Nursing Assistant Essay

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Nursing Assistant
Colleen D Jodoin
Everest University Online

Nursing Assistant The field I chose to work is in the nursing field. The Nursing Assistant is a very rewarding job, the following paper is going to tell you the education and training needed, the salary of a Nursing assistant and the personal characteristics in this field of Nursing.

Education- The education that is needed to start is just a high school education. From there you will need the compassion and training of how to bath, feed, change linen, communicate, and support and care for individuals in need. Depending on the avenue you decide to take depends on the education you will need. For me I will need the experience of knowing how and dealing with different variety of people with Skills in the following, bed bath, Medicine reminders, toileting, dressing feeding, cooking, cleaning, transportation, CPR I will have to have training as I go along with the different situations I come across. (Explore health career, 2013). It also all depends on where someone is living, If they are in their own home there may be in home care a Nurse that comes to check certain things on the patient that you are not qualified to do. So if that is the case then you would just be responsible for what the person would need as cleaning, companionship med reminders, If there is no nurse then you will be responsible for keeping notes and making appropriate findings and reporting them immediately to your supervisor or the nurse on call if emergency arises. (career vitals, 2013)

Salary- The salary for a Nursing Assistant does not pay as well as other nursing fields that you can get into if you want to further your education. The median hourly rate for a Nursing assistant is $11.46; this all depends on what state and place you are working. The highest rate of pay is $15.00 or more, the middle 50% of Nursing

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