Long-Term Care CNA Duties

‘Long-Term Care’ CNAs perform several duties under the control of a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Registered Nurse (RN). These professionals generally work with elderly patients or the patients suffering from serious or chronological diseases. This article comprises the information of the responsibilities and duties of long-term care nursing assistants.

Duties of long-term care CNAs

Long-term care nurse aides usually work in rehabilitation centers, long-term healthcare facilities, nursing homes and community centers. These professionals perform following duties:

• They help the patients recover from a surgical operation or a serious injury and in fulfilling their emotional and physical requirements.
• Assist the patients suffering from chronic disease, in early recovery.
• Help elderly and other patients in bathing, grooming, dressing and feeding.
• Measure vital signs, like respiratory quotient, temperature, pulse rate and blood pressure.
• Assist in ambulation.
• Make the bed and clean the room.
• Take care of patient’s hygiene and nutritional requirements.
• Empty the catheter bag.
• Provides bed bath to those patients, who are unable to walk and sit.
• Administer medication.
• Protect the patients’ privacy and solitude.
• Respond to call bells.
• Prevent bedsores by moving and rotating the patients.
• Move the bedridden patients.
• Control the infection.
• Inform the doctors and family members about the patient’s condition.
• Handle the medical equipments.
• Transfer the patient from bed to wheelchair.
• Give enemas and avail fresh drinking water to the patient.
• Provide nail cut, hair cut and dental care.
• Transport patient from one room/ward to another.
• Keep patient’s record and documents.
• Monitor liquid and food output/input.

Accumulate patient’s faeces and urine samples for test.