nursing aides
Bedside care assistants
Nursing aides are healthcare workers who assist nurses by providing basic patient care—bathing, feeding, dressing, and helping patients move.
They work in hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities, handling routine tasks so nurses can focus on medical procedures.
Also called nurse's aides, nursing assistants, or certified nursing assistants (CNAs): The nursing aides helped residents to the dining room.
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- hospitalsInstitutions treating the sick
- emotional supportCompassionate help during distress
- bedpanShallow toilet receptacle
- bed bathWashing someone in place
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Licensed clinical care providers
physicians · doctors · surgeons · attending physicians · nurse practitioners
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Those receiving medical treatment
nursing home residents · hospice patients · invalids · convalescents
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