Certified Nursing Assistant
Competency-based
ONET: 31-1014.00
1
Years
62
Skills
25h
Related instructions
Curriculum
- Intro to Nursing
On-the-job training
- Provide Basic Nursing Care
- Following the patient’s or resident’s plan of care
- Assisting with nurses’ examinations and procedures
- Taking and recording Vital Signs
- Measuring and recording height and weight
- Frequently checking patient or resident status
- Recognizing and reporting abnormal changes
- Assisting with collection of specimens
- Assisting with provision of end-of-life care
- Transfer and Reposition Patient or Resident
- Positioning and/or turning patient or resident to prevent bed sores and ulcers
- Transferring patient or resident from bed to wheelchair or wheelchair to bed
- Transferring patients or residents from bed to stretcher
- Assisting with ambulation
- Provide Personal Care
- Bathing and showering
- Grooming
- Providing oral care
- Dressing
- Toileting
- Assisting with eating and hydration
- Feeding a patient or resident who cannot feed themself
- Providing foot and hand care
- Providing skin care
- Assisting patients and residents with personal equipment and devices
- Maintaining patients’ and residents’ environment
- Providing physical comfort measures
- Providing basic restorative care
- Follow Infection Control Procedures
- Evaluating and maintaining a safe environment
- Reporting signs and symptoms to licensed professionals
- Hand hygiene
- Using personal protective equipment
- Maintaining isolation
- Practicing respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette
- Safely dealing with sharps
- Follow Safety and Emergency Procedures
- Recognizing and responding to Foreign Body Airway Obstruction (FBAO)
- Recognizing and responding to other medical emergencies: cardiac arrest, stroke, bleeding/hemorrhage
- Recognizing and responding to convulsions
- Preventing and responding to falls
- Preventing and responding to burns and scalds
- Preventing and responding to poisoning
- Maintaining and responding to patient alarm systems
- Handling hazardous waste
- Following Oxygen safety
- Preparing for facility emergencies
- Protecting self from harm through workplace accidents or violence
- Communication
- Exchanging information with patients and residents
- Communicating with visually impaired patients and residents
- Communication with hearing impaired patients and residents
- Encouraging family involvement in patient and resident care
- Communicating with staff and other care providers
- Assisting with admission, discharge, and transfer
- Care for Cognitively Impaired Patients and Residents
- Addressing unique needs of individuals with dementia
- Communicating with cognitively impaired patients and residents
- Monitoring the mobility of cognitively impaired patients and residents
- Maintain Standards of Professional Care and Develop Professional Skills
- Providing privacy and maintaining confidentiality
- Promoting patients’ and residents’ rights to make choices that accommodate their needs
- Promoting esteem and dignity
- Promoting sense of security
- Avoiding the need for restraints in accordance with current professional standards
- Participating in performance improvement and cost containment programs
- Additional Basic Nursing Care Authorized by Some States
- Assisting with medication management
- Managing wound care
- Managing catheter and tube care
- Communicating medical information
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