Nursing and Patient Care Assisting

A career in nursing and patient care assisting can be extremely rewarding. Job titles graduates in this career are typically known as:
Health Care Aide
Nursing Assistant
Patient Care Assistant
A nursing assistant / patient care assistant helps to provide compassionate care to individuals who are not able to fully care for themselves. A health care aide should have:
patience
caring personality
a desire to help people, and
be in good physical condition.
Learning more about becoming a nursing assistant could lead to jobs with:
Residential care facilities
Home carers
Hospitals
Group homes
Home healthcare services
Nursing homes
Under the direction and supervision of nurses and patient support services managers, nursing and patient care assistants will undertake a range of duties which support clinical care. These include cleaning, catering and traditional orderly duties, for example, patient movement and transporting patients to appointments and procedures within a hospital or aged care facility.
With experience and further training, nursing & patient care assistants can become enrolled nurses or registered nurses.

Anyone with a dream and desire to succeed in nursing and patient care.

There are NO previous work or education requirements for entry into any course level. Students may enrol directly into the diploma or advanced diploma levels without completing lower ranked qualifications. Graduates can expect higher course levels to result in higher potential salary, positions and skill capabilities.