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• Delivers basic care in accordance with the daily review of the residents' care plan, including blood pressures, toileting, etc.
• Observes, reports, and documents objectively, resident complaints or any changes in the residents' conditions.
• Assists, guides, and encourages residents with activities of daily living, self help skills, and recreational activities.
• Assists in ambulation of residents, turning, moving, and positioning residents and/or assists in lifting non-ambulatory residents into and out of beds, chairs, lifts, bathtubs, wheelchairs, and vehicles.
• Provides restorative care which includes promotion of self care, maintenance of rage of motion, and prevention of complications of inactivity.
• Provides for the special needs of the residents which may include caring for Alzheimer's Disease, developmental disabilities, residents in pain, and dying residents.
• Measures, reports, and records weights and vital signs which include temperatures, pulse, respirations (TPRs), blood pressures, intake and output, and pain.
• Provides personal hygiene to residents such as bathing, toileting incontinent residents offering bedpans/urinals, providing oral hygiene and grooming.
• Provides for the individual nutritional needs of the residents, i.e., hydration, feeding, nourishment, and supplements.
• Utilizes safety techniques in care of residents including proper body mechanics, locking wheelchairs and beds, cleaning spills, and correctly utilizing equipment.
• Responds to emergencies according to their scope of practice, e.g., falls, seizures, and choking episodes.
• Utilizes and adheres to infection control procedures and utilizes standard precautions.
• Reports all complaints and grievances made by residents or families to the RN Resident Care Coordinator.

• Follow safety precautions in the performance of all duties.
• Follow written and oral instructions.
• Communicate effectively with co-workers, medical staff, residents, family members, visitors, and the public.
• Work with ill, disabled, and elderly people within a long-term care facility.
• Perform physical tasks associated with resident care, including lifting residents into/out of beds and pushing gurneys and wheelchairs.

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