Katie Cowan
Abingdon
Summary
Compassionate and patient - oriented nursing professional with strong expertise in delivery of assisting with activities of daily living and care among patients. Detail oriented individual, strong team player with proven ability to provide individualized care to patients and to encourage them to attain the highest possible level of physical and mental well being. Flexible and adaptable to any obstacle.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Resident Care Specialist
Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation Center
09.2014 - Current
410-879-1120
- Assist with ,personal hygiene, dressing of patient, grooming, and nail care
- Help with toileting and bathroom needs
- Handle urinals, bedpans, colostomy bags, bedside commodes, catheters, JP drains, G/J tubes, and wound VAC
- Assist/change patients with incontience
- Document all aspects of patient
- Participate in admissions, transfers, and discharge procedures
- Help move/lift patients with limited mobility, non/partial weight bearing transfers to bed, wheelchair, shower chair, ect.
- Assist and encourage ambulation, exercise routines with physiotherapy
- Serve meals and assist those who cannot feed themselves
- Understanding HIPPA and OSHA regulations
- Foster Cheerful, positive outlook and provide compassionate response to patients emotional needs
- Take urine/stool samples, sputum specimens as directed
- Change linen as needed, or scheduled on occupied or unoccupied beds
- Preform all household chores, and cleaning to maintain a safe, clean environment for patients, staff, and visitors
- Monitor and record Vital signs, height, weight, blood pressure, finger sticks, temperature, pulse, respiration, input/output, oxygen levels
- Observe and report relevant physical, physiological, social developmental changes in condition
- Help manage, move, re-order supplies
- Follow PPE procedures for disease and infection control
- Follow emergency procedures and policies
- Assist applying topical treatments
- Assist with wound dressing changes and treatments
- Assist licensed nursing staff in providing direct and indirect patient care
- Participate in daily meetings and in-services with nursing team
- Planned and created fun activites for recreation of patients activities
- Able to provide post mordem care
- Accompanied patients on trips to doctor's appoinments ect.
Process Operator
Ingredion Inc.
02.2021 - 06.2025
- Contributed to a safe working environment by strictly adhering to safety guidelines and reporting potential hazards.
- Utilized computer systems effectively to monitor processes and input critical data accurately and efficiently.
- Maintained accurate records of production data, facilitating informed decision-making for management.
- Observed all safety rules and regulations and encouraged others to do same, effectively reducing work-related injuries.
- Operated various types of machinery proficiently, adapting quickly to changing production requirements.
- Assisted in troubleshooting equipment issues, minimizing disruptions to the production schedule.
- Implemented process improvements, resulting in reduced waste and increased yield.
- Maintained compliance with health, safety, and environment practices.
- Supported new employee training, ensuring proper understanding of company policies and procedures.
- Reported to shift supervisor on production status, problems and deviations.
- Enhanced production efficiency by closely monitoring equipment and making necessary adjustments.
- Efficiently operated all equipment and machinery according to manufacturer instructions.
- Optimized product quality with consistent adherence to standard operating procedures and safety protocols.
- Read and applied information in specifications to determine equipment settings impacting product outputs.
- Conducted routine equipment calibrations, ensuring optimal performance throughout the production process.
- Isolated and prepared equipment for corrective and scheduled maintenance procedures.
- Reduced downtime, swiftly identifying and troubleshooting process disruptions.
- Monitored and adjusted production processes to ensure high-quality output, leading to decrease in product defects.
- Inspected products and machines to maintain quality and efficiency.
Packaging Support
Frito-Lay
08.2016 - 12.2018
410-273-5800
- Maintaining a clean, safe work environment for staff and food production
- Sorting cartons
- Loading and unloading multiple Boxdrop machines at one time for changovers and production
- Operate pallet jacks
- Use of bakery feeds, BFI, and bailer
- Providing mechanical maintenance to packaging machines as well as clearing faults and troubleshooting
- Packing product manually into cases
- Checking code dates and lables for accuracy
- Following production schedules, procedures, and GMP
- Setting up Ishida deck witch includes, cross-feeder, dispersion feeder, radial feeder, pull hopper, weigh hopper, novatain, rings, seasoning tray, lanes
- Sanitation on the Ishida deck for production run start ups and shut downs, and quality
- Manually Palatalizing product
- Working on products on hold
Material Handler
Frito-Lay
08.2016 - 01.2018
410-273-5800
- Worked at a rapid pace to meet tight deadlines with volume at a high of 95,000 cases a day without replenishment
- Packaged product according customer order at a minimum of 70 cases an hour
- Threw cases on the ASRS belt at minimum of 800 cases an hour
- Sort knock down boxes
- Load and unload trailers
- Sanitation
- Move pallets
- Follow GMP guild-lines
Resident Care Aide
Greenfield Senior Living at Bel Air
05.2013 - 01.2017
Jody Snyder - 443-417-8369
Receptionist/Team Member
New England PIzza
02.2009 - 08.2013
George Papaouloglou - Owner - 302-559-5308
- Took customer orders in-person and via phone
- Preformed all closing and deep cleaning duties
- Served and delivered fresh, hot food to customers
- Prepared and cooked food while maintaining a clean and sanitary environment
- Stocked food and other products
- Assisted with scheduling
- Accepted payment from customers and made change as necessary
Education
High School Diploma - Child Care/Foods
North Harford High School
Pylesville, MDSkills
- Assist with activities of daily living (ADL'S)
- Efficient in fast-paced multitasking environments with ability to strategize and prioritize
- Qualified Trainer
- Extremely motivated and dedicated
- Highly organized, independent, detail oriented
- Able to lift 60 pounds
- Quick problem solver
- Vital signs monitoring
- Compassionate caregiving
- Dementia care
- Medical documentation
- Mobility assistance
- Hygiene maintenance
- Adaptive equipment
- Fall prevention
- Personal care assistance
- Patient care
- Dressing assistance
- Clinical documentation
- Personal hygiene assistance
- Housekeeping
- Privacy and confidentiality
- Social interaction
- Meal preparation
- Infection control
- Medication administration
- Patient transportation
- Laundry services
- Emergency response
- Memory care
- Toileting assistance
- Household organization
- Meal assistance
- Behavior documentation
- Range of motion exercises
Certification
First Aid/CPR - Health Care Provider |Heart To Heart| 6 Years CMT - Certified Medication Technician |Shedna Health - Shem| 4 Years CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant |Bel Air Health & Rehab - Anita Johnson| 4 Years GNA - Geriatric Nursing Assistant |Bel Air Health & Rehab - Anita Johnson| 4 Years Dementia Training |Greenfield Senior Living - Jody Snyder| 5 Years First Responder |Frito-Lay - Ingomore Mills| 2 Years
Timeline
Process Operator
Ingredion Inc.
02.2021 - 06.2025
Packaging Support
Frito-Lay
08.2016 - 12.2018
Material Handler
Frito-Lay
08.2016 - 01.2018
Resident Care Specialist
Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation Center
09.2014 - Current
Resident Care Aide
Greenfield Senior Living at Bel Air
05.2013 - 01.2017
Receptionist/Team Member
New England PIzza
02.2009 - 08.2013
High School Diploma - Child Care/Foods
North Harford High School