What is the scope of practice for a UAP?

The scope of care UAPs are responsible for is delegated by RNs or other clinical licensed professionals. UAPs care for patients in hospitals, residents of nursing facilities, clients in private homes, and others in need of their services due to old age or disability.

What can a UAP do in the hospital?

Examples of UAPs include nursing aides, orderlies, assistants, attendants and technicians. The care activities handled by UAPs fall into two broad categories, direct and indirect care activities. Direct care activities include; feeding and grooming of patients.

What can be delegated to an assistive personnel?

In general, simple, routine tasks such as making unoccupied beds, supervising patient ambulation, assisting with hygiene, and feeding meals can be delegated. But if the patient is morbidly obese, recovering from surgery, or frail, work closely with the UAP or perform the care yourself.

Can unlicensed assistive personnel take vital signs?

A UAP can perform vital signs on a stable patient. However, initial vital signs should only be performed by the RN.

Is a PSW the same as a CNA?

A nurse aide works with nurses to help with hands-on patient care. You may work for a hospital or other health care facility. Unlike personal support workers (PSWs), you cannot work in a patient’s home. You may also be called a health care aide, hospital attendant, or nursing assistant.

What can UAP do Nclex?

UAP’s (Unlicensed Assistive Personnel)

Assist patients with activities of daily living (ADL’s), including: Eating. Bathing. Toileting.
Perform routine procedures that do not require clinical assessment or critical thinking, such as: Phlebotomy (except for arterial punctures) Take vital signs.

Can a UAP do wound care?

Licensed practical nurses and licensed vocational nurses are able to administer medications, reinforce the teachings of the RN, provide wound care, carry out the interventions in the nursing care plan, and evaluate patients. Additionally, they can perform all the UAP’s tasks.

Is a UAP a CNA?

UAP (unlicensed assistive personnel) In some states, the CNA can take classes and become certified to check blood glucose/draw blood, EKG etc.

Can you monitor a UAP?

Don’t delegate tasks that require specialized knowledge or complex observations, such as monitoring a patient with chest pain. UAP, licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) can collect patient data, but only the registered nurse can interpret data.

Can a UAP take weight?

A UAP by any other name Exam- ples are taking vital signs, obtaining daily weights, collect- ing specimens, performing patient’s daily hygiene, help- ing patients walk, and turning or repositioning patients.

Do PSW use stethoscopes?

The PSW students are learning to do this using stethoscopes. There is a huge demand for trained PSWs. If you are interested in becoming a trained Personal Support Worker, call our Mississauga or Ottawa campus and ask to speak with an Admissions Advisor.

Are PSW considered nurses?

I work in a long-term care home where those providing direct care are now identified as the health care team, and the personal support workers (PSWs) are being referred to as part of the nursing staff. The PSWs have started to identify themselves as nurses.