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Personal Protective Equipment Provided
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Face Mask and Face Shields
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Change of scrubs provided for staff who work two jobs
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Hand sanitizer provided
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Record entries on flow sheets, notes, and charts when applicable.
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Report significant changes in the resident’s condition to an LVN/RN as soon as practical.
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Do not disclose resident’s protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to your supervisor.
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Monitor a new resident’s room is ready for the resident, i.e., the bed is made, name tag in place, ect.
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Introduce yourself, roommates, and other staff as appropriate to new residents.
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Mark and inventory the resident’s personal possessions as instructed.
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Assist with transferring residents as necessary.
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Perform assigned duties in accordance with state, federal, and facility policies and procedures.
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Follow work schedules/assignments in performing and completing your assigned tasks.
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Cooperate with all facility personnel. Report problems to your supervisor.
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Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment.
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Report complaints and grievances made by the resident to appropriate personnel.
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Notify your supervisor when you will be late or absent from work.
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Report occupational incidents, including near misses.
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Assist residents with daily oral care, i.e., brushing teeth/dentures, oral hygiene, etc., as directed.
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Assist residents with bath functions, i.e., bed bath, tub or shower bath, sponge bath, etc., as directed.
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Assist residents with dressing/undressing as needed.
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Assist residents with grooming, i.e., hair shampooing/brushing, nail care for non-diabetics, shaving, ect.
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Change bed linens as needed or as schedules.
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Check and report bowel movements and stool condition as instructed.
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Assist residents in preparing for medical tests/appointments, activities/social programs, and with transporting to/from.
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Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, ect.
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Assist residents to walk with or without self-help devices as instructed.
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Answer resident calls as promptly as feasible. Assure that residents who are unable to call are checked regularly.
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Observe and report the presence of pressure areas and skin breakdown.
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Report all injuries including those of unknown cause, including skin tears.
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Turn bedfast residents as least every two hours.
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Turn over all medication found in resident’s room to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge, Nurse.
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Report environmental changes in room temperature, ventilation, lighting, etc.
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Prepare residents for meals, i.e., take to the bathroom, wash hands, comb hair, raise bed, position tables, place bibs, take to/from dining room etc.
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Serve food trays and assist with feeding as indicated.
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Record resident’s food/fluid intake as instructed. Report changes in residents’ eating habits.
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Perform after meal care, i.e., remove trays, clean resident’s face, hands, clothing, take to the bathroom, etc.
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Keep residents’ water pitchers clean and filled with fresh water and within easy reach.
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Serve between meal and bedtime snacks.
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Check rooms for food articles, i.e., food in proper containers, unauthorized food items, etc.
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Check rooms for unauthorized medications.
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Attend and participate in all scheduled training, educational and inservice classes to keep current with changes/issues and to maintain certificate.
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Restrain residents only as instructed by a nursing supervisor. Release residents at least every two hours.
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Wash hands before and after performing any service for a resident.
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Keep the call button within easy reach of the resident.
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Report any hazardous condition/equipment to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse immediately.
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Follow established isolation precautions and procedures. Wash hands before entering and after leaving an isolation area.
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Report any communicable or infectious disease to the Director of Nursing and/or the Infection Control Coordinator.
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Wear and use safety equipment and supplies, i.e., back brace, gait belt, mechanical lift, etc. when lifting or transferring residents.
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Use only the equipment that you have been trained to use, operating the equipment in a safe manner.
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Report any defective equipment.
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Treat residents fairly, and with kindness, dignity and respect.
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Knock before entering a residents’ room and assure all nursing care is provided in privacy.
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Report all allegations of resident abuse and/or misappropriation of resident property.
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Honor and report the resident’s refusal of treatment request.
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Perform other duties as deemed appropriate by your supervisors.