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Brianna Murdock

Crown Point,IN

Summary

I am a compassionate Certified Nursing Assistant with extensive experience at Wittenberg Lutheran Village, excelling in patient-focused care. I have proven my ability to enhance patient satisfaction through empathetic communication and effective safety precautions, fostering independence and dignity in daily living activities. I am committed to delivering high-quality support in diverse healthcare settings. I have one year left of nursing school and I am ready to begin working in the hospital. I am especially interested in working with families, including newborns and children.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Certified Nursing Assistant: Assisted Living

Wittenberg Lutheran Village
01.2023 - Current
  • Provide high-quality personal care services such as bathing, grooming, and dressing to ensure patient dignity.
  • Assist residents with daily living activities for enhanced comfort and wellbeing.
  • Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, oxygen saturation levels, weight, and respirations.
  • Enhance team efficiency by promptly responding to call lights and reporting changes in patient condition to other CNAs.
  • Utilize therapeutic communication, empathy and active listening skills to encourage and develop positive relationships with patients.
  • Serve as an advocate for patients' needs during shift handoffs and to other healthcare professionals.
  • Offer immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
  • Participate in fun group activities with patients to boost mood, improve overall memory, and provide light entertainment.
  • Increase patient engagement by leading recreational and therapeutic activities such as leading chair exercises and games.
  • Oversee, maintain, and clean patients' rooms, group living areas, and nurse stations/front desk.
  • Evaluate patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
  • Document patient conditions and care provided, ensuring accurate health records for informed medical decisions and well as to keep everybody informed.
  • Enhance resident comfort by providing compassionate, one-on-one care during daily activities as well as always listening and addressing concerns promptly.
  • Provide emotional and psychological support to patients and their families, fostering positive healthcare experience.
  • Complete activities of daily living for patients unable to self-care, and assist those with limited mobility in completing tasks.
  • Help residents complete range of motion exercises to prevent loss of function during care.
  • Support the needs of 30 residents in the assisted-living facility.
  • Wash and fold residents' laundry and change their linens.
  • Serve meals, deliver mail, and pass prepackaged meds.

Certified Nursing Assistant: Long-Term Facility

Wittenberg Lutheran Village
02.2022 - 10.2022
  • Provided high-quality personal care services such as bathing, grooming, dressing, and feeding to ensure patient dignity.
  • Reduced fall incidents by implementing safety measures like raising side rails, lowering the bed, and by using proper positioning techniques.
  • Enhanced team efficiency by promptly responding to call lights and reporting changes in patient condition to nurses.
  • Performed accurate documentation of patient information according to established protocols for record-keeping purposes.
  • Streamlined communication between nursing staff, patients, and families to ensure comprehensive understanding of care plans.
  • Advocated for patient rights and needs, ensuring respectful and ethical care.
  • Experience with feeding individuals.
  • Responded to patient requests for supplies and personal comfort items such as extra blankets.
  • Provided care to patients throughout lifespan with consideration of aging processes, human development stages and culture.
  • Assisted patients with daily living activities for enhanced comfort and wellbeing.
  • Maintained a clean, safe environment by sanitizing surfaces, changing linens, and disposing of waste properly.
  • Promoted good oral and personal hygiene by aiding patients with shaving, bathing, and teeth brushing.
  • Utilized therapeutic communication, empathy and active listening skills to encourage and develop positive relationships with patients.
  • Worked with a contracted resident.
  • Experience in a memory care unit.

Education

No Degree - Nursing

Purdue University Northwest
Hammond, IN
05-2026

Nursing Assistant: State Certification -

University of Saint Francis
Crown Point, IN

High School Diploma -

Crown Point High School
Crown Point, IN
06-2022

Skills

  • RQI CPR
  • Patient Communication
  • HIPAA compliance
  • Reliable team member
  • Direct patient care
  • Alzheimer's and dementia care
  • Bedside manner
  • Vital signs monitoring
  • Dressing assistance
  • Safety precautions
  • Patient-focused care
  • Companionship and emotional support
  • Healthcare ethics

Certification

  • CNA - Certified Nurse Assistant
  • RQI CPR

Interests and Hobbies

Church:

  • I was a member of our Call Committee at Trinity Lutheran Church and School to be a part of finding our next pastor
  • I am a singer in our contemporary service's band


Other:

  • Hanging out and playing games with my family and friends
  • Going on long bike rides with my sister and friends
  • Home improvement projects and landscaping
  • Habitat for humanity
  • Babysitting
  • Softball
  • Crafts/painting/drawing
  • Traveling and seeing animals & marine life


Timeline

Certified Nursing Assistant: Assisted Living

Wittenberg Lutheran Village
01.2023 - Current

Certified Nursing Assistant: Long-Term Facility

Wittenberg Lutheran Village
02.2022 - 10.2022

No Degree - Nursing

Purdue University Northwest

Nursing Assistant: State Certification -

University of Saint Francis

High School Diploma -

Crown Point High School

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