Nursing Assistant - Westchester Medical Center Health : Job Details

To provide assistance to the nursing staff to maximize care to the patients and families. Responsibilities Hygiene/ Grooming: Provides or assists the patient with services that relate to patient cleanliness including: bath and oral care, shampoo, shave, grooming, peri-care and dressing, post mortem care, utilizing Standard Precautions. Mobility: Provide or assist the patient with the services that relate to physical mobility i.e., ambulation, repositioning, and bed rest. Assists with transfer of patients, assist with wheelchairs, walkers, cane, over bed frame. Assists with restraint application. Nutrition: Provide or assist the patient with services that relate to food, beverage, and fluid intake, i.e., setting up meal tray, feeding patients, NPO, and calorie count maintenance. Communication: Reports significant observations to RN. Vital Signs, Treatment/ Procedures: Assesses the patient s vital signs, including temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and respirations per unit specific pol...Nursing Assistant, Nursing, Assistant, Healthcare, Patient