Registered Nurse

• Jun 2022 - Present

Direct Support Staff

• Feb 2014 - Jun 2022

Helping clients with physical and mental disabilities socialize and connect with the outside community. Taking clients on various activities within the community. Teaching and assisting clients with ADL's feeding, financial planning, and socialization skills. Maintaining a medication regimen and a clean environment.

Certified Nursing Assistant

• Jun 2015 - Jun 2016

Assisting clients in a home, skilled nursing and hospital setting with ADL's, feeding, ambulation and other daily activities. Help clients get to and from various doctors appointments. Performing range of motion and Light housekeeping. Assisting clients in a home, skilled nursing and hospital setting with ADL's, feeding, ambulation and other daily activities. Help clients get to and from various doctors appointments. Performing range of motion and Light housekeeping.

Certified Nursing Assistant

• Apr 2013 - Jan 2014

Help clients rehabilitate back into independent or assisted living. Assist them with Activities of Daily Living such as: toileting, hygiene practices, feeding, ambulation and more. Also work with Alzheimer and dementia patients,which requires time and patience. Help clients rehabilitate back into independent or assisted living. Assist them with Activities of Daily Living such as: toileting, hygiene practices, feeding, ambulation and more. Also work with Alzheimer and dementia patients,which requires time and patience.

Care Giver

• Sep 2012 - 2013

Assist and supervise clients with daily hygiene and activities. Help solve minor issues. Do ROM exercises, light housework, ambulation, meal preparation,and help communicate with their family members Assist and supervise clients with daily hygiene and activities. Help solve minor issues. Do ROM exercises, light housework, ambulation, meal preparation,and help communicate with their family members

Direct Care Person

• Feb 2010 - Feb 2011

Supervised clients with ADL’s if necessary and helped manage and budget their money. Responsible for driving clients to doctors’ appointments and various entertaining activities. Had the opportunity to work with children with mental illness and disabilities, helping them cope with their illness and/or disability and taking them on outings that could help redirect frustration and add positive experiences in their lives. Supervised clients with ADL’s if necessary and helped manage and budget their money. Responsible for driving clients to doctors’ appointments and various entertaining activities. Had the opportunity to work with children with mental illness and disabilities, helping them cope with their illness and/or disability and taking them on outings that could help redirect frustration and add positive experiences in their lives.

Substance Abuse Counsleor

• Aug 2008 - Aug 2009

Counseled substance abuse addicts. Planned and set up groups to discuss healthy topics in their lives. Also, supervised them their daily activities such as: finding gainful employment, managing their addiction, other outside meetings, cleanliness of the house and their individual spaces. Managed passing of medication and provided monthly evaluations on each client. Counseled substance abuse addicts. Planned and set up groups to discuss healthy topics in their lives. Also, supervised them their daily activities such as: finding gainful employment, managing their addiction, other outside meetings, cleanliness of the house and their individual spaces. Managed passing of medication and provided monthly evaluations on each client.

Child Care Worker

• Jun 2005 - Jan 2008

Worked with troubled adolescents and children and helped them try to cope issues of mental illness, abuse, and neglect. Also, took residents on outings to various activities and supervised visits with their family and friends. Supervised them with daily chores and hygiene. Helped them to develop goals and structure to work on having a brighter future. Worked with troubled adolescents and children and helped them try to cope issues of mental illness, abuse, and neglect. Also, took residents on outings to various activities and supervised visits with their family and friends. Supervised them with daily chores and hygiene. Helped them to develop goals and structure to work on having a brighter future.

Certified Nursing Assistant

• Jul 2000 - May 2005

Did my best to help clients feel as much at home as possible and maintained a neat clean and orderly working environment. Also, assisted with daily routines, such as: hygiene, toileting, bathing, and ambulation. Helped distribute meals and helped clients with feeding if necessary. Occasionally rode with clients to doctors’ appointments to help them feel more at ease and kept proper documentation of all vital signs, intake and output. Did my best to help clients feel as much at home as possible and maintained a neat clean and orderly working environment. Also, assisted with daily routines, such as: hygiene, toileting, bathing, and ambulation. Helped distribute meals and helped clients with feeding if necessary. Occasionally rode with clients to doctors’ appointments to help them feel more at ease and kept proper documentation of all vital signs, intake and output.