MARIA CLEOFE MIGUEL GARCIA
Niagara Falls,CA
Summary
Compassionate companion caregiver with experience serving elderly and chronically ill patients, including assisting with daily living activities and household tasks. Patient and highly energetic, skilled at managing schedules and keeping clients as active as possible. Expert communicator when supporting patient’s needs, documenting information, and interacting with supervisors. Organized and friendly with excellent interpersonal skills. Knowledgeable of relevant medical conditions and working with qualified health care staff to maximize care. Skilled at working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Personal Support Worker
Oakwood Parklodge
02.2023 - Current
- Participates in nursing related functions as directed by supervisor and assists with activities of daily living (ADLs), including: assisting with personal grooming, bathing, toileting, oral hygiene, feeding totally dependent residents, providing verbal encouragement through meals or physical assistance, providing nourishments and fluids to residents between meals, answering call bells and providing assistance, making beds and changing linen, assisting residents to tidy their rooms and closets as per request and need, providing foot care to residents as directed by Registered staff, etc
- Assists new residents to setting into their rooms and helps orientate them to their new surroundings
- Refers any problems or changes in condition for Residents to the Registered Nurse
- Ensures that documentation for resident care is accurate and concise
- Participates in providing input for resident care plans
- Raises concerns regarding the need for restraints and follows through on orders of Registered Staff regarding restraint use
- Acts as an advocate to ensure that Residents are given every opportunity for choice and independence in their activities of daily living and life decisions and is supportive of these choices
- Practices and ensures that others follow good infection control
- Ensures that all information about residents is maintained as confidential and only necessary information is shared with members of the health care team as per consent of the resident.
Personal Support Worker/CareGiver
HOME INSTEAD
09.2021 - 11.2023
- Enhanced patient comfort by providing compassionate and attentive personal care.
- Assist with personal hygiene
- Assisted clients with daily living activities, promoting independence and wellbeing.
- Assist clients with standing, walking, sitting and rolling in bed
- Perform manual (1 person assist) and /or operate mechanical lifts (Hoyer, Nolan, Arjo, Medi-stand, etc.)
- Provides cognitive, social and/or emotional support to the client
- Provide companionship and conversation
- Assist with special outings to celebrate happier aging
- Meal preparation, healthy, tasty, nutritious meals
- Elderly care
- Secondary Duties: Housekeeping duties which COULD include the following duties: cleaning bathrooms (including toilets and tubs/shower stalls), vacuuming, washing floors, windows, dusting, kitchen surfaces and cupboards, fridge and stove cleaning, watering plants, pet care (water and feed), washing dishes before and after meal prep
- Provide travel assistance (drive in your vehicle or client’s vehicle or accompany by other means of transportation (eg: taxi, bus).
Nurse Deployment Project - Nurse I
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH)- PHILIPPINES
05.2021 - 07.2021
- Conducts regular visit to priority households and health problems
- Provides appropriate interventions on identified health concerns of families/households
- Prepares health status reports of families/households
- Assists in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of health programs
- Conducts health education and trainings
- Coordinates with the Public Health Associates to ensure timely data collection and reporting
- Assists in the conduct of disease surveillance
- Monitors adverse events of vaccines
- Participates in data gathering and response during health emergencies and disasters
- COVID-19 contact tracing member.
Nurse Deployment Project - Nurse II
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH)- PHILIPPINES
06.2019 - 12.2020
- Conducts regular visit to priority households and health problems
- Provides appropriate interventions on identified health concerns of families/households
- Prepares health status reports of families/households
- Assists in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of health programs
- Conducts health education and trainings
- Coordinates with the Public Health Associates to ensure timely data collection and reporting
- Assists in the conduct of disease surveillance
- Monitors adverse events of vaccines
- Participates in data gathering and response during health emergencies and disasters
- COVID-19 contact tracing member.
Staff Nurse
PANIQUI GENERAL HOSPITAL
01.2018 - 05.2019
- Enhanced patient care by implementing evidence-based nursing practices and protocols.
- Collaborate with various professionals to ensure effective patient care
- Reduced medication errors through meticulous charting and double-checking dosages.
- Demonstrated excellent time management skills while juggling multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Developed strong rapport with patients and families, fostering trust and open communication during challenging times.
- Educated patients on self-care management, empowering them to take an active role in their overall health and wellbeing.
- Exhibited strong critical thinking skills when assessing complex medical situations and determining appropriate interventions.
- Participated in regular staff meetings to share best practices, address challenges, and foster collaboration among team members.
- Evaluated the effectiveness of care plans regularly, making adjustments as needed based on individual patient needs and progress toward goals.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Apply expertise in prompt patient condition assessment on patient arrival at the ER during initial phases of acute illness or trauma
- Monitor ER patients, including alerting physicians or charge nurses to changes in patient status, communicating with patients and their family members in a variety of traumatic situations
- Perform medical procedures, such as EKG, cardiac monitoring, taking vital sign, administering medications and carrying out doctor’s order.
Nurse Deployment Project - Nurse II
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH)- PHILIPPINES
01.2014 - 12.2017
- Programmer/Planner
- Health Educator/ Trainer/ Counselor
- Community Organizer
- Coordinator of Services
- Provider of Nursing Care
- Health Monitor
- Researcher
- Statistician
- Change agent
- Disease Surveillance
- Dengue Vector Surveillance
- Data encoding.
Education
Community Mental Health Multidiscipline -
Niagara College Welland
Welland, ON04.2023
Palliative Care Multidiscipline -
Niagara College Welland
Welland, ON04.2022
Bachelor's/College Degree - Nursing, BS Nursing
TARLAC STATE UNIVERSITY
Tarlac City, Tarlac, Phillipines04.2011
HIGH SCHOOL - Secondary
INTERWORLD COLLEGE FOUNDATION
Paniqui, Tarlac, Philippines04.2007
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - Primary
ANAO CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Anao, Tarlac, Philippines03.2003
Skills
- Care plan adherence
- Medication Organization
- Privacy and Confidentiality
- IV therapy
- Senior care
- Dementia care
- Cultural sensitivity
- Progress documentation
- Feeding Assistance
- Resourceful
- Safety-conscious
- Companionship
- Medication preparation and administration
- Health Educator/ Trainer/ Counselor
- Health care provider
- Community Health Care
- Community Organizer
- Coordinator of Services
- Provider of Nursing Care
- Researcher
- Decision making
- Computer Literate
- Health Promotion
- Community Health Nursing
- Triaging
- Care of drains/tubes
- Transport and set-up
- Pain management
- Collaboration
Certification
- Registered Nurse in the Philippines
- Registered Nurse in the U.S (still waiting for the transfer from U.S to Canada)
- Standard First Aid &CPR/AED level C (BL)
- Driver’s License (Expiration date: 05/2027)
Languages
English
Filipino
Personal Information
- Age: 33 years
- Spouse's Name: Josthel Palco Garcia
- Date of Birth: 07/02/90
- Gender: Female
- Nationality: Filipino
- Marital Status: Married
Applicant
MARIA CLEOFE MIGUEL GARCIA, PH-RN, US-RN
References
Canada
Denielle Cuoco
Managing Director, Home Instead Senior Care
(289) 296-0288
Roslie Tinamisan, R.N
Oakwood Park Lodge
(647) 281-2976
Juvie Ryan, RPN
Oakwood Park Lodge
(289) 407-2351
Philippines
Dr. Princess G. Antonio
Municipal Health Officer
+639434649375
Janice E. Gueco
Administrative Officer
Paniqui General Hospital
+639172703282
Liza Z. Ferrer, R.N
Development Manager Officer
Department of Health
+639471559881
Timeline
Personal Support Worker
Oakwood Parklodge
02.2023 - Current
Personal Support Worker/CareGiver
HOME INSTEAD
09.2021 - 11.2023
Nurse Deployment Project - Nurse I
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH)- PHILIPPINES
05.2021 - 07.2021
Nurse Deployment Project - Nurse II
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH)- PHILIPPINES
06.2019 - 12.2020
Staff Nurse
PANIQUI GENERAL HOSPITAL
01.2018 - 05.2019
Nurse Deployment Project - Nurse II
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH)- PHILIPPINES
01.2014 - 12.2017
Community Mental Health Multidiscipline -
Niagara College Welland
Palliative Care Multidiscipline -
Niagara College Welland
Bachelor's/College Degree - Nursing, BS Nursing
TARLAC STATE UNIVERSITY
HIGH SCHOOL - Secondary
INTERWORLD COLLEGE FOUNDATION
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - Primary
ANAO CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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