Patient Care Technician, Med/Surg Resume Example
Healthcare runs in my blood. I am passionate, determined, and, most importantly, empathetic. I understand that the hospital environment is not always the most comforting, but if I can make a difference in someone's experience just with a smile or encouraging word, it's worth it. I want to become a registered nurse to continue my career and passion.
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- Worked 12 hour night shifts
- Provided comfort to prepare patients for the best and most healing rest possible
- Performed ADLs such as bathing, dressing, ambulating
- Aided in toileting and repositioning needs
- Applied SCDs to patients to prevent blood clotting while in bed
- Aided RNs in the admission process by performing second-eye skin checks and checking patient vital signs
- Prepared rooms for incoming patients, including zeroing beds
- Weighed patients daily using both a bed and standing scale
- Check patient blood sugars before rest, using an Accucheck device
- Adhered to diet orders and provided patients with night time snacks in accordance with their ordered diet
- Worked with up to 13 patients a night
- Encouraged and helped provide oral care
- Maintained patient independence by allowing the patients do what they could to care for themselves
- Repositioned patients every 2 hours
- Gave accurate report to the day shift to ensure patient safety and continuity of care throughout the day
- Monitored and placed telemetry machines; responded to phone calls from the telemetry technicians to adjust/change the batteries in tele machines
- Aided in overnight discharge processes by offering personal bags and escorting patients to the designated exits via wheelchair
- Assisted the nursing process in providing care for up to 12 patients
- Took routine viral signs
- Checked blood sugars routinely using an Accucheck device
- Promoted patient independence by offering a guiding hand
- Worked on two med/surg floors, both holding up to ~20 beds
- Gave accurate report to the ongoing shift to ensure consistent patient care
- Changed patient linens daily
- Fed patients who needed assistance
- Assisted in ADLs such as bathing, dressing, and ambulating.
- Became familiar with lifting devices such as the Sara Stedy and sit-to-stand
- Removed IVs upon patient discharge
- Prepared rooms for admission, including retrieving new beds to fit patient needs
- Gained first-hand knowledge in the hospital flow from admission to discharge
- Worked 12 hour day shifts
- Monitored and placed telemetry machines; responded to calls from telemetry technicians to adjust/change the batteries in the tele machines
- Placed and monitored SCD machines to prevent blood clotting
- Worked with patient's specific ordered diets to provide the best nutritional experience for patients
- Served food to inpatient units for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
- Gained knowledge in patient interaction
- Aided in patient understanding of specific diets, including patient compliance
- Intercepted phone calls directly from patients and nursing staff to place food orders for patients
- Worked 4, 8, and 12 hour shifts
- Stocked the inpatient units with snacks and beverages for patients
- Served food and worked with patient diets on med/surg, cardiac, pediatric, intensive care, labor and delivery, IV therapy, cancer, rehab, radiology, and mental health units
- Served up to 3 units a day
- Serve meal trays to patient family members
- Cleaned and disinfected dishes and trays to promote a healthy environment
- Removed old trays from patient rooms
- Called nursing staff to make sure blood sugars had been checked for a diabetic patient prior to giving meal tray
- Worked to schedule food delivery on rehab unit, allowing for better flow of the nursing process
- Scheduled and placed food delivery for the mental health unit
- Pushed food carts to floors to help other servers
- Placed food on trays in a tray line
- Mopped and swept floors every shift
- Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)
- BLS (basic life support) certified
I am originally from a rural city in southern Indiana called Columbus. There, I was raised by my mother in father who both work in healthcare my father a paramedic, and my mother an administrative assistant for a family practice. I have been surrounded by healthcare my whole life.
I began my career in healthcare the summer after my sophomore year of high school, when I got a job in food service at Columbus Regional Health, a local hospital in my hometown.
After graduating high school, I became a patient care technician for the same hospital on a med surg unit I once served meals on.
My life changed when my boyfriend landed a job with Discover Financial Services in Palatine, IL. Being a freshman in college and working on my prerequisites for a nursing program, I saw this as the perfect opportunity to grow my career and experience.
I then landed another patient care technician job with Edward-Elmhurst Health, specifically at the Elmhurst Memorial Hospital location. Additionally, I have become accepted in the Harper College Nursing Program beginning Spring 2021.
I am excited to see what the future holds and where life will take my career next.
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School Attended
- William Rainey Harper College
- Indiana University - Purdue University Columbus
- Columbus North High School
Job Titles Held:
- Patient Care Technician, Med/Surg
- Food Service Aide
Degrees
- Associate of Applied Science : Nursing
General Education : Pre-Nursing
High School Diploma
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