Maria D.

“ My name is Maria and I am seeking employment as a home caregiver. I have over 20 years of experience working and caring for the older generation. I am confident that I can provide you with the superior quality of service that you desire in a caregiver/home companion for you or your loved one.
My years of experience include working with patients/clients that ranged from semi-dependent to almost totally disable....

My name is Maria and I am seeking employment as a home caregiver. I have over 20 years of experience working and caring for the older generation. I am confident that I can provide you with the superior quality of service that you desire in a caregiver/home companion for you or your loved one.
My years of experience include working with patients/clients that ranged from semi-dependent to almost totally disable. My training includes college course work as a certified nursing assistant, county training as a CAPP worker and numerous classes through Easter Seals and Red Cross training programs. I have a good work ethic and I feel confident in saying that I am an honest and a genuinely caring individual. I have impeccable references, including those from families on Jupiter Island that I was with over 5 years. Those that I care for are treated the way I would want my parents treated; with love and respect.
***Safety, dignity, kindness, respect and independence are what I seek to promote.
My Professional Skills Include:
* Provide patient care such as bathing, dressing, toileting and feeding
* Assist in care of patient with external or internal urinary catheters; nasogastric tubes;
* Intravenous tubes; and oxygen therapy
* Apply non-medical topical ointments to intact skin surfaces
* Apply non-sterile dry dressings and bandages
* Take and record temperature, pulse and respiration using various methods
* Take and record blood pressure
* Understand factors affecting vital signs and know normal ranges
* Recognize signs and symptoms of distress and provide immediate intervention
* Assist in ambulating, using rules of body mechanics
* Transfer and turn patients for comfort and safety
* Assist in preventing the physical complications of inactivity
* Assist in appropriate range of motion exercises
* Promote individual activities of daily living


CERTIFICATIONS:
American Red Cross - 2011
* Certified Nursing Assistant
* CPR/AED for the professional rescuer
* First Aid Training
* Bloodborne Pathogen
* HIV/AIDS
* Oxygen
COURSE COMPLETIONS:
American Red Cross - 2011
* Domestic Violence
* OSHA/HIPPA
* Assisting with medication
Humboldt County Social Services 1991
* Child Assault Prevention Specialist
Orange County California Regional Occupations - 1982
* Nurse Assistant
Easter Seals - 1982
* Special Needs

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