Gibbs Reflective Journal

Checked vital signs, administered medication as schedule, and reported accurate recording of patient weight while gathering collected routing specimens for the immediate supervisor.

On October 27, 2016, we met to obtain clarification on your work destinations and work performed on the day prior.

One of the responsibilities is doing an admission if the admission nurse is not available to do so. When doing an admission you have to make sure that you have all of the information that is needed for insurance and to make sure the patient is going to get all of the care that they are going to need to help keep them comfortable. Another responsibility is making sure that all of the patients have all of the medication that they need to help keep them comfortable. Keeping patients comfortable until they pass away is what hospice does. Another responsibility that nurses have to do is to make sure that all of the charts are up-to-date and to check for any changes in the patients.

The General Duty of most Registered Nurses’ is to do whatever they can, in their power, to help every patient they come across on a daily basis in a comfortable, appropriate, manner. On the more specific end of a RNs’ duty, a Registered Nurse is expected to and responsible for: performing physical exams and health

The nature of the work is very similar for the C.N.A. and L.P.N. A C.N.A. work includes performing routine tasks under the supervision of nursing staff. They answer call bells, deliver messages, serve meals, make beds, and help patients eat, dress, and bathe. Aides also provide skin care to patients, take pulse, temperature, respiration, and blood

I make sure that individuals are provided with care by making sure they are clean, rested, fed and that they are supported in their intellectual, social and emotional needs. You communicate with other people to provide seamless care such as arranging and attending appointments or carrying out treatments.

We then load trolleys with the necessary paperwork and go from patient to patient, checking which paperwork needs replenishing and noting down what time physiological measurements etc. need doing and tidying the bed areas.

The nurse must initially evaluate the patient’s charts for any bacterial precautions and fall risks. As the nurse walks into the patient’s room, the nurse begins by making sure the environment is clean and safe. The nurse would do this by gathering equipment, washing hands thoroughly, and wear gloves. The nurse is then to greet the patient, introducing self, then let them know exactly what you came to do. The nurse should first ask the patient for his or her name, birthdate, location of where the patient is currently at, and the reason as to what

Assisting with daily activities such as, bathing,dressing,cleaning and sanitizing the areas the patient may be in. Other things that cnas do day to day for work, may include answering phone calls for the patient, taking their vitals, turning and repositioning bedridden patients,cleaning and, and providing and cleaning bed pans. As well as taking care of their patients, Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) also help with putting their patients on their bed,examining for injury, and restocking rooms as well as changing the patient's

LPN’s carry out the orders of the physician, by administering medications and treatments to the patients assigned to them. LPN’s are often the voice of the doctor when it comes to patients care. LPN’s want to make sure to safe and effective care is rendered to all their patients. LPN’s often participate in readjusting a patient plan of care to benefit the patient’s outcome and their safety. LPN’s can delegate procedures to personal qualified to carry out those tasks. Some of these tasks may include items such as vital signs, glucose checks, back massages, bathing and ADL’s, activities and feeding of patients. CNA’s, play a very important role, in helping the nursing staff carry out their orders and duties every day the come to work.

To get a clear understanding of what the job entails, consider the below given basic responsibilities and daily duties of CNAs. Helping patients with daily activities Duties of CNAs typically don't involve providing advanced medical care to patients but they have to help them with their basic living activities and maintain that they are unable to do for themselves without any assistance such as serving meals, feeding, bathing, dressing and helping them use toilet. These patients mostly include individuals recovering from surgeries, serious injuries and accidents in a hospital, elderly people in a nursing home, etc. Maintaining patient's personal hygiene CNAs are responsible to maintain patient's personal hygiene that include duties such as brushing their teeth, taking care of combing, shaving, nails; showering and changing clothes. Also, in some cases, they have to clean and dress wounds and ensure their healing properly.

The main duties of a Certified Nurse Assistant are to take of the patients under supervision of Registered Nurses and Doctors. Assisting patients with daily chores like dressing, feeding, and monitoring activity are the main responsibilities. With so much time spent with the patients, CNAs often develop close relationships with many people.

keeping supplies and equipment in order taking and recording observations such as temperature, pulse and breathing

-Interview patients for medical histories and chief complaints, measure vital signs, and review medication lists

Delegated tasks, and monitoring all direct-patient staff, including LPNs and Dialysis Assistants, assessed care needs and developed