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What is a Certified Nursing Assistant?

What is a Certified Nursing Assistant?

 

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What is a Certified Nursing Assistant?
Do You Enjoy Your Career as a CNA? Would You Recommend it to Other People?
Are There Any Career Advantages to Having a Formal Degree in Nursing or Other Bachelor’s Level Education?
How it Works: Getting a Nursing Assistant Certificate or Degree Online
Why is it Important to Attend an Accredited Certified Nursing Program?
How’s the Path to Become a CNA like?
How Does Scheduling Work in the CNA field?
What Are the Highest Paying Jobs in the CNA Field?
What’s the Range of Compensation in the CNA Field?
In Certified Nursing, Do You Get Paid Hourly Salary-Based, or Some Combination?
What Certified Nursing Assistant Career Paths Exist?
What Are some Personality Traits that Make for a Great CNA?
What is Something You DON’T Love About Working as a CNA?
What is Something You Love About Working as a CNA?
What Are the Day-to-Day Duties and Responsibilities of a CNA?

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Host Question: What is a certified nursing assistant? I know that’s a big broad question, but the a high level overview of what that actually means.

Guest Answer: Certified nurse’s assistant is a professional who’s been trained to help nurses with taking care of their patients.

A lot of the things that CNAs do is direct personal care. Helping people get dressed or take a shower, or use the toilet, or walk, things along those lines. Sometimes CNAs can be trained to do other tasks as well by the nurses that they work under.

Guest Answer: A CNA is someone who helps the patients and deals with like the direct healthcare needs and you assist nurses, in the physical and complex tasks, you are constantly taking care of them, whether you’re showering them, bathing them, feeding them, you’re just basically helping and them do everyday things.

Laura Herman

Laura Herman

CNA, Elder & Dementia Care

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Courtney Fout

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Erika Smith

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