What Is a Nursing Assistant /Nurse Aide?
A nursing assistant or nurse aide, assists patients with daily activities, maintains patient hygiene and serves a vital role on the healthcare team.
What Does a Nursing Assistant Do?
You will offer patients compassion and patience while assisting them with tasks such as dressing, bathing and feeding. You may also support doctors and nurses in diagnostic procedures and technical treatments. Certified nursing assistants or nurse aides (CNAs) also typically assist in patient charting and instruction, documenting any care that is given and reporting significant observations to the nursing staff.
What Will I Learn With This Training?
As a student in the Nursing Assistant/Nurse Aide program, you’ll learn how to:
- assist in a broad range of areas including infection control, safety and emergency procedures
- document patient care services and report observations to the nursing staff
- assist doctors and nurses in diagnostic procedures and therapeutic treatments
- develop communication and interpersonal skills
What Career Opportunities Do Nursing Assistants/Nurse Aide’s Have?
Nursing assistants enjoy solid job security and frequently work a flexible schedule. Typical work environments include:
- clinics
- hospitals
- home healthcare agencies
- long-term care facilities
- retirement communities
- assisted living facilities
The NA program is quick, thorough, current and relevant with
courses that offer you great experience and the ability to get into the healthcare field in just a couple of months.
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Upon completion of the program, you will be prepared for a rewarding career as a:
- nursing assistant
- home health aide
- caregiver
- personal care aide
- personal care attendant
- personal care assistant
- companion care provider
What Kind of Training Do You Need to Become a Nursing Assistant?
While in school, you will be instructed on a broad range of subjects, including infection control, communication and interpersonal skills, safety and emergency procedures, personal care skills, psychosocial needs, basic restorative services and skills, basic nursing skills, quality improvement and more.
As a CNA, you may be qualified to begin training as a
Patient Care Technician.