Resident Assistant Part-Time Overnight

Overview

Nursing Assistant/Resident Assistant (CNA)

Part-Time Overnights

Located in Rushford, MN

Hours: Non-Exempt/As Scheduled
Reports to: Director of Nursing
Travel: Some travel may be required.

To provide direct resident care services according to the plan of care prepared by and under direct supervision of the Charge Nurse.

Works in well lighted, well-ventilated work area.

• Provide direct resident care services with attention directed toward improving or maintaining optimal physical, mental, and psychosocial functional performance, promoting resident choice and preferences, and increasing resident dignity and quality of life according to each resident’s plan of care and the NA Standards of Care.
• Nutritional care, including:
• Asking resident their favorite food and beverage choices.
• Serving resident meals and snacks with the correct diet and ensuring proper temperature and timely service.
• Assisting, cuing, or monitoring residents with eating.
• Encouraging adequate intake as directed.
• Recording intake as directed.
• Providing fresh water to residents during each shift.
• Measuring weight for residents as directed.
• Observing and reporting changes in appetite, intake, and ability to eat to the nurse.
• Continence care, including:
• Supporting use of bedpan, urinal, commode, or toilet as appropriate.
• Following established bowel and bladder program.
• Collecting routine urine, stool and sputum samples as directed.
• Keeping urinary catheter and tubing properly positioned and cleaned.
• Emptying and recording output for each shift as directed.
• Providing colostomy care as directed, observing results as directed.
• Recording bowel movements and character as directed.
• Keeping incontinent residents dry and clean.
• Cleansing after each incontinent voiding or bowel movement.
• Observing and reporting to the Charge Nurse changes in resident elimination patterns.
• Mobility assistance, including:
• Assisting with ambulation to the extent needed.
• Using walker, cane, wheelchair, gait belt and other mechanical aids according to the care plan.
• Transferring resident between bed, wheelchair, geriatric chair, or commode using assistive devices, gait belt and proper body mechanics.
• Maintaining optimum joint functioning for activities of daily living by positioning with proper body alignment.
• Moving and regularly repositioning residents who are lying in bed.
• Using proper body mechanics and turning techniques.
• Encouraging residents to be up and as active as possible.
• Conducting range of motion exercises as directed.
• Assisting with rehabilitation and restorative programs and goals according to each resident’s care plan.
• Encouraging resident participation in therapeutic activities.
• Assisting residents to and from social and therapeutic activities as directed.
• Monitoring mobility patterns or safety and reporting changes to the Charge Nurse.
• Reporting incidents or injuries to the Charge Nurse immediately.
• Personal hygiene care, including:
• Assisting with bathing (bed, whirlpool, or shower).
• Assisting with shampooing and hair care.
• Assisting with skin care needs.
• Assisting with grooming and perineal care.
• Assisting with dressing and undressing.
• Assisting with oral and denture hygiene.
• Assisting with nail care.
• Assisting with shaving.
• Observing and reporting changes in resident ADL abilities or skin integrity to the nurse.
• Comfort and safety in care, including:
• Respecting the resident’s routines and choices in line with Culture Change philosophy.
• Assisting the resident in meeting needs for uninterrupted rest and naps.
• Watching for signs of discomfort and reporting to the nurse immediately.
• Reporting resident complaints of discomfort to the nurse immediately.
• Following the resident’s care plan choices.
• Assisting with socialization, exercise, and mental stimulation of the resident.
• Maintaining a clean, comfortable, and pleasant environment.
• Changing bed linens and making beds; tidying the resident’s room.
• Observing proper ventilation, temperature, light, and noise control.
• Communication and teamwork:
• Communicating therapeutically and respectfully with residents using appropriate language and non-verbal techniques.
• Ensuring accessibility for residents…