Certified Nursing Assistants are responsible for many patient care tasks to ensure that each patient receives the comprehensive and personalized care they need. They often have the following responsibilities:

• Grooming and bathing patients with low mobility

• Medication Management

• Preparing each patient’s room with necessary items such as blankets, pillows, medical equipment and toiletries

• ADL/IADL/ DLA

• Helping patients eat and take medications

• Making sure patients have regular meals and proper medication dosages

• Monitoring vitals and behavior and reporting them to the nursing and medical staff

• Help clean their patients’ living quarters by making beds and cleaning surfaces. They also assist patients by changing bandages and helping them sit up or move around.

  CNAs may also be responsible for acting as companions to patients and accompanying them on walks or other activities they enjoy.

• Transferring patients with low mobility from wheelchair to bed and vice versa

   

• Turning or adjusting patients in bed to prevent bedsores