Nursing Assistant responsibilities include providing basic services to patients throughout the day who have difficulties with mobility or cognitive skills.
Ultimately, you will work directly with patients to provide various services to assist them with basic needs and maintain their wellbeing as needed.
Help patients use the bathroom
Clean and bathe patients or residents
Maintain patients’ hygiene and change bedding
Turn, reposition and move patients between wheelchairs, seats and beds
Serve meals and help patients eat their food
Measure vital signs like blood pressure and temperature
Helping patients with hygiene, such as using the bathroom, bathing, brushing teeth and dressing
Assisting patients with meals by feeding them
Monitoring general health and vital signs and reporting to RN