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Education
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Accomplishments
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Certification
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Brittany Brown

Brainerd,MN

Summary

Healthcare professional committed to delivering compassionate care and supporting patient needs. Proven ability to collaborate effectively with medical staff and adapt to dynamic healthcare environments. Reliable team player focused on achieving optimal patient outcomes through empathetic care and attention to detail.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

CNA/ Nursing Assistant

Cuyuna Regional Medical Center, Crosby MN
Crosby, MN
05.2022 - Current
  • Provide patients with help walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed
  • Positioning patients
  • Feeding patients
  • Bathing patients
  • Dressing patients
  • Assist patients with grooming and other tasks
  • Observe patients' conditions
  • Measure and record food and liquid intake and output
  • Vital signs
  • Report to charge nurse or nurse for patient
  • Keep an eye out for post-surgical issues such as signs of infection, shock and other complications
  • IV pup reporting and trouble shooting
  • SCD machines
  • Communication with doctors, RT, lab, surgeons, pharmacy
  • Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs
  • Apply clean dressings, slings, stockings, or support bandages, under direction of nurse or physician
  • Change bed linens or make beds
  • Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas
  • Collect specimens, such as urine, feces, or sputum
  • Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support
  • Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses

CNA

Sanford Bemidji Medical Center, Bemidji MN
Bemidji, MN
11.2020 - 04.2022
  • Provide patients with help walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed
  • Positioning patients
  • Feeding patients
  • Bathing patients
  • Dressing patients
  • Assist patients with grooming and other tasks
  • Observe patients' conditions
  • Measure and record food and liquid intake and output
  • Vital signs
  • Report to charge nurse or nurse for patient
  • Keep an eye out for post-surgical issues such as signs of infection, shock and other complications
  • IV pup reporting and trouble shooting
  • SCD machines
  • Communication with doctors, RT, lab, surgeons, pharmacy
  • Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs
  • Apply clean dressings, slings, stockings, or support bandages, under direction of nurse or physician
  • Change bed linens or make beds
  • Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas
  • Collect specimens, such as urine, feces, or sputum
  • Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support
  • Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses

NAR/ CNA

Cuyuna Regional Medical Center Hospital, Crosby MN
Crosby, MN
02.2016 - 10.2020
  • Provide patients with help walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed
  • Positioning patients
  • Feeding patients
  • Bathing patients
  • Dressing patients
  • Assist patients with grooming and other tasks
  • Observe patients' conditions
  • Measure and record food and liquid intake and output
  • Vital signs
  • Report to charge nurse or nurse for patient
  • Keep an eye out for post-surgical issues such as signs of infection, shock and other complications
  • IV pup reporting and trouble shooting
  • SCD machines
  • Communication with doctors, RT, lab, surgeons, pharmacy
  • Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs
  • Apply clean dressings, slings, stockings, or support bandages, under direction of nurse or physician
  • Change bed linens or make beds
  • Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas
  • Collect specimens, such as urine, feces, or sputum
  • Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support
  • Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses

CNA

Edgewood Vista, Brainerd MN
Brainerd, MN
11.2015 - 02.2016
  • Provide patients with help walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed
  • Positioning patients
  • Feeding patients
  • Bathing patients
  • Dressing patients
  • Assist patients with grooming and other tasks
  • Observe patients' conditions
  • Hourly resident checks
  • Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support
  • Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses
  • Transport patients to treatment units, testing units, operating rooms, or other areas, using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds
  • Turn or reposition bedridden patients

Health Tech

MEND MEDICAL, BRAINERD , MN
Brainerd, MN
09.2015 - 11.2015
  • Dealing with inmates
  • Using a walkie-talkie for communication
  • Answering the telephone
  • Clerical work
  • Setting up MARS
  • Passed meds and documented meds given
  • Collect specimens such as urine, feces, or sputum
  • Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses
  • Gather information from caregivers, nurses, or physicians about patient condition, treatment plans, or appropriate activities
  • Observe or examine patients to detect symptoms that may require medical attention, such as bruises, open wounds, or blood in urine
  • Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff
  • Remind patients to take medications or nutritional supplements
  • Stock or issue medical supplies, such as dressing packs or treatment trays

NAR

BETHANY GOOD SAMARITAN BRAINERD MN
Brainerd, MN
02.2015 - 08.2015
  • Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs
  • Apply clean dressings, slings, stockings, or support bandages, under direction of nurse or physician
  • Change bed linens or make beds
  • Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas
  • Collect specimens, such as urine, feces, or sputum
  • Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support
  • Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses
  • Feed patients or assist patients to eat or drink
  • Gather information from caregivers, nurses, or physicians about patient condition, treatment plans, or appropriate activities
  • Measure and record food and liquid intake or urinary and fecal output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff
  • Observe or examine patients to detect symptoms that may require medical attention, such as bruises, open wounds, or blood in urine
  • Prepare or serve food trays
  • Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, standing, walking, or exercising
  • Record height or weight of patients
  • Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff
  • Restock patient rooms with personal hygiene items, such as towels, washcloths, soap, or toilet paper
  • Review patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences to ensure patient receives appropriate diet
  • Supply, collect, or empty bedpans
  • Turn or reposition bedridden patients
  • Undress, wash, and dress patients who are unable to do so for themselves
  • Wash, groom, shave, or drape patients to prepare them for surgery, treatment, or examination
  • Exercise patients who are comatose, paralyzed, or have restricted mobility
  • Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers
  • Provide information such as directions, visiting hours, or patient status information to visitors or callers

Cna

FRIENDSHIP MANOR SHAKOPEE MN
Shakopee, MN
05.2014 - 02.2015
  • Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs
  • Apply clean dressings, slings, stockings, or support bandages, under direction of nurse or physician
  • Change bed linens or make beds
  • Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas
  • Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support
  • Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses
  • Feed patients or assist patients to eat or drink
  • Gather information from caregivers, nurses, or physicians about patient condition, treatment plans, or appropriate activities
  • Measure and record food and liquid intake or urinary and fecal output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff
  • Observe or examine patients to detect symptoms that may require medical attention, such as bruises, open wounds, or blood in urine
  • Prepare or serve food trays
  • Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, standing, walking, or exercising
  • Record height or weight of patients
  • Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff
  • Restock patient rooms with personal hygiene items, such as towels, washcloths, soap, or toilet paper
  • Review patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences to ensure patient receives appropriate diet
  • Supply, collect, or empty bedpans
  • Transport patients to treatment units, testing units, operating rooms, or other areas, using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds
  • Turn or reposition bedridden patients
  • Undress, wash, and dress patients who are unable to do so for themselves
  • Wash, groom, shave, or drape patients to prepare them for surgery, treatment, or examination
  • Exercise patients who are comatose, paralyzed, or have restricted mobility
  • Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers
  • Provide information such as directions, visiting hours, or patient status information to visitors or callers

Home Health Aid

COMMUNITY HOME HEALTH PRIOR LAKE MN
Prior Lake, MN
01.2014 - 05.2014
  • Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager
  • Check patients' pulse, temperature, and respiration
  • Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming
  • Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care
  • Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert
  • Administer prescribed oral medications, under the written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse or aide, and ensure patients take their medicine
  • Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets
  • Direct patients in simple prescribed exercises or in the use of braces or artificial limbs
  • Provide patients and families with emotional support and instruction in areas such as caring for infants, preparing healthy meals, living independently, or adapting to disability or illness
  • Perform a variety of duties as requested by client, such as obtaining household supplies or running errands
  • Massage patients or apply preparations or treatments, such as liniment, alcohol rubs, or heat-lamp stimulation

Nar

BETHANY GOOD SAMARITAN BRAINERD MN
Brainerd, MN
10.2013 - 12.2013
  • Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs
  • Apply clean dressings, slings, stockings, or support bandages, under direction of nurse or physician
  • Change bed linens or make beds
  • Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas
  • Collect specimens, such as urine, feces, or sputum
  • Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support
  • Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses
  • Feed patients or assist patients to eat or drink
  • Gather information from caregivers, nurses, or physicians about patient condition, treatment plans, or appropriate activities
  • Measure and record food and liquid intake or urinary and fecal output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff
  • Observe or examine patients to detect symptoms that may require medical attention, such as bruises, open wounds, or blood in urine
  • Prepare or serve food trays
  • Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, standing, walking, or exercising
  • Record height or weight of patients
  • Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff
  • Restock patient rooms with personal hygiene items, such as towels, washcloths, soap, or toilet paper
  • Review patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences to ensure patient receives appropriate diet
  • Supply, collect, or empty bedpans
  • Transport patients to treatment units, testing units, operating rooms, or other areas, using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds
  • Turn or reposition bedridden patients
  • Undress, wash, and dress patients who are unable to do so for themselves
  • Wash, groom, shave, or drape patients to prepare them for surgery, treatment, or examination
  • Exercise patients who are comatose, paralyzed, or have restricted mobility
  • Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers
  • Provide information such as directions, visiting hours, or patient status information to visitors or callers

Server

RUTTERGS BAY LAKE LODGE, BAY LAKE MN
Bay Lake, MN
07.2012 - 11.2013
  • Check with customers to ensure that they are enjoying their meals and take action to correct any problems
  • Collect payments from customers
  • Write patrons' food orders on order slips, memorize orders, or enter orders into computers for transmittal to kitchen staff
  • Prepare checks that itemize and total meal costs and sales taxes
  • Take orders from patrons for food or beverages
  • Check patrons' identification to ensure that they meet minimum age requirements for consumption of alcoholic beverages
  • Serve food or beverages to patrons, and prepare or serve specialty dishes at tables as required
  • Present menus to patrons and answer questions about menu items, making recommendations upon request
  • Clean tables or counters after patrons have finished dining
  • Prepare hot, cold, and mixed drinks for patrons, and chill bottles of wine
  • Roll silverware, set up food stations or set up dining areas to prepare for the next shift or for large parties
  • Inform customers of daily specials
  • Stock service areas with supplies such as coffee, food, tableware, and linens
  • Explain how various menu items are prepared, describing ingredients and cooking methods
  • Prepare tables for meals, including setting up items such as linens, silverware, and glassware
  • Remove dishes and glasses from tables or counters, take them to kitchen for cleaning
  • Assist host or hostess by answering phones to take reservations or to-go orders, and by greeting, seating, and thanking guests
  • Perform cleaning duties, such as sweeping and mopping floors, vacuuming carpet, tidying up server station, taking out trash, or checking and cleaning bathroom
  • Bring wine selections to tables with appropriate glasses, and pour the wines for customers
  • Escort customers to their tables
  • Fill salt, pepper, sugar, cream, condiment, and napkin containers
  • Describe and recommend wines to customers
  • Provide guests with information about local areas, including giving directions
  • CRMC Crosby MN
  • Senior housing aid November 2012 - October 2013

Education

High School -

SHAKOPEE HIGH SCHOOL
Shakopee, MN
06.2012

Generals/ Nursing

CLC BRAINERD
Brainerd, MN

Skills

  • Microsoft
  • Customer service
  • Excel
  • Work well with others
  • Some spine training
  • BLS
  • Med/Surge and Ortho
  • I have also trained many other CNA’s
  • Leadership
  • Flexibility and adaptability
  • Patient care
  • Vital signs monitoring
  • Compassion and empathy
  • Attention to detail
  • HIPAA compliance
  • Feeding assistance
  • Bathing assistance
  • Complex Problem-solving
  • Clinical documentation
  • Multitasking and organization
  • Time management

Accomplishments

    - Completed High School

    - Became a wife and a mom

    - Completed a semester and a half of nursing school so far while working and being a mom and wife.

Affiliations

  • Fall prevention group
  • Appreciation committee
  • Nursing club through CLC

Certification

- CNA

- TMA

Interests

- Taking care of others

- Traveling

- Spending time with friends and family

- Camping

- Hunting

- Fishing

Timeline

CNA/ Nursing Assistant

Cuyuna Regional Medical Center, Crosby MN
05.2022 - Current

CNA

Sanford Bemidji Medical Center, Bemidji MN
11.2020 - 04.2022

NAR/ CNA

Cuyuna Regional Medical Center Hospital, Crosby MN
02.2016 - 10.2020

CNA

Edgewood Vista, Brainerd MN
11.2015 - 02.2016

Health Tech

MEND MEDICAL, BRAINERD , MN
09.2015 - 11.2015

NAR

BETHANY GOOD SAMARITAN BRAINERD MN
02.2015 - 08.2015

Cna

FRIENDSHIP MANOR SHAKOPEE MN
05.2014 - 02.2015

Home Health Aid

COMMUNITY HOME HEALTH PRIOR LAKE MN
01.2014 - 05.2014

Nar

BETHANY GOOD SAMARITAN BRAINERD MN
10.2013 - 12.2013

Server

RUTTERGS BAY LAKE LODGE, BAY LAKE MN
07.2012 - 11.2013

High School -

SHAKOPEE HIGH SCHOOL

Generals/ Nursing

CLC BRAINERD

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