Nursing Assistant (PRN) - Sylvania, GA

Optim • Sylvania, GA

4d

About The Position

The Nursing Assistant provides basic nursing care to non-acutely ill patients within the nursing assistant’s scope of practice, addressing patients’ psychosocial and physical needs. Care is tailored to patients’ conditions and ages, including pediatric, geriatric, and general populations, and is delivered in a way that promotes safety and reduces the likelihood of health care errors. The role includes assisting with mobility, meals, personal care, admissions and discharges, tests and surgery preparation, and patient monitoring. The Nursing Assistant communicates patient needs and observed changes to appropriate licensed staff, supports an interdisciplinary approach to care, and treats patients and families with respect and dignity.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic nursing care within scope of practice to meet patients’ psychosocial and physical needs.
• Position, lift, turn, and transfer patients, and assist with ambulation.
• Obtain patient specimens and deliver them to the laboratory; retrieve x-ray films and other items as needed.
• Measure and record temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, weight, and intake and output; report abnormal findings to appropriate nursing staff.
• Prepare patients for meals; serve and remove trays; assist with meals or feeding; distribute water and nourishment; and maintain fresh ice and water in pitchers.
• Assist with patient admission, transfer, and discharge, including packing or unpacking belongings and helping patients enter or leave the facility in a wheelchair.
• Provide age- and condition-appropriate patient care and feeding assistance, and help maintain fluid balance using appropriate techniques.
• Observe and report changes in patients’ conditions or behavior, and notify licensed personnel when patients report pain.
• Prepare patients for tests and surgery according to policy and procedure.
• Explain care to patients and families before providing it and answer questions within scope of practice.
• Perform treatments and services within scope of practice.
• Communicate clearly and appropriately with the charge nurse, coworkers, and physicians; consult other departments as appropriate to address patient needs.
• Maintain patient safety and respond to emergencies or physically distressful situations.
• Treat patients and families with respect and dignity; interact professionally and involve them in forming the plan of care.
• Participate in patient care conferences.
• Maintain good working relationships within the department and with other departments.
• Operate equipment safely and correctly.
• Orient new staff members to the unit.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the fire drill plan.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: No Education Listed