Laura Vadnais
Waterbury,CT
Summary
I am a dedicated, organized and methodical individual. I have good interpersonal skills, am an excellent team worker and am keen and very willing to learn and develop new skills. I am reliable and dependable and often seek new responsibilities within a wide range of employment areas.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
Work History
Cashier
Stop & Shop
Watertown, CT
01.2004
- Provide a positive customer experience with fair, friendly, and courteous service
- Register sales on a cash register by scanning items, itemizing and totaling customers' purchases
- Resolve customer issues and answers questions
- Bag purchases if needed
- Process return transactions
PCA/CNA
Wolcott View Manor
Wolcott, CT
01.2007
- Assisting patients with getting in and out of bed
- Assisting patients with personal and oral hygiene
- Performing basic movement exercises
- Assisting in repositioning immobile patients
- Serving meals and assisting patients with eating
- Monitoring food, water, and medication intake
- Taking and reporting vital statistics
- Monitoring and reporting any behavior, health, or vital statistic changes
- Assisting patients in mobility
- Offering compassion to patients and loved ones
- Ability to care for multiple patients at once
Babysitter
Waterbury, CT
01.2022
- Prepare meals
- Changing diapers
- Preparing bottles
- Ensuring child safety
- Getting kids ready for bed
- Cleaning up play areas
- Feeding the kids
- Administering medications
CNA
Amberwoods of Farmington
Farmington, CT
09.2024 - 01.2025
- Clean and bathe patients
- Help patients use toilet and dress
- Assisting patients with personal and oral hygiene
- Turn, reposition, and transfer patients between beds and wheelchairs
- Listen to and record patients' health concerns and report that information to the nurses
- Serve meals and help patients eat
- Monitoring food and water intake
- Offering compassion to patients and loved ones
- Ability to care for multiple patients at once
- Adhering to infection control protocols and maintaining cleanliness in patients areas
- Collaborating with the nursing and interdisciplinary team to deliver high-quality care
- Assisting with additional tasks as assigned by the supervising nurse or facility management
CNA
Apple Rehab
Watertown, CT
2025 - 2026
- Assisted residents with daily living activities to enhance comfort and independence.
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to nursing staff for timely interventions.
- Maintained accurate patient documentation in compliance with healthcare regulations.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to create personalized care plans for residents.
- Ensured cleanliness and safety of resident environments through diligent housekeeping practices.
- Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
- Reduced patient stress levels through effective communication and active listening skills.
- Cared for clients with diagnoses such as respiratory failure, diabetes, Parkinson's disease and muscular dystrophy.
- Documented patient information and care activities in electronic health record.
- Oversaw and maintained patients' rooms, group living areas, and nurse stations.
Education
High School Diploma -
Waterbury Adult Education
Waterbury, CTArt Major
Naugatuck Valley Community College
Waterbury, CTPatient Care Assistant
Stone Academy
Waterbury, CTMedical Assistant
Stone Academy
Waterbury, CTPharmacy Technician
Naugatuck Valley Community College
Waterbury, CTCertified Nurse Aide (CNA) - undefined
Academy of Medical Training
Waterbury, CTSkills
- Ability to Work Under Pressure
- Effective Time Management
- Ability to Work in a Team
- Ability to Multitask
LANGUAGES
English
Timeline
CNA
Amberwoods of Farmington
09.2024 - 01.2025
Babysitter
01.2022
PCA/CNA
Wolcott View Manor
01.2007
Cashier
Stop & Shop
01.2004
Art Major
Naugatuck Valley Community College
Patient Care Assistant
Stone Academy
Medical Assistant
Stone Academy
Pharmacy Technician
Naugatuck Valley Community College
Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) - undefined
Academy of Medical Training
CNA
Apple Rehab
2025 - 2026
High School Diploma -
Waterbury Adult Education