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Catherine Garcia

Catherine Garcia

Nurse/Caregiver
Suwa City

Summary

Empathetic Care Worker with sensitive and compassionate approach to cultivating trusting, stimulating and varied lifestyle for residents. Offers enhanced care with flexible learning approach for patients. Experience in hospital and in-home settings providing guidance and encouragement to patients through physical and emotional support.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
4
4
Languages

Work History

Caregiver

Social Welfare Corporation Heiseikai
Suwa City
08.2022 - Current
  • Monitored client vital signs, administered medications, and tracked behaviors to keep healthcare supervisor well-informed.
  • Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
  • Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
  • Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
  • Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
  • Supported clients with mental support and physical activities to accomplish quality of life and sustain needs.
  • Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
  • Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
  • Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
  • Guided patients to restroom to support bladder and bowel relief requirements.
  • Recorded patients' pulse, blood pressure and respirations (TPRs) to assess and document important health information.
  • Supported daily hygiene needs of patients by assisting with bathing, dressing, dental care and personal grooming.

Health Assistant Nurse

Wellpoint Medical Clinic
City of Dasmarinas
05.2019 - 11.2019

• Transports patients, using wheelchair or wheeled cart, or assists patients to walk.

• Drapes patients for examinations and treatments, and remains with patients, performing such duties as holding instruments and adjusting lights.

• Changes bed linens, runs errands, directs visitors, and answers telephone.

• Takes and records temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration rates.

• Cleans, sterilizes, stores, prepares, and issues dressing packs, treatment trays, and other supplies.

Health Assistant Nurse

Obaidallah Geriatric Hospital(Ibrahim Bin Hamad Obaidallah Hospital
Ras Al Khaimah
10.2016 - 03.2019

• Provides patients' personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves; assisting with travel to the bathroom; helping with showers and baths.

• Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary; ambulating, turning, and positioning patients; providing fresh water and nourishment between meals.

• Provides adjunct care by administering enemas, douches, nonsterile dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, sitz and therapeutic baths; applying restraints.

• Maintains patient stability by checking vital signs and weight; testing urine; recording intake and output information.

• Provides patient comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transporting patients; answering patients' call lights and requests; reporting observations of the patient to nursing supervisor.

Box Office Cashier

Novo Cinemas
Ras Al Khaimah
04.2010 - 07.2016
  • Printed tickets, checking accuracy of date, time and seat numbers before giving to customers.
  • Assisted customers in choosing seats, guiding and recommending options via seating map.
  • Balanced cash owed against number of tickets bought and took payment in exchange for ticket sales.
  • Created and maintained reports of sold tickets and payments received.
  • Performed cash, card and check transactions to complete customer purchases.
  • Processed refunds and exchanges in accordance with company policy.
  • Maintained current knowledge of store promotions and highlighted sales to customers.
  • Encouraged customers to make additional purchases by highlighting current deals and keeping lane well-stocked.
  • Responded promptly to requests for assistance, spills and customer inquiries.
  • Demonstrated product features, answered questions and redirected objections to highlight positive aspects.
  • Used POS system to enter orders, process payments and issue receipts.
  • Worked with floor team and managers to meet wide range of customer needs.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

St. Dominic College of Asia
Bacoor City Cavite Philippines
06.2004 - 03.2007

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

De La Salle University-Dasmariñas
City Of Dasmariñas Cavite Philippines
06.2003 - 06.2004

Skills

Patient Management

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Certification

Registered Nurse

Timeline

Caregiver

Social Welfare Corporation Heiseikai
08.2022 - Current

Registered Nurse

09-2021

Health Assistant Nurse

Wellpoint Medical Clinic
05.2019 - 11.2019

Health Assistant Nurse

Obaidallah Geriatric Hospital(Ibrahim Bin Hamad Obaidallah Hospital
10.2016 - 03.2019

Box Office Cashier

Novo Cinemas
04.2010 - 07.2016

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

St. Dominic College of Asia
06.2004 - 03.2007

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

De La Salle University-Dasmariñas
06.2003 - 06.2004
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