Nursing Assistant Full or Part Time Days

Nursing Assistant

Provide direct resident care services according to the plan of care prepared by and under direct supervision of the Charge Nurse.

Essential Functions:

• Nutritional Care:
  1. Ask residents about their favorite food and beverage choices.
  2. Serve meals and snacks with correct diets in a timely manner.
  3. Assist or monitor residents with eating.
  4. Encourage adequate intake as directed.
  5. Record intake as directed.
  6. Supply fresh water during each shift.
  7. Measure weight for residents as directed.
  8. Report changes in appetite, intake, and ability to eat.
• Continence Care:
  1. Support use of bedpan, urinal, commode, or toilet as appropriate.
  2. Follow established bowel and bladder program.
  3. Collect routine urine, stool, and sputum samples as directed.
  4. Keep urinary catheter and tubing properly positioned and cleaned.
  5. Empty and record output for each shift as directed.
  6. Provide colostomy care as directed and observe for results.
  7. Record bowel movements and character as directed.
  8. Keep incontinent residents dry and clean.
  9. Cleanse after each incontinent voiding or bowel movement.
  10. Report changes in elimination patterns.
• Mobility Assistance:
  1. Assist with ambulation as needed.
  2. Use walkers, canes, wheelchairs, gait belts, and other mechanical aids as per the care plan.
  3. Transfer residents between beds, wheelchairs, geriatric chairs, or commodes using assistive devices and proper body mechanics.
  4. Maintain joint functioning for daily activities through positioning.
  5. Move and reposition residents lying in bed regularly.
  6. Turn residents using proper techniques and body mechanics.
  7. Encourage residents to be active.
  8. Conduct range of motion exercises as directed.
  9. Assist with rehabilitation and restorative programs.
  10. Encourage participation in therapeutic activities.
  11. Assist residents to and from social and therapeutic activities.
  12. Report changes in mobility patterns or safety.
  13. Report incidents or injuries immediately.
• Personal Hygiene Cares:
  1. Assist with bathing, shampooing, hair care, skin care, grooming, and perineal care.
  2. Assist with dressing and undressing.
  3. Assist with oral and denture hygiene.
  4. Assist with nail care.
  5. Assist with shaving.
  6. Report changes in ADL abilities or skin integrity.
• Comfort and Quality of Life Needs:
  1. Embrace Culture Change philosophy and make decisions based on resident preferences.
  2. Assist with meeting needs for uninterrupted rest and naps.
  3. Watch for signs of discomfort and report to nurses immediately.
  4. Report resident complaints of discomfort to nurses immediately.
  5. Follow resident care plan choices.
  6. Assist with socialization, exercise, and mental stimulation.
  7. Maintain a clean, comfortable, and pleasant environment.
  8. Change bed linens and make beds.
  9. Tidy resident rooms.
  10. Observe proper ventilation, temperature, light, and noise control.
• Effective Communication:
  1. Communicate therapeutically and respectfully with residents.
  2. Provide compensation for diminished hearing.
  3. Establish eye contact and speak directly to residents.
  4. Use low decibel sound levels.
  5. Decrease extraneous noise during conversations.
  6. Respond to verbal and non-verbal expressions of needs.
  7. Report if requests cannot be met.
  8. Receive shift reports from nurses.
  9. Communicate professionally between staff for continuity of care and safety.
  10. Report off to nurses before leaving duty.
  11. Watch for changes in usual communication patterns and report to nurses immediately.
• Protection:
  1. Practice basic medical asepsis to prevent infection transfer.
  2. Position call lights within reach.
  3. Use protective devices according to the plan of care.
  4. Observe No Walk By call light policy and respond promptly.
  5. Participate in Catch a Falling Star Fall Prevention program and other safety measures.
  6. Know and practice HIPAA privacy regulations.
  7. Provide compensation for impaired visual and hearing.
  8. Report potential hazards, incidents, or injuries immediately.
  9. Observe self-back safety and body mechanics procedures.
  10. Know and follow each resident's plan of care unless status has changed.
  11. Seek additional help when warranted.
  12. Know and practice all established policies and procedures.
  13. Know and practice all emergency and disaster plans.
  14. Know and perform job procedures, skills, body mechanics, individual resident care plans, and equipment use prior to performing duties.
  15. Aware of resident, staff, and public safety always.
  16. Provide resident protection by using special need safety devices and assisting or supervising smoking.
  17. Report vulnerable adult issues as mandated reporters.
  18. Watch for and report changes in physical status, mental status, and behavior immediately.
• Other Skills (with special training):
  1. Taking vital signs.
  2. Changing oxygen tanks.
  3. Documenting care provided, vital signs, intakes and outputs, behaviors, and others as directed.
  4. Performing other duties assigned by licensed nurses or Household Managers.