**Req Number** 184158

Job Description

Under direction and supervision of Registered Nurse, assists patients with activities of daily living, provides basic nursing care, and assists in maintenance of a safe and clean environment.

Job Responsibility

+ * Functions as a co-worker to the nurse and a key member of the nursing care team:
+ Organizes patient care assignment and sets priorities.
+ Alerts RN co-worker to changes in patient status i.e., alteration in comfort, skin integrity, alterations in breathing pattern, etc.
+ Documents patient care and patient status changes on the appropriate chart forms.
+ Communicates routine information to RN periodically during shift i.e., intake and output.
+ * Assists RN in providing for ADL needs of patients:
+ Prepares patients for meals, and feeds or assists with meals.
+ Provides between meal nourishment and fresh water to patients.
+ Bathes or assists patient to bathe, provides oral h...