Certified Nursing Assistant - Progressive Care Unit PRN
PRN - 1st Shift
BHCOR-Cor ICU CCU/PCU Dept. I Corbin, KY
Critical Care is a 10-bed unit providing critical care for patients with both medical and surgical diagnosis.
Performs care requires substantial specialized knowledge, judgement and nursing skills based upon the principles of psychological, biological, physical and social sciences in the application of the nursing process. Utilizes high-level assessment skills to design and ensure multidisciplinary patient care to meet holistic needs, incorporating established practice guidelines and regulatory standards.
State Registered Nurse Assistant
Under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse (RN) or other licensed care team member, the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) provides direct and indirect patient care. The CNA provides excellence in patient care while respecting human dignity and the uniqueness of everyone. Empathy, compassion, communication, and teamwork are the hallmarks of the PCT-nurse-patient relationship.
Performs direct patient care and related tasks as outlined by scope of practice and including but not limited to:
Assist patients in personal hygiene activities such as bathing, dental and oral care, hair, and nail care.
Assist patients with bowel and bladder functions while maintaining dignity.
Records patient intake and output (I & O).
Collects, labels, and transports specimens for laboratory analysis.
Changes and transport soiled and contaminated linens according to procedure. o Maintains clean and tidy patient room/environment.
Assist patients with activity, turning and repositioning as indicated by provider order and in collaboration with the nurse.
Communicates pertinent patient information/findings to patient’s nurse. · Sets priorities for the care of multiple patients.
Requirements:
Current Kentucky Nurse Aide Certification required or successful completion of first year of a Nursing program and validation of a clinical rotation consistent with level of education.
High School Diploma or equivalent
Basic Life Support (must be obtained within 30 days of hire)
Work Experience
Education
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.
Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.
Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.
Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.
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