Miracosta College

I am a qualified Certified Nurse Assistant currently working as a Palomar Home Health Care Assistant with terminally ill elderly patients and also at the Brain Trauma Learning Center in Escondido. I changed careers from restaurant management to health care 4 years ago after taking care of my elderly father during his cancer treatment. In 2006 my wife returned from a middle east deployment with the Air Force and underwent major surgery at Balboa Naval Medical Center. I helped her through her physical therapy and convalescence and began to take classes at Mesa College in 2008 to be a Physical Therapy Assistant. My wife returned from another overseas tour in 2010 needing physical therapy and I was not able to finish the program. Mesa College lost its Physical Therapy Assistant accreditation for the following year so I completed the Certified Nurse Assistant program at Miracosta College instead. My resume and transcripts detail my college classes related to health care, physical therapy and medical treatment procedures. After working for 8 months at St Paul’s and an additional 20 months directly with terminal home care patients at Palomar, and at the Brain Trauma Learning center, I have learned to treat each patient as an individual, listening to and meeting their needs and choices as much as possible. I look forward to a new position as a Nurse Assistant where I can directly apply my skills. I appreciate your taking the time to review my credentials and experience. Again, th

I have been working with children for the past 20 years and have love every minute of it. I enjoy helping others and have a lot of patience. When I have free time I enjoy the outdoors and go camping, surfing and snowboarding.

My passion for helping people with cognitive or physical disabilities is an enduring thread woven into a long and well-traveled road, beginning with my own family of origin growing up. My compassionate, patient, enthusiastic, and discreet personality makes me well-suited for caregiving in a wide variety of situations. My philosophy is that everyone is entitled to live life to the fullest with meaning, purpose, dignity, and grace at any age or circumstance.

Hello, my first name is Wendy. Thank you for your interest in me as a caregiver. My caregiving experience spans over a period of more than fifteen years. At a very young age my interest in nursing the sick and injured back to health was very apparent to both me and to my family. It is a calling that has never left me. For me, being in service to others is the most rewarding thing I can do with my time. It fills me with a sense of purposefulness. The skilled caregiver I am today was developed over time; through a lot of hands on experience and through continued education. This wealth of knowledge and my many acquired home nursing skills are a combined product that I bring to every one of my clients. When I care for someone my goal is always to leave that person feeling better in their mind, body and spirit. Some of the skills I am proficient in are: * wound care * medication reminders or management * CPAP & respiratory treatments * feeding tube * toileting & dressing * mechanical lifts (Hoyer et al) for non- ambulatory patients * meal preparation * bathing * housekeeping * pet care & cleaning * errands - shopping, prescription pick-up etc. * companionship & positive conversation * memory care