Nursing Assistant

• Report all changes in the resident's condition to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse as soon as practical. • Record all entries on flow sheets, notes, charts, etc., in an informative, descriptive manner. • Report all accidents and incidents you observe on the shift that they occur. • Agree not to disclose resident's protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Administrator. • Report any known or suspected unauthorized attempt to access facility's information system. • Perform only those nursing care procedures that you have been trained to do. • Ensure that the resident's room is ready for receiving the resident (i.e., bed made, name tags up, admission kit available, etc.). • Greet residents and escort them to their room. • Introduce residents to his/her roommate, if any, and other residents and personnel as appropriate. • Make residents comfortable. • Inventory and mark the resident's personal possessions as instructed. • Store resident's clothing. • Assist residents with packing their personal possessions when they are being transferred to a new room, or when being discharged. • Transport residents to new rooms or to the receiving area. • Assist with loading/unloading residents' to/from vehicles as necessary. • Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift. • Meet with your shift's nursing personnel, on a regularly scheduled basis, to assist in identifying and correcting problem areas, and/or the improvement of services. • Report all complaints and grievances made by the resident. • Participate in and receive the nursing report as instructed. • Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids. • Make beds as instructed. • Put extra covers on beds as requested. • Measure and record temperatures, pulses, and respirations (TPRs) of residents, as instructed. Weigh and measure residents as instructed. • Ensure that residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently. • Answer resident calls promptly. • Check residents routinely to ensure that their personal care needs are being met. • Assist residents with identifying food arrangements (i.e., informing resident with sight problem of foods that are on his/her tray, where it is located, if it is hot/cold, etc.). • Record the resident's food/fluid intake. Report changes in the resident's eating habits to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse. • Keep residents' water pitchers clean and filled with fresh water (on each shift), and within easy reach of the resident. • Perform after meal care (i.e., remove trays, clean resident's hands, face, clothing, etc.). • Participate in and receive the nursing report upon reporting for duty. • Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with our established policies and procedures, and as instructed by your supervisors. • Follow work assignments, and/or work schedules in completing and performing your assigned tasks. • Cooperate with inter-departmental personnel, as well as other facility personnel to ensure that nursing services can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of the residents. • Notify the facility when you will be late or absent from work. • Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals in accordance with the facility's policies and procedures governing accidents and incidents. • Assist residents with daily functions (dental and mouth care, bath functions, combing of hair, dressing and undressing as necessary). • Keep residents dry (change gown, clothing and linens, when it becomes wet or soiled). • Assist residents in preparing for medical tests (i.e., lab work, x-ray, therapy, dental, etc.). • Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc. • Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed. • Assist in preparing the resident for a physical examination. • Check each resident routinely to ensure that his/her personal care needs are being met in accordance with his/her wishes. • Observe and report the presence of pressure areas and skin breakdowns to prevent decubitus ulcers (bedsores). • Report injuries of an unknown source, including skin tears. • Observe disoriented and comatose residents. Record and report data as instructed • Perform special treatments as instructed. • Immediately notify the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse of any resident leaving/missing from the facility. • Use only the equipment you have been trained to use. • Report defective equipment to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse • Maintain the confidentiality of all resident care information including protected health information. Report known or suspected incidents of unauthorized disclosure of such information. • Report all allegations of resident abuse and/or misappropriation of resident property. • Honor the resident's refusal of treatment request. Report such requests to your supervisor.