CERTIFIED NURSE AIDE

Location / Department : Hospital - Hospice

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Job Summary :

Assists with personal care and homemaking tasks to enable patients to remain in their homes in a caring and compassionate manner. Assists patients and families by providing emotional support. Performs services as ordered by the clinical team which may include a variety of medical duties such as vital signs. Works under direct supervision of an LPN or RN. May only perform care within the scope of a CNA.

Supervisory Responsibilities : None

Duties / Responsibilities :

• Uses only approved abbreviations
• Understands patient safety goals & actions taken
• Uses 2 patient identifiers before giving treatments, demonstrates process
• Follows aide care plan developed by clinical team (nurse / provider)
• Bathing (skin, hair, nail and mouth care) & hands on personal care, assistance with ambulation or exercise, feeding & positioning
• Assisting with light housekeeping such as meals and laundry
• Encouraging patient independence as appropriate
• Psychosocial, spiritual, & palliative care / support
• Apply creams / powder / ointment to intact skin, if indicated on the plan of care
• Convert a urinary drainage bag to a leg bag, if indicated on the plan of care
• Nasal cannula care
• Pediculosis or scabies treatment, if indicated on the plan of care
• Post-mortem care
• Prosthesis care, if indicated on the plan of care
• Apply & remove splinting devices, if indicated on the plan of care
• Apply & remove TED hose, if indicated on the plan of care
• Attends case conferences as needed / IDG
• Informs nurse / office of changes in patient's condition & any concerns from the patient / family / caregiver
• Retrieves messages per departmental requirements
• Follows visit schedule including remaining in the home for the assigned time
• Keeps patient / family informed of arrival time if different from schedule
• Time / visit documentation is accurate, timely, thorough, & signed per departmental, state, & federal requirements
• Demonstrates competencies for all populations served

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