nursing assistant
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnursingandassistant
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nursing
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈnɜː.sɪŋ/us/ˈnɝː.sɪŋ/
A nursing mother is a woman who is feeding her baby with her own ...
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assistant
noun[C]
uk/əˈsɪs.tənt/us/əˈsɪs.tənt/
someone who helps someone else to do ...
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(Definition ofnursingandassistantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In turn, the registered nurse becomes busy and delegates some of the caring aspects to thenursingassistant.
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According to the circumstances, varying numbers of patients may be left in the charge of anursingassistant, and no maximum number is prescribed.
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The femalenursingassistantrate starts at £250 a year and the assistant can graduate up to £425 a year.
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The maximum for thenursingassistantis £425, therefore, and the maximum for a fully qualified staff nurse is £480.
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It has been suggested that thisnursingassistantand other members of the staff have been subjected to victimisation.
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Then there is thenursingassistant.
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I do not think we can narrow the gap much more between the qualified nurse, who has to do three years' training, and thenursingassistant.
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Thenursingassistantin future will start at £280 instead of £250, and after two years' satisfactory service she will advance to £335 and thereafter to the existing maximum of £425.
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The absence of any proper night call system, with often onenursingassistantonly readily available on duty, has serious implications for staff and patients in an emergency.
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There are some teaching andnursingassistantcolleges around the country.
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For example, allowing nursing assistants to do wound dressings.
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The first program offered wasnursingassistant.
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Demanding work schedules and mental health in nursing assistants working in nursing homes.
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Investigating the educational needs of licensed nursing staff and certified nursing assistants in nursing homes regarding end-of-life care.
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A good deal of mental nursing is done by nursing assistants.
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However, unless something is done about accommodation for nurses of all grades—staff nurses, nurses, and nursing assistants—any plan to enhance recruitment will suffer.
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Perhaps not so many people are acquainted with senior enrolled nurses, enrolled nurses, pupil nurses, nursing auxiliaries and nursing assistants.
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Two nursing assistants have been submitted, one of whom has been engaged, and one is still under consideration.
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