“CARING IS THE ESSENCE OF NURSING.” —JEAN WATSON
Certified nursing assistants (CNAs) provide important basic care services, including feeding, bathing, and grooming patients, and taking vital signs. A valuable member of the patient care team, CNAs are also known as “nursing aides” or “nursing assistants” and generally work under the supervision of registered nurses (RNs) or licensed practical nurses (LPNs).
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- Understanding Healthcare Settings
- The Nursing Assistant and the Care Team
- Legal and Ethical Issues
- Communication and Cultural Diversity
- Preventing Infections
- Safety and Body Mechanics
- Emergency Care and Disaster Preparation
- Human Needs and Human Development
- The Healthy Human Body
- Positioning, Transferring, and Ambulation
- Admitting, Transferring, Discharging
- The Resident’s Unit
- Personal Care Skills
- Nutrition and Hydration
- Urinary Elimination
- Bowel Elimination
- Common Chronic and Acute Conditions
- Confusion, Dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease
- Mental Health and Mental Illness
- Rehabilitation and Restorative Care
- Special Care Skills
- Dying, Death, and Hospice
- Career and Self-Care