Nursing
and psychiatric aides help care for physically or mentally ill, injured,
disabled, or infirm individuals in hospitals, nursing care facilities, and
mental health settings. Home health aides have duties that are similar, but
they work in patients’ homes or residential care facilities.
Nursing aides and
home health aides are among the occupations commonly referred to as direct
care workers, due to their role in working with patients who need long-term
care. The specific care they give depends on their specialty.
Nursing and psychiatric aides help care for physically or mentally ill,
injured, disabled, or infirm individuals in hospitals, nursing care
facilities, and mental health settings. Home health aides have duties that are
similar, but they work in patients’ homes or residential care facilities.
Nursing aides and home health aides are among the occupations commonly
referred to as direct care workers, due to their role in working with patients
who need long-term care. The specific care they give depends on their
specialty.
Nursing
aides also known as nurse aides, nursing assistants, certified nursing
assistants, geriatric aides, unlicensed assistive personnel, orderlies, or
hospital attendants provide hands-on care and perform routine tasks under the
supervision of nursing and medical staff. Specific tasks vary, with aides
handling many aspects of a patient’s care. They often help patients to eat,
dress, and bathe. They also answer calls for help, deliver messages, serve
meals, make beds, and tidy up rooms. Aides sometimes are responsible for
taking a patient’s temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate, or blood
pressure. They also may help provide care to patients by helping them get into
and out of bed and walk, escorting them to operating and examining rooms, or
providing skin care. Some aides help other medical staff by setting up
equipment, storing and moving supplies, and assisting with some procedures.
Aides also observe patients’ physical, mental, and emotional conditions and
report any change to the nursing or medical staff.
Nurse aides employed in nursing care facilities often are the principal
caregivers, having far more contact with residents than do other members of
the staff. Because some residents may stay in a nursing care facility for
months or even years, aides develop ongoing relationships with them and
interact with them in a positive, caring way.
Nursing aides also known as nurse aides, nursing
assistants, certified nursing assistants, geriatric aides, unlicensed
assistive personnel, orderlies, or hospital attendants provide hands-on care
and perform routine tasks under the supervision of nursing and medical staff.
Specific tasks vary, with aides handling many aspects of a patient’s care.
They often help patients to eat, dress, and bathe. They also answer calls for
help, deliver messages, serve meals, make beds, and tidy up rooms. Aides
sometimes are responsible for taking a patient’s temperature, pulse rate,
respiration rate, or blood pressure. They also may help provide care to
patients by helping them get into and out of bed and walk, escorting them to
operating and examining rooms, or providing skin care. Some aides help other
medical staff by setting up equipment, storing and moving supplies, and
assisting with some procedures. Aides also observe patients’ physical, mental,
and emotional conditions and report any change to the nursing or medical
staff.
Nurse aides employed in nursing care facilities often are the principal
caregivers, having far more contact with residents than do other members of
the staff. Because some residents may stay in a nursing care facility for
months or even years, aides develop ongoing relationships with them and
interact with them in a positive, caring way.
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June,2008
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Nursing
and psychiatric aides help care for physically or mentally ill, injured,
disabled, or infirm individuals in hospitals, nursing care facilities, and
mental health settings. Home health aides have duties that are similar, but
they work in patients’ homes or residential care facilities.
Nursing
aides also known as nurse aides, nursing assistants, certified nursing
assistants, geriatric aides, unlicensed assistive personnel, orderlies, or
hospital attendants provide hands-on care and perform routine tasks under the
supervision of nursing and medical staff. Specific tasks vary, with aides
handling many aspects of a patient’s care. They often help patients to eat,
dress, and bathe. They also answer calls for help, deliver messages, serve
meals, make beds, and tidy up rooms. Aides sometimes are responsible for
taking a patient’s temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate, or blood
pressure. They also may help provide care to patients by helping them get into
and out of bed and walk, escorting them to operating and examining rooms, or
providing skin care. Some aides help other medical staff by setting up
equipment, storing and moving supplies, and assisting with some procedures.
Aides also observe patients’ physical, mental, and emotional conditions and
report any change to the nursing or medical staff.
Nursing aides also known as nurse aides, nursing
assistants, certified nursing assistants, geriatric aides, unlicensed
assistive personnel, orderlies, or hospital attendants provide hands-on care
and perform routine tasks under the supervision of nursing and medical staff.
Specific tasks vary, with aides handling many aspects of a patient’s care.
They often help patients to eat, dress, and bathe. They also answer calls for
help, deliver messages, serve meals, make beds, and tidy up rooms. Aides
sometimes are responsible for taking a patient’s temperature, pulse rate,
respiration rate, or blood pressure. They also may help provide care to
patients by helping them get into and out of bed and walk, escorting them to
operating and examining rooms, or providing skin care. Some aides help other
medical staff by setting up equipment, storing and moving supplies, and
assisting with some procedures. Aides also observe patients’ physical, mental,
and emotional conditions and report any change to the nursing or medical
staff.
Nurse aides employed in nursing care facilities often are the principal
caregivers, having far more contact with residents than do other members of
the staff. Because some residents may stay in a nursing care facility for
months or even years, aides develop ongoing relationships with them and
interact with them in a positive, caring way.