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Certified Nursing Assistants CNA, a profession that is widely misunderstood and undervalued. Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) are members in the healthcare that work under the direction of an RN, LPN or LVN. Certified nursing assistants provide hands on nursing care to patients in many healthcare settings. In addition CNA’s have many responsibilities and do more work than several other nurses. Without CNA’s many patients worldwide will not be taken care of and have assistance with eating,…

On Thursday, April 21, 2016, I had the opportunity to job shadow Ms. Tincia, a Nurse Assistant, in the Adult Intensive Care Unit (AICU) at Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC). TAMC is the largest Military medical treatment facility in the Pacific Basin. It is also a federal tertiary care facility catering towards local active duty and retired military personnel, their families, and veteran beneficiaries. The ICU is a place designated for seriously ill patients who require close observation and…

herself. As she continues to ponder on this job searching, more like job window-shopping. She stumbles across a nursing home where she could practice or malpractice her profession, which was and currently is on paper that is- a certified nursing assistant. Does she love this profession? Perhaps she would if given the right tools and the right doors being opened to her where…

1) Please provide the candidate’s job title and a brief overview of the candidate’s main responsibilities. Chunheng worked with me as a graduate research assistant at Mississippi State University from 2012 – 2014, conducting research on power system operations and optimizations projects. When he joined our research group in the beginning of his Ph.D. study in 2012, I, as a senior Ph.D student, supervised him in the topic of “systems of system SCUC” for a year and worked with him as co-author to…

The Basics of a CNA Introduction: CNAs, or Certified Nurses Assistant as it is commonly known as, are care providers that help patients complete their activities of daily living. The scope of practice that a CNA has compared to a Registered Nurse is that a CNA cannot administer medicine and perform some procedures a RN can. CNAs are found in a variety of workplaces, from hospitals to nursing homes. The basic duties of a CNA, medical terms that need to be known, and the safety precautions will…

How to be a Successful Certified Nursing Assistant Many CNA’s have their own methods on how to be successful and proactive while they work. To be a successful certified nursing assistant you must carry certain traits including good time management, compassion, and good work ethic. An important step to being successful is wanting to do the kind of work that this job requires. I know so many people who are CNA’s and hate the work that they do. If you come and do this job and do not enjoy…

had been born with a heart defect. AJust as the fearf fills my mind, a warm and gentle hand grasp mine providing comfort. ul thoughts began to flood mind, a warm hand grasped mine. This is my first experience with a It was Megan, my Physician’s Assistant (PA). Her comforting words reassured me that I was in great hands, and the fear immediately drifted away. As I slowly made my way into the bathroom for the first time post-surgery, my reflection in the mirror was not what I was expecting. A…

In my second observation I observed Ms. Evy’s class in where there was a total of thirteen students, five boys and eight girls, and four assistants. There was a lot of diversity in this class, beginning with the assistants. One of the teacher’s assistant spoke both Spanish and English and was there because one the toddlers only spoke Spanish. There were no special need children in this specific class. I had the opportunity to observe the class while in the playground and while they were inside…

in the operating room with the doctors and nurses. It makes you realize how prominent religion was in the health care field. The painting is of a physician, his two assistants, two bedside nurses and four nuns surrounding a man on an operating table. The physician has his hands over the man’s chest on the table while one assistant is handing him a tool and the other is providing the sleeping aide to keep the patient under. At the foot of the bed there is a bedside nurse with a pan…

field. There are many options to be considered, one of them being a physician assistant. A physician assistant is a licensed medical provider who can diagnose, treat and also prescribe medicine to patients. Physician assistants work within a written agreement with a licensed physician, but they have their own patients and the right to make clinical decisions with the supervision of that physician. Physician assistants play an important role in the health care field. Some roles that PA’s perform…