Jade Castillo Email and Phone Number

• Supervised and provide care for between four to nine patients on an intermediate nursing care floor alongside another nurse and two to three CNAs• Prepared and administer medicine according the patients’ physician’s orders through multiple routes: oral medication; intramuscular injected medication; IV push medication; IV infused medicine; and subcutaneous injections • Directed the day to day functions of the CNAs in accordance with the facility protocol and the patients’ needs• Received and carry out Physician’s Orders and transcribe those orders correctly in the patients’ chart; then communicate those orders appropriately with the correct interdisciplinary team• Performed head to toe assessments on patients daily and report abnormal findings to physician as appropriate• Provided wound care as per the physician orders• Provide IV/PICC care and maintenance as per the facility’s protocol• Collected and prepared bodily specimens as ordered by the physician

Managed care and ensured safety for over sixty patients in an intermediate care facility. Supervised and assisted the CNAs with the care of the residents on a daily basis—such activities included regular perineal care; grooming; transferring; and simply walking with those residents who needed assistanceAdministered various forms of medication (oral, intramuscular injection, subcutaneous injection, inhaled medicine, topical, eye drops) to the sixty residents on a daily basis, as per the doctor's orders. Coordinated the residents' care with the medical director, the psychiatrist, and other specialists including eye doctors and dentists, as well as the residents' personal doctors, if anyConsoled the residents and provided a therapeutic milieu and encouraged independenceMaintained the residents Physician's Order Sheets, Medical Administration Records, Telephone Order documentation, and monthly progress documentation up to dateObtained bodily specimens as ordered and worked with a local laboratory company in order to have specimens analyzedPerformed head to toe assessments on all incoming residents and residents returning from a hospital stay as well as focused assessments as needed for medication evaluation, suspected illness or injury, or upon requestProvided wound care on certain residents who have returned from surgery or on residents' who have injured themselvesProvided colostomy care on certain residents

Managed care, administered medicines, and ensured safety to between seventeen and thirty different residents in a facility specializing in caring for those with dementia, similar to more recent job (see above)Coordinated the residents' care with the residents' personal doctors and outpatient services, such as Physical Therapy or Hospice. Provided a therapeutic milieu to the residents; encouraging activities to encourage mental stimulation and encourage the residents' well being

This was a seasonal job that I held during summer and winter breaks while I was attending college. Appropriately "rang up" customers' grocery ordersAssisted with bagging such ordersAssisted customers with finding itemsCleaned registers in between customers

Serve food across counter to student populationAssist cooks in preparation of foods to be cooked (Peeling onions, panning food)Cook certain foods in large quantities for the students (Potatoes, eggs, fried foods)Clean kitchen, dish room, and eating areas when appropriate. Power scrubbed dish room floor on weekends. Washed dishes for a large amount of students during "all you can eat" hours.