Georgia Oosterveld

Young girl with cerebral palsy, and vision deficit.

• Helped with making breakfast and feeding her breakfast, as well as helping her eat dinner.
• Collaborated with families and healthcare teams to address patient needs effectively.
• Helped patients move in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs and automobiles.
• Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing, and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.
• Supported daily hygiene needs of patients by assisting with bathing, dressing, dental care and personal grooming.
• Recorded status and duties completed in logbooks for management.
• Guided patients to restroom to support bladder and bowel relief requirements.
• Assisted patients with mobility and transfers, ensuring safety and comfort during all movements.
• Fostered creativity through arts and crafts projects, encouraging self-expression among the kid.
• Created an enjoyable atmosphere during respite sessions through storytelling, games, and music.

Provided respite care for young boy with ASD.

• Assisted patients with personal requirements for housekeeping and grooming assistance.
• Organized and cleaned home after activities by picking up toys and straightening up play room.
• Took him out to parks, and other public activities.
• Carried and learnt to use EpiPen due to severe peanut allergy.
• Assisted with bedtime routines, ensuring a consistent schedule for optimal rest and development.
• Created an enjoyable atmosphere during respite sessions through storytelling, games, and music.
• Maintained open communication lines with parents regarding their child''s progress, needs, and concerns.
• Organized the respite periods accordingly to the child, and his disorder - he had to know what we were doing, when and how to avoid any outbursts or disruption in his own routine. (very common for kids with ASD)

Worked overnight (odd day-time shift) for a young girl with cerebral pasly, chronic lung disease; G-Tube and Ventilator.

• Guided patients to restroom to support bladder and bowel relief requirements.
• Suctioned Trach regularly.
• Had to stay sterile, and cautious about sickness to keep the child safe.
• Enhanced kids satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, and emotional support.
• Administered food and meds in the morning and gave them to her through a G-Tube.
• Did hourly checks, and documented them - RR, SPO2 levels, suctions, HR, and refilled humidifier attached to ventilator when needed.
• Administered Tylenol and other medications when child might have been feeling sick.
• Get her dressed, prepared for school and switched onto her day-time vent.
• Monitored vital signs closely during procedures or treatments, intervening swiftly when necessary to maintain patient stability.
• There were moments when she needed to be switched onto Oxygen, very unstable nights that I learnt to navigate with grace and speed.
• seizure support.