Nursing Assistant (PCA)

Job description

Description Provide assistance with serving meals and feeding, providing fresh water and nourishment between meals. - Provide assistance in personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves; assisting with travel to the bathroom; helping with showers and baths. - Provide assistance in ambulating, turning, and positioning residents; provide adjunct care by administering enemas, douches, non-sterile dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, and therapeutic baths. - Maintain resident stability by checking vital signs and weight, recording intake and output information. - Provide for resident comfort by utilizing resources and materials; answering call lights and requests; reporting observations of the residents to the nursing supervisor. - Document actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records. - Protect privacy and dignity by keeping patient information confidential; comply with HIPAA guidelines and related laws. - Adhere to professional standards, company policies and procedures, and all federal, state, and local requirements, including JCAHO standards, when applicable. - Update job knowledge by participating in educational opp...