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Montserrat Montano
Senior Capstone
Brian Cahoon
Montserrat Montano
Brian Cahoon
Senior Capstone
Certified nurse assistants focus on their patients from the moment they step foot in the
hospital, and it goes on until the patient is ready to leave and make their way home. Hospitals
wouldn’t function without Nurse Assistants they are the ones that check and are there for
whatever the patients need. Certified nurse assistant(CNA) benefit the modern hospital by
helping patients with basic living activities, tending to patient issues and problems, and by
The main job of a CNA is helping a patient with their daily needs. Some of these
activities are the ones that people need to do like going to the bathroom, eating and anything that
the body requires. Any care that the patient needs help with the nurse assistants will be there.
Nurse assistants will have to manage many technologies, many different cultures, and meet many
new people to maintain the comfortability of a patient. They may get their hands dirty or do jobs
that others wouldn’t be able to handle and that’s where people see the love and admiration of
their job. They do all of this so a patient could go back to doing their own basic needs. “Nurses
are there to make their patients day,” says Korrie McFarlane. A nurse’s day starts by asking the
patient if they need to go to the bathroom, need to eat, or take them a shower. In the hospitals,
they do the job that registered nurses can’t always do. They are the ones that have to give the
essential care to the patients. The job of nurse assistants may not always be easy or enjoyable
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unless that’s a person’s passion. As Linda Ford stated, “The rewarding part of this job is being
Patients have various problems from family to legal problems that nurse assistants help
out with also. Nurse assistants are there to make the patient’s emotional and physical problems
get better. They are there to assist the patients in anything some patients go through emotional
issues because of a loss of a limb or maybe because of finding out of a terminal issue. The nurses
help by talking to the patient and making sure they are stable. “Good and bad deaths focused less
on patients’ needs and the dying process and more on the death event and nurses’ abilities to
manage organizational demands” (Costello). Nurse assistant helps out the patient if they are
being threatened by any other staff worker or another person. CNAs are also there to stand up for
the patient’s right and safety. Nurses have to be advocates for the patient’s right because not all
patients are able to defend themselves. Many things are seen in hospitals, patients being
assaulted or battered by nurses or doctors. The safety of the patient is the crucial and most
important action to be a great CNA. “Nurses are an important component of the health care
delivery system and that nurse staffing has impacts on safety” (Clarke & Donaldson).
Teamwork is essential for the best care towards a patient. Different healthcare
professionals are involved in a patient’s safety and recuperation. Nurse assistants work mainly
with registered nurses(RN) on a daily basis to get the patient back on their feet. CNA have to
take orders from the RN since they are only able to help with basic activities. Nurse assistants
have to collaborate with other health care workers that may not always satisfy with the attitude or
the way they do their job. As Korrie McFarlane said, “Teamwork is important, it’s frustrating
when others don’t have a person’s back.” It’s hard not to depend on others in this field that’s
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impossible. Patients go through really tough times, and they need all the support and best care
adequately for them. Health care teams have to be ready for in case of an emergency and to assist
the patient to safety. “Studies have demonstrated that teamwork is a critical element in assuring
patient safety and quality of care” (Kalish & Lee). CNA have to be able to associate with
everyone; there’s no choice with who a person has to work with as long as the care is given to
the patient. Being able to work with anyone is the key to success and good care.
Nurse assistants are essential to the modern hospitals because they help the patients with
their basic living activities for their daily tasks, problems or issues of a patient, and teamwork
cooperation. Hospitals wouldn’t be able to sustain without nurses. Certified nurse assistants
Work Cited
Clarke SP, Donaldson NE. Nurse Staffing and Patient Care Quality and Safety. In: Hughes RG,
editor. Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. Rockville
(MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2008 Apr. Chapter 25.
Costello, John. “Dying Well: Nurses' Experiences of 'Good and Bad' Deaths in Hospital.”Journal
2018.
Kalisch, Beatrice J., Hyunhwa Lee, and Monica Rochman. “NURSING STAFF TEAMWORK
Sorrentino, Sheila A., and Leighann N. Remmert. Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants.
Elsevier/Mosby, 2012.
Watson, Jean. Nursing: the Philosophy and Science of Caring. University Press of Colorado,
2008.