What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Asst - MedSurg position at Carle Health?
Position Summary:
The Nursing Assistant assists professional nursing personnel in providing patient care. The nursing assistant, under supervision, performs various routine duties to assist nurses in the treatment and care of patients and general operations of the nursing unit. He/she will carry out their responsibilities according to established standards and practices and philosophy of Carle Richland Memorial Hospital (CRMH).
Qualifications:
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
High School Diploma/Equivalent. Completion of course for nursing assistants and/or certification nursing students with first ten weeks of school in nursing program.
CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS
Basic Life Support (BLS). Medical Terminology preferred.
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
None specified
Essential Functions:
- Answer lights and telephone with good guest relations manner.
- Pass trays and ice.
- Transport patients to other units/departments.
- Change ice bags.
- Maintain clean linens on patients’ bed and person. Keep patient’s rooms clean and neat by dispose of linens and trash in the appropriate manner.
- Assist in preparing body after death.
- Assists with admissions, transfers, and discharge process ensuring rooms are set up for admits and postop surgical patients.
- Obtains intake and output and documents in the patient record.
- Assist the patient in turning or repositioning in bed.
- Maintain Buck’s traction.
- Assist patients to the bathroom or to use the bedpan/commode with call light within reach.
- Performs in a competent manner Foley catheter care.
- Document all care given in a factual manner into the patient record.
- Collect and transport specimens to lab.
- Performs bedside reporting/off going report to oncoming staff at shift change.
- In collaboration with other staff members, utilizes rounding process.
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