Nursing Assistant
Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center
North Chicago, IL
02.2021 - Current
- Provides resident-centered care to Veterans in a manner conducive to the comfort and safety
- Engages in housekeeping tasks by replacing linens and cleaning and sanitizing patient rooms.
- Engages as a liaison between the team and families, volunteers, community members and other members of the staff including clinical support team and the Guide.
- Assists patients effectively manage routine bathing, grooming and other hygiene needs.
- Ensures all areas of the residence, indoors and outdoors, are clean and presentable.
- Able to Document care actions by completing records and logs in medical software system.
- Ensures that care has been provided and that documentation has been completed as outlined in the residents' care plans.
- Promoted good oral and personal hygiene by aiding patients with shaving, bathing and teeth brushing.
- Able to perform comprehensive nursing care for medical, long term care, and/or dementia residents in the rehabilitative process.
- Assists with activities of daily living including dental and mouth care, bathing, dressing and grooming, hair care, nail care, shaving, bowel and bladder care, other personal and hygiene care.
- Supported ambulation and physical therapy needs by conducting planned exercise routines.
- Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
- Maximized patient satisfaction by helping individuals carry out personal tasks such as dressing and walking.
- Checked patient vitals such as temperature and blood pressure
- Identified and reported unsafe situations to maintain adherence to safety protocols.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Employed mobility devices and various types of equipment to lift patients from chairs to beds, following safety procedures to avoid injuries.
