Completes EKGs • Glucose monitoring in Non-Critical Care Areas • Conducts bladder scanning • Basic ostomy care • Transports patients as needed • Serves, sets up and retrieves trays • Distributes water pitchers as appropriate • Orders and distributes nourishment • Transports equipment • Transports blood products to and from the patient care area • Participates in patient safety/patient satisfaction • Answers call bells • Participates in patient rounding • Reports any signs of abuse to the nursing staff • Recognizes, troubleshoots and initiates corrective action needed on equipment • Maintains neat and tidy environment (empties laundry, delivers equipment, keeps patient rooms clean and safe) • Inventories and assures disposition of patients belongings when admitted, transferred, and/or discharged • Assures proper storage of equipment • Recognizes emergency situations and initiates plan of action • Notifies RN/LPN of any changes seen in patients condition • Complies with policies and procedures of the hospital/nursing department • Supports the philosophy of the hospital and department of nursing • Maintains CPR certification and practice • Demonstrates cost-effective patient care by demonstrating proper use and care of equipment, appropriate and prudent use of supplies, accurate charging of supplies; performing other division-specific tasks, and appropriate utilization of available resources • Participates in performance improvement activities to improve service and care • Demonstrates strong communication and organizational skills • Ability to communicate using telephones, computer systems • Answers telephone promptly and politely, identifying self, title, and department • Receives and sends messages in an accurate and timely fashion • Communicates with the patients, family, and members of the healthcare team in a concise, tactful, and considerate manner • Must represent the hospital in a professional courteous manner, while being sensitive to how others perceive both verbal and non-verbal communications. • Observing confused and difficult patients • AM/PM Hygiene care • Toileting, shaving, washing, brushing hair, dental and mouth care • Feeding • Assisting with range of motion exercises • Mobilizing patients - transfers and ambulation, utilizing Safe Patient Handling equipment (> 35 pounds), as appropriate and following the Mobility protocol • Exercise protocols • Discontinuing foley catheter • Simple dressing changes • Incentive spirometry supervision • Surgical preps • Postmortem care • Administers cleansing enemas • Removal of peripheral IV catheters • Apply external catheter or incontinence device • Sits with confused/disoriented patients or those requiring 1:1 observation for safety/suicide purposes, as assigned • Performs and records accurately: Temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, heights and weights • I & O • Records bowel movements • ADLs and activities • Performs and records the following specimen collection: • Obtains urine, stool, and sputum specimens for patients; instructs patients in proper specimen collection technique.