Nurse Assistant-H

Nurse Assistant-H

Requirements

• Must possess, as a minimum, an 8th grade education
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form

Responsibilities

• Become familiar with the facility’s administrative structure as introduced in the pre-training orientation session
• Use the wristband or photo card file to identify residents before administering treatments, serving meals, etc., as necessary
• Report all accidents and incidents you observe on the shift that they occur
• Use only authorized abbreviations established by this facility when recording information
• 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
• 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 resident to his/her roommate, if any, and other residents and personnel as appropriate
• 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
• 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.)
• 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
• 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
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.