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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