What are the responsibilities and job description for the Geriatric Assistants - Easton, MD position at White Coat Healthcare?
Geriatric Nursing Assistant Duties, Tasks, and Responsibilities
The major duties, tasks, and responsibilities of the geriatric nursing assistants
- Prioritize the safety of the elderly by ensuring that the environment where they are kept is conducive and free from any harm
- Ensure that the rooms are made as spacious as possible
- Create games and motivate patients to get involved in them to keep their minds active, and also to improve their mental strength
- Develop and participate in recreational activities with patients, ensuring that they have a good time and that they are engaged actively without feeling bored and exhausted
- Assist nursing staff in carrying out routine checkups on patients by examining their temperature, blood pressure, and sugar level for normalcy, and work towards stabilizing them when they are above the normal standard
- Keep eye on patients’ behavior, observe any changes in them as a result of a decline in their health, and inform the nursing staff about it for proper diagnosis and timely treatment
- Inculcate good posture habits in patients by developing flexible exercise routines and teaching them how to position themselves while seating, standing, sleeping, and walking
- Reposition bedridden patients to give them good posture balance
- Teach patients respiratory exercises to enable them to breathe freely without hiccups resulting from old age
- Maintain good relationships with contacts of patients to identify best ways to make patients comfortable and happy
RATE: $23.00
Salary : $23