Hospice nursing aides provide personal care under the supervision of the RN Case Manager and the Clinical Coordinator, utilizing the interdisciplinary plan of care. The hospice nursing aide participates in the team meetings, documents care, patient responses, and observations made. All Chattahoochee Hospice nursing aides are Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA).

When hospice care is provided to patients who reside in a nursing facility, the role of the hospice nursing aide is designed to provide direct patient care on an intermittent basis. They provide care above and beyond the care that the facility is already obligated to provide.

The following is a list of duties that may be performed by the hospice nursing aide as appropriate to their time of visit. 

Hospice nursing aide tasks include:

• Serving nourishment to the hospice patient
• Assistance with ambulation
• Assistance with or accompany patients to activities
• Range of motion exercises 
• Massage and application of lotion to skin
• Perineal and incontinent care
• Repositioning
• Bathing, grooming, dressing and shaving
• Nail care
• Oral hygiene

The frequency of visits by the hospice nursing aide is individualized based on the patient's needs.

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