Nurses' aide vs resident care associate

Differences between nurses' aide and resident care associate duties and responsibilities

Nurses' aide example responsibilities.

• Manage and schedule restorative nursing programs for patients to encourage further rehabilitation or maintenance of physical function.
• Maintain current CPR and hospital policies, work with patients ranging from pediatrics to geriatrics on a daily basis.
• Perform ADL's (activities of daily living) and direct care services to assign patients to ensure schedule appointments are met
• Assist with patient transfer, ambulation, catheter care, vital signs, answering call lights, feeding, and shower.
• Lead RCA that overlook on residents and supervise staff.
• Perform housekeeping to maintain cleanliness of the facility or patient's residence.
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Resident care associate example responsibilities.

• Assist Alzheimer patients with daily activities including personal care, administering medications and communicating with their families.
• Assist in rehabilitation to transfer home.
• Have been train to administer medication, CPR train, and mechanical lift train.
• Maintain cleanliness throughout med pass, and practice aseptic technique when pouring and assisting with medication.
• Assist with ADL's, medication assistance, dinning room service, answering the telephones and front desk monitoring.
• Care for residents with diagnosis such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, and arthritis.
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