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Nursing Assistants
Description
Provide basic patient care under direction of nursing staff. Perform duties such as feed, bathe, dress, groom, or move patients, or change linens. May transfer or transport patients. Includes nursing care attendants, nursing aides, and nursing attendants.
Common Tasks
- Administer medications or treatments, such as catheterizations, suppositories, irrigations, enemas, massages, or douches, as directed by a physician or nurse.
- Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.
- Apply clean dressings, slings, stockings, or support bandages, under direction of nurse or physician.
- Assist nurses or physicians in the operation of medical equipment or provision of patient care.
- Change bed linens or make beds.
Required Education
Postsecondary non-degree award
Wages
In 2016 the mean hourly wage in the Greater Sacramento area was $18.13 . The hourly rate for this occupation typically paid between $11.98 and $24.19 .
In 2016 the mean annual salary in the Greater Sacramento area was $37,709.87 . The annual salary for this occupation typically paid between $24,922.37 and $50,313.82 .
Occupation Outlook
This occupation employed 4,190 people in the Greater Sacramento area during 2014.
By 2024, there is expected to be an increase of 20.0% in the number of jobs in the Greater Sacramento area for this occupation, bringing to total number to 5,030.
By 2024, in the Greater Sacramento area, the median hourly rate for this occupation is expected to be $18.00 with the median annual salary reaching $38,464.
