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2. Healthcare technician - Wikipedia

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   Healthcare technicians or HCT are also known as Patient Care Technician (PCT) or Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA). HCTs' objectives are to provide basic nursing care, use communication skills to assist patients in adapting to common health problems, provide continuity of care, demonstrate acceptance of responsibility for learning purposes, and ...

3. Medical assistant - Wikipedia

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   A medical assistant, also known as a "clinical assistant" or healthcare assistant in the US [1] is an allied health professional who supports the work of physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other health professionals, usually in a clinic setting. Medical assistants can become certified through an accredited program.

4. Unlicensed assistive personnel - Wikipedia

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   The National Association of Health Care Assistants defines the role of CNAs as: "In the United States, certified nursing assistants typically work in a nursing home or hospital and perform everyday living tasks for the elderly, chronically sick, or rehabilitation patients who cannot care for themselves." [11]

5. Nursing in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Nursing in the United States is a professional health care occupation. It is the largest such occupation, employing millions of certified professionals. As of 2023, 3,175,390 registered nurses were employed, paid a median income of $86,070. [1] Nurses are not doctors' assistants and practice nursing in a

6. National Healthcareer Association - Wikipedia

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   The CPCT model advanced the skills and competencies of incumbent Nursing Assistants in entry-level positions within the nursing career ladder while instituting a new, team-based, patient care model. The new skills developed were phlebotomy, EKG/ECG, basic patient care and medical assisting skills. [10]

7. Nursing shortage grows as more nurses leave health care - AOL

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   SEE MORE: More psychiatric nurses are needed to fill mental health care gaps It ranks the top 10 states with the highest "nursing shortage in the U.S.", putting Utah at number 1.

8. Allied health professions - Wikipedia

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   For the United States, a generic definition is in the Public Health Service Act, including those with "training, in a science relating to health care, [and] who shares in the responsibility for the delivery of health care services or related services" (other than a registered nurse or physician assistant). [6]

9. List of professional designations in the United States

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   must hold a current, unrestricted practical/vocational nurse license in the United States or its territories and must have hospice and palliative licensed practical/vocational nursing practice of 500 hours in the most recent 12 months or 1000 hours in the most recent 24 months prior to applying for the examination.