Carine A.

* Handle and serve residents in a manner conducive to their safety and comfort, under the supervision of a licensed nurse * Assist licensed nurses in admission assessments, discharging, transferring and caring for the residents' personal belongings. * Take and record weights, blood pressures, temperatures, pulse and respiration and give skin care treatments, as permitted by state regulation * Apply simple clean dressings, slings, stockings and support bandages, under direction of the licensed nurse. * Provide direct care to the acutely ill residents * Clean resident equipment & maintain clean resident conditions and report on resident status or family concerns to a licensed nurse * Put resident service first: Ensure that residents and families receive the highest quality of service in a caring and compassionate atmosphere, which recognizes the individual's needs and rights * Assisted with bathing, personal hygiene and grooming of residents. Made beds, changed linens and organized residents' room. * Handled and emptied emesis basins, urinals, and bedpans, and assisted in collecting stool and urine specimens. * Served meals and assisted patients that required help with feeding. * Assisted in moving and lifting patients with limited mobility, and assisted with ambulation. * Followed procedures for disease and infection control