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PURPOSE OF YOUR JOB POSITION

The primary purpose of your job position as a nursing assistant is to provide your assigned residents with

routine daily nursing care in accordance with established nursing care procedures, standards of practice and as may be directed by your supervisors.

II. JOB FUNCTIONS

However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be

required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude

them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is a logical assignment to the

position.

Nursing Assistant Care Functions

1. Record all entries on flow sheets, notes, charts, kiosks, etc., in an informative and

descriptive manner.

2. Immediately report all accidents and incidents to your immediate supervisor that you have observed on the shift that they occur, but no later than the end of your scheduled shift.

3. Report all changes in the resident's condition to the Charge / Staff Nurse as

soon as practical.

4. Receive the nursing report upon reporting on / off duty and maintain other

records as directed.

5. Perform and / or assist resident with all hygienic and grooming functions,

including dental and mouth care, bathing, dressing, shaving, bowel and

bladder functions.

6. Change bed linens and make beds.

7. Report character of stools and collect specimens as instructed (i.e., urine,

sputum, stools, etc.).

8. Check residents routinely to assure that their personal care needs are

being met per the plan of care.

9. Lift, turn, move, position, and transport residents into and out of beds,

chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc.

10. Assist in transporting residents to / from appointments, activities and social

programs, etc., as necessary, and accompany residents, as assigned, to

scheduled appointments outside facility.

11. Assist residents to walk with or without self-help devices, as instructed,

and assist with rehabilitative care, as directed and per the plan of care.

12. Provide post-mortem care as instructed.

13. Observe and report to the Nurse in Charge, the presence of reddened areas and skin breakdown to prevent decubitus ulcers.

14. Provide daily indwelling catheter care and daily perineal care.

15. Provide daily Range of Motion Exercises.

16. Turn bedfast residents at least every two (2) hours or as directed by the plan of care.

17. Provide residents with Social Interactions.

V. EXPERIENCE

Must be a licensed Certified Nurse Aide in accordance with laws of this state.

VI. PERSONAL, INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

A. Must be able to read, write and speak the English language in an understandable

manner.

Last updated : 2024-03-26