Certified Nursing Assistant

Overview

Cares for patients in the hospital setting under direction of nursing staff, by performing the following duties, supporting the nursing philosophy. May include weekends, holidays, day, evening, night, and or on‑call hours. Performs other duties as assigned.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides patient care as assigned and per routine as defined by educational scope, according to standards of care, shift routines, and policies and procedures.
• Answers call lights in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Documents care provided according to standards.
• Maintains a clean work and patient environment.
• Maintains supplies, including scanning, stocking and ordering new supplies and disposing of expired or damaged supplies.
• Floats to various units based on identified patient care needs.
• Participates in department or unit performance improvement activities.
• Training/precepting new partners in collaboration with unit educator.
• Blood Glucose Monitoring (BGM) with lab personnel.
• Bladder scanning procedure reviewed.
• Bladder scanner training complete (check off sheet for competency).
• Attaching patient to remote telemetry or bedside cardiac monitor.
• Managing and reporting collection devices.
• Colostomy, ileostomy or other fecal management systems: care and output measures.
• Indwelling catheters: care and output measures.
• Nasogastric tubes to suction.
• Surgical drains under direction of supervising RN.
• Competent in completing vital signs: manual process for blood pressure and required reporting of abnormal values to supervising RN.
• Discontinue invasive devices under the direction of the supervising RN.
• Indwelling (Foley) catheters.
• Nasogastric tubes.
• Peripherally inserted intravenous catheters.
• Similar devices as appropriate.

Completion of a CNA program.

Current CNA certificate in applicable state.

Approved CPR or BLS certification required within 90 days.

Adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

Is consistently at work and on time, ready to accept assignment.

Follows instructions, responds to leadership direction; takes responsibility for own actions; keeps commitments; completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.