Nursing Assistant (PRN) - Sylvania, GA

Optim Healthcare • Sylvania, GA

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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. The role provides care appropriate to patients’ conditions and ages, including pediatric, geriatric, and general populations, while prioritizing patient safety and dignity. The Nursing Assistant communicates and collaborates with patients, families, licensed personnel, physicians, coworkers, and other departments; participates in patient care conferences; and supports an interdisciplinary approach to care. The role also manages equipment safely, helps orient new staff members, and performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic nursing care within scope of practice, including care that addresses patients’ physical and psychosocial 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 materials as needed.
• Take and record patients’ 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 ensure pitchers have fresh ice and water.
• Assist with patient admission, transfer, and discharge, including packing or unpacking belongings and helping patients into or out of the facility in a wheelchair.
• Provide basic patient care appropriate to the standard of care for the patient’s age and condition, including pediatric, geriatric, and general populations.
• Observe and report or record 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.
• Assist with feeding and maintaining fluid balance using techniques appropriate to the patient’s age.
• Explain care to patients and families before providing it and answer questions within scope of practice.
• Perform treatments and provide services within scope of practice.
• Communicate clearly and appropriately with the charge nurse, coworkers, and physicians; consult other departments as appropriate to meet patients’ needs.
• Perform patient care in a manner that promotes safety and reduces the likelihood of medical or health care errors.
• Respond to patients in 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.
• Manage and 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