Location: Saudi Arabia
Nationality: Filipino
Training/Experience: Nurse in a hospital setting
Greetings!!
My name is Annabelle or Belle for short, 38 years old, a Filipino . I am a registered nurse by profession and had an experience of more than a year in a hospital and particularly in geriatric ward, one year as live-in caregiver in Singapore and presently working here in Saudi Arabia as dental nurse/assistant. Our patients also are elderly or adults because my doctor is a prosthesis specialist for elderly.
I can describe myself in just three words, HARDWORKING, RESPONSIBLE and TRUSTWORTHY. My friends and my family says that I am loving, caring, thoughtful, and fun to be with, no dull moments when I am around. About my family, they are the most precious gift that I ever had and they are my inspiration. I came from a Christian family (protestant) and I am so blessed having a wonderful and loving parents. I am the eldest among the four, I have 1 sister (next to me) who is working in domestic airport in manila Philippines, and 2 brothers who are still studying in college. We are very close to each other and we love each other so much as our parents taught us.
I decided to work as full time caregiver now because I have a passion in caring elderly. Being a nurse , its not just wearing white uniform with cap working in a hospital or clinics but it is a passion of caring. I have been working in the hospital for a long time but since we have always a lot of patients in the wards, almost all of our time spent in charting, carrying out doctors order and giving medication only. It does not leave me with enough time to interact with the patient one on one. While if I am a full time caregiver I can fully apply all my knowledge and skills in nursing profession.
When it comes to trainings attended, I have a National Certificate of CAREGIVER from Technical Education And Skills Development Authority under the Department of Labor and Employment in Philippines. I obtained 120 hours for this training with the following units of competency:
1.) Provide care and support to infants and toddlers
2.)Provide care and support to children
3.)Foster the social,intelectual,creative and emotional development of children
4.)Foster the physical development of children
5.)Provide care and support to elderly people
6.)Provide care and support to people with special needs
7.)Maintain healthy and safe environment
8.)Respond to emergencies
9.)Cleaning leaving room, dining room, bed rooms, toilet and bathroom
10.)Wash and iron clothes,linens,and fabrics
11.)Prepare hot and cold meals
12.)Establish professionalism at the work place.
Then, I also attended training at Hwalong Training Center Inc. of CARETAKER COURSE with 100 hours and the modules included are:
1.)Communication
2.)Responding to emergencies
3.)Taking care infant/child 4.)Take care of elderly/disabled
5.)Performing home management.
The basic life support training and CPR are included on this trainings I attended. But I am going to attend again the basic life support and CPR training here in Riyadh Saudi on March as scheduled. I had an experienced as caregiver in Singapore, looking after a 98 years old wheel-chair bound, diabetic and stroked patient.
My employer is her daughter but they are living in Australia, they came only every 3 months to visit their mother. They totally entrusted to me house management and total health care to their mother. Provide for and ensure her cleanliness like bathe, wash, dress her, change diaper, clean and change her daily, prepare and cook her meals and feed her. Transfer her from bed to wheel chair and vice versa. Monitor her over all health through daily physical body check and taking blood pressure as well as glucose level. Taking her to the doctor for her regular check up. Administer medicines as prescribed by the doctor, help her to do exercise daily and massage everyday 2-3 times a day. Take her for strolls in her wheel-chair a couple of times a week and accompany her on outings her out for a walk.
But unfortunately after six months the grandma died for the third stroked she didn’t survived due to old age. Then, my employer stayed in Australia for good so the agency transferred me to another employer, a 78 year old grandma,wheelchair-bound,with Parkinson disease.
Based on my knowledge in nursing profession with skills and competency in taking care of adult patients I am confident that I can do the best of care to my future employer or client. My ever dearest future employer, if you will give me a chance to work with you and your family, I will do my best that I can to satisfy your expectation s of me. I will finish my contract here in Saudi Arabia on November 23 2009. I would like to start my work with you right after I finished my contract here.
Thank you very much and looking forward for a good working relationship with you.
Sincerely yours,
Annabelle
