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Nursing Assistants

Skills & Knowledge

 

Most Important Skills for Nursing Assistants


 

Most Important Knowledge Areas for Nursing Assistants



Interests


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Describe Your Skills


People who have worked in this career typically perform the following tasks. These statements can help a prospective employer understand what you can do, on a resume or during an interview.

  • Helping and caring for people.
  • Communicating with supervisors, co-workers, or people that work under you.
  • Identifying information by categorizing, comparing, or detecting changes in circumstances or events.
  • Creating and maintaining interpersonal relationships.
  • Collecting information from different sources.
  • Monitoring information from a variety of sources to find problems.
  • Evaluating information to determine compliance with standards.
  • Performing general physical abilities.

 

Careers that Use Similar Skills


This is a new or emerging career specialty. Information on similar careers is still under development.

 

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