Certified Nursing Aide Resume

A certified nursing aide provides personal care to patients who are infirm, disabled, aged, and incapable of performing daily hygiene routine by themselves. She works in a medical care setting as well as at patient's home and offers medical and personal assistance as directed by registered nurses and physicians. The jobholder has to provide constant care and ensure safety and comfort of the patients during her shift. She will do anything for the patients from giving them a bath, escorting them to the toilet, changing bed linens, patients' uniforms and diapers. The nurse will also take and record vital signs in patients and communicate the same to the physicians. Further, administering medication, preventing infection, and bringing to immediate notice of the physicians any change in patients.

Certified Nursing Aide Resume Example

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Jenifer J. Compton
1909 Biddie Lane
Bowling Green, VA 22427
Phone: 804-633-9096
Email: jjcompton@freemail.com

Career Objective:

A specialist in caring for geriatric patients with a certification in nursing is looking for a Certified Nursing Aide position with “Mercy Hospital,” to raise the bar and set a new benchmark in patient care.

Summary of Skills:

• Experience and comprehensive knowledge of nursing care
• Excellent nursing, multi-tasking, and teamwork skills
• Complete knowledge of human anatomy and medical terminology
• Experience of paint management, critical care, and infection control
• Deep sympathy and compassion towards caring for elderly patients
• Fast, agile, detail-oriented, and multi-tasking person
• Ability to kneel, stoop, lift, push, pull, and stand for hours

Work Experience

Certified Nursing Aide
All Care Nursing Home, Bowling Green, VA
October 2014 - Present

• Handling patients' personal hygiene care and providing them bedpans, baths, backrubs, and assisting with answering nature's call
• Performing pain management and infection control
• Ensuring patients are provided with necessary nutrition for gaining strength and faster recovery
• Administering medicines, IVs, injections as prescribed by the physicians
• Taking and recording vital signs at the start and end of the shift and updating the same to the nurse taking over the shift
• Providing emotional support to patients and helping them in moving around the unit
• Monitoring daily intake and output of patients and positing patients on the bed

Certified Nursing Aide
Lifeline Nursing Home, Bowling Green, VA
February 2013 - September 2014

• Performed patient assessment such as recording vital signs, measuring height and weight, and monitored patient's response to treatment
• Provided personal care to patients and helped them gain confidence in trying and manging care by themselves
• Prepared daily charts, and documented reports, forms, and logs
• Ensured hygiene in and around patient's area and followed instructions of registered nurses
• Filled requisition forms and ensured nursing materials and other equipment are stocked adequately
• Provided assistance in moving patients to and out of the bed

Education:

• High School Diploma
  St. Mary School, Bowling Green, VA
  2011

• Certified Nursing Assistant
  State Medical College, Bowling Green, VA
  2012

Reference:

On request.