Irene Manalese Gopez
Fairfield
Summary
Dedicated Certified Nursing Assistant with expertise in patient care, compassionate support, and HIPAA compliance. Proven ability to enhance patient comfort and safety while fostering a collaborative team environment.
Motivated Certified Nursing Assistant with a strong focus on patient-centered care and effective communication. Experienced in training new staff and implementing safety measures to improve patient outcomes and team efficiency.
Overview
1
1
Certification
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Certified Nursing Assistant
Veterans Home of California, Yountville (Registry)
Yountville, CA
06.2024 - Current
Certified Nursing Assistant Preceptor
The Meadows of Napa Valley
Napa, CA
05.2023 - Current
- Provided compassionate care to residents, assisting with daily living activities and personal hygiene.
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to nursing staff, ensuring timely interventions.
- Maintained accurate documentation of patient care activities in electronic health records system.
- Trained and mentored new nursing assistants, fostering a supportive team environment.
- Provided high-quality personal care services such as bathing, grooming, dressing, and feeding to ensure patient dignity.
- Assisted patients with daily living activities for enhanced comfort and wellbeing.
- Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
- Maintained a clean, safe environment by sanitizing surfaces, changing linens, and disposing of waste properly.
- Improved patient care quality by monitoring and recording vital signs, fluid intake, and output.
- Promoted good oral and personal hygiene by aiding patients with shaving, bathing, and teeth brushing.
- Reduced fall incidents by implementing safety measures like bed alarms and proper positioning techniques.
- Prevented pressure ulcers development through frequent turning, repositioning of patients.
- Enhanced team efficiency by promptly responding to call lights and reporting changes in patient condition to nurses.
- Conducted regular rounds to monitor patients'' physical and mental status throughout shifts.
- Performed accurate documentation of patient information according to established protocols for record-keeping purposes.
- Built rapport with patients and families, providing emotional support during difficult times.
- Assisted nurses with wound care procedures ensuring proper healing processes took place.
- Responded to patient requests for supplies and personal comfort items such as extra blankets.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Piners Nursing Home
Napa, CA
02.2024 - 04.2026
Education
Certified Nursing Assistant -
International School of Nursing
Vallejo, CA04-2023
Skills
- Patient care
- HIPAA compliance
- Reliable team player
- Direct patient care
- Collecting vital signs
- Bathing assistance
- Compassionate
- Alzheimer's and dementia care
- Basic life support
- Bedside manner
- Vital signs monitoring
- Dressing assistance
- Recording vital signs
- Safety precautions
- Electronic charting
- Compassionate caregiver
- Patient-focused care
- Mobility assistance
- Documenting behaviors
- Positioning patients
- End-of-life care
- Patient lifting
- Transfer techniques
- Urinary catheter care
- Ambulation assistance
- Healthcare ethics
- Geriatric care
- Patient relationship building
- Responding to emergencies
- Transporting patients
- Maintaining privacy
- Colostomy care
- Trustworthy companion
- Light housekeeping
- Specimen collection
- Toileting assistance
- Intake recording
- Assisting with personal grooming
Certification
- CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant
- CHHA - Certified Home Health Aide
Timeline
Certified Nursing Assistant
Veterans Home of California, Yountville (Registry)
06.2024 - Current
Certified Nursing Assistant
Piners Nursing Home
02.2024 - 04.2026
Certified Nursing Assistant Preceptor
The Meadows of Napa Valley
05.2023 - Current
Certified Nursing Assistant -
International School of Nursing