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Nursing Assistants

Also called: Certified Nurses Aide (CNA), Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Nursing Assistant, Certified Nurse Aide (CNA)

What they do:
Provide basic patient care under direction of nursing staff. Perform duties such as feed, bathe, dress, groom, or move patients, or change linens. May transfer or transport patients. Includes nursing care attendants, nursing aides, and nursing attendants.
On the job, you would:
  • Administer medications or treatments, such as catheterizations, suppositories, irrigations, enemas, massages, or douches, as directed by a physician or nurse.
  • Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.
  • Apply clean dressings, slings, stockings, or support bandages, under direction of nurse or physician.

Knowledge

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Skills

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Abilities

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Personality

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Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Medical software
  • GE Healthcare Centricity EMR
  • Medical record charting software
Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
Accounting software
  • Billing software

Education

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Job Outlook

Bright Outlook
New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
Salary
$24,420
per year, on average
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