What makes a great nursing assistant? Long-term care residents in this video will tell you! Great nursing assistants:
¨ Listen and communicate with them.
¨ Try to understand and meet their needs.
¨ Show patience and kindness AT ALL TIMES, and don't rush through their care.
¨ Treat them as individuals with individual needs.
¨ Give them choices about their daily care and routines.
¨ Communicate their needs to the next shift person so that person is fully aware of their needs for that day.
¨ Respond to call bells (and physical and emotional pain) in a timely manner.
¨ Know and do their jobs.