General Description of the Job Class

Utilizing a cooperative team approach with the supervision and direction of the RN, and with previous training, the nurse technician will perform the following duties on the nursing unit.

Duties and Responsibilities of this Level

• All duties that may be assigned to a nurse aid.
• All duties that may be assigned to a unit secretary.
• Assist with admission assessment.
• Care and maintenance of various drainage tubes.
• Wound care only Stage 2 and less.
• Charting of patient care given and special treatments performed.
• Removals of IV, SL only after procedure has been supervised 3X.
• Removal of Foley catheter only after procedure has been supervised 3X.
• Obtain sterile urine from Foley catheter only after procedure has been supervised 3X.
• Wound culture.
• Insert Foley (Foley will be inserted only after this is covered in their nursing program and has been supervised 3X.