Raul Castro
San Diego
Summary
Dedicated Certified Nursing Assistant skilled in direct patient care and HIPAA compliance. Expertise in educating patients and families, ensuring a safe environment while providing compassionate support.
Reliable Certified Nursing Assistant with a strong focus on patient care, complex problem-solving, and teamwork. Proven ability to educate patients and families, contributing to personalized care plans and improving patient outcomes.
Compassionate and dependable Certified Nursing Assistant with experience in direct patient care and adherence to infection control protocols. Committed to delivering high-quality care and supporting patient education for better health management.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Certified Nursing Assistant
Scripps Mercy Chula Vista Hospital
Chula Vista, CA
03.2023 - Current
- Collaborated with healthcare team members such as respiratory therapists, ICU pulmonologists, surgeons, occupational/speech therapists and other nurses to develop and implement personalized care plans.
- Maintained a safe and clean patient environment, following infection control protocols such as performing proper PPE and promoting hand wash.
- Educated patients and families on care procedures by translating when necessary in order to deliver understanding and clarity.
- Documented patient progress accurately through EPIC.
- Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, respiratory rates, Co2 levels and heart rate.
- Answered to codes such as a code blue by providing CPR and handling the Lucas machine.
- Assisted wound care nurses when providing wound care to critical patients.
- Cared for patients with respiratory failure, diabetes, cardiac arrest, cancer, and overdoses.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Magnolia Post Acute Care
El Cajon, CA
05.2020 - 12.2022
- Assisted patients with daily living activities, ensuring comfort and dignity.
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to nursing staff for timely intervention.
- Maintained cleanliness and safety of patient environment, answering to infection control protocols.
- Provided high-quality personal care services such as bathing, grooming, dressing, peri care, oral care and feeding.
- Documented patient progress accurately in Point Clickcare.
- Utilized proper body mechanics when handling hoyer lift to transfer patients out of bed into gurneys/wheelchairs/shower chairs.
- Evaluated patients to identify and anticipate patients needs such as wound care, medically relevant symptoms and other concerns.
- Educated patient's family members in order to clarify concerns and update them with accurate and beneficial progress information.
Education
Associate of Science - Biological Sciences
San Diego Mesa College
San Diego05-2023
Skills
- Patient care
- HIPAA compliance
- Reliable team player
- Direct patient care
- CPR
- Collecting & Monotoring vital signs
- Compassionate caregiver
- End-of-life care
- Post-mortem care
- Re-positioning patients
- Patient lifting
- Transfer techniques
- Urinary catheter care
- Responding to emergencies
- Maintaining privacy
- Colostomy care
- Feeding assistance expert
- Specimen collection
- Light housekeeping
- Restraint application
- Meal planning
- Toileting assistance
- Intake & Output recording
- CNA certification
- Dementia and Alzheimer's care
- Assisting with personal grooming
- Complex Problem-solving
- Trustworthy companion
- Adaptable
- Feeding assistance
- Companionship and emotional support
- Bathing assistance
Accomplishments
I received the Scripps Nursing Support Employee of the Year 2025.
Certification
- CNA - Certified Nurse Assistant
- BLS-CPR
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Certified Nursing Assistant
Scripps Mercy Chula Vista Hospital
03.2023 - Current
Certified Nursing Assistant
Magnolia Post Acute Care
05.2020 - 12.2022
Associate of Science - Biological Sciences
San Diego Mesa College
Scripps Nursing Support Employee of the Year 2025
I was nominated by my supervisors and my peers for this award due to my outstanding above and beyond patient care. I'm a musician outside of Scripps and I love ny job because I'm able to provide not only medical care but also emotional and spiritual care for patients. I work in the ICU which indicates that not only are patients fighting for another chance at life but their family members accompany alongside them in this challenging journey. I've been able to make not only connections but also provide that sprinkle of hope through music in those tough emotional moments. Sometimes I stay a little extra after clock hours just to sing to some of the patients because it fulfills my heart to be able to make them feel loved and supported.