UMMARY
Under the supervision of the Registered Nurse and within hospital and department policies and procedures, assists in caring for patients and/or families from admission to discharge.
Defintion
A nursing assistant is a paraprofessional trained to provide personal care and related health care and assistance to individuals who are sick, disabled, or infirm, and who are residents of or receiving services from health care facilities or agencies licensed by the state and holds a license as a nursing assistant issued by the Department of Health.
Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.
Principal duties and responsibilities
- Brown University Health employees are expected to embrace Brown University Health's mission of Delivering health with care and successfully role model Brown University Health's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as this guides our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.
- Duties of
- Nursing
- Assistants: Collaborate with Registered Nurse to organize work and set priorities.
- Under the supervision of the
- Registered
- Nurse, performs: 1. Personal Care Skills 2.
- Basic
- Nursing
- Assistant
- Skills: As outlined by the Rhode Island Department of Health Professional Licensing and Facility Regulation. 3.
- Rehabilitation
- Skills: Performs daily activities of living, ambulates patient as appropriate 4.
- Maintenance of
- Safe
- Environment: Reports unsafe conditions/situations to Registered Nurse, manager, or supervisor; reports equipment in need of repair and removes from service. 5.
- Recognition of and
- Reporting
- Signs and
- Symptoms: Communicates all pertinent patient observations to the Registered Nurse. 6.
Safety
Maintains quality assurance and infection control, in accordance with established hospital and department policies, procedures and objectives. Accurately documents data in the EHR, patient care flowsheet, clinical data records; demonstrates ability to perform responsibilities in emergency/code situations. May function as a patient observer. Performs other related duties as required.
