Cindy Boettcher
Preston,MN
Summary
Compassionate and dedicated CNA with extensive experience at Preston MN Veterans Home, skilled in patient care and vital signs monitoring. Successfully enhanced residents' quality of life through personalized care plans and effective communication. Recognized for training new staff and fostering a supportive environment, ensuring dignity and comfort for all residents.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
Work History
CNA / HST
Preston MN Vetrens Home
2023 - Current
- Provided compassionate care to residents, ensuring comfort and dignity in daily activities.
- Assisted with personal hygiene and grooming tasks, enhancing residents' quality of life.
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes in health status to nursing staff promptly.
- Collaborated with healthcare team to develop personalized care plans for each resident.
- Maintained cleanliness and safety of resident living areas, adhering to health regulations.
- Educated residents on wellness practices, promoting independence and self-care skills.
- Supported recreational activities, fostering social interaction among residents and staff.
- Assisted patients with daily living activities, promoting independence and dignity.
- Trained new staff on caregiving protocols, ensuring adherence to best practices in patient care.
Education
High School Diploma -
Mayo High School
Rochester, MNSkills
- Time management
- Patient care
- Vital signs monitoring
- Compassion and empathy
- Bathing assistance
- Attention to detail
- HIPAA compliance
- Feeding assistance
- Basic life support
- Dressing assistance
- Maintaining confidentiality
- End-of-life care
- Compassionate communication
- Patient transfers
- Complex Problem-solving
- Emergency response
- Clinical documentation
- Medication administration
- Problem-solving
- Multitasking and organization
- Critical thinking
- Team collaboration
- Active listening
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Conflict resolution
- Patient advocacy
- Physical stamina
- Health monitoring
- Cultural sensitivity
- Toileting assistance
- Patient hygiene assistance
- Infection control practices
- Medication assistance
- Lifting and transferring
- Reliable team player
- Recording vital signs
- Safety precautions
- Collecting vital signs
- Bedside manner
- Compassionate
- Patient lifting
- Patient-focused care
- Electronic charting
- Compassionate caregiver
- Geriatric care
- Direct patient care
- Mobility assistance
- Supporting personal needs
- Ambulation assistance
- Companionship and emotional support
- Documenting behaviors
- Responding to emergencies
- Patient relationship building
- Medical terminology
- Light housekeeping
- Adaptable
- Maintaining privacy
- Inpatient care
- Patient assessments
- Healthcare ethics
- Transporting patients
- Specimen collection
- Patient management
- Trustworthy companion
- Valid state driver's license
- Patient relations
- Activity planning
- Care plan implementation
- Quality assurance
- Observing responses
- Condition monitoring
- Preparing meals
- Indirect patient care
- Reliable transportation
- Medical records management
- Meal planning
- Feeding assistance expert
Timeline
CNA / HST
Preston MN Vetrens Home
2023 - Current
High School Diploma -
Mayo High School