Nursing Assistant Interview Questions

A Nursing Assistant is a person who has completed a brief health-care training program and who provides support services for RNs and LPNs.  He is also known as an orderly. He is certified by a state agency and a certified nurse aide (CNA). Under the close supervision he uses to perform a variety of non-professional tasks in providing direct bedside care to patients and does related work as required.
Here, in my article, I am going to supplements you with various questions and answers which may be asked by the interviewer regarding the Nursing Assistant while you will go to face the interview.

1. What are the characteristics of a Nursing Assistant?
 
Well sir, the Nursing Assistant is the entry level class in Nursing Services. Positions in this class assist patients with activities of daily living and assist specialized nursing personnel in providing patient care. Nursing Assistant is distinguished from Licensed Vocational Nurse in that the latter class is licensed to administer prescribed medications and treatments to patients.

2. What do you mean by Blood Tracing?
 
Sir, Blood Tracing is the process of tracing of the all capillaries, veins, arteries going from the right ventricle to the abdominal visceral organs and back up to the heart.

3. How is good communication vital for teamwork?
 
Sir, it is very essential to have a good coordination in the team. If there is a patient lying, there you need to not only be able to talk to them about what you want them to do definitely more importantly from the perspective of your patient getting better and you need to be able to accurately inform other caretakers like that of doctors other nurses etc. about the state of each and every patient.

4. Suppose, a neighbor of yours has a relative in the hospital and ask you which ward they are in, what do you say to them?
 
Don’t try to elaborate it unnecessarily like a rubber. Simply start your answer by saying that “Sir, I will try to give them all the necessary information as per my concern”.

5. What do you mean by the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)?
 
Sir, the Certified Nursing Assistant is an individual with having the certificate and provides the healthcare needs to the patients. He also performs the various duties of daily living and provides the bedside care to the patients under the supervision of the Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). He is also known as Patient Care Assistant i.e. PCA, State Tested Nurse Aid i.e. STNA or Nursing Assistant-Registered i.e. NA/R.

Now, you can go to crack the interview related to a Nursing Assistant.