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About The Position

Requirements

• Must be reliable
• Up to date TB certification
• License must be current in the state of WI
• Reliable transportation

Responsibilities

• Educate patients and their families by assisting in preoperative, postoperative, and relevant health teaching.
• Administer medications by preparing medications; administering specified medication orally or by subcutaneous or intramuscular injection; recording dosage and time in patient record; maintaining logs.
• Provide ancillary medical care by dressing wounds; giving enemas, douches, alcohol rubs, and massages; applying compresses, ice bags, and hot water bottles.
• Maintain patient stability by taking and recording vital signs.
• Maintain patient nutrition by examining food trays for prescribed diet; feeding patients; recording food and fluid intake and output.
• Help patients with daily living by bathing, dressing, and assisting patients in walking and turning.
• Keep nursing supervisors informed by observing patients and reporting adverse reactions to medication or treatment.
• Maintain equipment and supplies by keeping catheters, tracheostomy tubes, and oxygen supplies available.