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Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
What is a CNA? A certified nursing assistant
Duties of a CNA
What are the duties of a CNA? Turning or re-positioning bedridden patients, taking patients'
temperature, blood pressure, and other vital signs, answering patient calls, documenting patients'
health issues and reporting to nurses, feeding patients, measuring and recording their food and liquid
intake, cleaning rooms and bed linens
Salary of a CNA
How much is a CNA's salary? $25,710
Highest Paying State for CNA
What is the highest paying state for a CNA? New York City
History of CNAs
When were CNAs first made/discovered? CNAs trace their history back to World War I, when the
American Red Cross created the Volunteer Nurses Aide Service, a group that helped wartime nurses.
National Nursing Assistants Week has been honoring the profession since 1977 every June
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
What is a CNA? A certified nursing assistant
Duties of a CNA
What are the duties of a CNA? Turning or re-positioning bedridden patients, taking patients'
temperature, blood pressure, and other vital signs, answering patient calls, documenting patients'
health issues and reporting to nurses, feeding patients, measuring and recording their food and liquid
intake, cleaning rooms and bed linens
Salary of a CNA
How much is a CNA's salary? $25,710
Highest Paying State for CNA
What is the highest paying state for a CNA? New York City
History of CNAs
When were CNAs first made/discovered? CNAs trace their history back to World War I, when the
American Red Cross created the Volunteer Nurses Aide Service, a group that helped wartime nurses.
National Nursing Assistants Week has been honoring the profession since 1977 every June
