Nathalie Atabongafac Atabong
Bowmanville,ON
Summary
Compassionate, dependable, and detail-oriented nursing student eligible to work as a personal support worker, with strong hands-on clinical experience across long-term care and community settings. Skilled in providing safe, respectful, and client-centered personal care, assisting with activities of daily living (ADLs), and supporting older adults and individuals with complex health needs. Demonstrates excellent communication, observation, and infection-prevention skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with nurses and the interprofessional health care team across LTC, hospital, and home care environments.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
8
8
Certifications
Work History
Nursing Student
Durham College
Oshawa, Ontario
05.2025 - Current
- Delivered hands-on personal support care, including bathing, grooming, oral care, toileting, continence care, and dressing, while maintaining dignity, privacy, and comfort.
- Assisted clients with mobility, transfers, repositioning, and safe use of assistive devices in accordance with safety and fall-prevention practices.
- Supported feeding and hydration; monitored intake and output, and promptly reported concerns to supervising nurses.
- Measured and documented vital signs, and observed changes in physical, cognitive, and emotional status.
- Provided compassionate dementia and cognitive impairment care using therapeutic communication techniques.
- Followed infection prevention and control (IPAC) standards, including proper hand hygiene and PPE use.
- Accurately document care and communicate observations using SBAR.
- Worked collaboratively with registered nurses, practical nurses, and the interprofessional healthcare team.
Education
Nursing Diploma (In Progress) - Practical Nursing
Durham College
Oshawa04-2027
Skills
- Assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs)
- Personal hygiene, bathing, grooming, and toileting
- Safe transfers, positioning, and mobility assistance
- Feeding assistance and nutrition support
- Vital signs measurement and observation reporting
- Dementia and cognitive impairment care
- Therapeutic communication and emotional support
- Infection prevention and control (IPAC)
- Documentation and reporting (SBAR)
- Client safety, fall prevention, and skin integrity
- Time management and workload organization
- Respect for client dignity, privacy, and autonomy
Languages
English
Full Professional
French
Limited
Certification
CPR - Certification level C
Timeline
Nursing Student
Durham College
05.2025 - Current
Nursing Diploma (In Progress) - Practical Nursing
Durham College