11. Patient Care
Patient care comprises the diagnosis, recovery, and control of illness, as well as the maintenance of physical and mental well-being through the utilization of the services of healthcare practitioners. Patient care is services offered to patients under the supervision of health practitioners or non-professionals. Here’s how patient care is used on resumes for senior caregivers:
- Evaluated patient care needs and recorded temperature, pulse, and blood pressure readings.
- Total patient care includes walking, dressing, transferring, and wound care.
- Perform essential patient care responsibilities daily and give emotional support.
- As a caregiver in a home-healthcare setting, I provided high-quality patient care.
- Maintain patient care and report any changes, conditions, progress, or difficulties to the supervisor.
12. Physical Therapy Services
Physical therapy is a post-surgery or post-accident rehabilitation type that tries to help patients move and usually function in their bodies. The therapy mainly focuses on physical treatment rather than medical and pharmaceutical methods for nursing-specific disabilities in people. Here’s how physical therapy services are used on resumes for senior caregivers:
- Performed physical therapy treatments such as breathing stimulation and muscle exercises to boost residents’ stamina.
- Answered phones, booked appointments, aided with physical therapy services, and gave medicine.
- Provided physical therapy services under the supervision of a physical therapist.
13. ADL
ADL is an abbreviation for “activities of daily living.” Feeding, dressing, bathing, caring for oneself, and personal hygiene are all included. Here’s how adl is utilized in resumes for senior caregivers:
- Assisting a 94-year-old client with ADLs following a stroke and internal fixation hip fracture repair (Privately employed caregiver 36 hours per week)
- Assist with bathing, personal hygiene, laundry, housecleaning, ADL, and changing bed linens daily….
- Care included clothing and aiding with daily activities (ADL)
- Assist the patient with ADLs and other household responsibilities.
- Assist an 87-year-old female ADL member.
14. Vital Signs
Vital signs are values that indicate the operation of various body systems. They are measurements of the most basic functioning of the organism. Body temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate, and blood pressure are the four vital medical indicators to examine a patient. Here’s how vital indicators are used on resumes for senior caregivers:
- Monitored vital signs and talked with medical personnel and family members.
- Recorded and measured vital signs and medicines.
- Gained practical experience checking blood pressure, vital signs, temperature, and pulse.
- Checked vital signs, gave prescriptions daily, and took care of wounds.
- Take vital signs, feed, groom, and gather specimens for appointments.
15. Medical Appointments
A medical appointment is a set time and date for a person to be seen or treated by a doctor, nurse, or other licensed healthcare practitioner. The purpose of the medical appointment is for the doctor to detect health problems or illnesses at an early stage. Here’s how doctor appointments are used on resumes for senior caregivers:
- Assisting with prescription administration, scheduling and transportation to medical appointments, and rehabilitation.
- Made arrangements for and accompanied my elderly mom to medical appointments.
- Managed all record-keeping, day-to-day errands, medical appointment scheduling, correspondence, and finances.
- Ordered drugs online, scheduled medical visits, and communicated with doctors and nurses as needed.
- Scheduled the client’s medical appointments and ensured that he was transported to and from them.