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Health Care Assistant
Healthcare assistants, also known as nursing assistants or CNAs (certified nursing assistants), play an essential role in healthcare settings. Here are some of their key roles:
- Providing basic patient care, including taking vital signs, bathing, and dressing patients.
- Assisting patients with personal care tasks, such as eating, using the bathroom, and transferring to and from bed.
- Keeping patients’ rooms and living areas clean and tidy.
- Communicating with patients and their families to provide emotional support and answer questions.
- Documenting patient care activities and reporting any changes in a patient's condition to the nursing staff.
- Supporting nurses and other healthcare professionals by performing tasks that allow them to focus on more complex patient care.