Milwaukee - Assistive Nursing
Nursing Staff-Assistive: PCA, CNA, Tech’s
Your Orientation
Your orientation to Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare will consist of self-study materials completed prior to your arrival, a classroom orientation and a department orientation on your first day of work. Expected outcomes include:
- Assistive staff will feel comfortable and knowledgeable in the environment.
- Basic competencies will be validated.
- Regulatory standards will be met.
Our goal is that you will be able to meet the same high standards of behavior and patient care that are expected of our own associates.
Step One: Credentialing Checklist
Before working at a Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare facility, the Nursing Credentialing Checklist must be completed by the agency and faxed to the central staffing office, along with all supporting documents.
Step Two: Forms
Agency PCA-CNA-Tech orientation checklist
Please print a copy of the PCA/CNA/Tech Orientation Checklist. Review all items listed under Self-Study and check them off on the list. This list will be signed and dated after the classroom portion of orientation is completed.
Confidentiality Statement
Please print, review, and sign the Confidentiality Statement. Bring it along to the class.
PCA/CNA/Tech Initial Orientation and Competency Form.
This form must be completed during your first shift at a WFH facility, as described below in Step Five. You can obtain a copy of this form at the class or from the manager, supervisor, or charge nurse of the department where you are working. The Patient Care Supervisor or Charge Nurse will fax the completed form to the Central Staffing office at (414)-465-3444. Staffing office to file and distribute copies to the agency and to any Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare site where agency nursing assistive staff will be working.
The Journey
Please review the Expections for the Journey .
Please print, review and sign the Expectations for the Journey Commitment Statement. Bring it along on your first day of work to turn in to the manager or supervisor of the department you will be working.
Step Three: Self-Study
The online documents listed under Orientation Materials cover key information that you need to know before your first day at a Wheaton Franciscan facility. The topics correspond to items listed on the PCA/CNA/Tech Orientation Checklist. Please review each document carefully before checking it off on the Orientation Checklist.
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Step Four: Classroom Orientation
Four-hour orientation classes must be completed prior to your working at a Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare acute care facility. These classes will be scheduled on an as needed basis. The Central Staffing Office will contact the agencies to let them know of the dates.
The Orientation Class will allow you to become familiar with some of the skills that require “hands-on.” These include restraints, glucometer, vital signs equipment, IV pumps, skin care products, tubes and drains, and our documentation system, as appropriate for your role.
You must complete the self study portion of the orientation prior to attending a classroom orientation. The content in the class builds on the self-study materials and you will not be able to participate effectively if you do not come prepared. Bring the completed, signed, and dated Orientation Checklist, Confidentiality Statement and Expectations for the Journey Commitment Statement with you to class.
Step Five: On-Site Department/Facility Orientation
(Your First Work Shift)
After you have completed the self-study and classroom portions of your orientation, you are eligible to work at a WFH facility. When you come to the unit for your first shift, you can expect to meet unit staff, tour the unit and find out some things that are specific to that unit.
When you are scheduled to work a shift, you should arrive one half hour early and complete unit orientation portion of the PCA/CNA/Tech Initial Orientation and Competency Form. During the shift, you must be signed off on the Clinical Competencies listed on this checklist. The competencies may be validated by the charge nurse or a designated preceptor. The completed form should be faxed to the Central Staffing Office at (414)-465-3444 where it will be placed in your file.
Step Six: Instructions for completing the 6 month and Annual Precision PCX Glucose Meter Education and Quality Control
The following education for the Precision_PCX_Glucose_Meter (PowerPoint and Quiz) and competency (Quality Control) must be completed by all agency staff initially, after 6 months and annually. The initial education and competency are completed during the orientation class. Your agency will be notified of when an employee from their agency needs to complete the 6 month or the annual education and competency.
To successfully complete the Precision PCX Glucose Meter education and competency after 6 months and annually, please review the attached PowerPoint by double clicking on the link to access the PowerPoint. Once you have viewed the PowerPoint in its entirety, you must then complete the quiz.
To access the quiz, double click on the quiz link. Please print the quiz, complete it and fax it to the Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare Central Staffing Office at 414-465-3444.
Once you are scheduled to work at a Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare facility, you must be observed by a Charge Nurse properly completing a Quality Control on the glucometer. Please print the Competency Validation Tool and bring it with you and the Charge Nurse will then validate competency and fax it over to the Central Staffing Office.
Thank you for choosing Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare!
If you have any questions, please contact your agency, or the manager or supervisor of department you will be working.