CNA/CMT
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Description
- Administer medications and treatments, such as catheterizations, suppositories, irrigations, enemas, massages, and douches, as directed by a physician or nurse.
- Answer patients' call signals.
- Bathe, groom, shave, dress, and/or drape patients to prepare them for surgery, treatment, or examination.
- Clean rooms and change linens.
- Feed patients who are unable to feed themselves.
- Prepare, serve, and collect food trays.
- Provide patient care by supplying and emptying bed pans, applying dressings and supervising exercise routines.
- Provide patients with help walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed.
- Transport patients to treatment units, using a wheelchair or stretcher.
- Turn and re-position bedridden patients, alone or with assistance, to prevent bedsores.
- Work as part of a medical team that examines and treats clinic outpatients.
- Answer phones and direct visitors.
- Collect specimens such as urine, feces, or sputum.
- Deliver messages, documents and specimens.
- Explain medical instructions to patients and family members.
- Maintain inventory by storing, preparing, sterilizing, and issuing supplies such as dressing packs and treatment trays.
- Observe patients' conditions, measuring and recording food and liquid intake and output and vital signs, and report changes to professional staff.
- Perform clerical duties such as processing documents and scheduling appointments.
- Restrain patients if necessary.
- Set up equipment such as oxygen tents, portable x-ray machines, and overhead irrigation bottles.