what are some personal skills you have to take for a career in nursing assistant?
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Some personal skills that have to be taken in nursing assistant field there are five such as,Lifting and Transferring Patients, Personal Care, Taking Vital Signs, Maintaining Cleanliness, and Documenting Care. CNAs are well trained in the proper procedures for lifting and transferring patients(noffke). He/she use specific methods for moving patients in order to avoid injury to the patient or herself. CNAs move's patient in order to change bed linens, or help indivisual to transfer from a wheelchair to a bed or another chair. He/she may also transport the patients to different areas or to there rooms or to the facility's. One of the main duties of a CNA is to assist individuals with personal care. They may include many activities of daily living that the indivisual or patient has difficulty performing on his or her own, such as bathing, toileting and eating. CNA must also be able to help the individual with daily tasks while allowing for the patient to do as much as possible independently. A large part of the personal-care includes providing emotional support to patients and their familiesand indivisual. CNA are responsible for taking patients' vital signs. In a nursing home or hospital CNAs mainly take vital signs during rounds on a regular basis, and record them in the patient's medical records. CNA training courses teach techniques for checking blood pressure with both automatic pressure-reading machines and the older "Sphygmomanometer" and "Stethoscope". CNAs perform duties such as changing patients' bed linens, or cleaning up after feeding the patients or other activities. Nursing assistant is responsible for insuring that the patient's area and the patient his/her is kept clean. CNAs are also trained in the proper handling and disposal of biohazardous materials such as bodily fluids. CNAs must use scrupulous personal hygiene as well in order to minimize the risk of spreading infections. Nursing assistants are responsible for documenting files of the care that they provide. He/she has to record any interventions, vital signs, input and output of urine or other measurements in a chart or the patient's medical record. they also have to report any relevant changes in patient condition or reactions to interventions to a supervising nurse.("Nursing Assistants ")
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