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Not quite reputed job, but those who are interested find it rewarding and even sometime join the school for a registered degree for nursing assistant job. These certified nursing assistants are also called home health care aides and nurses aides. The work of these people is to assist patients with daily fundamental and living tasks. As pay is low, sometime they become stressed with the overwork due to less number of certified nursing assistants.

Location

There are various places where these certified nursing assistants work. You can see them working in hospitals, long-term care facilities, assisted living facilities, mental health hospitals and nursing homes. Some of them can be even seen in the residence of the patients assisting them.

CNA Job Description

The basic job of these people is to help patients get dressed, get in and out of bed, wash and brush their hair and bathe them. They also serve meals to the patients and help with eating also.

Further responsibilities

Some additional responsibilities include helping patients to walk to the bathroom, assisting them to get enough exercise, escorting them to the examination halls and making beds and keeping the room healthy.

Helping other nurses

Another task of certified nursing assistant (CNA) is to assist other registered nurses with checking the patient’s condition, keeping them informed about all the important information regarding vital sign and other factors.

Except medical treatment

Love and support can cure some diseases which medicines can’t so they provide emotional attachment and support to the patients to instill positive feeling in their mentality.

Read More on Basics of How to Become A CNA

A CNA may have to do various kinds of duties during the course of work. Mentioned below are the basic CNA job descriptions:

CNA's job

1. CNA basically help the nursing staff in admitting, transferring and discharging the patients. They may also be required to assist the nursing staff in required documentations.
2. A CNA takes care of all hygiene needs of the patient as soon as he or she is admitted to a medical facility. In this regard, the duties may include feeding the patient in schedule, checking vital signs and symptoms, reporting a nurse or physician, and also ambulating. Along with the patient’s hygiene, the nursing assistant is also required to look after the beddings and bathing of the patients and also maintain the surrounding area of the patient clean.
3. Along with physical care to the patient, a CNA is also required to provide emotional support to the patient. Since CNA come into more contact with the patient than any other medical officer, they can provide social and emotional support and care to the patient.
4. Apart from the tasks mentioned above, a nursing assistant also requires having a number of skills    and qualification to perform his/her task properly. A valid CNA certificate is required before being allowed to work. They must also have good communication skills to interact well with the patients. Along with these, they are also expected to have a good command of English.
5. The CNA must be ready to work in any kind of conditions. A nursing assistant may be required to move or lift patients. They also have higher susceptibility to communicable diseases and harmful chemicals during the course of work. Besides that, the work schedule may be abnormal. As a nursing assistant, they do not have a fixed working schedule each day like a 9 to 5 job. Instead their shifts may include any time of day and at most medical facilities, their shifts keep on changing every week.

Thus, a CNA has a wide range of tasks in a medical facility. However, above are the basic job description of a CNA .