With the acceleration of aging, the situation of old-age service is grim and the task is arduous. More and more families need professional old-age care in nurse practitioner, so the old-age care service industry has become an industry with large career development space. What qualities do you need to be a qualified old-age nurse practitioner? What do you want to learn?
First, wash the dishes. The main daily work of the elderly nursing staff is to help the elderly clean their bodies. Many old people have difficulty in moving and can only lie in bed. Therefore, it is necessary to help the elderly to carry out daily oral cleaning, body scrubbing and sorting out personal items such as clothes, bedding and shoes, and also to help the elderly prevent pressure ulcers.
Second, sleep health care. Many elderly people can't sleep well at night and can't sleep for a long time, so the main duty of nursing staff at this time is to help the elderly fall asleep normally, distract their attention and solve the reasons why it is difficult for the elderly to fall asleep.
Third, diet care. Diet nursing is an essential skill for nursing staff for the aged, because many elderly people have poor self-ability and need the help of nursing staff to finish eating. At the same time, nursing staff need to help the elderly complete normal drinking and eating, and provide water for the elderly with swallowing difficulties.
Third, excretory nursing. Many elderly people can't control their incontinence. What nurses have to do is to clean up their excrement and put on clean clothes. For those elderly people who are inconvenient to go to the toilet, it is necessary to help them go to the toilet normally. Although these things are simple, they are difficult to do, so the elderly nurses must have patience, responsibility and carefulness. Because we are dealing with the elderly, their minds are very sensitive and need a lot of care, so we should not only master relevant professional knowledge.