Receives and escorts visitors, collects, charts, records and reports.Cleans and sanitizes resident equipment must have a good understanding of basic medical asepsis, sterile techniques and universal precautions to avoid infection of residents and self-contamination of equipment and supplies.Obtains clean linens and supplies from supply areas as directed, cleans utility rooms, kitchen areas and all other nursing areas, as assigned.Collects and bags soiled linen and delivers to dirty linen area if assigned, washes and dries items in domestic washer/drier.Reports any/all changes in resident’s condition, any family concerns and resident’s complaints to charge nurse and/or supervisor.Participates in the orientation of new nursing assistants.Answers resident’s call light or bell, delivers messages, administers bedpans and urinals, cleans areas of spillage or accidents caused by the resident.Assists all residents with their meals and provides in between meal nourishment, as well as providing fresh ice and water to the resident’s bedside, as needed.Takes and records weights, blood pressures, temperatures, pulse and respiration.Participates in the formulation and follow through of the resident’s nursing care plan.Assists the charge nurse during the resident admission assessment.Accompanies residents when transported outside facility for appointments, as needed.Verifies that all residents have wrist bands, medication, picture, and door tags.Assists with treatments and vitals, as necessary.Makes both occupied and unoccupied beds. Bathes the resident in bed, tub or shower, combs hair, cleans and cuts fingernails and gives shampoos.Assumes responsibility for varied resident care duties as assigned by charge nurse to include admitting, discharging, transferring and caring for the resident’s personal belongings and assisting the professional nurse in performing resident treatments.Handles and attends to residents in a manner conducive to their safety and comfort, adhering to instructions issued by the nursing supervisor and or charge nurse to establish shift routines.Must adhere to all facility policies and procedures.
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