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Nursing assistants are in demand nationwide, but that doesn't mean just any candidate will fill the bill. Recruiters look for caring, dependable applicants with good communication skills to assist ...

In mid-April 2020, as Covid-19 shutdowns and lockdowns were being put in place across the U.S., my grandmother’s health started to decline. With so many unknowns, the assisted living facility where ...

Thursday will begin the 36th annual National Nursing Assistants Week, established by the National Network of Career Nursing Assistants to recognize the contributions of nursing assistants in the ...

Brandon Campbell and Darrick Clayton both started jobs as patient care nursing assistants at the Cleveland Clinic within the past year. Campbell was hired as he finished his bachelor’s degree in ...

If you’ve ever spent time as a patient in the hospital, it’s likely you have interacted with several different people as they move in and out of your room during your stay. An important care team ...

When she heard friends working at Lowe’s were in line for $300 hazard-pay bonuses, Allanah Smit wondered why her employer, Memorial Hospital in Gulfport, Miss., had no such plans. “Healthcare workers ...

Long-term care operators must provide more mental health and emotional support for nursing assistants in response to the psychological and physical toll the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on them, ...