| Are you investigating top certified nursing aide | | | | supervising medical professional. |
| schools? You may find a variety of titles attached to | | | | Nursing Assistant Training teaches students to be |
| training in this field, because certified nursing aides go | | | | responsible for support that is complimentary to the |
| by several titles, depending on the region in which they | | | | practice of nursing and essential care: dressing, bathing, |
| work. They may be called Certified Nursing Assistants, | | | | meals, toiletry, taking and recording vital signs, |
| Patient Care Technicians, Nurse's Aides, Home Health | | | | exercising, making beds and keeping the patient rooms |
| Aides, or Personal Care Assistants. Vocational schools | | | | in order, and attending to the general physical care of |
| and trade schools will offer programs accordingly. | | | | their patients. The trained CNA professional must |
| Those who have successfully completed certified | | | | possess patience, compassion, a sense of humor, and |
| nursing aide training will work under the supervision of a | | | | an ability to make their patients as comfortable, safe, |
| nurse and provide direct patient care to young and old | | | | and happy as possible. |
| alike, wherever there is a need for personal care. | | | | The classes presented in nursing assistant schools are |
| CNAs are found in nursing homes, hospitals, adult day | | | | most often taught by registered nurses; the length of |
| health centers, assisted living facilities, and personal | | | | training depends on the individual program. Classes |
| homes. While gaining their medical assisting education, | | | | offered by certified nursing aide schools are followed |
| aspiring CMAs will have extensive daily contact with | | | | by a period of hands-on training, during which time the |
| each patient and will learn to provide all manner of | | | | CNA's abilities and self-reliance will improve with daily |
| patient care, as well as providing information to their | | | | routines of giving personal care to patients. |