Hemodialysis nursing assistant

How much does an Hemodialysis nursing assistant earn

A Hemodialysis nursing assistant earns between $1.267 and $3.779 per month, with an average monthly salary of $1.893 and a median salary of $1.672 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 56.368 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Salary ranges for the Hemodialysis nursing assistant
	Monthly Salary	Annual Salary	Salary Per Week	Hourly Salary
Average wage	1.893	22.711	473	10
1º Quartile	1.267	15.201	317	7
Median Salary	1.672	20.060	418	9
3º Quartile	2.882	34.585	721	15
Higher Salary	3.779	45.349	945	20

Professional job categories

Middle level technicians
- middle-level technicians in the biological, biochemical, health sciences
- - technicians of the science of human health
- - - nursing technicians and assistants

Related Positions:

Main workplaces

Nursing technicians and assistants they work in hospitals, clinics, social services, or even at home. They are salaried employees, with a formal contract, or work on their own, providing temporary services in clinics or residences. They are organized as a team, working under the permanent supervision of a nurse or another member of the higher-level health team. They work in closed environments and with shifts, or confined in a vessel, in the case of the health assistant (maritime navigation). Exception made to professionals working in family health, who, according to a specific ordinance, work eight hours a day. It is common for them to work under pressure, leading to a stressful situation. In some activities, they may be exposed to biological contamination, toxic material and radiation.

What does it take to work in the field of Nursing technicians and assistants

Admission to technical occupations requires certification of skills or a technical course in nursing (middle level). For nursing assistants, basic education and professional qualification courses are required with a minimum of four hundred class hours, which can reach fifteen hundred. The possibility of continuing the qualification will depend on the completion of high school. Currently, there are technical courses in nursing, organized modularly, with intermediate outputs for the qualification of nursing assistants. The entry requirement for these courses is complete high school, with the philosophy of continuing education, which makes it possible for the assistant to reach the technical level, by completing new modules of professional training.

Functions and activities of Hemodialysis nursing assistant

Nursing technicians and assistants must:

provide patient assistance;

organize work environment;

perform surgical instrumentation;

care for the patient;

assist the technical team in specific procedures;

provide patient care;

promote family health;

promote mental health;

administer prescription medication;

working with biosafety and safety;

administer prescribed medication;

working with biosafety and security;

providing patient care;

communicate;

assist technical team in specific procedures;

work with biosafety and security;

demonstrate personal skills;

promoting family health;

care patient;

work with biosafety and safety;

give continuity to shifts;

perform admission procedures;

Activities

position electric scalpel plate;

label medical prescription (bed, name and patient record);

measure patient (weight, height);

serving users in ubs, homes or community spaces;

participate in public health campaigns;

provide consumables;

record medication administration;

ready the patient for examination and surgery;

install blood products;

participate in planning activities;

participate in continuing education activities;

demonstrate ability to provide humanized care;

pass instruments to the surgical team;

prepare patient for medication;

check quantity and functionality of material and equipment;

list patient's belongings;

using personal protective equipment (ppe);

contain patient in bed;

check sterilization result and validity;

coordinating the care of users;

call doctor in case of complications;

forward material to the operating room;

control periodic examinations of employees;

care for the body after death;

calculate medication dosage;

assist the team in invasive procedures;

sanitize patient;

monitor patient progress;

implement prescribed therapeutic activities;

inspect facilities and workers;

organize medications and materials for patient and nursing use;

changing dressings;

supply the team's demands;

stimulate patient (active and passive movements);

change position in bed;

vaccinate yourself;

administer chemotherapy products;

participate in the management of supplies;

conduct patient to social activities;

perform blood glucose tests;

protect patient during crises;

perform antisepsis;

exchange technical information;

encouraging community participation;

interpret skin tests;

stimulate patient expression;

resolve pending issues (drugs, dressings, exams, referrals, fasting, among others) ;

recommend disembarkation of sick and injured person;

demarcate behavioral boundaries;

demonstrate ability to listen;

organize medications and materials for patient use and nursing station;

beware of adverse effects of products;

define territory of action;

mapping area of operation;

dismiss the sick or injured employee and crew from work;

watch for temperature and patient reactions in transfusions;

notify diseases, injuries and situations of local importance;

demonstrate understanding;

position patient for surgery;

stimulate patient to express feelings;

promote comprehensive care;

define actions according to local priorities;

introduce yourself by placing the patient in the environment;

assist in patient resuscitation;

remove the patient;

demonstrate understanding;

use personal protective equipment (ppe);

administer incompatible medication separately;

discard contaminated material;

get vaccinated;

prepare prescription medication;

registering activities in information systems;

perform trichotomy;

make personal belongings available to patient (identity preservation);

punch venous access;

demonstrate attention ability;

protect bony prominences;

arrange clothes;

check route of administration;

contain sharps for disposal;

check quantity of psychotropic drugs;

control vaccine administration;

apply ice pack and wet and dry heat;

participate in team evaluations;

proceed to inhalation therapy;

providing concurrent and terminal cleaning;

mark type of hamper and garbage contamination;

perform an active search for local situations;

updating registration information;

check quantity of implant parts;

identify groups, families and individuals exposed to risks;

give lectures;

caring for the body after death;

activate security team;

arrange clothes;

perform tests and exams;

aspirate orotracheal and tracheostomy cannula;

tag patient belongings;

massage patient;

remove patient;

write down surgery expenses;

identify partners and resources available in the community;

record events and procedures performed;

record complications and procedures performed;

mark type of contamination of hamper and garbage;

provide linen;

transporting clothes and materials for purge;

inspect cardiopulmonary arrest cart (pcr);

control vital signs;

disinfect devices and materials;

forward material for exams;

package sharps for disposal;

advise family and patient;

preventing against adverse effects of the products;

accompany patient in medication intake;

check patient and belongings (drugs, alcohol, etc.);

apply enema (intestinal wash);

administer incompatible medications separately;

stimulate the patient to express feelings;

carry out disease prevention and curative actions;

collect material for exams;

help the patient to eat;

follow protocol in case of contamination or accident;

prepare a patient report;

to be responsible for all care provided to the enrolled population;

check the sufficiency of equipment, surgical material and compresses;

request the presence of other professionals in the surgical center;

identify medication to be administered (bed, name and patient record);

control water balance;

organizing health promotion groups;

demonstrate empathy;

prevent suicide attempts and risk situations;

install induced power;

place side rails on the bed;

inspect validity of materials and medicines;

offer bedpan and parrot;

stimulate vesico-intestinal function;

check received medications;

monitor serum and medication administration time;

wash hands before and after each procedure;

check the number of surgical compresses;

seal the operating room;

demonstrate persuasiveness;

make beds;

inspect each patient;

paramentar-se;

identify users' needs;

count the number of compresses, material and instruments before and after surgery;

wearing;

demonstrate fine motor skills;

record intercurrences and procedures performed;

limit patient circulation space;

replace material in the operating room;

sterilize instruments;

report adverse drug effects to the physician;

vaccinating yourself;

introduce nasogastric and vesical catheter;

recommend abstaining from decisions during mental breakdown;

participate in case discussion;

educate family about mental illness;

check amount of psychotropic drugs;

Sectors that hire Hemodialysis nursing assistant the most in the job market

hospital care activities
service activities in emergency room and hospital units for emergency care
long stay institutions for the elderly
temporary labor lease
outpatient medical activity with resources for performing complementary exams
clinical laboratories
outpatient medical activity restricted to consultations
health plans
other human health care activities
health management support activities

Hemodialysis nursing assistant - Career description, activities, functions and salary