Nursing Assistant`s roles

Nursing assistant`s roles

Nursing assistant can have many different titles. Nurses aid, unlicensed assistive personal, car taker and certified nursing assistant. The nursing assistant performs delegated or assigned nursing tasks, such as taking a resident`s vital signs. A nursing assistant also provides personal care, as giving a shower, bath or bed-bath. Other nursing assistant duties including: feeding resident, helping resident with toileting and elimination needs, assisting resident to move safety around facility, keep residents’ living areas neat and clean, encouraging residents to eat, drink caring for supplies and equipment. Helping to dress residents, make beds, giving back rubs, helping residents with mouth care. Nursing assistant is not allowed to gives any medications. The Register or License Practical Nurse is responsible for giving medications. Examples of other tasks that nursing assistant generally not allowed to do are: inserting/removing tubes, changing sterile dressing, and giving tube feedings. Nursing assistant spends more time with residents than other team members do. They act as the eyes and ears of the team. Observing changes in a resident`s condition and reporting then is a very important role. Nursing assistant does charting, which is important information about the resident. The nursing assistant is part of the team. This team includes physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists, dietitians or nutritionists, and other specialist. The resident`s family is part of the team. Everyone, including the resident work closely together. Goal include helping residents recover from illness or do as much as possible for themselves. Professional means having to do with work or a job title. The opposite of professional is personal. It refers to my life outside my job, such as my family, friends and home life.