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To be an effective and successful certified nursing assistant, a person needs to be a people person. He or she must have a kind, mature, compassionate and patient attitude towards other member of the team and more important towards the patients. Certified nursing assistants job is very physical. A person needs to have the capacity to do things that needs a lot work like lifting’s, positioning, turning and etc. A person also should be able to know how to speak, write and read for a person to follow simple instructions both oral and written. But, what do certified nursing assistants do?

These people work under the supervision of registered nurses for the reason of giving utmost care to the patient. Certified nursing assistants also help the patient in doing day to day activities while nurses work on more difficult and complicated tasks. Certified nursing assistant carries out tasks like giving hands-on care and monitoring patient’s vital signs like temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure. They respond to the patient’s call for assistance, bed-making, feeding, bathing and cleaning up the patient’s room. All the tasks performed by the certified nursing assistant are under the management of the nurses. CNA does also help the patients during ambulation. When the certified nursing assistants are not busy, they can help the staff in doing their duties. They can help them set up medical equipments and helps the nurses in other procedures. These certified nursing assistants work in hospitals and nursing home. These CNA’s work five days a week for 40 hours and are also called during holidays and weekends to work.

In becoming a certified nursing assistant, ask yourself if you have the desire and passion to serve. A person needs to have a caring attitude to be in this kind of profession. Next requirement to have is to get a high school diploma. Then, have a certified nursing assistant education from an accredited CNA school. These certified nursing assistant schools offer both lectures and practical works. These programs are then completed after six to twelve weeks. Certified training assistant education will cost from $300 to $1000. After completing the program, get ready for the certification exams given by the licensing program. After a person has passed the exam, make resumes and send it to heath care institutions.

There are a lot of reasons why to be a certified nursing assistant. There are a lot of job opportunities and can make a person earn a living. The averages certified nursing assistant salary is $30,000. CNA’s can earn an average starting salary of $11 to $14 an hour. The salary of certified nursing assistants depends on the geographic location of the workplace, experiences, education and etc. Those working in metropolitan cities can earn 8% ore that those working in small town. This is because of the cost of living indexes. The higher the cost of living, the higher also is the salary. Those who have a good working experience also earns more than those who have less than a year of experience.