Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
CNAs are a significant part of the healthcare world. They keep units running smoothly by supporting nurses who have a lot on their plate with patients. The CNA’s position can be demanding and include some unpleasant tasks. Still, their primary purpose is to develop a close relationship with the patient and strengthen their experience in the workplace, including hospitals, temporary nursing facilities, or long-term residential care facilities.
What is a Certified Nursing Assistant?
A certified nursing assistant (CNA), also referred to as a nursing assistant, nurse’s aide, or patient care assistant, aids patients in meeting healthcare needs and assists them with daily activities.
CNAs perform their duties under the supervision of an RN, often using their work experience as a stepping stone to becoming a licensed practitioner nurse (LPN) or registered nurse (RN).
A CNA provides intimate, hands-on healthcare to patients in medical settings by helping with basic life activities. CNA activities could include:
- Repositioning or turning bedridden patients
- Taking the patient’s vital signs, temperature, and blood pressure
- Answering patient calls
- Feeding the patient, including measuring food and recording daily liquid and food intake
- Documenting health concerns and reporting to nurses
- Cleaning the room and changing bedding
- Aiding in medical procedures
- Cleaning and bandaging wounds
- Bathing and dressing the patient
- Stocking supplies
- Preparing rooms for admissions
- Combing the patient’s hair, trimming their nails, and brushing their teeth
CNA Career Opportunities with TheraEx Staffing
The US Bureau of Labor estimates that CNA jobs will increase by 9% through 2028, significantly faster than typical job growth. Requirements vary from state to state, but most CNAs require 4 to 12 weeks to earn their credentials, including passing a competency exam and receiving their CNA certification. The approximate median income for a CNA is $29,660.
Health care providers turn to TheraEx Staffing to connect with CNAs because this reduces their costs and speeds up the process needed to achieve the best staff possible.
TheraEx Staffing connects CNAs with openings in health care facilities around the nation, including:
- Acute care hospitals
- Comprehensive healthcare centers
- Local hospitals
- Rehabilitation centers
- Probation health systems
- Ambulatory centers
- University teaching hospitals
- Home health care agencies
- Trauma centers
Some of the most popular positions requested by CNAs include the local hospital, home health care agencies, and travel nursing.
The local hospital has become a competitive position because it provides the opportunity to work alongside the best-trained nurses in the field while experiencing job security, earning an excellent salary, and choosing your schedule.
Home healthcare is also a popular CNA choice for professionals who desire a less demanding schedule and like to provide one-on-one care.
Start your new CNA career with a TheraEx recruiter today!
Traveling Certified Nursing Assistants
Traveling certified nursing assistants are compassionate, sympathetic, reliable, good-natured, problem solvers, and good communicators with excellent decision-making skills.
Travel nurses can work at multiple places, such as a local hospital, ambulatory centers, or university teaching hospitals, which looks great on their resume.
Working as a traveling certified nursing assistant is a perfect way to gain experience in the nursing field, and many CNAs advance to become an LPN or RN. Travel nursing allows CNAs to experience different job openings while enjoying the excitement of travel and exploration in various locations, including California, Ohio, New York City, NJ, Texas, and more.
CNAs can enjoy traveling around the country while working as a certified nursing assistant with TheraEx Staffing, as long as they have postsecondary education, a certification, patient care skill, and can travel.
Most CNA travel contracts run for 13 weeks, and TheraEx Staffing CNAs work and receive a steady income while traveling to new places, meeting new people, and enjoying new adventures.
Benefits for CNAs of TheraEx Staffing
There is a sudden need for CNAs during these unprecedented times due to an unexpected increase in the demand for temporary CNAs, higher than expected staffing absences due to sickness, and the urgent need for permanent full-time CTAs. TheraEx Staffing uses advanced technology to provide outstanding, reliable CNA staffing.
TheraEx Staffing is a leading, certified nursing assistant staffing agency connecting vetted and qualified certified nurse assistants (CNAs) with open positions around the nation. An increasing number of healthcare organizations, including nursing homes and hospitals, struggle to meet staffing requirements. TheraEx Staffing helps facilities rapidly obtain staff when they have open shifts or need to fill full-time vacancies.
TheraEx Staffing offers multiple benefits to CNAs and health care facilities around the nation, including:
- Cost-effective solutions helping facilities meet CNA staffing needs
- Connects facilities with exceptional CNA personnel
- Connects qualified CNAs to promising job openings
- Timekeeping and payroll services
- Facilities save money on CNA staff advertising fees and recruitment costs
- Facilities eliminate hours reviewing resumes and processing HR paperwork
TheraEx Staffing has an excellent reputation and connects health care facilities with exceptional CNAs by following a stringent pre-employment screening process, which includes:
- Background checks
- Certification verification
- Competency tests
- Drug testing
TheraEx Staffing is committed to providing hospitals and healthcare facilities with qualified CNAs and healthcare professionals. CNAs can connect with TheraEx Staffing to explore opportunities in hospitals, home health care facilities, residential care, and more around the nation.