Nursing Assistant

Nursing assistants help patients of all ages perform the most basic daily tasks. They work under a nurse’s supervision, and since they have extensive daily contact with each patient, they play a key role in the lives of their patients and in keeping the nurse up to date on vital information about the patients’ conditions.Nursing assistants provide assistance with such tasks as:

Dressing
Bathing and skin care
Feeding
Mouth and hair care
Making beds
Toileting assistance and catheter care
Bowel and bladder care
Taking vital signs (blood pressure, pulse, etc)
Helping patients walk
Assistant with range-of-motion exercises
Helping wheelchair-bound patients using safe patient handling devices
Turning and positioning bedridden patients regularly
Reporting all changes to the nurse
Safety awareness
Observing, reporting and documentation
Post-mortem care

* According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), job openings for nursing assistants were projected to grow 21% during the 2012-2022 decade, which is faster than the national average. These professionals earned median hourly wages of $11.97 or annual salaries of $24,890 as of May 2013, per the BLS.

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