Professional nursing assistant vs care associate

Differences between professional nursing assistant and care associate duties and responsibilities

Professional nursing assistant example responsibilities.

• Initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation in emergency situations.
• Cycle through all areas of perioperative care, including pediatric and adult pre-op and post-op, and the short stay unit.
• Provide behavioral/emotional support and supervision for those with dementia and Alzheimer's.

Care associate example responsibilities.

• Manage ventilator settings, suction tracheostomy, tube-feeding assistance.
• Provide direct care to patients in intensive care unit with empathy, compassion and enthusiasm.
• Utilize strong interpersonal skills to educate patients on procedures, rehabilitation and contraception methods.
• Care for patients requiring telemetry monitoring and work collaboratively with telemetry technician/nurses to detect and report abnormalities to physicians.
• Coordinate with clinicians to meet the specific needs of patients and perform clinical care in an ICU.
• Assign to new ER and ICU departments by leadership to maintain quality of patient care and increase patient satisfaction.
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