Certified Nursing Assistant Progressive ICU/ICU Full Time Days

Prisma Health•Easley, SC

About The Position

The Certified Nursing Assistant assists with patient care according to individualized plans of care and performs basic nursing activities as delegated. The role includes collecting data, monitoring and documenting patient status, maintaining confidentiality, using safe patient-handling practices, and communicating observations and changes in patient status to the RN. The assistant also helps maintain a neat and clean patient environment.

Requirements

Completion of a nursing assistant or patient care technician program.
Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification.
Basic computer and data-entry skills.
Mathematical skills.
Working knowledge of patient equipment, including suction, vital-sign equipment, and defibrillators.
No experience required.

Responsibilities

Assist patients with activities of daily living.
Turn and reposition patients, independently or with assistance.
Transport patients and assist them with walking as needed.
Assist with fall-prevention interventions and patient restraints as delegated.
Provide care delegated by the RN, including non-sterile soaks, simple non-sterile dressings, and perineal care.
Collect vital signs, fluid intake and output, and basic and sterile specimens.
Document and maintain collected data in the medical record, and inform the RN of activities performed, patient observations, and changes in patient status.
Run errands, answer the telephone, and respond to call lights.
Perform point-of-care testing when trained and delegated by the RN, and report lab values to the RN.
Provide and document comfort measures and non-pharmacological pain management.
Maintain confidentiality of patient information and help provide a neat and clean patient environment.
Perform other duties as assigned.