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Personal Care by Home Health Aides and Certified Nursing Assistants

Sets how home health aides and certified nursing assistants of a licensed home health agency give personal care: only tasks an RN assigns in writing, the activities of daily living Florida rule describes, the extra tasks a licensed health professional may teach for a specific client, the tasks aides and CNAs never do, safe methods for bathing, transfers, toileting, eating and grooming, and how changes are observed, reported and recorded. Homemaker and companion registrants do not give personal care.

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About this policy
Policy number
FL-HC-SVC-03
Version
1.0
Main rule
Rule 59A-8.0095(5), F.A.C.
Library
Florida home care · 50 policies
Category
Service delivery
Sections
26

In short

  • Give only the personal care the RN wrote on the client's assignment.
  • Never change sterile dressings, give enemas, insert catheters, give tube feedings, clip nails or apply heat.
  • Look at the skin during care and tell the RN the same day about redness, sores or bruises.
  • Use a lift or a two-person transfer only if the assignment says so and you were trained. Never lift a client off the floor.
  • Call the RN before you leave if the client fell or has new pain, confusion or another change. Write down what you did during the visit.

What's inside

26 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.

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  • Terms of Reference
  • 1. Purpose
  • 2. Scope
  • 3. Definitions
  • 4. Policy Statement (Rule 59A-8.0095(5), F.A.C.)
  • 5. Before Personal Care Begins
  • 6. Personal Care Tasks
  • 7. Other Duties of Aides and CNAs
  • 8. Tasks Taught for a Specific Client
  • 9. Tasks Aides and CNAs Never Do
  • 10. Safe Personal Care
  • 10.1 Every Visit
  • 10.2 Bathing and Skin Care
  • 10.3 Transfers and Ambulation
  • 10.4 Toileting and Continence Care
  • 10.5 Eating, Fluids and Nutrition
  • 10.6 Refusals
  • 11. Observing and Reporting Changes
  • 12. Documentation
  • 13. Responsibilities
  • 14. Records and Compliance Monitoring
  • 15. Staff Training
  • 16. References
  • 17. Related Policies and Forms
  • 18. Approval
  • 19. Revision History

An inspector may ask

  • Show me this aide's written assignment and the visit notes that match it.
  • Who taught this aide to change the client's catheter bag, and where is that documented?

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