| Nursing aides in scrubs uniforms - also known as | | | | willing to perform routine, repetitive tasks. They should |
| nursing assistants, nurse aides, hospital attendants, or | | | | have good communication skills and be able to work |
| orderlies - help to care for infirm, disabled, and injured | | | | as part of a team. |
| patients in hospitals and nursing care facilities. They | | | | Nursing aides must have a high school diploma or |
| perform routine tasks and provide direct patient care | | | | equivalent, and some jobs require other qualifications. |
| under the supervision of the medical and nursing staff. | | | | Training is offered in many high schools, |
| Their specific tasks can vary, but can include assisting | | | | vocational-technical schools, community colleges, and |
| patients to dress, bathe, and eat. They answer calls | | | | some nursing care facilities. The coursework covers |
| for help, make beds, serve meals, clean rooms, and | | | | anatomy and physiology, nutrition, body mechanics, |
| deliver messages. Other duties often include taking | | | | control of infection, and communication skills. |
| patients' blood pressure, pulse rate, temperature, and | | | | Candidates are also taught how to help patients to |
| respiration rate. They observe the patients' physical, | | | | bathe, groom themselves, and eat. Some employers |
| emotional, and mental condition and report on changes | | | | provide newly-hired aides with classroom instruction; |
| to the medical or nursing staff. They help patients to | | | | others rely upon informal on the job training by licensed |
| get out of bed and to walk, and escort them to | | | | nurses or more experienced aides. |
| examining and operating rooms. They assist the | | | | Aides who work in nursing care facilities are required |
| medical staff by storing supplies, setting up equipment, | | | | by the federal government to complete at least |
| and assisting with basic procedures. | | | | seventy-five hours of state-accredited training, and to |
| The nursing aides employed by nursing care facilities | | | | pass a competency examination. Nursing aides who |
| frequently are the principal caregivers, and thus have | | | | complete such a program are called certified nurse |
| more contact with patients than other members of the | | | | assistants (CNA's). Other requirements can vary from |
| medical staff. Because of the physical stress of the | | | | state to state. Nursing aides in scrub uniforms must |
| job like lifting and moving patients, helping them stand | | | | have good health and pass a criminal background |
| and walk and the hazard of contracting infections and | | | | check. The opportunities for advancement are limited |
| diseases, nursing aides have some of the highest rates | | | | as compared with other jobs in the medical field. They |
| of illness and non-fatal injuries of any job category. | | | | usually need additional education or formal training in |
| They also must deal with unpleasant tasks such as | | | | order to enter higher-paying healthcare occupations. |
| changing soiled bed linen, emptying bedpans, and caring | | | | They are entry level jobs which can provide an |
| for irritable, uncooperative, or disoriented patients. | | | | income and basis of experience for high school |
| Although being a nursing aide in scrubs uniform is a | | | | graduates who are pursuing further education. Former |
| demanding job, it also gives a great deal of satisfaction | | | | aides with advanced education and training can go on |
| from helping people in need. They should be patient, | | | | to become licensed practical nurses, registered nurses, |
| tactful, understanding, and emotionally stable, as well as | | | | or medical assistants. |