Center for Business and Professional Development
CNA Skills Review – Providing high-quality, patient-centered care requires CNAs to be highly competent in all twenty-one performance skills defined by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH).Training may consist of all or a select number of the following performance skills:
IDPH Performance Skills:
- Wash hands
- Perform Oral Hygiene
- Shave a Resident
- Perform Nail Care
- Perform Perineal Care
- Give Partial Bath
- Give a Shower or Tub Bath
- Make Occupied Bed
- Dress a Resident
- Transfer a Resident to Wheelchair Using Transfer Belt
- Transfer Using Mechanical Lift
- Ambulate with Transfer Belt
- Feed aResident
- Calculate Intake and Output
- Place Resident in a Side-Lying Position
- Perform Passive Range of Motion
- Apply and Remove Personal Protective Equipment
- Measure and Record Temperature, Pulse and Respiration
- Measure and Record Blood Pressure
- Measure and Record Weight
- Measure and Record Height
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