Job Description: Nursing Aides provide general care to patients in hospitals, nursing homes, residential care facilities, and other medical health settings under the supervision of nursing and medical staff. Nursing Aides may also be called nurse assistants, nursing attendants, or hospital attendants. Routine tasks include taking and recording patient's temperature, pulse, respiration rate, and blood pressure, measuring food and liquid intake and output; and reporting changes to the medical staff. They also answer patient calls for assistance, take messages, serve meals, make beds, and assist patients in bathing, dressing, and personal hygiene.
Wages - Statewide:
To give you an idea of how much you might earn, we have given you the average hourly wages and average yearly wages for this career throughout California. Wages can vary greatly in different parts of the State.
Hourly Average Wages:
$
27,124
Yearly Average Wages:
$
27,124
Source: California Occupational Employment and Wage Data, 2008
Job Openings:
An average of 3900 job openings will be available statewide per year. The number of openings includes both new jobs and replacement openings as workers leave the occupation.
Source: California Occupational Employment Projections 2004 - 2014
Where to get training locally: Formal Nursing Aide training is available from community colleges, public school adult education programs, Regional Occupational programs, private vocational schools, or formal on-the-job training programs with employers.
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