Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
Company: Avista Nursing and Rehab
Location: Saginaw
Posted on: May 11, 2022
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Job Description:
THE PURPOSE OF YOUR JOB POSITIONThe primary purpose of your job
position 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.Check Out Our Staff Video --- -Nursing Care Functions1.
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 socialprograms, 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. --- -Admission, Transfer,
and Discharge Functions1. Prepare the resident's room for receiving
the resident (i.e., bed made, name tags up, admission kit
available, etc.).2. Participate in admission, transfer and
discharge functions pursuant to Facility policy and supervisory
instructions. --- -Food Service Functions1. Prepare residents for
meals (i.e., take to bathroom, wash hands, comb hair, raise bed,
position tables, place clothing protectors, take to/from dining
room, etc.).2. Serve food trays. Assist with feeding as indicated
(i.e., cutting foods, feeding, assist in dining room supervision,
etc.).3. Record the residents food/fluid intake. Report changes in
the resident's eating habits to the Nurse in Charge.4. Perform
after meal care (i.e., remove trays, clean resident's hands, face,
clothing, take to bathroom, brush teeth, clean dentures, etc.).5.
Check rooms for food articles (i.e., food in proper container,
unauthorized food items, etc.). --- -Requirments -1. Attend and
participate in scheduled training and educational classes as
required.2. Attend and participate in scheduled orientation
programs and activities.3. Wear name tag on your clean scrub
uniform as required along with no artificial nails.EXPERIENCEMust
be a licensed Certified Nurse Aide in accordance with laws of this
state.PERSONAL, INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONAL REQUIREMENTSA. Must
be able to read, write and speak the English language in an
understandable manner.
Keywords: Avista Nursing and Rehab, Saginaw , Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Healthcare , Saginaw, Michigan
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