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Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) job discription & duties

Introduction <br>CNA Personal Traits <br>Empathy <br>Personal Care <br>Compassion <br>Organizing <br>Record keeping <br>Job description and Duties <br>Personal Hygiene <br>Controlling infection <br>Dietary and Nutrition <br>Usage of equipment <br>Filing Report <br>Emotional Support <br>http://cnacareersmart.com

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Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) job discription & duties

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  1. Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)Job description and duties Cnacareersmart.com

  2. TABLE OF CONTENT Introduction..………………………… 4 CNA Personal Traits………………….5 Empathy …………………………………..………5 Personal Care…………………………….……..6 Compassion ……………………………….….…6 Organizing …………………………………...…..7 Record keeping…………………………..…….7

  3. TABLE OF CONTENT Job description and Duties………………8 Personal Hygiene…………………………………10 Controlling infection……………………………...10 Dietary and Nutrition……………………………...11 Usage of equipment………………………………11 Filing Report…………………………………..……12 Emotional Support …………………………………12

  4. Introduction • Certified nursing assistant is a take care of the patients working as a direct link between a registered nurse (RN) and the patient. • Being the most demanded profession, a CNA works in variety of places from hospitals, care centers to rehab and home health aides.

  5. CNA Personal Traits • The following personal traits will help to accomplish those duties without any difficulty and grow steadily in their career. • Empathy: It requires a nursing assistant to put them in their patients shoes to truly understand your patient needs and wants.

  6. CNA Personal Traits • Personal Care: The most important trait of a CNA is to provide personal care to the patient. It also means to listen to the patient concerns carefully. • Compassion: It is defined as how you feel about your patient, the one in grieve. It requires patience and kindness towards your patient.

  7. CNA Personal Traits • Along with these personal traits here are some other skills of a CNA: • Organizing: Another important skill of a CNA is to keep everything in patient surrounding organized. • Record keeping: Keeping the record of even the slight changes in the patient health is also a valuable skill.

  8. Job description and Duties • Here are some general duties that are common for all the CNAs, which are: • To wash and dress the patient • To maintain the surroundings of the patient • To help maintain the intake of medicine for the patient • To observe the patient for any vital signs and measure temperature, blood pressure and respiration. • To provide full support emotionally, physically and socially. • To file a document about the various changes and health issues of the patient for the concerning doctor to check.

  9. Job description and Duties • Along with that here are some distinctive CNA duties that are carried out in accordance with where they work daily: • Personal Hygiene: To help maintain the personal hygiene of the patient. • Controlling infection: This CNA duty requires to keep yourself and the surroundings clean to avoid any germ to cause any kind of infection.

  10. Job description and Duties • Dietary and Nutrition: An important duty of a CNA is to keep track of the diet of the patient. • Usage of equipment: As a CAN you should have proper knowledge of how to use a required apparatus, sterilize them and keep them clean.

  11. Job description and Duties • Filing Report: A CNA files a documented report about the health status of the patient and communicate it to the concerning doctor or registered nurse(RN). • Emotional Support: As they interact with the patients daily, they can help relieve any stress and pain by just talking to their patient and showing a little emotional support.

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