Certified Nursing Assistant: The Elderly Helper
Emergency Room nurses run around the hospital all day long working with severe injuries, but what do CNA’s do? When people get old and tend to forget things, they get put in a nursing home or have health care. Certified Nursing Assistants, or CNA’s, are the ones who help them while they are in this predicament. It is not about the salary or holidays, it is about helping the elderly when they need it! Some think to themselves, “All CNA’s do is clean the elderly’s feces.”, but it is much more than that… CNA’s gain so much, which they never thought they would on this job.
CNA’s have to complete a state-approved education program. “Nursing Assistants and Orderlies” explain that, after this program they have to complete so many hours of clinical work, (hospitals or nursing homes). This provides extra training for the worker so they can be better at their job once they begin. They will follow around a CNA that has had their license for an understanding amount of time. The requirements to be in this field are having your high school diploma, and of course clinical hours which will qualify as on-the-job training. In order to get the CNA license they …show more content…
CNA’s have to state the date and reason for admission, vital sign schedule and readings, details of their condition and treatment. They also have to give the patients lists of doctors and nurses overseeing, or examining the patient’s status. However, working in a nursing home may be different. They have to help the patient get dressed, bathed, bowel care, safety, feeding, mouth care (brushing, rinsing, and flossing), and help the patients with walking (“American Nursing Education Association”). As for a doctor 's office, they have to be under a nurse 's supervision in order to check the patient 's health and whether or not they are suffering a disease or not, by checking their vital
Emergency Room nurses run around the hospital all day long working with severe injuries, but what do CNA’s do? When people get old and tend to forget things, they get put in a nursing home or have health care. Certified Nursing Assistants, or CNA’s, are the ones who help them while they are in this predicament. It is not about the salary or holidays, it is about helping the elderly when they need it! Some think to themselves, “All CNA’s do is clean the elderly’s feces.”, but it is much more than that… CNA’s gain so much, which they never thought they would on this job.
CNA’s have to complete a state-approved education program. “Nursing Assistants and Orderlies” explain that, after this program they have to complete so many hours of clinical work, (hospitals or nursing homes). This provides extra training for the worker so they can be better at their job once they begin. They will follow around a CNA that has had their license for an understanding amount of time. The requirements to be in this field are having your high school diploma, and of course clinical hours which will qualify as on-the-job training. In order to get the CNA license they …show more content…
CNA’s have to state the date and reason for admission, vital sign schedule and readings, details of their condition and treatment. They also have to give the patients lists of doctors and nurses overseeing, or examining the patient’s status. However, working in a nursing home may be different. They have to help the patient get dressed, bathed, bowel care, safety, feeding, mouth care (brushing, rinsing, and flossing), and help the patients with walking (“American Nursing Education Association”). As for a doctor 's office, they have to be under a nurse 's supervision in order to check the patient 's health and whether or not they are suffering a disease or not, by checking their vital