Certified Nursing Assistant na Mercyhealth

Essential Duties and Responsibilities  

• Provides patient care as assigned and per routine as defined by educational scope, according to standards of care, shift routines, and policies and procedures. 

• Answers call lights in a timely and appropriate manner. 

• Documents care provided according to standards. 

• Maintains a clean work and patient environment. 

• Maintains supplies, including scanning, stocking and ordering new supplies and disposing of expired or damaged supplies. 

• Floats to various units based on identified patient care needs. 

• Participates in department or unit performance improvement activities. 

• Training/precepting new partners in collaboration with unit educator  

• Blood Glucose Monitoring (BGM) with lab personnel  

• Bladder scanning procedure reviewed  

• Bladder scanner training complete (check off sheet for competency)  

• Attaching patient to remote telemetry or bedside cardiac monitor  

• Managing and reporting collection devices:  

• Colostomy, ileostomy or other fecal management systems: care and output measures  

• Indwelling catheters: care and output measures  

• Nasogastric tubes to suction  

• Surgical drains under direction of supervising RN  

• Competent in completing vital signs: Manual process for blood pressure and required reporting of abnormal values to supervising RN  

• Discontinue invasive devices under the direction of the supervising RN:  

• Indwelling (Foley) catheters  

• Nasogastric tubes  

• Peripherally inserted intravenous catheters  

• Similar devices as appropriate  

Education and Experience  

Completion of a CNA program. 

Certification and Licensure  

Current CNA certificate in applicable state.