Student nursing assistant vs nurses' aide

Differences between student nursing assistant and nurses' aide duties and responsibilities

Student nursing assistant example responsibilities.

• Insert straight catheters and manage Foley catheters.
• Manage memory unity within facility.
• Provide high-quality patient care within surgical, acute-care, rehabilitation and nursing-home settings.
• Work with patients in a chemical dependent rehabilitation program and assess psychiatric patients in a therapeutic milieu floor.
• Provide high-quality resident care and assist with ADL.
• Obtain experience in performing 12 lead EKG tests.
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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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