Duties/
Responsibilities
Terms
Terminology
OTHER
Abbreviations
100

CNA

assigned tasks, such as taking vital signs, and provides or assists with routine personal care, such as bathing residents and helping with toileting. 

Helping residents with toileting needs 

Assisting residents to move around safely

Keeping residents' living areas neat and clean

Encouraging residents to eat and drink

Caring for supplies and equipment Helping residents dress

Making beds Giving backrubs

Helping residents with mouth care


100

Compassionate

Being caring, concerned, considerate, empathetic, and understanding 

100

Empathy

Identifying with the feelings of others

100

Who can delegate tasks?

RN, LPN, MD, OT, PT

100

Doctor or Physician

MD or DO

200

LPN

administers medications and gives treatments. LPNs may also supervise nursing assistants' daily care of residents and delegate.


200

Honest

Being truthful

200

Sympathetic

Sharing in the feelings and difficulties of others

200

Means transfer­ring responsibility to a person for a specific task.

Delegation

200

Registered Dietitian

RDT

300

Doctor

Diagnose disease or disability and prescribe treatment. 


300

Unprejudiced

Giving the same quality of care regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, race, ethnicity, or condition.

300

Respectful

Valuing other people's individuality and treating others politely and kindly

300

Nursing Process

Assess

Diagnose

Planning

Implementation

Evaluation

300

Occupational Therapist

OT

400

RN

Coordinates, manages, and provides skilled nursing care. This includes ad­ministering special treatments and giving medi­cation as prescribed by a physician. A registered nurse also assigns tasks and supervises daily care of residents by nursing assistants and delegates.


400

Tactful

Showing sensitivity and having a sense of what is appropriate when dealing with others

400

Dependable

Getting to work on time and doing assigned tasks skillfully

400

List 5 guidelines for managing time.

Plan Ahead

Prioritize

Make a Schedule

Combine Activities

Get Help

400

Speech Language Pathologist

SLP

500

CNAs cannot do:

Nursing assistants are not allowed to insert or remove tubes, change sterile dressings, administer medications, or give tube feedings.


500

Conscientious

Being guided by a sense of right and wrong and having principles

500

Tolerant

Putting aside personal opinions and not judging others

500

5 Rights of Delegation

Right Task

Right Circumstance

Right Person

Right Direction/Communication

Right Supervision/Evalua­tion

500

ADL

Activities of Daily Living

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