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A C.N.A. is an abbreviation for a Certified Nursing Assistant, a job in the healthcare industry that provides daily living assistance, bedside care, and basic nursing procedures to patients under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN).
The services provided can occur at all types of in-patient and out-patient healthcare facilities.
Other names for a CNA in the United States are State Tested Nursing Aide (STNA), Nursing Assistant-Registered (NA/R), Home Health Aide (HHA), a Caregiver and Patient Care Assistant (PCA).
History
Established in 2011.
A C.N.A. is an abbreviation for a Certified Nursing Assistant, a job in the healthcare industry that provides daily living assistance, bedside care, and basic nursing procedures to patients under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN).
The services provided can occur at all types of in-patient and out-patient healthcare facilities.
Other names for a CNA in the United States are State Tested Nursing Aide (STNA), Nursing Assistant-Registered (NA/R), Home Health Aide (HHA), a Caregiver and Patient Care Assistant (PCA).
Outside of the US, a CNA might be referred to by any of the following: a Nursing Assistant (NA), a Patient Care Associate (PCA), a Nursing Tech (NT), a Healthcare Assistant (HCA), a Healthcare Support Worker (HSW), or a Clinical Support Worker (CSW).
After you receive a Certified Nurse Assistant Diploma from the consolidated nurse Aide Training Institute, you will be trained to work in hospitals, medical or doctors’ offices, home health agencies, and residential ca