Certified Nursing Assistant Cover Letter Example

Every reading outside range goes to the nurse at once, and every care note is in PointClickCare before my shift ends. That is how I work as a certified nursing assistant at Loblollyfield Care Center, and it is why I am applying for the Certified Nursing Assistant position at Loblolly Ridge Health and Rehabilitation.

On each shift I care for 10 to 12 residents, from morning routines to evening settling. I take vital signs on schedule and chart them, and when I notice a change in appetite, mood or skin I tell the nurse so it can be followed up the same day. I use safe transfer and repositioning methods, and there have been no lifting injuries to staff or residents in my role. I have also oriented three new aides on our routines, equipment and unit layout.

Loblolly Ridge's new short-stay rehab wing is what drew me to this opening. Residents there come for a few weeks of rehab, so every aide has to use the same safe transfer and repositioning methods and chart care in the electronic record in a way the therapists can trust. That is the part of my work I am most careful with. I started as a dietary aide at Piedmont Senior Living, serving meals for 80 residents from posted diet cards, and moved into nursing assistant training on my dining manager's recommendation. I am active on the North Carolina Nurse Aide I Registry and hold Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association.

Meeting the nurses on the rehab wing, and shadowing part of a shift there if that can be arranged, would show us both whether I am the right fit. My schedule is open for day or evening shifts.