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When thinking of the medical field what comes to mind? Maybe it is the doctor, the dietician, surgeon, nurse practitioner, or even the physical therapist. However, the nurse (RN) and the certified nursing assistant (CNA) do so much for the patient. They both play a huge role in the medical field, and are both equally important in several ways. Although, there are many differences between these two, nurses and CNA's have many responsibilities. In addition, they are a like in a few ways as well.
Firstly, a registered nurse is more skilled than a CNA is. The reasoning behind this is the education level requirements. There are more education requirements for a nurse than for CNA's. Unlike CNA's, nurses have to have an Associate's degree or a Bachelors in Science. Therefore, to be a registered nurse you have to have a high school diploma, complete clinicals, and attend a few years of college. On the other hand, being an CNA does not take nearly as long as a nurse does. The only requirements for a CNA is to have a high school diploma, take a nurse aid training course and doing …show more content…
Being a CNA is more strenuous than being a nurse. A CNA does a lot of hard labor, which is why they are called nursing assistants. They just help out. CNA's do a lot of basic care, and help patients with different activities. For example, lifting heavy patients, giving them baths, taking vital signs, changing their bed sheets, feeding them, helping them use the bathroom, brushing their teeth, repositioning them in the bed if they are on bed rest, etc. CNA's report all their information of one's day back to the nurse, because the nurse is over the CNA. Nurses administer medication, give IV's, talk to the patients about their medication and physical therapy, monitor patients, examine patients and making a diagnosis, supervising CNA's, and they can also talk to the doctor about the patient's
When thinking of the medical field what comes to mind? Maybe it is the doctor, the dietician, surgeon, nurse practitioner, or even the physical therapist. However, the nurse (RN) and the certified nursing assistant (CNA) do so much for the patient. They both play a huge role in the medical field, and are both equally important in several ways. Although, there are many differences between these two, nurses and CNA's have many responsibilities. In addition, they are a like in a few ways as well.
Firstly, a registered nurse is more skilled than a CNA is. The reasoning behind this is the education level requirements. There are more education requirements for a nurse than for CNA's. Unlike CNA's, nurses have to have an Associate's degree or a Bachelors in Science. Therefore, to be a registered nurse you have to have a high school diploma, complete clinicals, and attend a few years of college. On the other hand, being an CNA does not take nearly as long as a nurse does. The only requirements for a CNA is to have a high school diploma, take a nurse aid training course and doing …show more content…
Being a CNA is more strenuous than being a nurse. A CNA does a lot of hard labor, which is why they are called nursing assistants. They just help out. CNA's do a lot of basic care, and help patients with different activities. For example, lifting heavy patients, giving them baths, taking vital signs, changing their bed sheets, feeding them, helping them use the bathroom, brushing their teeth, repositioning them in the bed if they are on bed rest, etc. CNA's report all their information of one's day back to the nurse, because the nurse is over the CNA. Nurses administer medication, give IV's, talk to the patients about their medication and physical therapy, monitor patients, examine patients and making a diagnosis, supervising CNA's, and they can also talk to the doctor about the patient's