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PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN, MED/SURG
Professional Summary

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.

Skills
  • Providing the best care for patients that promotes not only independence, but also safety and comfort
  • Always offering a smiling face
  • Providing patient needs in a timely manner
  • Keeping track of multiple patients and their plan of care
  • Keeping calm and determined in times of stress
Work History
Patient Care Technician, Med/Surg / / Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare - Elmhurst, IL / 07.2020 - Current
  • 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
Patient Care Technician, Med/Surg / / Columbus Regional Healthcare - Columbus, IN / 08.2019 - 06.2020
  • 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
Food Service Aide / / Columbus Regional Healthcare - Columbus, IN / 06.2017 - 08.2019
  • 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
Education
William Rainey Harper College - Palatine, IL / Expected in 12.2022Associate of Applied Science: Nursing
Indiana University - Purdue University Columbus - Columbus, iNGeneral Education: Pre-Nursing
Columbus North High School - Columbus, IN / 06.2019High School Diploma
Certifications
  • Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)
  • BLS (basic life support) certified
Additional Information

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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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare
  • Columbus Regional Healthcare

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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