Question about Activities of Daily Livings (ADLs)

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I'm currently working on my cna resume and I have a question to ask about the ADLs... so under the "Clinical Experience" section I put these:

*Responds to patient call lights

*Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)

*Checking patient vital signs

*Infection control

*Measuring residents weight and height

*Assist the residents in wheelchairs

*Assists the residents with ambulation

*Perform ROM on patient

* Making Occupied bed/ Unoccupied bed

* Transfer the patient w/ gait belt

* Reposition the patient

* Measuring patient weight & height

So my question is: Does "Responds to patient call lights", "Checking patient vital signs", "Perform ROM on patient", "Making Occupied bed/ Unoccupied bed", "Transfer the patient w/ gait belt", "Reposition the patient", "Measuring patient weight & height", "Assist the patient in wheelchairs", and "Assist the patient w/ ambulation", are these tasks consider as ADLs are not? If it is consider as the ADLs then I don't have to add those tasks under the "Clinical Experience" section again instead I just put it as "ADLs" that is, but if those tasks are not consider as ADLs then I want to add it to the list.

Therefore, please let me know which one of those tasks are consider as ADLs or not?

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Specializes in Med-Surg/urology.
i'm currently working on my cna resume and i have a question to ask about the adls... so under the "clinical experience" section i put these:

*responds to patient call lights

*activities of daily living (adls)

*checking patient vital signs

*infection control

*measuring residents weight and height

*assist the residents in wheelchairs

*assists the residents with ambulation

*perform rom on patient

* making occupied bed/ unoccupied bed

* transfer the patient w/ gait belt

* reposition the patient

* measuring patient weight & height

so my question is: does "responds to patient call lights", "checking patient vital signs", "perform rom on patient", "making occupied bed/ unoccupied bed", "transfer the patient w/ gait belt", "reposition the patient", "measuring patient weight & height", "assist the patient in wheelchairs", and "assist the patient w/ ambulation", are these tasks consider as adls are not? if it is consider as the adls then i don't have to add those tasks under the "clinical experience" section again instead i just put it as "adls" that is, but if those tasks are not consider as adls then i want to add it to the list.

therefore, please let me know which one of those tasks are consider as adls or not?

from wikipedia:

basic adls

the basic activities of daily living consist of these self-care tasks:[4]

  • personal hygiene
  • dressing and undressing
  • eating
  • transferring from bed to chair, and back
  • voluntarily controlling urinary and fecal discharge
  • elimination
  • moving around (as opposed to being bedridden)

instrumental adls

instrumental activities of daily living are not necessary for fundamental functioning, but they let an individual live independently in a community:[5]

  • doing light housework
  • preparing meals
  • taking medications
  • shopping for groceries or clothes
  • using the telephone
  • managing money

i would consider the ones in bold to fall under the adl umbrella; there may be more that i missed(someone correct me if i'm wrong :) )

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Specializes in LTC.

I wouldn't even bother to put that list; just write where you had your clinical experience and leave it at that. It's redundant- of course you answered call lights and performed CNA skills. That's what the class is for. The places you're applying to just want to know that you are certified, if you're new. Playing up your clinical as work experience isn't fooling anybody, you know what I mean? Just keep it simple.

That said, I wouldn't consider vital signs, weights, call lights, and infection control as ADLs. The rest, yeah. Ambulation and ROM could go either way I guess.

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Thank you very much miiszkim0711 and fuzzywuzzy for your help. Also fuzzywuzzy thanks for the tip but the reason that I thought I want to add the tasks that I did in clinical under my "Clinical Experience" is cos I don't want to leave too much empty space on my resume cos I'm a new CNA and never work in any field before yet. Also I thought maybe some employer might want to know what I did as hand on experience during clinical therefore that's why I think about listing all those tasks down.

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here are my two cents, well, maybe five cents.

[color=#993300]" ... i don't want to leave too much empty space on my resume ... "

a resume with your name, address, phone number, education, work experience, might be best.

optional category: other abilities, experiences, interests, knowledge - playing piano, singing, drawing, painting, sign language, volunteer at ______, etc., might help.

[color=#993300]" ... the reason that i thought i want to add the tasks that i did in clinical under my "clinical experience" is ... i thought maybe some employer might want to know what i did as hand on experience during clinical... "

as all cna students, during clinical, should have "hands-on" experience, in my opinion, listing your clinical experience is a waste of the interviewer's time to read. i would not include a list.

however, if you do include a list ... i noticed your list has patient and residents. i would use either one or the other or neither.

responds to (patient) call lights

(checking patient) taking and recording vital signs

infection control

measuring (residents) weight and height

assists (the residents in) with wheelchairs

assists (the residents) with ambulation

perform rom (on patient)

making occupied bed/ unoccupied bed

transfer (the patient) w/ gait belt

repositioning (the patient)

(measuring patient weight & height - this was listed above)

missing on your list ... the interviewer might think you had no training/experience

assist with feeding

bed bath, tub bath, shower

foot care

nail care

oral hygiene

hair care: shampoo, comb/brush

shave

apply elastic stockings

measure intake and output

post-mortem care

specimen collection

empty catheter bag, commode, urinal

assist with ostomy appliance

assist with commode, toilet, bedpans and urinals

change urinary drainage bag

assist with bowel/bladder retraining

transfer from bed, wheel chair, chair, commode

transfer using mechanical lift

in summary, keep your resume short, no spelling errors. at the interview have a copy of your social security card, driver's license, cna certificate/license, cpr card, etc. (my interviewer was thankful i had a copy of each so that she did not have to get up and go to the copy machine). after the interview, if you want the job, send a thank you note thanking the interviewer for his/her time and stating that you are interested in a cna position with the facility.

best of luck. we will be thinking of you. let us know how any interview goes and when you get a position.

resume + interview hints!

https://allnurses.com/nursing-career-advice/wondering-why-you-84387.html

:sofahider

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Thank you a million times PBAJS for your super help, I'm very appreciated that you provided with all those details and advices because it help me so much...cos a new cna like me have never had any experience writing resume before. But after I read your post I must say that I have to fix my resume all over again. . And when fuzzywuzzy said that I shouldn't put that list on my resume I'm still doubt whether or not I should keep that list or remove it but since you also said that so it mean that the more people said it's not needed therefore I must have to listen to you guys advice and remove the list cos I like to listen to expert like you all. Also thanks for the link provided cos it was super helper as well!!!

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