CNA

About the role

Provide each assigned resident with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with the resident's assessment and care plan, and as directed by supervisors.

Responsibilities

• Use wristband or photo card file to identify residents before administering treatments, serving meals, etc.
• Use only authorized abbreviations established by the facility when recording information.
• Report all changes in resident's condition to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse as soon as practical.
• Record all entries on flow sheets, notes, charts, etc., in an informative, descriptive manner.
• Report all accidents and incidents observed on the shift that they occur.
• Agree not to disclose resident's protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Administrator.
• Report any known or suspected unauthorized attempt to access facility's information system.
• Perform only those nursing care procedures that you have been trained to do.
• Ensure resident's room is ready for receiving the resident (bed made, name tags up, admission kit available, etc.).
• Greet residents and escort them to their room; introduce resident to roommate and other residents and personnel as appropriate; make resident comfortable.
• Inventory and mark resident's personal possessions as instructed; store resident's clothing.
• Assist residents with packing personal possessions when being transferred to a new room or discharged; transport residents to new rooms or receiving area; assist with loading/unloading residents to/from vehicles as necessary.
• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift.
• Meet with shift nursing personnel on a regularly scheduled basis to assist in identifying and correcting problem areas and/or improving services.
• Report all complaints and grievances made by the resident.
• Participate in and receive the nursing report as instructed.
• Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids.
• Make beds as instructed; put extra covers on beds as requested.
• Measure and record temperatures, pulses, and respirations (TPRs) of residents, as instructed.
• Weigh and measure residents as instructed.
• Ensure residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently.
• Answer resident calls promptly.
• Check residents routinely to ensure personal care needs are being met.
• Assist residents with identifying food arrangements (informing residents with sight problems of foods on trays, location, temperature, etc.).
• Record resident's food/fluid intake; report changes in eating habits to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse.
• Keep residents' water pitchers clean and filled with fresh water on each shift, within easy reach of the resident.
• Perform after meal care (remove trays, clean resident's hands, face, clothing, etc.).
• Participate in and receive the nursing report upon reporting for duty.
• Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with established policies and procedures and as instructed by supervisors.
• Follow work assignments and/or work schedules in completing and performing assigned tasks.
• Cooperate with inter-departmental personnel and other facility personnel to ensure nursing services can be adequately maintained to meet resident needs.
• Notify the facility when late or absent from work.
• Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals in accordance with facility policies and procedures governing accidents and incidents.
• Assist residents with daily functions (dental and mouth care, bath functions, combing of hair, dressing and undressing as necessary).
• Keep residents dry (change gown, clothing and linens when wet or soiled).
• Assist residents in preparing for medical tests (lab work, x-ray, therapy, dental, etc.).
• Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc.
• Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
• Assist in preparing the resident for a physical examination.
• Check each resident routinely to ensure personal care needs are being met in accordance with resident wishes.
• Observe and report the presence of pressure areas and skin breakdowns to prevent decubitus ulcers (bedsores).
• Report injuries of an unknown source, including skin tears.
• Observe disoriented and comatose residents; record and report data as instructed.
• Perform special treatments as instructed.
• Immediately notify the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse of any resident leaving/missing from the facility.
• Use only equipment you have been trained to use; report defective equipment to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse.
• Maintain confidentiality of all resident care information including protected health information; report known or suspected incidents of unauthorized disclosure.
• Report all allegations of resident abuse and/or misappropriation of resident property.
• Honor resident's refusal of treatment request; report such requests to supervisor.

Requirements

• Must possess, as a minimum, a 10th grade education.
• Must be a licensed Certified Nursing Assistant in accordance with laws of the state.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Qualifications

• CPR certification preferred.

Physical demands

• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Prolonged use of a desktop or laptop computer.
• Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, read, or hear.
• Frequent use of all office related equipment including copier/scanner/fax, telephone, and calculator.
• May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations.

Work environment

• Noise level is usually low to moderate.