Diana-Roxana Codau

• Managed warehouse operations and verified proper shipment procedures.
• Shipped material and performed boxing, packing, labeling, and preparation of related documents.
• Assisted in receiving, stocking and distribution of merchandise.
• Maintained clean, orderly work environment free of hazards.
• Unpacked and repacked items in different quantities and configurations for shipment.

• Provided high quality care for acute patients in a 14-bed ICU unit serving postoperative patients recovering from general, vascular and otolaryngological surgeries.
• Conducted patient assessments, recorded vitals and analyzed records and charts to define care requirements.
• Offered post-operative wound management.
• Ensured the proper functions of feeding tubes, chest tubes, ventilators, catheters and other life support equipment.
• Monitoring the equipment and the patients undergoing: haemodialysis, plasmapheresis, or ECMO.
• Provided tracheostomy and colostomy care.
• Responded to a medical emergency and alert the appropriate team members.
• Administered medications as determined by the patient’s condition (IV, Sub-Q, etc.) Titrated vasoactive drips, provided conscious sedation while assisting medical providers with bedside procedures
• Provide education and support to patient families while delivering quality and compassionate care.

• The internship consisted in rotations on the following departments: ER, Cardiac ICU and Thoracic Surgery, where I acquired the knowledge and the skills to do the tasks listed below:
• Learnt to monitor vital signs, perform head to toe assessments, place intravenous catheters, draw blood samples.
• Measured and recorded intake and output, and reported changes to medical or nursing staff.
• Transporting patients between different units/ to scanning locations or to the physiotherapy unit.
• Becoming aware of cultural differences and providing culturally competent care.
• Administered medication, wound care, management of NG tubes, chest tubes, foley catheter care and removal, all under supervision of nursing instructor.
• Assisted patients that had non life-threatening traumatic injuries in the ER that needed stitches, casts and other interventions.
• Assisted patients after receiving a pulmonary transplant, or undergoing different cardiac procedures.

I was participating in the Work&Travel program for the second time and my responsibilities as a server included:

• Greeting and maintaining relationships with regular customers.
• Helping customers place orders, explained menu items and suggested appropriate options for food allergy concerns.
• Processing orders and sending them to kitchen employees by an electronic system.
• Using cash registers and credit card machines to cash out customers.
• Asking customers for feedback, solving problems, providing additional items.
• Checking guests' identification before serving alcoholic beverages.
• Informing the customers about the new promotions, coupons, specials.

I was a participant in the Work&Travel program and my responsibilities as a cashier in Cedar Point included:

• Providing the items the customers asked for.
• Operating cash register for cash, check and credit card transactions.
• Answering questions about the products and the contained allergens.
• Doing backline work that included boxing sweets, making cotton candy etc.