1.Because I possess empathy and compassion. Working with people in a home care setting, it is essential that I feel the desire to want to help. By showing both empathy and compassion I try let the person I am caring for know that they cared about and want to do what I can to help them. 2. Seeing someone with an intellectual/physical impairment be able to lead a happy, safe and fulfilling life is enough to make it all worthwhile. In essence, it’s about making small changes to my everyday life to make major beneficial changes to someone with in need of a caregiver like myself. Seeing them respond to their new environment – and the care and love that shapes it, tends to bring about a feeling that must be experienced to be believed. And there’s simply no reward quite like watching the smile emerge and hearing their laughter. 3.A personal achievement that I am proud of is the quality of care that I give to my mother whom I have moved back home with me. She was once a STNA and tells me often about how much she appreciates the quality and consistency of care that she is given, thus making this one of my proudest achievements. 4.I am a STNA that is flexible with my work schedule, I can adapt to any work situation in order to satisfy my patients. I am hard working and reliable. I am punctual and a very good team player. I am easy to train and always eager to learn. I am a single mother of 3 wonderful children and I care for my mother full time in my home. My long term goal is to
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