Certified nursing assistant (CNA) information and online certification.

Do you know what means CNA? CNA is certified nursing assistant. Main function is to help clients with health problems under supervision of a Licensed Practical Nurse or a Registered Nurse. Nursing Assistant should observe certain ethical standards.

Nursing assistant has certain regular responsibilities, and these responsibilities will base on where you live or work. They can work in different directions: hospitals, nursing homes, personal homes, adult day care centers. The nursing assistant improves quality of life of sick people. It doesn't matter how old is client or what nationality he belong.

Nursing assistance has daily contacts with clients that have health problems, so they can gather valuable information about conditions and other important things concerning the patient. All gathered information nursing assistance can transmit to their supervisors.

What is CNA?

CNA is a good salary:

Average level CNA (Nurse Aide): $30,432 annualy - more about Annual salaries For Certified Nursing Assistant

CNA is helping people:

Bathing, feding patients, assisting with medical equipment, monitoring patient vital signs - and other Daily duties of Certified Nursing Assistance

CNA is a passed exam:

In order to work as CNA you need to pass a competency examination - Guide on taking the CNA Competency Exam

CNA is inside power:

Empathy, warmth and compassion are three more very important traits of character and these traits must to come naturally from within. Personal Qualities of Certified Nursing Assistant CNA

We provide the small list of specializations, so you can compare and choose that most of all suits you.

  • Orderlies.
  • Psychiatric Aides.
  • Medical Assistants.
  • Certified Nurse Assistants/Aides.

Certified Nurse Assistants/Aides play a key role, but orderlies almost doesn't contact with patients.

So when you will complete training you will need to take competency exam that test both your practical skills and book knowledge. And you must understand that if you will prefer online study your practical skill could be not so good.

Any way as a rule CNA haven't annual salary, but they receive payment depending on numbers of fulfilled hours.

Certified nursing assistant (CNA) spotlights:

Basic CNA info

Short description of what is certified nursing assistant (CNA), it's benefits and problems.
Read more about CNA

How to become CNA for free?

Due to nursing assistance beeing social help industry, there are plenty of organizations who voluntary help to accure CNA certification for free.
Quck guide to free CNA certification

CNA blog posts
Pay rises above 1% revealed for nursing staff in Scotland budget 2017-12-16 00:11:01

In my day-to-day work as Certified Nursing Assistant I often to busy to notice what happens around me. So just sometimes I open news site and check through news. And this one is to be told about:

"The Scottish government has revealed its draft financial plans for the next financial year, including pay rises above 1% for nursing staff and confirming the continuation of bursaries for student nurses."

I've been in downtown few hours ago and heard as two guys have spoken of this. So.. may be is important for people here.

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