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Adam A.

Adam A.

$15.50 / hr

Hinesville, GA

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About Adam

1. Because I love careing for the elderly and people in the hospital. 2.To see the satisfaction of those face after i help them that they are satisfied & happy. 3.To know they can count on me and that makes me happy they are happy 4. I love being in nursing and have alot of patience to do this loving job. I can't see myself doing anything else. This is what really defines me as a profession. I have (27) years in nursing working in nursing homes hospitals specialty units geriatrics, pediatrics plus snf units.

Caregiving Services & Expertise

Services

  • Bathing
  • Dressing & Grooming
  • Toileting
  • Medication Reminders
  • Meal Prep
  • Transferring & Mobility
  • Housekeeping
  • Companionship

Job Interests

    Caregivers that work non-full-time jobs or irregular shifts can negotiate extra compensation in addition to their standard hourly wage.

    Skills & Expertise

    • Alzheimer's Disease
    • Diabetes
    • HIV/AIDS
    • Hospice Care
    • Orthopedic Care
    • Post Surgery Recovery
    • Stroke
    • Senior Care
    • Elder Care
    • Home Care

    Languages

    • English

    Experience & Education

    Community College of Baltimore County

    Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
    Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

    Baltimore City Community College

    Sep 2012 - Jan 2014
    Sep 2012 - Jan 2014

    Resident Assistant/ CNA

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2013
    Emeritus Estate Assisted Living
    Take care of the patients in the assisted living environment as needed. Assist the residents by helping them get up in the morning. Along with oral care and personal hygiene, also helping them with grooming. Dressing and undressing and neatness of their rooms.
    Jan 2013 - Jan 2013

    Certified Nurse Assistant

    Jan 2004 - Jan 2008
    Leigh Hall Assisted Living
    Took care of the elderly in the nursing home at nights while the LPN did their rounds with the med carts. Also took v/s on residents who needed it done o them, change linen on occupied beds with and without help. Did a colostomy change out a patient in a wheelchair.
    Jan 2004 - Jan 2008

    Certfied Nurse Assistant/ Tech

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2007
    Anne Arundel Health Services
    Assisted the license nurse in admitting new patients in the unit when coming from the ER or a different unit in the hospital. We documented the patient's vital signs from wall monitors. Started IV's did blood draws when and where needed, check blood sugars for need of insulin. e transport some pts. When short on transport help. Help nurses with changing of linen on occupied beds when needed and when pts came from a different unit. Also did dressing changes when needed.
    Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

    Anne Arundel Community College

    Jan 2006 - May 2006
    Jan 2006 - May 2006

    Certified Nurse Assistant

    Jan 1990 - Jan 2000
    Staff Search Nurse Agency
    Worked in nursing homes and mainly hospitals taking care of patients. Taking v/s on patients who needed it done on them, also assisted residents and some pts. Who needed help at times with assisted daily living. Feeding, showers personal grooming.
    Jan 1990 - Jan 2000

    Rehabilitation Nurse Tech

    Jan 1998 - Jan 1999
    Health South Rehabilitation
    Assisted license nurse with the intake or the admission of new patients in our rehabilitation unit. Help patients when they were ready to take showers, dressing, getting out of bed. Personal hygiene put clean fresh linen on patient's bed when needed daily. Also give patients physical support when they need help trying to walk again. Also checked diabetic pts. For need of insulin in case they may need it. Also give pts. physical support when they are trying to walk again.
    Jan 1998 - Jan 1999

    Certifeid Nurse Aide

    Jan 1996 - Jan 1998
    South Land Villa Nursing Center
    Take care of the patients in the nursing home do oral hygiene along with personal body care. Take the patients to breakfast along with who needed assistance in getting there. Helping as well as doing dressing and undressing patients. Giving and aiding in giving showers, bed baths using the be pan's urinals, Bed side commodes. Also did Accu-checks on diabetic patients for license nurses in need of insulin.
    Jan 1996 - Jan 1998

    OR/ Pacu-Pre/ Post op Tech

    Dec 1991 - Dec 1991
    The Methodist Hospital System
    Recorded v/s on nurses notes in pts. Med record. Transcribe doctors' orders to mars for nurses. I've done in and out Foley Catheter assisted nurses removing staples. Check blood sugars on diabetic pts. for need of insulin. Got warm thick blankets out the warmer for the patients fresh out of the OR. Assisted the OR staff position and reposition patients in the OR while prepping them for surgery. I've done in and out Foley on urinary catheter. I've done one on one with head trauma pts. enclosed in a Posey Netted bed. Places I've worked in C.C.U. Pre & post P.A.C.U., C.V.I.C.U. C.V.O.C.U, Med-surge, Progressive care Oncology, Geriatric & pediatric cross trained. I have 27 years experience in nursing.
    Dec 1991 - Dec 1991

    Earle C. Clements Job Corps Center

    Oct 1986 - Dec 1987
    Oct 1986 - Dec 1987
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