Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA’s) are an integral and vital part of our interdisciplinary approach to patient care.

Certified Nursing Assistants are registered by the Department of Health and their duties and responsibilities are defined by state law. All CNA’s must have a current CPR certification. They are supervised by a Registered Nurse or therapist and their duties include:

• Personal Care: feeding, bathing, oral hygiene and care of skin


• Basic Nursing Skills: taking and recording vital signs, measure intake and output, reinforce simple non-sterile dressings, recognition of and reporting signs and symptoms of infection, cardiac problems and/or GI/GU abnormalities, remind patients to take medication, and encourage communication activities to provide mental stimulation


• Rehabilitation Skills: ambulation, encourage self-help, positioning, normal range of motion, transfers, use of assistive devices in ambulation, eating and dressing


• Environment: care of the patient environment for patients who live alone and/pr have no other family support