Professional nursing assistant vs registered nursing assistant

Differences between professional nursing assistant and registered nursing assistant 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.

Registered nursing assistant example responsibilities.

• Train in Phlebotomy, CPR, EKG, blood draws and train new staff.
• Provide ACLS care to patients.
• Learned how to use a Hoyer lift, sit-to-stand, and automatic blood pressure machine.
• Select to train new staff in resident care, resulting in more team cohesion/increas collaboration and compassion for residents.
• Maintain strict monitoring, diagnosis, and troubleshooting of specialize hemodialysis equipment to ensure patient safety.
• Provide one-on-one rehabilitative physical therapy care to geriatric, orthopedic, and neurological cases in a home healthcare setting.
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