What Is Nurse Aid Course?
The Training Direct Nurse Aide program combines classroom instruction with clinical training to expose students to a variety of topics including. Introduction to the human body. Effective communication and interpersonal skills. Infection control. Taking and recording vital signs.
Wherever there is a need for personal care, nursing assistants (NA), or nurses’ aides, are there. Nursing assistants work in nursing homes, home care, assisted living, Hospice, hospitals, community-based long-term care, correctional institutions, and other long-term care settings.
Nursing assistants help patients of all ages perform the most basic daily tasks. They work under a licensed nurse’s supervision, and since they have extensive daily contact with each patient, they play a key role in the lives of their patients and in keeping the nurse up to date on vital information about the patient’s conditions.
Nursing assistants provide assistance with such tasks as:
- Dressing
- Bathing and skin care
- Feeding
- Mouth and hair care
- Making beds
- Toileting assistance and catheter care
- Bowel and bladder care
- Taking vital signs (temp, pulse, blood pressure, etc)
- Helping patients walk with gait belts, walkers, canes, and other devices
- Assisting with range-of-motion exercises
- Transfer wheelchair-bound patients using safe patient-handling devices
- Turning and positioning bedridden patients regularly
- Reporting all changes to the nurse
- Safety awareness
- Observing, reporting, and documentation
- Post-mortem care
FEDERAL LAW (OBRA 87U) requires that nursing assistants who work in nursing homes to pass a state test, be state-approved, and be listed on the state registry. Nursing assistants may be certified (CNA), registered (RNA), licensed (LNA), or state-tested and approved (STNA).
How Long Is The Nurse Aide Course In South Africa?
The learning duration is usually four years for a degree and three years for a national diploma. If you only want to become an enrolled auxiliary caregiver, you can enroll in a 6-month nursing course in Cape Town and other regions in South Africa.
How Do You Become A Nurse Aid In South Africa?
To become a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in South Africa, you must have either a Diploma or a Bachelor’s Degree, and you must be registered with SANC.