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Cna dpnf

Quick overview

The Certified Nursing Assistant provides routine nursing care to residents, including assistance with daily living activities, hygiene, and feeding. They are responsible for monitoring resident health, reporting changes to nursing staff, and maintaining a safe, clean environment.

Requirements summary

Candidates must be enrolled in or have completed a nursing assistant certification program with at least 6 months of clinical experience. Strong communication skills, patience, and the ability to work with ill or elderly individuals are essential.

professional certificateCommunicationDocumentationPatienceInfection controlVital signs monitoringSafety complianceFeeding assistancePatient transportNursing careEmotional stabilityPatient hygieneBedside care

Job description

Position description

A nursing assistant responsible for providing routine nursing care in accordance with established policies and procedures and as may be directed by the Charge Nurse, RN Supervisor, Director of Nurses or Administrator, to assure that the highest degree of quality resident care can be maintained at all times.

Qualifications

Currently enrolled in a school for nursing assistants or have a license as a certified nursing assistant.
A minimum of 6 months experience as a certified nursing assistant or clinical experience while enrolled in a nursing assistant certification class.
Must possess a sincere desire to serve the ill, aged and infirm.
Ability to read, write and speak the English language.
Possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, and the general public.
Willingness to work harmoniously with other personnel.
Must have patience, tact, cheerful disposition and enthusiasm, as well as be willing to handle residents based on whatever maturity level they are currently functioning.
Must be in good general health and demonstrate emotional stability.
Must be able to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and, at times, hostile people within the facility.

General duties and responsibilities

GENERAL
Perform all duties as assigned and in accordance with facility’s established policies and procedures, nursing care procedures and safety rules and regulations.
Make resident rounds at the beginning of each shift and every two hours thereafter to administer quality nursing care.
Verify the identification of a resident before administering nursing care or serving food, to assure that appropriate care is being provided to the correct resident. Report missing ID bands to admission coordinator immediately.
Make beds, clean bedside and overbed tables.
Serve drinking water as required. Assure that water pitchers are cleaned, filled with fresh drinking water and within the resident’s reach. Pass water pitcher as per established policy and procedure.
Dress residents neatly and in their own clothing. Assist residents in dressing as necessary.
Assist in preparing residents for meals (taking to/from dining room, serving trays, placing bibs, assisting in feeding or cutting food, removal of trays, supervision in dining room, etc.).

Clinical
Wash hands before and after caring for each resident.
Place residents in correct and comfortable position. Head of bed elevated at 30° for all residents on enteral feeding.
Assist residents with dental and mouth care. Clean dentures after each meal. Keep dentures clean and soaked with Efferdent after dinner.
Record resident’s food and nourishment intake as directed.
Perform after meal care as required – cleaning resident’s hands, face, clothing, dentures, etc.
Assist residents to/from bathroom. Offer bedfast residents bedpans and urinals. Clean and store such equipment after each use (document Intake and Output as directed).
Check and document bowel movements and character of stools every shift.
Bathe residents as assigned and in accordance with established facility procedures (encourage showers and other self-help measures/activities).
Comb and brush resident’s hair daily. Shampoo hair on shower days.
Clip and trim fingernails.
Shave male residents daily or as needed.
Keep hair under arms and face on female residents clean-shaven as necessary or instructed. Trim hair in nose and ears as needed.
Observe and report the presence of reddened areas on bony prominences.
Keep drainage bag off the floor when resident is in bed or in wheelchair.
Apply Vaseline or A & D ointment to dry skin in accordance with established policies.
Move and turn bedfast residents at least every two hours and record such information on CNA notes.
Observe disoriented and comatose residents and notify Charge Nurse immediately.
Apply postural support properly. Check with Charge Nurse for type of restraint to be used.
Apply hand roll or splint to residents with contractures as outlined within the facility’s established policies and procedures.
Follow infection control procedures in accordance with established facility policy when isolation techniques are necessary.
Chart required information every shift. CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT – Cont’d. Job Descriptions Manual Section 3.5, Page 3 of 6
Complete Intake and Output documentation on all residents with orders before the end of each shift.
Other related duties as may become necessary or as directed by the Charge Nurse, RN Supervisor, Director of Nurses, or Administrator.