Period: Sep 2023 to Present
[Overseas Employment Supported with Certificate of Employment from Caregiver]
Country: Philippines
Title: Nurse Aide
Setting: Adventist Hospital-Davao Inc.
- Working as a nurse aide in a hospital. There are 2 nursing aides each shift.
- She has been working 4 sessions of 12-hour shifts in a week.
- She is rotated around different wards including ICU, general wards, private rooms and charity wards.
- NGT feeding.
- PEG Tube feeding.
- Suctioning (oral).
- Suctioning (tracheal).
- Nebulizer.
- Assisted with oxygen therapy.
- Gave injection (under nurse’s supervision) and monitored blood glucose levels.
- Indwelling urinary catheter care.
- Administered suppository (bullet)
- Basic wound care for bedsores.
- Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including bed bath, changing diapers, dressing, feeding, walking, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning.
- Served medications.
- Changing of bedsheets and linens.
Period: May 2020 to May 2022
Country: Philippines
Title: Live-in Caregiver
Setting: In-Home
- Cared for a wheelchair-bound 65-year-old lady with stroke, dementia and previous fall. The elderly weighed 50+kg.
- She worked on live-in basis for 5 days a week.
- Indwelling Urinary Catheter.
- Basic wound care for bedsores.
- Assisted in Activities of Daily Living including showering, changing diapers (including at night), dressing, transferring from bed to wheelchair and vice-versa, turning & positioning (sometimes).
- Shared a room with the elderly. Woke up
- Brought the elderly out to get some sun.
- Assisted in ROM exercises.
- Due to dementia,
- The elderly would forget her name, her children and even Charisse. Sometimes the elderly would ask her to go away, slap her or pinch her. Charisse would introduce herself again and again.
- The elderly would have episodes of tantrums and shout. After she shouted, the elderly would calm down. Charisse would engage her in activities that she liked such as watch TV or listen to music to shift her focus.
- The elderly would forget if she had eaten and asked to eat again. Charisse would explain to her that she had already eaten. Sometimes Charisse would give her a little bit of food.
- Prepared and served medications.
- Performed housework and cooking for the elderly.
- Cared for the elderly until she passed away.
Certification and Training
- TESDA National Certificate II in Health Care Services
- TESDA National Certificate II in Caregiving
- Certificate of Recognition for exemplary performance as Nurse Attendant in the Emergency Room Hall Department for first quarter of 2024
- Recognition of Participation for Basic Life Support (CPR & AED)
- Certificate of Participation for training on Hemoglucose Test and Subcutanous Injection Training
- Certificate of Completion for 786 hours Caregiving NCII
- Certificate of Completion for 120 hours of Internship program at CURE Philippinse, INC/ Tebow CURE Hospital
- Certificate of Completion for 120 hours of On-the-Job Training as Caregiver at Davao Veil Geriatric Home Care Center