Patient Care Assistant (PCA) Resume Example
Dedicated New Graduate nursing professional with clinical practicum experience and passion for delivering quality healthcare. Skilled at establishing care plans and educating patients and families. Offering caring bedside manner, patient-centric focus and expertise in discharge management. Accustomed to treating diverse patient needs while managing dynamic conditions. Offering excellent clinical knowledge and judgment combined with strong documentation, vitals monitoring and problem-solving abilities. Well-versed in managing emergent cases with grace and efficiency.
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Duties include:
- Documentation of information in patient charts and communicating status updates to interdisciplinary care team.
- Communicate changes in patient conditions and other unit concerns to multidisciplinary team.
- Promote patient comfort by responding quickly to calls and handling diverse needs.
- Ambulate patients with appropriate assistive devices and use of proper body mechanics.
- Document patient intake and dietary requirements, also assist with feeding and monitoring.
- Engage with patient families and friends to provide courteous, efficient visit experience.
- Promote patient satisfaction by assisting with daily living needs such as bathing, dressing, toileting and exercising.
- Obtain patient vital signs and report results to staff nurse or physician to note changes from prior measurements.
- Triaged incoming patients arriving for scheduled appointments or on emergent bases to route to appropriate surgeon or treatment area.
- Provided direct care for animal patients in post-operative recovery, closely monitoring vital signs and progress.
- Attended to sick or injured animals by securing veterinary care and notifying owners quickly of pet's condition.
- Assisted Veterinarians in all aspect of patient care and helped to facilitate the daily flow of the hospital in an efficient and timely manner
- Administered medications and parenteral anesthetic agents for various operative procedures while continuously monitoring vital signs and animal patients response
- Provided direct care for animal patients in post-operative recovery, closely monitoring vital signs and progress.
- Assist medical director in all aspects of the hospital such as time management, creating anesthetic protocols, medical charting and dictation.
- Managed multiple patients throughout the day including hospitalized patients and a wide variety of surgical patients.
- Managed critical care of patients to include fluid therapy, medication administration and continuous rates of infusion pumps for pain control.
- Certified in small animal abdominal ultrasound with Oncura Partners. Duties included completing full abdominal scans on a routine basis.
- 3.9 GPA
- Magna Cum Laude Honors
- Ranked in Top 35% of class
- Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Member
- National University Student Nurse Association (NUSNA) Member
- National Student Nurses Association
- National University Student Nurse Association Mentor and Workshop Leader
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
09/09/2020
Basic Life Support (BLS)
09/09/2020
FEMA Emergency Management Institute
07/19/2020
SafeZones Ally Training
06/14/2020
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Principles of Prevention
06/08/2020
California Child Abuse Mandated Reporter for Medical Professionals 06/06/2020
Mental Health First Aid
03/03/2020
NIHSS Stroke Certification
10/2019
Well-One Health Inc., Perris, CA
Nursing Leadership and Management August 2020 to September 2020
90 clinical hours
University of California, San Diego, CA
Community Health Nursing June 2020 to July 2020
90 clinical hours
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Psychosocial Nursing March 2020 to May 2020
90 clinical hours
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Pediatric Nursing, January 2020 to February 2020
105 clinical hours
UCSD Jacobs Medical Center, La Jolla, CA
Child-Bearing Family Nursing, November 2019 to December 2019
105 clinical hours
Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA
Medical-Surgical Nursing, September 2019 to October 2019
105 clinical hours
Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego, CA
Medical-Surgical Nursing, July 2019 to August 2019
105 clinical hours
Sharp Coronado Hospital, Coronado, CA
Foundations of Nursing, May 2019 to June 2019
105 clinical hours
Well-One Health Clinic (60 hours)
Loma Linda University Medical Center Critical Care Unit Volunteer (100 hours)
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School Attended
- National University
- Veterinary Allied Staff Education
Job Titles Held:
- Patient Care Assistant (PCA)
- Registered Veterinary Technician
Degrees
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Registered Veterinary Technician Licensure Program in Veterinary Technology
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