Description
Primary Focus:
Provides personal individualized care to patients/patients utilizing the Nursing Care Plan in collaboration with other members of the interdisciplinary team to deliver quality care.
Essential Functions:
- Works collaboratively with peers and team members, using tactful, diplomatic communication techniques in potentially sensitive or emotionally charged situations.
- Takes responsibility of this position and completes duties with minimal direction for supervisor when appropriate.
- Assists patients with ADL’s skillfully with consideration for individual needs.
- Provides personal hygiene measures appropriately.
- Utilizes correct procedures in order to promote good skin care.
- Assists patient in using assistive devices in ambulation, dressing, eating, positioning, and allowing opportunity for self-care.
- Promotes and assists patients’ participation in activities.
- Provides care outlined utilizing the Nursing Care Plan through utilization of Nursing Orders.
- Performs competently those technical skills considered basic to the scope of service on the unit.
- Treats patients, visitors and families with respect and dignity; identifies and addresses psychosocial needs.
- Assists the patient in the provision of adequate nutrition, including fluid intake and supplements.
- Follows procedures to aid adequate bladder and bowel elimination/retraining.
- Adjusts for physical and/or mental limitations of patients/patients.
- Provides care to avoid the need for physical restraints and when necessary, demonstrates proper application,
- Documents body functions including vital signs, weight, intake and output measurements and notifies the LN of any abnormalities.
- Replenishes and orders supplies. Reports all maintenance needs promptly.
- Supports and promotes unit, department, and facility policies, procedures and goals.
- Completes assigned cleaning tasks according to established schedule (DME).
- Provides care for the dying patient and provides postmortem care (may need to assist with transferring).
- Completes tasks as assigned by the Licensed Nurse within the NAR/NAC’s Scope of Practice.
- Reads, understands, and follows care plans.
- Performs rehab program to patients/patients as outlined by PT.
- Knowledge of Electronic Health Records with complete and accurate documentation of ADL’s, I&O’s, B&B, behaviors, VS, weights or as directed by LN.
- Able to admit and discharge a patient using the EHR.
- Knowledge and skills appropriate for all nursing units (North Wing, West Wing, ER, and Outpatient Services) and competent ability to work in all nursing units of OMHC.
- Able to operate all essential patient care equipment.
- May need to assist other departments as necessary.
- Provides training and orientation for new nursing or agency staff as needed.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Required Education and Certification
- Current Certified Nursing Assistant (C.N.A.) licensure in the State of Washington or if a C.N.A.-R upon hire, must obtain NAC licensure within 3 months of hire.
- Current BLS upon hire and duration of employment
