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Nursing Assistant SCV (DAYS 6:30a - 3p)

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System · Madison, Mississippi, US

- Provides for patient's personal hygiene: gives bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves, and assists with showers. 1. Patient Care - Assists...

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1. Patient Care 2. Quality 3. Collaboration & Partnership 4. Other Duties As Assigned - Provides for patient's personal hygiene: gives bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves, and assists with showers. - Assists in preparing unit and patient room and bed in an effort to ensure that patients are adequately and properly accommodated during their hospital stay. Assists and accompanies patients during admission, transfer, and discharge procedures in a manner that demonstrates compassion and understanding for each patient. - Takes and records patient temperature, pulse, respiration, weight, height, blood pressure, and intake-output measurement as directed by appropriate personnel in a caring and efficient manner and documents information in CIS. Expediently reports any unusual incidents or observed changes in patient condition or behavior to appropriate personnel. - Assists patients with daily living activities (e.g., bed bath, oral hygiene, shaving, dressing, back rubs, linen freshening), and provides general care (e.g., positioning patients, pre- and post-operative care, assisting with bed pan use) in a manner that demonstrates compassion and understanding for all pati...