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Can an HCAC in the state of Washington be deligated the management of a gtube for a client?

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"Home Care Aid Certified. We are one step down from a NAC"

Your response to what HCAC means. So you are like our Home Health Aids (HHA). It has been described to me that some of their responsibilities over lap CNAs but our HHA do more in the way of cleaning, laundry, waiting on, taking to appt, companionship, and our CNAs do more physically. If your responsibilities are more like our states HHAs then I don't feel you should be asked to do a gtube. Really not part of your job discription.
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In my State the Nursing Board certifies our healthcare Aids. (CNAs)
You should call whoever certified you and see what they say. Many times a family member is trained for a gtube but an aide is not required to do it. Why, because you are not medically trained.
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If this is an implanted PEG that is stable then there is very little involved in the feeding of a patient through it, and in keeping it flushed. In fact, typically in California, families themselves do this with no help of medical personnel whatsoever other than the routine checks. So I "imagine" that the answer is "yes". But this is something you should check with medical personnel involved with a particular patient for certain. A forum can only guess.
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What is an HCAC?
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JoAnn29 Oct 2023
Looks like its a CNA
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