CNAs play a very important role in helping patients with many daily activities, which usually include the following:
Helping patients to bathe and dress
Serving meals each day and assisting patients with eating as needed
Taking blood pressure, weights, pulse and temp. monthly
Turning and repositioning patients who are in bed all day
Obtain information about conditions and plans of treatment from health care providers
Empty and clean bed pans each day
Help patients get into bed, into wheelchairs
Respond to patients when they call
Check the physical condition of patients each day for bruises, any blood in their urine and feces, and check for other wounds
Sanitize and clean patients’ rooms and beds
Change sheets on beds and restock supplies in rooms as needed
washing and dressing wounds
serving meals to patients, and assisting with consumption if required
helping patients with mobility
helping patients to excrete waste products (toileting)
making beds
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The Certified Medication Technician (CMT) verifies identity of patient receiving medication and records name of drug, dosage, and time of administration on specified forms or records. Administers pres...
CNAs play a very important role in helping patients with many daily activities, which usually include the following:
Helping patients to bathe and dress
Serving meals each day and assisting patien...