Ashton Hoffman
Grove City
Summary
Dedicated Certified Nursing Assistant with expertise in patient care, HIPAA compliance, and effective communication. Committed to enhancing patient comfort and dignity through individualized care plans and compassionate support.
Detail-oriented Certified Nursing Assistant skilled in collecting vital signs and providing personalized care. Recognized for building strong patient relationships and enhancing comfort through effective communication and teamwork.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Certified Nursing Assistant
Orchard Manor
Grove City, PA
11.2008 - 02.2026
- Provided compassionate patient care, assisting with daily living activities and promoting comfort.
- Monitored vital signs, documenting changes and reporting concerns to nursing staff promptly.
- Assisted in mobility and physical therapy exercises, enhancing patient independence and recovery.
- Maintained accurate patient records using electronic health record systems to ensure compliance and quality care.
- Trained new staff on best practices for patient handling, safety protocols, and care procedures.
- Developed individualized care plans in collaboration with healthcare teams to address specific patient needs.
- Provided high-quality personal care services such as bathing, grooming, dressing, and feeding to ensure patient dignity.
- Assisted patients with daily living activities for enhanced comfort and wellbeing.
- Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
- Maintained a clean, safe environment by sanitizing surfaces, changing linens, and disposing of waste properly.
- Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
- Improved patient care quality by monitoring and recording vital signs, fluid intake, and output.
- Promoted good oral and personal hygiene by aiding patients with shaving, bathing, and teeth brushing.
- Reduced fall incidents by implementing safety measures like bed alarms and proper positioning techniques.
- Prevented pressure ulcers development through frequent turning, repositioning of patients, and diligent skin assessments.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Enhanced team efficiency by promptly responding to call lights and reporting changes in patient condition to nurses.
- Conducted regular rounds to monitor patients'' physical and mental status throughout shifts.
- Utilized therapeutic communication, empathy and active listening skills to encourage and develop positive relationships with patients.
- Performed accurate documentation of patient information according to established protocols for record-keeping purposes.
- Promoted independence in patients through walking exercises or assisting them with mobility devices like walkers or wheelchairs.
- Built rapport with patients and families, providing emotional support during difficult times.
- Assisted nurses with wound care procedures ensuring proper healing processes took place.
- Collaborated with nursing staff to create individualized care plans tailored to each patient''s needs.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
Education
High School Diploma -
Franklin Area Highschool
Franklin PASkills
- Patient care
- HIPAA compliance
- Reliable team player
- Direct patient care
- Collecting vital signs
- Bathing assistance
- Compassionate
- Alzheimer's and dementia care
- Bedside manner
- Dressing assistance
- Recording vital signs
- Electronic charting
- Patient-focused care
- Medical terminology
- Documenting behaviors
- Feeding assistance
- Positioning patients
- End-of-life care
- Adaptable
- Patient lifting
- Transfer techniques
- Urinary catheter care
- Ambulation assistance
- Geriatric care
- Patient relationship building
- Maintaining privacy
- Trustworthy companion
- Feeding assistance expert
- Light housekeeping
- Reliable transportation
Accomplishments
I am a Certified Nursing assistant with 18 years of experience in the same facility. Of those 18 dedicated years 16 of them were spent in a lockdown dementia unit.
I have chosen caregiving as a career whether it was in a facility or being at home with my family. Caregiving is not just a job for me, its a lifestyle. Its who I am as a whole.
Certification
- CNA - Certified Nurse Assistant
Timeline
Certified Nursing Assistant
Orchard Manor
11.2008 - 02.2026
High School Diploma -
Franklin Area Highschool