Home Health Care Nurse

Certified nurse assistants (CNAs) are in high demand in the health care industry. The doctors and nurses are involved in seeing that the patient is getting the best possible medical care that they can offer, which leaves little or no time to take care of the patient’s daily grooming needs.

This is where the assistant for nurses plays an important role in the life of that patient. The CNA sees that the patient is being bathed every day either on their own or with assistance from them. The assistant will also assist or wash the patient’s hair and see that they are achieving good oral care.

Positioning and range of motion are another way that the certified CNA can help the patient. For those patients who are bedridden or that do not ambulate, the nurse assistant will position the patient in rotation so that the patient is not laying on one part of their body for long periods of time. The assistant will also move the patient’s extremities so that contractures do not set in. Read the rest of this entry »