If you have the passion to work and help people suffering from certain illnesses and also assist them with their daily requirement, then nursing home is the best work place option for you. In the United States to working as a nursing assistant, you need to possess a CNA certification from any of the accredited and reputed institute.
However, the aspiring candidates think that the requirement of nursing aide are only in nursing homes, but this not so as they are required in various other medical setting as well, such as hospitals, rehabilitation center, retirement facilities, long-term care facilities, home health care, and private clinics. The work of the nursing aides also varies from the type of organization. Let us have a look at the working of certified nursing assistant in these medical settings.
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Hospitals: In hospitals, the job of a CNA is to look after the patients in a particular department. Therefore different CNAs are employed in different department such as orthopedics, gynecology, pediatric, ICU (Intensive Care Unit), and emergency ward. In nut shell, they are responsible for taking care of the overall development of the patients, but their duties varies with the condition of the patient.
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Rehabilitation Center: In rehabilitation center, the job of a nursing assistant is to provide emotional and mental support to the patients. For example, if a patient is highly addicted to alcohol, then they need to motivate them to eliminate this addition to a great extent. They need to help the patients to develop a positive attitude towards life.
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Long-Term Care Facilities: The patients who are critically ill and are undergoing long-term treatment are kept in long term care facilities. The work of a CNA is to look after their overall development and make sure that their requirements are fulfilled from time to time.
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Home Health Care Facility: The patients who are bedridden and undergoing treatment at their home need the assistance of a nursing aide to look after each and every aspect of the patients including feeding, toilet needs, bathing, exercising, and so on.
In order to perform these activities, it is mandatory that you must possess a CNA license. The CNAs can be self employed as well, for example: travel CNA. These CNAs are called up as per the demand of the patients and they can move from one state to the other.
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