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A Certified Nurses-Aide
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This Homepage is dedicated to:
Certified Nursing Assistants, (CNA's)
Plus
Doctors, Nurses,
and All Health Care Professionals
in a Long Term Care Facility.
To provide all ADL cares (Activities in Daily Living)
including but not limited to, Assisting with Cleansing,
Partial or Full Bath. Providing Incontinence Care,
Oral Cares, Assistance with Dressing, Making Beds,
Feeding, ROM (Range of Motion), Ambulation with Gait Belt,
Toileting, Hourly Rounds/Bed Checks, Observation of skin,
and preventing breakdown of skin due to shearing, moisture,
and forms of positioning upon prominent areas such as
bony structures. Precautions against Pathogen, Blood,
or Air-Bourne contamination by the use of sterile rubber gloves,
cleansing contaiminated areas with bleach/water mixture
or other strong cleansers capable of preventing contamination.
Others duties include Operating a EZ-Stand, Hoyor Lift,
Charting, Post-Mortem Cares, reporting changes in
Resident Condition and Respecting all Rights of Residents,
Providing Quality Care to the best of my ability,
and providing full privacy for Resident.
My Private Health Care Duties
Assisting Clients with all of the above, plus,
Housekeeping, Running Errands, Cooking, Laundry
and when needed, Interviews for round the clock Staffing,
and preparing and maintaining a Work Schedule.
remembering and practicing a code of ethics.
I have a special gift from God called caring,
it is weaved within my soul.
I reach out with this gift and help others in need.
I plant a seed to watch it grow and flourish.
I nourish it, then pass it on.
For the true meaning of caring
is to love unselfishly with an undivided heart.
I administer ADL's to my residents
with respect and privacy.
I give the best care possible,
in hopes to earn their trust,
therefore, creating a confidence that will endure.
If I could look inside my residents hearts
what would I see?
All residents suffer pain from losses.
Some residents hid behind a wall of untrust,
rebellion, or rejection.
but, the majority of residents,
live out their lives accepting
our help with open arms.
It is not my place to judge,
or to change their disposition,
but to offer kindness in empathy for their griefs.
I respect their feelings,
and most important I respect and protect their rights.
I am their advocate and I will intercede for them.
It is my duty to encourage them to step forward.
To challenge rehabilitation
with dedication and determination.
I must act in a respectful and professional manner.
I put their needs first and refrain from gossip
within my life or the hardships of my profession.
I will honor their right not only to live,
but to die in dignity and self respect.
Let me not forget
that I too, may become dependant for care someday.
I could find myself destined to long term care
or rehabilation,
I hope to be given quality care,
privacy, respect and rights.
As every resident is entitled to receive.
I administer health care knowing that every man
and every woman is somebody's mother,
father, daughter or son.
Life is to short to worry
about the petty things of yesterday,
and to long to anticapate the future.
So I live for today in hopes
that any unfinished challenges
will be brought forth and conquered tommorrow.
The relationship between food and health
The Fundamentals of Nutrition
Match Each Term With The Correct Definition
A Quiz on "Resident care and Tolerance"
What Would You Do If?
The Global Deterioration Scale
For the assessment of primary
degenerative dementia. (Alzheimers)
Resident suffering Aggressive Behavior
Residents With Dementia
Residents With Depression
Residents With Dehydration
Back Injury In The Work Place
Nurse-Aide Course Information
CNA Abbreviations
Larry and Sandy Wasserman's
Nursing Home Ministry
A Nurses-Aides Prayer
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Linda Adams
netwits1@mchsi.com
Marshalltown, Iowa
United States