Nurse Attendant [United States]


 

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Job Description

Job Description

Under direction and supervision of Registered Nurse, assists patients with activities of daily living, provides basic nursing care, and assists in maintenance of a safe and clean environment.

Job Responsibility

    • Functions as a co-worker to the nurse and a key member of the nursing care team:
    • Organizes patient care assignment and sets priorities.
    • Alerts RN co-worker to changes in patient status i.e., alteration in comfort, skin integrity, alterations in breathing pattern, etc.
    • Documents patient care and patient status changes on the appropriate chart forms.
    • Communicates routine information to RN periodically during shift i.e., intake and output.
    • Assists RN in providing for ADL needs of patients:
    • Prepares patients for meals, and feeds or assists with meals.
    • Provides between meal nourishment and fresh water to patients.
    • Bathes or assists patient to bathe, provides oral hygiene.
    • Toilets patients as necessary.
    • Maintains patient's mobility with range of motion exercises and ambulation.
    • Grooms patient, including shaving, as needed.
    • Participates with the RN in the development of a plan of care for assigned patient.
    • Utilizes a plan of care in carrying out patient assignments.
    • Maintains patient care units in a neat and orderly condition:
    • Changes and makes beds.
    • Cleans and straightens bedside table and overbed tables, as needed.
    • Strips patient units upon discharge of patient, in preparation for cleaning by Housekeeping Department.
    • Removes equipment from room.Cleans and place it in appropriate are.
    • Prepares room for new admissions, transfers and post-operative patients.
    • Assists Registered Nurse by performing selected procedures and simple treatments:
    • Takes and records temperature, pulse, respiration rate and B.P on admission and as assigned.
    • Measures and records fluid intake and output; totals at shift end.
    • Obtains specimens, such as urine, stool and sputum.
    • Administers enemas, as directed.
    • Weighs and records patient weight on admission and as indicated.
    • Shave patients as instructed in preparation for procedures.
    • Performs simple procedures utilizing aseptic technique (i.e – applying and changing simple dressings).Performs simple respiratory treatments, as required (i.e – suctioning).
    • Performs a variety of related duties:
    • Assists patients in and out of bed, ambulates patients, lifts, turns and positions patients.
    • Assists with serving of meals; positions patient, cleans overbed table, and helps distribute and collect trays.
    • Transports and accompanies patients to various departments, as directed.
    • Reports missing or damaged equipment to Unit Service Coordinator.
    • Maintains non-patient rooms (i.e., utility rooms, linen rooms, kitchens, etc.) in a neat and orderly condition.
    • Maintains cleanliness of patient care equipment.
    • Performs constant observation on selected patients as assigned.
    • Follows medical Center's policies and procedures to support QA/QI efforts in patient care and services.
    • Performs post-mortem care and transports body to morgue.
    • Takes part in Nursing's continuing education policy by:
    • Attending nursing attendant course during orientation program.
    • Participating and completing annual mandatory educational requirements.
    • Attending nursing attendant staff development programs offered throughout the year.
  • Performs related duties, as required.
  • ADA Essential Functions

Job Qualification

  • High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
  • Completion of Nurse Assistant course or equivalent, required.ORPrior experience as a Nursing Attendant or equivalent, required.
  • NYS Nurse Attendant certification, preferred.
  • Ability to communicate effectively, and follow written and/or oral instructions.
  • Ability to work in diversified settings.Ability to lift, turn, position, etc. Patients, as required.

  • Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

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