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Nursing Assistants

$35.76K Median Salary 187K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 8.3% Job Growth

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About This Career

Provide or assist with basic care or support under the direction of onsite licensed nursing staff. Perform duties such as monitoring of health status, feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, or ambulation of patients in a health or nursing facility. May include medication administration and other health-related tasks. Includes nursing care attendants, nursing aides, and nursing attendants.

Reported Job Titles

Certified Medication Aide (CMA), Certified Nurse Aide (CNA), Certified Nurses Aide (CNA), Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Licensed Nursing Assistant (LNA), Nurses' Aide, Nursing Aide, Nursing Assistant, Patient Care Assistant (PCA), State Tested Nursing Assistant (STNA)

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Oral Comprehension

Problem Sensitivity

Near Vision

Oral Expression

Speech Recognition

Static Strength

Deductive Reasoning

Extent Flexibility

Information Ordering

Trunk Strength

Written Comprehension

Written Expression

Arm-Hand Steadiness

Category Flexibility

Inductive Reasoning

Speech Clarity

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service

Administration and Management

English Language

Medicine and Dentistry

Public Safety and Security

Education and Training

Therapy and Counseling

Skills

Service Orientation

Active Listening

Social Perceptiveness

Monitoring

Coordination

Critical Thinking

Reading Comprehension

Speaking

Technology Skills

Medical software

Video conferencing software

Spreadsheet software

Electronic mail software

Accounting software

Video creation and editing software

Office suite software

Word processing software

Business intelligence and data analysis software

Internet browser software

Data base user interface and query software

Tools

Electronic medical thermometers

Therapeutic heating or cooling pads or compresses or packs

Wheelchairs

Shower or bath chairs or seats for the physically challenged

Mobile medical services automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles

Electronic stethoscopes

Glucose monitors or meters

Photocopiers

Canes

Gait belts for rehabilitation or therapy

Medical gas cylinders or related devices

Arm orthopedic softgoods

Pulse oximeter units

Patient shifting boards

Gurneys or scissor lifts

Clinical hydraulic lifts

Crutches

Bedpans

Spirometers

Electronic blood pressure units

Blanket frames or lifters

Vascular or compression apparel or support

Hospital intercom systems

Medical ultrasound or doppler or pulse echocardiograph or echocardiograph units for general diagnostic use

Medical aerosol tents

Medical acoustic stethoscopes

Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves

Notebook computers

Razors

Mercury blood pressure units

Extremity restraints

Extremities cradles

Patient bed or table scales for general use

Patient floor scales

Urinary catheterization kits

Walkers or rollators

Clinical trapeze bars

Orthopedic splint systems

Special purpose telephones

Patient urinals

Patient care beds for general use

Steam autoclaves or sterilizers

Patient stabilization or fall prevention devices

Medical oxygen masks or parts

Specimen collection container

Oxygen therapy delivery system products

Medical nasal cannulas

Desktop computers

Personal computers

Urinalysis test strips

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