Nursing Assistant Core Competencies Manual

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• Blank forms with step-by-step instructions for completion and a completed example to administer, assess, collect, aggregate data to identify learning needs, track document Nursing Assistant core competencies which meet the intent of the JCAHO standard. Policies, procedures and blank forms for Performance Appraisals and Nursing Service Competency Assessment.
• Forms are generic and will not require modification or revision before use by hospitals and healthcare institutions.
• Step-by-step instructions on how to perform core competencies that have universal application for the practice of nursing for every hospital healthcare institution in the United States.
• Objective, measurable performance appraisal and competency assessment system; performance improvement plan to correct below standard ratings.
• Objectively demonstrates that nurses have taken what they learned in the classroom and put that knowledge into action in the performance of their job duties, the definition of competency.

Section I:

• Competence Assessment/Performance Appraisal Program Policy and Procedure
• Employee Appraisal Form/Instructions
• Employee Health Requirements
• Performance Improvement Plan for Below Standard Ratings
• Performance Appraisal Completed Example
• Performance Appraisal Summary Form
• Performance Appraisal Competency Assessment Board Report
• Performance Appraisal Competency Assessment Board Report Example
• Competency Development Form
• Competency Follow-up Form
• Competency Follow-up Completed Example
• Permanent Competency Information Form
• Permanent Competency Information For Nursing Assistants Completed Example
• Nursing Service Competency By Service Area and Performance Appraisal Date Form
• Nursing Service Competency By Service Area and Performance Appraisal Date Example
• NA Core Nursing Competency Form
• NA Core Nursing Competency Example
• Performance Improvement Plan for Below Standard Rating Example
• Employee Equipment Competency Validation Form
• Non Patient Care Equipment Form
• Non Patient Care Equipment Form Example
• AM/POS Patient Care Equipment Form
• AM/POS Patient Care Equipment Form Example
• NA Core Summary Form for NA
• NA Core Summary Example

As a Needs Assessment

As a Report for Below Standard Ratings

As Documentation of Competency Status for an Entire Unit

• Collection of Aggregate Data
• Index of Forms and Instructions for Completion

Section II:

• Competency #I: Measures and Records Temperature, Pulse, Respirations and Blood Pressure
• Competency #II: Measures and Records Height and Weight
• Competency #III: Provides Appropriate Nursing Care (age specific) To Patient Population Served Under the Supervision of Licensed Nursing Staff
• Competency #IV: Documents Nursing Care On Patient Records Consistent With Written Guidelines
• Competency #V: Performs Oral Care for Patients That Are Edentulous, with Natural Teeth and Dentures
• Competency #VI: Assists Patients with Elimination
• Competency #VII: Measures and Records Intake and Output
• Competency #VIII: Provides Nursing Care to Patients with an Indwelling Urinary Catheter or a Urinary Drainage Apparatus
• Competency #IX: Feeds a Helpless Patient
• Competency #X: Turns, Repositions, Transfers and Assists Patients to Ambulate as Needed
• Competency #XI: Complies With Safety And Emergency Procedures
• Competency # XII: Admits, Transfers, and Discharges Patients
• Competency # XIII: Performs Range of Motion Exercises
• Competency # XIV: Performs Occupied and Unoccupied Bedmaking
• Competency # XV: Provides Hygiene Care to Patients
• Competency # XVI: Uses Equipment Required for Implementing Patient Care
• Competency # XVII: Applies Antiembolism (TED) Stockings as Ordered
• Competency # XVIII: Applies, Releases and Documents Restraints
• Bibliography

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