The Certified Nursing Assistant (CNAs) department at Arbor Springs Health and Rehab Center consist of nurses and nursing assistants providing direct, physical, and emotional care to the patients. The type work done in this department deals with one-on-one care from the nursing assistant to the patient. The interviewee has the responsibilities of helping patients with personal care tasks such as feeding, toileting and bathing, as well as transporting patients and providing support to both the patient and his or her family.
Nursing assistants also monitor the patient's condition, taking vital signs and maintaining or checking medical and personal equipment such as catheters. CNAs assist patients with wheelchairs or other assistive devices and may lead patients in therapeutic exercise or other activities to increase strength and range of motion. The interviewee which is a CNA at Arbor Springs Health and Rehab Center provides the same care to the patients that are under the care of the Rehab Center. The interviewee primary responsibility not only consist of helping the patient with his or her personal needs but is also responsible for general care of the patient, such as ensuring that his or her room is clean. In most facilities, it is the nursing assistants who change linens and assure that the patient's immediate area is sanitary. Another very important duty of the CNAS being interviewed is to document all care that they give as a part of the medical record. For example, CNAs record vital signs or urine input/output levels. The interviewee career path for being a CNA at Arbor Springs Health and Rehab Center consist of required training programs which were offered at a technical college. The coursework for CNAs is primarily hands-on and includes training in basic patient care procedures, maintaining hygiene and sanitation, proper handling of bio-hazardous materials, patient safety and medical terminology. In order to be