A nurse’s aide allegedly pummeled an 80-year-old bedridden nursing home patient in Far Rockaway – causing widespread injuries that landed the woman in a hospital, the attorney general announced Thursday.

Marie Jeanty, 59, who lives in the neighborhood, told the woman at the West Lawrence Care Center on Aug. 15, 2014, to move so she could change her clothing and bedding – but then allegedly pushed her, punched her in the arm and shoulder and slammed her face into the railing, authorities said.

The woman was taken to St. John’s Episcopal Hospital with a black eye and significant bruising and swelling to her arm and head.

Jeanty, who no longer works at the facility at 1410 Seagirt Boulevard, was charged with felony second-degree assault; second-degree endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically disabled person; and willful violation of health laws, a misdemeanor.

Jeanty turned herself Thursday morning at the 101st Precinct, where she was startled by the media and tried to hide as she walked alone.

“Why did you put me on the TV?” she asked two detectives who waited for her.

“No, we didn’t,” one of them told her. “We got to put this on (cuffs) and then bring you inside.”

Jeanty – clad in a black leather jacket, black-and-yellow skirt and wearing knee-high boots – began making humming noises while being cuffed. “You’ll be OK, you’ll be OK,” the detective said.

She then held her head down, walked inside the station and uttered: “Jesus.”

Michael Matera, the woman’s attorney, defended his client just before her arraignment at Queens Criminal Court Thursday, where she pleaded not guilty.

“Obviously what’s being depicted from just looking at these charges looks like a serious crime and the allegations are serious but I think there is an absolute defense and the evidence is going to show at the end of the day that my client absolutely did not do what she is being accused of,” he said.

If convicted on the top count, Jeanty faces up to seven years in state prison.

“When New Yorkers place those who mean the most to them in a nursing home, they should have confidence that their loved ones are not in danger of severe physical abuse,” Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said in a statement. “My office will bring criminal charges against nurses who violate the trust of the residents in their care and their family members.”