Nursing Assistants

Certified Medication Aide (CMA), Certified Nurse Aide (CNA), Certified Nurses Aide (CNA), Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Geriatric Nursing Assistant (GNA), Licensed Nursing Assistant (LNA), Nurses' Aide, Nursing Aide, Nursing Assistant, State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA)

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• Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.
• Turn or reposition bedridden patients.
• Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, standing, walking, or exercising.
• Review patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences to ensure patient receives appropriate diet.
• Measure and record food and liquid intake or urinary and fecal output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff.
• Gather information from caregivers, nurses, or physicians about patient condition, treatment plans, or appropriate activities.
• Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff.

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• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

• Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

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• Actively looking for ways to help people.

• Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

• Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

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• The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

• The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

• The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

• The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

• The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

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• Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

• Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

• Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

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• Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.

• Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.

• Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.

• Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.

• Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.

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• Patient arm slings

• Automated external defibrillators AED

• Hospital bedpans

• Electronic patient thermometers; Oral thermometers; Rectal thermometers; Tympanic thermometers

• Therapeutic cold packs; Therapeutic hot packs

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• Billing software

• Microsoft Outlook

• Web browser software

• Epic Systems; GE Healthcare Centricity EMR; MEDITECH software; Medical condition coding software; Medical procedure coding software

• Microsoft Excel