Certified nursing assistants or
CNAs assist patients in activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, and grooming, ambulation, and linen changing.
Position Overview Certified nursing assistants or
CNAs assist patients in activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, and grooming, ambulation, and linen changing.
Not exact matches
recovered on behalf of nurses (LVNs and
CNAs) who work or worked in defendants»
assisted living facilities throughout the State of California, this certified class action resulted in a $ 7.5 million settlement.
CNAs play a particularly vital role in retirement homes, where they
assist nurses with various duties like taking vital signs, preparing medical equipment, and taking care of elderly patients who can't perform tasks like bathing and going to the bathroom on their own.
Certified Nursing Assistants (
CNAs)
assist medical patients under the supervision of more experienced registered nurses.
Supervise 2 LPNs and 8
CNAs each shift, directing daily duties, managing schedules, answering questions, and
assisting other staff, when needed.
For the most part,
CNAs provide bedside care to patients and
assist the RNs and LPNs under whose supervision they work.
• Taught 3 groups of
CNAs in handling correct body alignment of patients and
assisting them with range - of - motion exercises • Administered douches and enemas • Prepared sterile dressings •
Assisted patients with ambulation and encourage them to take part in physical activities • Proficient in taking and recording patients» vitals such as temperature, pulse and blood pressure readings in an accurate fashion • Provided support to physical therapists in carrying out physical therapy exercises • Took blood and urine samples, transport them to laboratories and follow up on results
CNAs ensure that they feed patients, take and record vitals and
assist them with personal hygiene activities.
CNAs often work in a wide variety of settings; nursing homes, hospitals, adult day care centers, personal homes and
assisted living facilities all require nursing assistants to act as a helpful liaison between the RN or LPN and the patient.
A crucial difference between the two is that
CNAs tend to provide bedside care to senescent patients, where medical assistants
assist more with procedural or administrative preparation and housekeeping.
CNAs often help elderly and infirm patients with personal hygiene tasks like bathing and dressing,
assist with feeding, record keeping and housekeeping duties.
Somewhere between
CNAs and billing specialists, you find administrative medical
assisting programs.
Those who become
CNAs may find numerous opportunities at
assisted living facilities and home care agencies.
In my state LPNs can: place NG tubes, indwelling catheters, place dobhoffs (feeding tubes), give injections, Phlebotomy, start and maintain IVs, hang piggybacks, medication administration, respiratory therapy, wound care, set up and
assist chest tube placements, maintain chest tubes, train and supervise
CNAs, care plans... lots of care plans, and much more.