How do they match: Nursing Assistants

  • Health Aide
  • Health Care Aide
  • Health Care Assistant
  • Health Service Worker

  • Provide or assist with basic care or support under the direction of onsite licensed nursing staff. Perform duties such as monitoring of health status, feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, or ambulation of patients in a health or nursing facility. May include medication administration and other health-related tasks. Includes nursing care attendants, nursing aides, and nursing attendants.

  • Record height or weight of patients.
  • Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff.
  • Measure and record food and liquid intake or urinary and fecal output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff.

  • Record vital statistics or other health information.
  • Administer basic health care or medical treatments.
  • Monitor patients to detect health problems.