Certified Nursing Assistant

Certified Nursing Assistant (C.N.A.)Assists patients with activities of daily living, provides basic nursing care, and assists in the maintenance of a safe and clean environment.Reports to Registered Nurse, Charge Nurse, or House Supervisor.Assists in patient admission, transfer, transports, and discharge procedures. Includes turning down beds, placing gowns at bedside, filling water pitchers, assisting with height and weight, gathering patient belongings, transporting patients to discharge vehicles, reporting discharge times, and assisting with the transfer of patients to ambulance carts.Provides general nursing care to assigned group of patients. Participates in hourly rounding, assists patients to change positions every two hours, assists with bathing, provides general range of motion, offers or assists with toileting, provides or assists with oral hygiene, changes linens daily, maintains clean linens, provides hair care, provides nail care, maintains room in clean neat order, assists patients to the chair for meals, prepares patients for quiet time, assists in handling and caring for patient personal property, accurately measures and records intake, output, height, and weight, assists with meals, ensures NPO signs are posted, ensures I/O sheets are in rooms, prepares patients for meals, passes and picks up trays, records fluid intake and diet intake percentage on I/O sheet, assists patients on room service to order meals, offers assigned patients some type of fluid intake every two hours, passes nourishments at specified times, orders kitchen supplies daily, maintains cleanliness of refrigerators, monitors for outdated food items, checks and records the temp of patient’s refrigerator daily, participates in nursing plan of care, listens to report, takes note of diets, activities, DNR status, and other pertinent patient information, maintains patient safety by using gait belts for all patient transfers, implements the use of egg crate mattresses, heel protectors, and heel elevation on appropriate patients, implements the use of personal alarms on patients at risk for falling, participates in preventative care of the patients, maintains coffee, fruit, and cookies in nourishment center, wears Vocera pager to facilitate prompt response to patient needs, uses identified scripts consistently, attends all required meetings and in-services, assists with restocking and maintaining supplies for the unit, participates with checking for outdated supplies on the unit.Works in a well-illuminated, climate-controlled environment. May come in contact with hazardous chemical or treatment modalities. Possibility exists of exposure to communicable diseases. Involvement in inpatient care may result in unavoidable work-related illness or injury. Work environment is comfortable, with minimal exposure to physical hazards. Moderate to loud noise environment when machines/equipment in use. Involvement in checking in/moving of supplies may result in unavoidable work-related injury. Must be constantly alert for patient/family emergency situations.