ABINA KURIAKOSE
SCARBOROUGH,ON
Summary
Empathetic Personal Worker with a sensitive approach to cultivating a trusting, stimulating, and varied lifestyle for residents. Offers enhanced care with a flexible learning approach for patients. Experience in hospital and long-term care settings providing guidance and encouragement to patients through physical and emotional support.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Personal Support Worker
HC24 Agency (Nithview, LTC, New Hamburg, Ontario)
09.2022 - 04.2024
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Assisted clients with daily living activities, promoting independence and wellbeing.
- Monitored patient health status regularly, reporting any changes to the appropriate medical staff.
- Facilitated mobility assistance for patients requiring help with transfers or ambulation.
- Developed trust-based relationships with clients through active listening and empathetic communication skills.
- Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
- Monitored clients' overall health and well-being and noted significant changes.
- Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing, and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.
- Guided patients to restroom to support bladder and bowel relief requirements.
- Built and maintained rapport with clients and family members to facilitate trusting caregiver relationship.
Personal Support Worker
HC24 Agency (Knollcrest, LTC, Milverton, Ontario)
01.2022 - 08.2022
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Assisted clients in maintaining personal hygiene through bathing, grooming, and dressing tasks.
- Maintained accurate records of patient care, progress, and concerns, contributing to effective communication among healthcare team members.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Monitored patient health status regularly, reporting any changes to the appropriate medical staff.
- Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
- Laundered items, changed sheets and made bed to keep patients' bedroom clean.
- Guided patients to restroom to support bladder and bowel relief requirements.
- Built and maintained rapport with clients and family members to facilitate trusting caregiver relationship.
- Maintained strong connections within caregiver community to gain continuous knowledge.
- Facilitated mobility assistance for patients requiring help with transfers or ambulation.
- Collaborated with healthcare professionals to develop customized care plans for individual patients.
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
Assumption Hospital, Kottayam
11.2019 - 12.2020
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for optimal patient care, ensuring seamless communication between healthcare providers.
- Consistently maintained accurate documentation of patient assessments, interventions, and outcomes in accordance with regulatory requirements.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Started intravenous fluids, administered medications, and documented patient charts by recording food and fluid output and intake.
- Performed emergency medical procedures such as BLS, ACLS and other condition stabilizing interventions.
- Maintained records and reports for all documentation related to the job.
- Treated elderly patients with musculoskeletal disorders and injuries.
- Evaluating the severity of pain and its treatment,Chemotherapeutic medication preparation and administration.
- Implemented medical advice from the medical team on patients for better outcomes in their conditions and communicated it with subordinate personnel as required.
- Managed patients' pain by implementing pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management interventions.
- Provided education on disease management strategies to empower patients in self-care activities throughout their recovery journey.
- Assisted in the development of unit-specific protocols for common medical-surgical procedures, improving efficiency and standardizing practice across the team.
- Performed triage on incoming patients and determined severity of injuries and illnesses.
- Worked with healthcare team to develop new dialysis treatment flow sheet and other log forms, improving clinical documentation and accountability.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing Studies (Completed On 19 April 2024)
Conestoga College,The School of Health And Science
Kitchener, ON06.2024
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
MOSC, College of Nursing, KUHS University
Kerala, India08.2019
Skills
- Personal Hygiene Assistance
- Dementia Care-Communication
- Emotional Support
- Team Building and Leadership
- Time Management
- Adaptability
- Incident Reporting
- Mobility Assistance
Languages
English
Professional Working
Malayalam
Professional Working
Hindi
Professional Working
Timeline
Personal Support Worker
HC24 Agency (Nithview, LTC, New Hamburg, Ontario)
09.2022 - 04.2024
Personal Support Worker
HC24 Agency (Knollcrest, LTC, Milverton, Ontario)
01.2022 - 08.2022
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
Assumption Hospital, Kottayam
11.2019 - 12.2020
Bachelor of Science - Nursing Studies (Completed On 19 April 2024)
Conestoga College,The School of Health And Science
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
MOSC, College of Nursing, KUHS University
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