APPIAH PHILOMENA
Oshawa
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Personal Support Worker/Unregulated Care Provider
Bowmanville Creek Retirement Home
02.2024 - Current
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Assisted clients with daily living activities, promoting independence and wellbeing.
- 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.
- Enhanced patient comfort by providing compassionate and attentive personal care.
- Monitored patient health status regularly, reporting any changes to the appropriate medical staff.
- Conducted light housekeeping duties to maintain a clean and comfortable living space for patients.
- Developed trust-based relationships with clients through active listening and empathetic communication skills.
- Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
- Promoted continuity of care by communicating effectively with other Personal Support Workers during shift changes or handoffs.
- Facilitated mobility assistance for patients requiring help with transfers or ambulation.
- Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
- Documented vitals, behaviors, and medications in client medical records.
- Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
- Supported clients with mental support and physical activities to accomplish quality of life and sustain needs.
Rotational nurse midwife
Dominase SDA Hospital
04.2022 - 07.2023
- Passed catheter for clients going for cesarean sections and patients who found it difficult to urinate
- Administered oxygen to patient whose SPO2 felled below 90%
- Passed NG tube for feeding patient with difficulty in swallowing
- Took care of pregnant women through Antenatal care to labor and postnatal
- Made patient beds
- Maintained accurate records of services provided and changes in patient conditions
- Made beds, swept floors and sanitized surfaces to support activities of daily living
- Assisted with meal planning to meet nutritional plans
- Reported concerns to the nurse supervisor to promote optimal care
- Transported patients to medical, dental and personal care appointments
- Recorded patient temperature, pulse and blood pressure to monitor health and well-being
- Coordinated doctor appointments, exercise, recreation and family visits to maintain schedule
- Met with various caregivers to promote continuous professional development and implement quality treatment strategies
- Administered first aid treatment or life support in prehospital settings
- Collaborated with medical personnel to quickly treat and transport patients
Caregiver
KOF Home Care
06.2022 - 01.2023
- Administered first aid to provide immediate medical assistance.
- Ensured proper wound care using appropriate medical materials and procedures.
- Recorded and tracked patient vitals accurately.
- Maintained accurate documentation systems.
- Facilitated sanitation by providing comprehensive bedside baths.
- Executed effective strategies for quality treatment implementation.
- Assisted the patient with mobility and offered emotional support.
- Oversaw proper handling and compliance with medication guidelines.
Caregiver
Imperial nursing and home care services
06.2021 - 06.2022
- Assisted patient by running activities of daily living, including bathing, feeding, dressing, and grooming
- Provided companionship to lonely clients by engaging healthy conversations
- Housekeeping tasks cleaned the home to maintain adequate sanitary hygiene and a safe environment
- Treated and care for seniors and their property with dignity
- Served prescribed medications
Education
Diploma - Nursing Midwifery
Kwadaso Nursing Training College
Ghana 08.2021
Skills
- Mobility assistance
- Dementia care
- Personal hygiene assistance
- Emotional support
- Patient care
- Social support
- Privacy and confidentiality
- Palliative care
- Housekeeping tasks
- Cultural sensitivity
- Compassionate care
- Nutrition support
- Relationship building
- Recreational activities
- Medication organization
- Clinical documentation
- Assistive technology
- Daily living support
- Verbal and written communication
- Mental health support
- Geriatric care
- Health monitoring
- Disability support
- Personal safety awareness
- Toileting assistance
- Client dressing
- Healthcare documentation
- Fall prevention
- Elderly care
- First aid and safety
- ADL assistance
- Time management
- Respectful and compassionate
- Verbal and written communication skills
- Problem-solving
- Team collaboration
- PPE usage
- End-of-life care
- Documentation
- Hoyer lifting equipment
- Housekeeping
- Flexible schedule and availability
Languages
English
Elementary
Certification
First Aid,CPR,AED
Medication administration certification
Timeline
Personal Support Worker/Unregulated Care Provider
Bowmanville Creek Retirement Home
02.2024 - Current
Caregiver
KOF Home Care
06.2022 - 01.2023
Rotational nurse midwife
Dominase SDA Hospital
04.2022 - 07.2023
Caregiver
Imperial nursing and home care services
06.2021 - 06.2022
First Aid,CPR,AED
Medication administration certification
Diploma - Nursing Midwifery
Kwadaso Nursing Training College
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