CNA

Certified Nursing Assistant

• Provide care for the Adult or Geriatric patient, ages 18 years and over.
• Demonstrates and understands the importance of and respect for the rights, dignity and individuality of each patient in all interactions.
• Assist in preparation of unit, patient rooms, supplies, and beds for receiving patient admissions, returning surgical patients, transfers, emergencies, or discharges.
• Provide general nursing care such as positioning patients; lifting and turning patients; applying/utilizing special equipment; assisting in use of bedpan, urinal or commode; ambulating the patient; pre-operative and post-operative care; and application of appliances, taking blood pressure and TPR, and documents appropriately
• Assists in obtaining admission height, weight, and vital signs.
• Provide living skills, which may include bed bath, oral hygiene, combing hair, back care, dressing patient, changing bed linen,
• Prepare patients for meals, serve and remove food trays, and assist with meals or feed patients; documents percentage of diet consumed.
• Accurately documents vital signs, intake and output, accurately records patients’ weight.
• Perform quality controls on assigned glucometer each shift.
• Answer patient call lights, anticipate patients' needs, and make rounds to assigned patients.
• Perform general care activities for patients in isolation. Follow isolation protocols.
• Distribute nourishments to patients as ordered.
• Assist Staff Registered Nurse and/or Licensed Practical Nurse with treatment procedures.
• Assists in and accompany patients in the admission, transfer and discharge procedures.
• Assist patients with handling and care of clothing and other personal property (including dentures, glasses, contact lenses, hearing aids, prosthetic devices) throughout their hospital stay.
• Collect and transport specimens to the correct department.
• Transport patients to and from various departments as requested.
• Accurately reports (and when appropriate, records) patient care and assessment date, and any changes observed in condition or behavior of patients and unusual incidents to the Nurse responsible for the patient’s care.
• Participate in and contribute to implementation of Nursing Care Plans.
• Provide post-mortem care and assists, as needed, in transport.
• Assist in maintaining a safe and clean environment by cleaning Utility Rooms, cleaning equipment and preparing for disinfection or sterilization, reporting equipment that is out of order, reporting other problems to the Nurse in charge, appropriate handling of clean and dirty linen and store supplies on the unit.
• Establish and maintain interpersonal relationships with patients, visitors, and other hospital personnel, while assuring confidentiality of patient information.
• Attend in-service education programs, as assigned, to learn new treatments, procedures, developmental skills, etc. Attends at least 6 scheduled staff meetings per year.
• Completes all required annual competency skills and mandatory in-services / training classes.
• Practice careful, efficient and non-wasteful use of supplies and linen, and follow established charge procedure for patient charge items.

• Performs other duties as assigned or delegated by the Charge Nurse/Clinical Coordinator.