Patient Care Assistant, Step-down Unit
: Job Details :

Functions as a direct patient caregiver performing tasks to assist registered nurses. Performs hands-on care, assistance with ADL's and specified technical tasks for a group of patients under the supervision of the Team Leader. Recruiter: Kathleen Rice || ...@covhlth.com Responsibilities Take and record temperature, pulse, respiration rates, blood pressures, weights, heights, and intake-output measurements. Encourage patients to turn, cough, and take deep breaths and to use incentive spirometry as specified by Plan of Care. Ambulate, and assist patients in and out of bed, into wheelchairs and transport when necessary. Attends to nutritional needs of patient which may include distributing meal trays, feeding, filling and passing out water pitchers, Provides morning or evening care, which may include bed bath, oral hygiene, combing hair, back care, dressing patient, changing bed linen, cleaning over-bed table and bedside stand, straightening room, and other supportive care as needed. E...Patient Care, Patient, Assistant, Healthcare, Equipment