Job Summary :
The Certified Nursing Assistant provides direct patient care under the direction of the RN professional to all assigned patients, and maintains a safe patient area.
He / she assumes responsibility and accountability for patient care as a team member in order to achieve established outcomes.
Essential Generic Job Functions (List in order of importance) :
- Provides direct hygiene and comfort care to patients including bathing, toileting, oral hygiene, incontinent care, and bed making.
- Takes vital signs under the direction of the RN, and documents accordingly, and notifies the RN of the results.
- Performs and documents glucose finger sticks and collects other specimens including stool, urine, and sputum.
- Obtains and documents daily patient weights and observes and documents patient's intake and output.
- Provides a safe patient environment by answering call lights promptly, communicating with the RN immediately for any change in patient's condition.
- Acts in the role of patient sitter when needed.
- Maintains a clean and safe nursing unit and patient room.
- Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.
e., age, culture, hearing and / or visually impaired, etc.).
- This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and / or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental / age, educational, literacy, etc.).
- Contacts : Regular contact with Medical Center personnel, patients and visitors.
Required Education :
High school diploma or equivalent.
Preferred Education :
N / A
Required Certifications & Licensure :
- Certified Nursing and / or nursing student enrolled in a BSN program who has successfully completed theoretical and clinical practical in fundamentals of nursing in nursing school.
- Maintain current BLS / CPR certification from the American Heart Association.
Certifications & Licenses :
BLS - AHA
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