nurse aide
Hospital support staff
A nurse aide is a healthcare worker who assists nurses with basic patient care—bathing, feeding, dressing, and monitoring vital signs.
Nurse aides work in hospitals, nursing homes, and home care settings, providing direct daily support that licensed nurses oversee but often cannot perform themselves due to time constraints.
Also called nursing assistant or certified nursing assistant (CNA) when credentialed.
- caregiverOne providing daily assistance
- patient careMedical attention for sick
- orderlyArranged with care
- bedsideNear the mattress
- bed bathWashing someone in place
vitals · blood pressure · scrubs · bedpan · wheelchair · sponge bath · vital signs · long term care · hospital · night shift · shift · on call · compassion · lifting · feeding · elderly · CNA · certified
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- healthcare aidesCNA, PCT, care assistant, orderly, caregiver
- assistantsassistant, helper, PA, executive assistant, EA
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