Nursing Assistant Orthopedics

Company: Hackensack Meridian Health
Location: Hackensack
Posted on: September 13, 2020

Job Description:

OVERVIEW

The Nursing Assistant provides direct patient care under the direction of the RN professional to all assigned patients, and maintains a safe patient area. He/she assumes responsibility and accountability for patient care as a team member in order to achieve established outcomes.

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provides direct hygiene and comfort care to patients including bathing, toileting, oral hygiene, incontinent care, and bed making. 2. Takes vital signs under the direction of the RN, and documents accordingly on appropriate flow sheets, and notifies the RN of the results. 3. Performs and documents glucose finger sticks and collects other specimens including stool, urine, and sputum. 4. Obtains and documents daily patient weights and observes and documents patient\'s intake and output. 5. Provides a safe patient environment by answering call lights promptly, communicating with the RN immediately for any change in patient\'s condition. 6. Acts in the role of patient sitter. 7. Maintains a clean and safe nursing unit and patient room 8. Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, culture, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.). This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.). 9. Adheres to the standards identified in the Medical Center\'s Organizational Competencies.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required: 1. High school diploma or equivalent. Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred: 1. Certified Nursing and/or nursing student enrolled in a BSN program who has successfully completed theoretical and clinical practical in fundamentals of nursing in nursing school. Licenses and Certifications Required: Licenses and Certifications Preferred:

Meridian Health is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action and will not discriminate in the recruitment or employment practices on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, marital status, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, veteran status and any other category protected by federal or state law.

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