Pushpinder Kaur
2 Eagle Court Semaphore Park,SA
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Personal Care Assistant
Altaira Nursing Services
03.2023 - Current
- Scheduled and accompanied clients to medical appointments.
- Assisted patients with self-administered medications.
- Recorded temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate as directed by medical or nursing staff.
- Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
- Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping.
- Documented residents' mental status, sleep, and eating patterns in medical record books.
- Conferred with supervisor to discuss patient condition and medical care.
- Transported individuals to events and activities, medical appointments, and shopping trips.
- Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
- Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
- Planned, prepared, and served meals and snacks according to prescribed diets.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Remained alert to problems or health issues of clients and competently responded.
- Helped clients maintain optimal health by overseeing medication administration and doctor's appointments.
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
- Maintained clean personal areas and prepared healthy meals to support client nutritional needs.
RN, Clinical Instructor
Fortis Hospital Mohali and Nursing Collage
10.2012 - 03.2017
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
- Provided emotional support to patients and their families.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Oversaw delivery of care for patients on medical-surgical unit, providing direct care, delegating nursing assignments and supervising team comprised of nurses, LPNs, technicians, and unit clerks.
- Orchestrated quality-driven, cost-effective care in high-volume trauma setting.
- Participated in nursing simulation activities, evidence-based practice project implementation and competency development to further nursing education.
- Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
- Managed quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease.
- Recorded details regarding therapies to keep patient charts updated.
- Worked with healthcare team to develop new dialysis treatment flow sheet and other log forms, improving clinical documentation and accountability.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
- Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eliminate non-compliance problems.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
- Equipped patients with tools and knowledge needed for speedy and sustained recovery.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
- Participated in evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities.
- Sustained quality standards by performing routine medication audits and upholding internal and industry best practices.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Implemented care plans for patient treatment after assessing physician medical regimens.
- Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Delivered high level of quality care to diverse populations while overseeing patient admission and triaging based on acuity and appropriate department admission.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Leveraged feedback and process improvement opportunities to create safer and healthier environment and increase patient satisfaction.
- Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
- Performed frequent checks on life support equipment and made necessary adjustments to preserve optimal patient conditions.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.
- Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
- Led daily operations by providing laboratory instruction, student advisement and industry best practices.
- Assigned students to patients based on students' learning objectives and patient needs.
- Improved student performance by defining clear goals and communicating performance metrics.
- Instructed and coached students to help overcome academic issues and personal challenges.
- Instructed students on how to perform head-to-toe assessments on patients and how to intervene in medical emergencies.
- Provided educational lectures and facilitated discussions on weekly basis.
- Collaborated with Type instructors to implement best practices to enhance student learning.
- Delivered individualized instruction on observation, assessment, decision-making and patient health teaching.
- Conducted clinical simulations and provided feedback for each individual student.
- Provide clinical instruction to Number Type students in clinical settings on Type and Type topics.
- Enhanced community outreach initiatives and increased business awareness by offering Type education and preventive services to Location community.
- Updated instructional materials, ordered equipment and supplies and utilized various learning modalities to enhance instruction.
- Supervised students when administering medications to maintain patient safety.
- Incorporated instructional aids and motivational strategies to eradicate learning gaps.
- Enhanced teams to offer service to over Number regions.
Timeline
Personal Care Assistant
Altaira Nursing Services
03.2023 - Current
RN, Clinical Instructor
Fortis Hospital Mohali and Nursing Collage
10.2012 - 03.2017
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