Capstone

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My Capstone

Kaycee Bingham
Becoming a CNA
• Getting my licensure and working as a CNA
• Allows me to help people in ways I never
could before
• Is a good first step on the road to medical
school
• Helped me develop more empathy for
what others are facing
• Allows me to be at the forefront to protect
my residents from potential abuse
• Changing a soiled brief
• Ambulating a blind resident
Skills I Have Acquired • Putting on/taking of an anti-
embolism stocking
• Feeding a resident affected by a
stroke
• Transferring a resident into a
wheelchair
• Cleaning a catheter
• How to take Vital Signs
• Oral care of both conscious and
unconscious residents
• Changing the clothes of a resident
who has had a stroke
• How to prevent and care for
pressure ulcers
• How to give post-mortem care
• How to care for a dying resident
and their family
• How to change sheets while the
resident is still in bed
Working with
Dementia
Patients
• In addition to getting
my CNA license, I have done
many trainings on the impact
of Dementia on the brain and
behavior.
• Those trainings allow me to
better understand, empathize
with, and care for my residents
More Than Forgetfulness

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