Description

Provide assistance with serving meals and feeding; providing fresh water and nourishment between meals. 

• Provide assistance in personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves; assisting with travel to the bathroom; helping with showers and baths.

 • Provide assistance in ambulating, turning, and positioning residents; provide adjunct care by administering enemas, douches, non-sterile dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, and therapeutic baths.

 • Maintain resident stability by checking vital signs and weight; recording intake and output information.

 • Provide for resident comfort by utilizing resources and materials; answering call lights and requests; reporting observations of the residents to the nursing supervisor. 

• Document actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records.

 • Protect privacy and dignity by keeping patient information confidential; comply with HIPAA guidelines and related laws. 

• Adhere to professional standards, company policies and procedures, and all federal, state, and local requirements, including JCAHO standards, when applicable. 

• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; participating in professional organizations; and maintaining licensure.