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A certified nursing assistant or CNA has to take care of more than one patient in her shift, especially if she is not offering nursing care at the client's residence. Handling a large number of patients in any given shift is a tedious job. Sometimes, it drains nursing aides physically and emotionally. Therefore, it is very essential for them to have certain traits to ensure that no amount of fatigue or stress debars them from attending the duties to its extreme.

If there is even a slightest of inclination in your heart that is pushing you for the nursing profession, then get ready to know about CNA personality and training requirements.

At the first glance, it will appear that any person can do the job seeing nursing assistants. You may even get carried away looking at the neatly ironed and colorful CNA uniforms. However, what your eyes see and mind conceives is not always true.  The reality is something else. Therefore, first understand the type of duties these caregivers perform.

As a nursing assistant or a caregiver, you will provide all types of help to patients to start their day. You will need them to take to the toilet, or provide bedpan.  Help them while taking a bath, or clean them yourself by offering a sponge bath. The duties also include cleaning and dressing wounds, changing bed linens and diapers, sterilizing medical equipments, transporting patients from their beds to the necessary ward or facility.

If you get dizzy or nauseated when seeing wounds and blood, you cannot work. If you are not able to lift and move patients, or bend, pull, and stretch your body when needed, there is little you can do for the patients. These types of duties need a good temperament,  emotional and mental state, including physical strength to lift at least 75 pounds.

After standing firm and clear on the metal and physical needs in the job, the next is to decide the training requirements. Education is top on the list of requirements. Most of the states require a high school diploma or GED for registering in the CNA training program(cnatrainings.com
). Next, you will be asked to pass the entrance test to show your abilities in reading English and working with basic mathematical calculations.  

After passing the entrance test, you will have to serve the legal requirements. It is regulated by the federal and state government that all students must pass the background check before they are accepted into the course. Students having a criminal background are not allowed in the program for the safety of patients and people they will be working with. In addition, students have to prove that they are not suffering from any disease that can put people in and around in danger. To clear these requirements, students have to submit fingerprint cards and a photocopy of latest medical checkup.

Hence, to become a certified nursing assistant, your personality should be as such that it is a deterrent to all the events you will experience on the job. And to register for the training program, you must hold a qualification, clean background, and latest health checkup record.


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Many people are choosing to become nursing assistants due to the increased job opportunities and improving pay scales. Moreover, helping others provides satisfaction and peace of mind. If you are willing to become a CNA, you should first know the eligibility criterion and CNA requirements. The article below will help you in this purpose. It discusses about the basic requirements for working as a certified nursing assistant.

The job of CNA requires patience and caring nature. Remember that the patient you are taking care of is completely dependent on you for performing all the daily routine activities. You may require helping the patient if he is screaming with pain during night hours. It may be a tiring task. But this will surely provide you with the job satisfaction.

CNA or certified nursing assistant are required in every health care organization. They are required in private clinics, hospitals, community centers. Most CNA professionals are working independently for the patients requiring 24 hour medical assistance. The basic job duties handled by CNAs are helping the patients in their daily activities like bathing, feeding, providing medical help like giving medicines, etc.

Requirements for Becoming CNA:

The basic requirement for working as a professional CNA is that the person should have completed a high school diploma or should be graduate from any stream. If he satisfies any of these conditions, he is eligible for pursuing the CNA certification course. The duration of the CNA course may vary from 6 to 12 weeks. The CNA course is conducted by the University. You can also take CNA classes at community colleges or you can even get these courses online.

The CNA certification is given after successful completion of 75 hours of theoretical training and 16 hours of medical training in the hospitals and health care centers. This basic examination pattern is similar for all states.

When you choose the institute for getting the CNA training and certification, make sure that the institute is accredited by the State. You can contact the state aid registry or the licensing program for this purpose.

Paying some fees for the training classes, you can get the training for CNA. After completion of the course, one has to clear the CNA certification exam held by the state government health registry. The exam pattern consists of two parts, viz. theoretical part and medical training. After passing the examination, you are eligible to work as a professional CNA.

Nursing assistants are in great demand for providing the medical care facilities to the patients. These nursing assistants are trained in providing the emergency health care facilities like CPR, defibrillator, etc. They are trained to use the medical equipments for monitoring the health of patients.

When you are thinking of pursuing the CNA as a long term career choice, the above details will help you to know whether you are fit for working as a nursing assistant.


Here[
www.cnacertifiednursingassistant.com], you will find some information on CNA requirements.