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Certified Nursing Assistant
Job Summary
A Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) works closely with registered nurses to provide hands-on care and direct patient support. Responsibilities include collecting patient data, recording vital signs, and assisting with daily tasks such as dressing, feeding, and bathing. A Certified Nursing Assistant may work in a hospital, physicians’ office, nursing home, home healthcare service center, or a nursing care facility and requires completion of a certificate program to work in most states.
See Full Job DescriptionPersonality types of a Certified Nursing Assistant
Each letter of DISC represents polar personality types with correlating behaviors and characteristics. Learn more about their strengths and weaknesses, how they communicate, and
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D
low D - Planner
Likes to plan before taking action
I
low I - Supporter
Likes to work independently
S
high S - Stabilizer
Likes to have structure
C
high C - Rule Follower
Likes to follow procedures
Behavioral Qualities for a Certified Nursing Assistant
Behavioral qualities make people naturally act in a certain way. Utilize people's natural behaviors and strengths at work.
- Deliberate. Careful in decisions and actions.
- Attentive. Caring for details and demands.
- Supportive. Uplifting of others.
- Cautious. Careful and deliberate in action.
Motivators for a Certified Nursing Assistant
Motivators are values that drive people. To retain passionate employees, place people in a role that utilizes their values
- Altruistic: A caring drive to benefit and support others. To tend to the altruistic drive, give them opportunities to make a difference in people's lives.
- Regulatory: A drive to maintain order and the status quo. To tend to the regulatory drive, provide structure and established systems in the workplace.
- Theoretical: A drive to learn and gain new knowledge. To tend to the theoretical drive, allow for opportunities to learn new things.
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