Assistant Nurse Job Description
Assistant Nurse Duties & Responsibilities
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Assistant Nurse Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Assistant Nurse
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BLS, CNA, CPR
Education for Assistant Nurse
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the assistant nurse job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Nursing, Education, Patient Care, Nursing Program, Certified Nursing Assistant, Associates, Health Care, Leadership, Science, Graduate
Skills for Assistant Nurse
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Desired experience for assistant nurse includes:
Assistant Nurse Examples
Assistant Nurse Job Description
- Leading the Employees - Has a working knowledge of performance expectations for all employees on the unit
- Support and promote management philosophies
- Serve as a role model to staff
- Work on special projects as directed by manager
- Communicate with RN throughout day to accomplish any additional orders & tasks written during your shift
- Communicates to the RN all pertinent observations concerning the patient's physical and emotional status
- Intake and output throughout shift
- Documents nursing care given properly to patients
- Answers resident calls and determines how best to help them
- Turns and repositions bedridden patients
- Must be able to be cleared through the NYS Central Registry of Child Abuse and Management
- Current NH license required or temporary license
- Demonstrated leadership, judgment, and management skills including communication, problem-solving, and decision-making
- The Assistant Chief Nurse responsible for providing the overall direction and nursing leadership for the clinic access unit (CAU), primary care and specialty clinics at the VA Tallahassee Healthcare Center (THCC) and Perry Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC)
- Provides input in the strategic planning, budget, mission, operational planning and policy development for local and network efforts
- Utilizes current trends and relevant theories in an analytical framework to design/modify, implement and measure integrated programs and activities to achieve clinical and administrative goals of North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System
Assistant Nurse Job Description
- Perform EKGs, vital signs, basic patient care and transportation
- Performs basic patient care activities according to the age appropriate and developmental needs of the patient
- Observes patients and reports any change in conditions to registered nurse
- Straightens patients’ rooms, changes linens, performs routine department tasks
- Transports patients as appropriate
- Orders supplies needed for patients and replenishes stock
- Contributes to cost effective patient care by monitoring use of time, equipment and supplies
- Complies with safety policies and procedures in order to provide a safe environment for employees, patients and visitors
- Always introduce self and explains patient care role
- Perform competency routine oxygen therapy, pulse oximetry
- Provides leadership in the development of policies and systems to devise strategies that will enable the organization to successfully manage bioethical issues and protect patient and family rights
- Promotes an environment that empowers staff to provide effective, compassionate and efficient care of the patient
- Aggregates data and participates in processes to plan for current, emerging and future resource requirements (financial, human, material and/or informational)
- CNA certification not required
- BLS required, or obtained during first week of hire
- Hospital approved Behavioral Management Program will be provided
Assistant Nurse Job Description
- Two or more years of recent experience (within last five years) in a Patient Care Associate/Nurse Assistant role
- Students who have completed a 2-year High School Health Careers program with a letter verifying completion of coursework and practical/hands-on experience/training have been met
- McLaren Macomb employees in the role of Nurse Assistant prior to December 10, 2013 (the revision of the Patient Care Associate role)
- Basic EMT Certification
- LPN License
- Completion of a Nurse Assistant program or equivalent
- Requi
- CNA Cert
- Formal education or training in a medical careers program or enrollment in nursing school
- BLS card from AHA required before start date (valid at least 60 days beyond start date)
- BLS card from AHA required before start date (valid at least 60 days beyond start date)." BLS card from AHA required before start date (valid at least 60 days beyond start date)
- Formal education or training in addition to High School Diploma or GED