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the requirements of the CNA program. If your other life obligations are preventing you from <br />devoting the time needed to the CNA class, please unenroll from the program and take it in the <br />future, after you have sorted out your situation. If you are a grant funded student, you will have to <br />re -apply for the government funding and your approval at that time is subject to available funding. <br />CNA Skills Instruction Protocols at the Nursing FacilitX <br />1. You will have to do your Skills homework of memorizing the skills steps and watching the videos <br />BEFORE you come in on the weekends for skills practice. <br />2. You will be divided into groups of five students per group. At any point your Skills instructor will <br />be working with one group while the others are assigned as assistants to the CNAs on the floor. <br />3. Your job is to assist the floor CNAs with the following tasks. You are expected to perform the <br />following tasks from the first day at the site: <br />4. Make unoccupied bed (Staff CNA presence not required). Assist with making an occupied bed but <br />shall not do it alone (CNA presence is required), Assist with Diaper change (CNA presence is <br />required), Assist with bed bath but shall not do it alone. (CNA presence is required), Put away <br />dirty laundry and replace with clean laundry. Pass meal trays and put away finished meal trays <br />5. Answer call lights. If you can do the task (eg take away the meal tray), do it yourself. If the task is <br />outside your scope as a CNA student, make sure you hand it over to your CNA. <br />6. As you are signed off on new skills, you will be performing those skills in addition to the ones <br />listed above. This includes new tasks such as taking vitals, measuring urine output, offering <br />bedpan, etc. YOU WILL NOT PERFORM ANY SKILL FOR WHICH YOU ARE NOT YET <br />SIGNED OFF, IF YOUR CNA ASKS YOU TO PERFORM ANY SKILL THAT YOU ARE <br />NOT YET SIGNED OFF ON, POLITELY LET THE CNA AND YOUR TEACHER KNOW <br />AND SHE WILL TAKE IT UP WITH THE CHARGE NURSE OR THE DON. THIS IS BEING <br />DONE TO PROTECT THE FACILITY AND YOU FROM CDPH COMPLAINTS AND <br />INQUIRY. <br />7. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU EVER PERFORM THE FOLLOWING <br />TASKS (WITH OR WITHOUT CNA PRESENT): ASSIST CNA IN THE SHOWER. YOU <br />SHALL NOT ENTER THE SHOWER AREA. During the time the CNA is showering the <br />resident, you can only do these tasks: get the room ready, make the bed, put away dirty linen, <br />bring in fresh towels and clothes, etc. <br />8. IF YOUR CNA ASKS YOU FOR HELP WITH SHOWER, POLITELY LET THE CNA AND <br />YOUR TEACHER KNOW AND SHE WILL TAKE IT UP WITH THE CHARGE NURSE OR <br />THE DON, THIS IS BEING DONE TO PROTECT THE FACILITY AND YOU FROM CDPH <br />Updated 091323 39 <br />