Staff Nurse Assistant at Avenue Hospital (2024-09 – Present)
Medical, Surgical, Emergency, HDU & ICU. Bed capacity: 100
- Performing oral care
- Changing linens
- Feeding a patient, calculating and recording calorie count
- Meal preparations for patients on both assisted oral feeding and enteral feedings
- Performing preoperative skin preparation
- Assisting patients with ambulation
- Turning and repositioning a patient
- Performing range of motion exercises
- Assisting with patient transfers and discharge
- Giving companionship and listening to the patients concerns
- Assisting a patient with incentive spirometer use
- Maintaining confidentiality of patients, residents, employees and organizational information
- Keeping track of medications and reminding the patients and their families of the follow-up care
- Monitoring and reporting any changes in patients conditions to the charge nurse
- Setting up oxygen administration equipment
- Sanctioning a patient's oral cavity
- Setting up a room for patient admission
- Providing basic wound care with support and guidance from the nursing team
- Performing postmortem care
- Cleaning and disinfecting equipment and the patient care environment
- Obtaining and delivering equipment and supplies
- Obtaining and delivering blood products
- Ensuring that laboratory specimens are properly labeled
- Transporting collected specimens to the clinical laboratory
- Stocking a patient room, the unit, the utility room, the treatment room, and the nourishment center
- Checking electrical equipment for inspection due dates
- Performing first aid and emergency management of patients
- Performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP) at Avenue Hospital (2023-01 – 2024-08)
Bed capacity: 100
- Performing oral care
- Changing linens
- Feeding a patient and calculating and recording calorie count
- Performing preoperative skin preparation
- Assisting patients with ambulation
- Turning and repositioning a patient
- Performing range of motion exercises
- Assisting with patient transfers
- Assisting a patient with incentive spirometer use
- Setting up oxygen administration equipment
- Sanctioning a patient's oral cavity
- Setting up a room for patient admission
