Job Description
Objective
Provides basic nursing care to residents within the scope of the nursing assistant responsibilities and performs basic nursing procedures under the direction of the licensed nurse supervisor.
Principal Responsibilities
· Participates in and receives nursing report upon reporting for duty
· Assists residents with resident care including bathing, grooming, hygiene and placement of adaptive equipment
· Explains procedures to residents before administering
· Keeps residents dry (changes gown, clothing, linen, etc., when it becomes wet or soiled)
· Changes bed linens and keeps linens tight to avoid wrinkles from forming under residents
· Makes beds (occupied and unoccupied)
Qualifications
· Successful completion of State Approved Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program; Name must appear on State Registry as...