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    Certified Medication Aide - Dallas, TX, United States - Freedom Pointe at The Villages

    Freedom Pointe at The Villages
    Freedom Pointe at The Villages Dallas, TX, United States

    3 weeks ago

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    Healthcare Center is Hiring for a Certified Medication Aide


    Status:
    Full-Time


    Salary:
    $ $20.00/hr.


    GENERAL SUMMARY:


    The Certified Medicine Aide assists with the administration of medications under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse.

    Assists licensed nursing staff by performing routine nursing duties and activities of daily living.


    PRINCIPLE DUTIES:

    • Assists residents with dressing, grooming, eating, bathing, positioning, turning, toileting and exercising.
    • Gives treatments, perform tests, carry-out procedures and collect specimens as instructed.
    • Reports and records observations and results of treatments, tests, procedures and specimens when indicated.
    • Transfers, transports and escorts residents as needed.
    • Answers signal lights promptly.
    • Changes bed linens, makes beds and keeps rooms clean and orderly.

    Certified Medication Aide Duties:

    • Safely prepares, administers, and charts oral, topical, and suppository drugs. The medication aide who prepares the medicine administers same.
    • Checks and prepares each dose immediately preceding administration.
    • Follows administration protocol:
    • Checks medication with transcribed or original order.
    • Checks all information on label or package for accuracy and clarity.
    • Clearly identifies the resident with proper medication.
    • Considers the following when administering a medication.
    • General use of the medication
    • Therapeutic action
    • Usual dosage
    • Factors modifying dosage and effects.
    • Precautions and contraindications
    • Antidote, if known
    • Route and frequency of administration
    • Signs of deterioration of the medication
    • Checks with the charge nurse if there are any questions regarding any medication.
    • Records administration of the medication on resident's medication administration record. Discards medication refused or otherwise not given and records on medication administration record.
    • Reports medication errors or reactions to medications immediately to the charge nurse, who, in turn, reports to the resident's attending physician and completes the necessary documentation.
    • Performs accurate pulse and blood pressure and recognizes their significance in drug therapy.
    • Administers PRN medication only under the following directives.
    • FOR NON-LEGEND (OTC) DRUGS May be administered without prior permission
    • FOR LEGEND PRN DRUGS CMA informs the charge nurse who first makes a bedside assessment; documents that assessment on the clinical record; giving permission of the CMA to administer medication; or charge nurse administers same. The CMA charts PRN medication on the medication administration record and in the nursing notes. Signs and has access to the controlled schedule drug cabinet.
    • Administers medication only upon a written physician's order.

    Limitations:

    • Transcribing physician's original orders to medicine charts or Kardex's.
    • Administering any parental medications.
    • Administering any substances by nasogastric or gastrostomy tubes

    Other Duties:

    • Maintains safe and sanitary workstations and equipment.
    • Encourages independence, attendance at activities, restorative programs and rehabilitation.
    • Attends in-service training and education session, as assigned.
    • Performs specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.
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