Dominique B. Karriker
Certified Nursing Assistant, Skilled Nursing
Tacoma, WA · (253) 555 0117 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/dominiquebkarriker
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Four years of skilled nursing direct care
SETTINGS
60 bed skilled nursing facility, secured wing
SPECIALTIES
Pressure injury prevention, restorative walking, transfers
SYSTEMS
Oracle Health formerly Cerner, bed alarm systems
LICENSURE
Washington nurse aide registry, Basic Life Support
EDUCATION
Nursing assistant training, Puget Sound Community College
Executive Summary
Certified nursing assistant with four years in skilled nursing, carrying 14 long term care residents on a 60 bed unit. Known for catching skin changes early and for keeping the restorative walking program on schedule every shift, even when the hall runs short.
Signature Achievements
- Cut new pressure injuries on the unit from seven to two in a year.
- Returned six residents to standing transfers through the restorative walking program.
- Reported skin and breathing changes that brought early treatment for pneumonia.
- Oriented six new nursing assistants who all finished probation.
Professional Experience
Certified Nursing Assistant
Cascade Meadows Skilled Nursing Center, Tacoma, WA March 2022 to present
60 bed unit, 14 resident assignment on day shift
- Bathe, dress, toilet and feed 14 residents every day shift.
- Reposition residents every two hours and log each skin change.
- Chart intake, output, weights and vital signs before shift end.
Nursing Assistant
Harborlight Adult Family Home, Lakewood, WA June 2021 to March 2022
Six bed adult family home for older adults with dementia
- Helped six residents with morning care, reminders and meals.
- Kept a bathing schedule that passed state inspection without citation.
- Called the visiting nurse at any new confusion or fever.
Licensure and Certification
Washington nurse aide registry, credential number 61240118
Basic Life Support, American Heart Association, current 2027
Education
Nursing assistant training program, Puget Sound Community College, 2021
High school diploma, Foss Union High School, Tacoma, 2020
Core Skills
Activities of daily living · Safe patient transfers · Pressure injury prevention · Vital signs measurement · Intake and output · Dementia communication · Gait belt walking · Mechanical lift operation