What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nursing Careers at Fishkill Center position at Fishkill Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing?
Responsibilities:
- Promotes resident hygiene and comfort
- Distributes food/water and feeds residents
- Assists with repositioning and transferring residents
- Ambulates and transports residents
- Records and totals fluid intake and output
- Weighs residents
- Documents on flow sheets
- Assists with admission, discharge and postmortem care
- Responds to call lights in a timely manner
- Performs perineal care and uncomplicated colostomy care
- Reports all observations & assessments to the Team Leader/Nurse Manager/Charge Nurse
- Takes and records vital signs
- Makes beds and keeps resident's units clean and in order
