Certified Nursing Assistant (Medical ICU, Full-Time)
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System
- Lafayette, LA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Actively participates in administering patient care and ensures a safe and comforting environment.
- Responds to patients needs in a timely manner.
- Assists patients with ADLs including meals, bathing, and hygiene needs.
- Performs/assists with range of motion exercises and ambulation. Performs cardiac rehab exercises with patients per protocol.
- Performs/assists with positioning patients and transferring patients from bed to chair or wheelchair or stretcher. Transports patients as needed.
- Reports abnormal conditions to the RN in a timely manner.
- Maintains personal responsibility for professional growth and development.
- Applies the knowledge of growth and development to appropriate patient populations.
- Maintains patient confidentiality.
- Maintains universal precautions.
- Performs Point of Care procedures in a timely manner according to established policy and procedure. Documents required information and complies with all Point of Care quality control standards
- Observes intravenous lines for adequacy of fluids and operations and reports any nonfunctioning line visually observed.
- Performs oral suctioning with a Yankauers.
- Establishes patient setup/connection tasks including inputting patient specific data for hemodynamic monitor use, SaO2, and EKG.
- Demonstrates ability to perform 12 lead EKG.
- Assists with collection of specimens, such as urine, stool, or sputum, blood.
- Obtains weight and basic patient information for new admissions.
- Monitors and performs vital signs using a variety of equipment, and reports abnormalities/unanticipated changes to RN.
- Performs blood glucose monitoring.
- Education: High school diploma or equivalent
- Completion of CNA program, Medical Assistant Program, PCA or similar program
- BLS certification
- Basic EKG skills