updating healthcare team on patient’s status.
-Completed with HIPAA standards in all patient documentation and interactions.
El Camino Healthcare – Mountain Vieu
Certified Nurse Assistant
October 2023 _ Jan 2024
Accurately observes, records and reports patient information.
• Adheres to the standards of nursing care and the policies and procedures of the Hospital and Department of Patient Care Services.
• Assesses and documents vital signs on stable patients requiring vital signs. Stable is defined a patients that require vital signs no more often than every 4 hours. The initial set of admission
vital signs has been completed by the RN.
• Assists patient with and/or provides efficient care related to activities of daily living as assigned.
• Carries out responsibilities following safety guidelines for self, patient, visitors and employees.
• Completes orientation program and participates in learning activities to maintain and improve knowledge skills.
• Considers age-specific needs when interacting with patients and families. Effectively
communicates and interacts with patients, families, staff and members of the community from
diverse backgrounds.
• Contributes in a positive manner to the unit, department and hospital goals.
• Demonstrates effective communication skills, especially in stressful situations. Communicates in a compassionate manner, is patient and courteous utilizing active listening skills as well as helping to maintain a quiet patient care environment.
• Dresses appropriately and wears name badge.
• Ensures patient identification and an allergy band is on patient at all times.
• Follows unit and departmental guidelines relate to staffing and scheduling.
• Helps ensure that areas and halls are child-proof (LPCH only).
• Maintains a clean orderly and safe environment. Orders and maintains equipment and supplies for the desk area and unit, maintains clean work areas and halls.
• May provide break relief or assistance to the unit clerk as needed and if applicable.
• On certain units, after cross-training in the area of rehabilitation activities, assists patients with and/or provides efficient care related to rehabilitative activities as delegated and supervised by a Physical, Occupational, or Speech Therapist.
• Orients patient and family to environment.
• Performs routine patient care (hygiene, nutrition, elimination, measuring I/O's) utilizing
universal precautions under the direction and supervision of a RN as assigned. Note: On selected units, with Patient Care Manager approval, may perform specific skills after documented instruction.
• Provides sitter duties when needed for a patient.
• Recognizes and provides age-appropriate care based on the needs of the patient and family.
• Responds appropriately in actual or potential emergency events. Notifies appropriate personnel, communicates with other personnel to ensure delivery of immediate care needs and intervenes as necessary with families and staff by working with appropriate interdisciplinary team
members.
• Responds to alarms appropriately and reports to RN when alarms are outside of parameters.
• Responds to customer / staff needs in a prompt attentive manner. Handles messages
appropriately using communication etiquette, notifies Resource Nurse and others of patient
flow (admissions, transfers, discharges).
• Stocks room with supplies and other items as needed.
• Supports family centered care in their everyday work (LPCH only).
• Transfers patients to off unit procedures according to transport policy.
• Uses the computerized electronic health record in accordance with job requirements and
hospital policies and procedures.
Sunnyvale Post-acute – Sunnyvale
Certified Nurse Assistant
August 2023 _ Present
-Provide nursing assistance to residents in a 200 bed-long-term-care facility.
-Provide nursing assistance to residents
-Assist residents with activities of daily living including helping with meals, transferring using assistive devices, bathing, dressing and grooming.
-Provide high quality patient care an in-demand par-diem CNA within surgical, acute-care, rehabilitation, home-health-care and nursing home sitting.
-Preserve patient dignity and minimize discomfort while caring out duties such as bedpan changes, diapering, emptying drainage bags and bathing.
-Command for chart accuracy effective team collaboration, patient relations and consistent delivery of empathetic care.
-Ensure the accurate timely information by maintaining through patient records and updating healthcare team on patient’s status.
Completed with HIPAA standards in all patient documentation and interactions
Idylwood Care Center – Sunnyvale
Certified Nurse Assistant
July 2023 _ August 15
-Provide nursing assistance to residents in a 230 bed-long-term-care facility.
-Provide nursing assistance to residents
-Assist residents with activities of daily living including helping with meals, transferring using assistive devices, bathing, dressing and grooming.
-Provide high quality patient care an in-demand par-diem CNA within surgical, acute-care, rehabilitation, home-health-care and nursing home sitting.
-Preserve patient dignity and minimize discomfort while caring out duties such as bedpan changes, diapering, emptying drainage bags and bathing.
-Command for chart accuracy effective team collaboration, patient relations and consistent delivery of empathetic care.
-Ensure the accurate timely information by maintaining through patient records and updating healthcare team on patient’s status.
-Completed with HIPAA standards in all patient documentation and interactions.
Work Experience:
Stanford Hospital Health Care Palo Alto
Certified Nurse Assistant
January 2023 _ June 2023
Accurately observes, records and reports patient information.
• Adheres to the standards of nursing care and the policies and procedures of the Hospital and Department of Patient Care Services.
• Assesses and documents vital signs on stable patients requiring vital signs. Stable is defined a patients that require vital signs no more often than every 4 hours. The initial set of admission
vital signs has been completed by the RN.
• Assists patient with and/or provides efficient care related to activities of daily living as assigned.
• Carries out responsibilities following safety guidelines for self, patient, visitors and employees.
• Completes orientation program and participates in learning activities to maintain and improve knowledge skills.
• Considers age-specific needs when interacting with patients and families. Effectively
communicates and interacts with patients, families, staff and members of the community from
diverse backgrounds.
• Contributes in a positive manner to the unit, department and hospital goals.
• Demonstrates effective communication skills, especially in stressful situations. Communicates in a compassionate manner, is patient and courteous utilizing active listening skills as well as helping to maintain a quiet patient care environment.
• Dresses appropriately and wears name badge.
• Ensures patient identification and an allergy band is on patient at all times.
• Follows unit and departmental guidelines relate to staffing and scheduling.
• Helps ensure that areas and halls are child-proof (LPCH only).
• Maintains a clean orderly and safe environment. Orders and maintains equipment and supplies for the desk area and unit, maintains clean work areas and halls.
• May provide break relief or assistance to the unit clerk as needed and if applicable.
• On certain units, after cross-training in the area of rehabilitation activities, assists patients with and/or provides efficient care related to rehabilitative activities as delegated and supervised by a Physical, Occupational, or Speech Therapist.
• Orients patient and family to environment.
• Performs routine patient care (hygiene, nutrition, elimination, measuring I/O's) utilizing
universal precautions under the direction and supervision of a RN as assigned. Note: On selected units, with Patient Care Manager approval, may perform specific skills after documented instruction.
• Provides sitter duties when needed for a patient.
• Recognizes and provides age-appropriate care based on the needs of the patient and family.
• Responds appropriately in actual or potential emergency events. Notifies appropriate personnel, communicates with other personnel to ensure delivery of immediate care needs and intervenes as necessary with families and staff by working with appropriate interdisciplinary team
members.
• Responds to alarms appropriately and reports to RN when alarms are outside of parameters.
• Responds to customer / staff needs in a prompt attentive manner. Handles messages
appropriately using communication etiquette, notifies Resource Nurse and others of patient
flow (admissions, transfers, discharges).
• Stocks room with supplies and other items as needed.
• Supports family centered care in their everyday work (LPCH only).
• Transfers patients to off unit procedures according to transport policy.
• Uses the computerized electronic health record in accordance with job requirements and
hospital policies and procedures.
Presto Stuffing Agency
(Registry) at Canyon Springs – San Jose
March/2022_12/22
-Provide nursing assistance to residents in a 250 bed-long-term-care facility.
-Provide nursing assistance to residents in isolation (covid-19) (May/22 till present)
-Assist residents with activities of daily living including helping with meals, transferring using assistive devices, bathing, dressing and grooming.
-Provide high quality patient care an in-demand par-diem CNA within surgical, acute-care, rehabilitation, home-health-care and nursing home sitting.
-Preserve patient dignity and minimize discomfort while caring out duties such as bedpan changes, diapering, emptying drainage bags and bathing.
-Command for chart accuracy effective team collaboration, patient relations and consistent delivery of empathetic care.
Ensure the accurate timely information by maintaining through patient records and updating healthcare team on patient’s status.
Mission Skilled and Subacute Center
410 Winchester Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95050
Certified Nurse Assistant
Aug/2022_ 12/22
-Provide nursing assistance to residents in a 230 bed-long-term-care facility.
-Provide nursing assistance to residents
-Assist residents with activities of daily living including helping with meals, transferring using assistive devices, bathing, dressing and grooming.
-Provide high quality patient care an in-demand par-diem CNA within surgical, acute-care, rehabilitation, home-health-care and nursing home sitting.
-Preserve patient dignity and minimize discomfort while caring out duties such as bedpan changes, diapering, emptying drainage bags and bathing.
-Command for chart accuracy effective team collaboration, patient relations and consistent delivery of empathetic care.
-Ensure the accurate timely information by maintaining through patient records and updating healthcare team on patient’s status.
-Completed with HIPAA standards in all patient documentation and interactions.
Valley House Rehabilitation Center
991 Clyde Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95050
Certified Nurse Assistant
Jul 2nd /2020_ Apr/2022
-Provide nursing assistance to residents in a 200 bed-long-term-care facility.
-Provide nursing assistance to residents in isolation (covid-19) (dec/20 – apr/22)
-Assist residents with activities of daily living including helping with meals, transferring using assistive devices, bathing, dressing and grooming.
-Provide high quality patient care an in-demand par-diem CNA within surgical, acute-care, rehabilitation, home-health-care and nursing home sitting.
-Preserve patient dignity and minimize discomfort while caring out duties such as bedpan changes, diapering, emptying drainage bags and bathing.
-Command for chart accuracy effective team collaboration, patient relations and consistent delivery of empathetic care.
-Ensure the accurate timely information by maintaining through patient records and updating healthcare team on patient’s status.
-Completed with HIPAA standards in all patient documentation and interactions.
ComForCare, Mountain Vieu, CA
(Caregiver/Companion Care)
Nov 19 – December 20
-Companion Care
-Assist patient with daily living
-Follow isolation precautions and infection control record procedures
-Experience with stroke patients
-Experience with abscess drains, nasogastric tubes, Foley catheter, restrain tubes
-Worked previously with French patients and talking French
Accent Care Home, Sunnyvale. CA
August 16 – Present
Caregiver/companion Care
Clients (w/covid-19)
-All care giving skills performed during daily visit
-Personal care – hands in assistance with personal care In Home
-Showering (with full assistance)
-Oral hygiene (dentures)
-Bathroom assistance (change pull up, make sure the patient is clean, dry and comfortable at all times)
-Transfer assistance with wheel chair and walker
-Medication reminder
-Domestic duties (laundry / Houskeeping)
-Meal preparation
Cedar Home Care, Sunnyvale,
CA (CNA in Training)
-CNA 2019 – 2020
-Practice Certified Nursing Assistance
-Provided behavioral and emotional support, companionship and supervision for those with dementia and Alzheimer’s
-Forward infection control precautions
-Assisted patients with activities of daily living
-Worked with previously all kind of people
-Provided nursing assistance to residents in a 120 bed long-term-care facility
Education
-(ESL) English as second language (6 months- Santa Clara, CA)
-Some of college (Mission College – Santa Clara, CA)
-Nurse’s Aide program
-Completed 60 hours of clinical training
-Certification of Nurse Assistant (CNA – 2019/2020 - Santa Clara, CA)
-CPR / AED (Adult/Child/Infant)
Language Skills
-French – Very Good
-English – Good
-Arabic _ Very Good
Other Skills & Interests
-Good communication
-Confident and friendly manner
-MS Office
-I like reading books and watching movies and documentaries about the ancient people’s civilization around the world
-I enjoy playing chess
-Cooking
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