As a CNA, one of the most important things you can do for your patients is ensuring their comfort. This includes providing good perineal care to men and women who are unable to take care of this task themselves. What is perineal care? For the uninitiated, here’s the perineal care definition: Perineal care, sometimes referred […]
The Sims position is an important nursing skill used for turning, positioning, and transferring patients. It is practiced extensively in nursing schools and clinical settings to ensure that students are comfortable with this technique before graduating. This position can be executed on either side of the patient; however, it is most often performed on the […]
To become a Certified Nurse Aide, clinical training is essential. The majority of states require CNA classes consisting of between 16 and 100 hours of the total training necessary. Nurse aide students have the ability to use their conceptual knowledge during training at either an approved facility or a long-term care facility. During the course […]
Fowler’s Position: How to position a patient in Fowler’s Position Considering how many patients spend significant time in hospital beds, Fowler’s position is an extremely important patient position for a CNA, or any nurse, to understand. Fowler’s position, or standard patient position, was invented by George Ryerson Fowler as a way to reduce the mortality […]
Careers in the medical profession are some of the most fulfilling, rewarding careers in the world; You are able to experience first hand how your care and kindness affects your patients on their road to recovery. There are many different types of careers in health care, requiring varying degrees of education and skill. A common […]
