Nursing assistant at home care

How much does an Nursing assistant at home care earn

A Nursing assistant at home care 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 Nursing assistant at home care
	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

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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 Nursing assistant at home care

Nursing technicians and assistants must:

promote mental health;

provide patient assistance;

communicate;

administer prescribed medication;

working with biosafety and safety;

give continuity to shifts;

work with biosafety and security;

providing patient care;

care for the patient;

care patient;

assist technical team in specific procedures;

work with biosafety and safety;

organize work environment;

assist the technical team in specific procedures;

provide patient care;

perform admission procedures;

promoting family health;

demonstrate personal skills;

perform surgical instrumentation;

promote family health;

administer prescription medication;

working with biosafety and security;

Activities

paramentar-se;

updating registration information;

demonstrate attention ability;

accompany patient in medication intake;

demonstrate understanding;

define territory of action;

advise family and patient;

educate family about mental illness;

identify users' needs;

provide consumables;

mapping area of operation;

collect material for exams;

watch for temperature and patient reactions in transfusions;

carry out disease prevention and curative actions;

request the presence of other professionals in the surgical center;

wearing;

prepare prescription medication;

help the patient to eat;

discard contaminated material;

coordinating the care of users;

conduct patient to social activities;

call doctor in case of complications;

stimulate vesico-intestinal function;

arrange clothes;

exchange technical information;

write down surgery expenses;

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

demonstrate empathy;

position patient for surgery;

demonstrate fine motor skills;

wash hands before and after each procedure;

demonstrate understanding;

seal the operating room;

participate in continuing education activities;

check quantity of psychotropic drugs;

vaccinating yourself;

measure patient (weight, height);

install blood products;

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

recommend abstaining from decisions during mental breakdown;

serving users in ubs, homes or community spaces;

check sterilization result and validity;

identify groups, families and individuals exposed to risks;

offer bedpan and parrot;

organize medications and materials for patient use and nursing station;

dismiss the sick or injured employee and crew from work;

introduce yourself by placing the patient in the environment;

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

sterilize instruments;

remove the patient;

control water balance;

supply the team's demands;

demonstrate ability to listen;

protect bony prominences;

monitor serum and medication administration time;

encouraging community participation;

registering activities in information systems;

follow protocol in case of contamination or accident;

providing concurrent and terminal cleaning;

provide linen;

tag patient belongings;

give lectures;

check amount of psychotropic drugs;

prevent suicide attempts and risk situations;

check the sufficiency of equipment, surgical material and compresses;

demonstrate ability to provide humanized care;

arrange clothes;

mark type of contamination of hamper and garbage;

beware of adverse effects of products;

check quantity and functionality of material and equipment;

disinfect devices and materials;

vaccinate yourself;

contain patient in bed;

administer incompatible medications separately;

list patient's belongings;

report adverse drug effects to the physician;

using personal protective equipment (ppe);

participate in case discussion;

record intercurrences and procedures performed;

place side rails on the bed;

mark type of hamper and garbage contamination;

make beds;

massage patient;

introduce nasogastric and vesical catheter;

ready the patient for examination and surgery;

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

contain sharps for disposal;

interpret skin tests;

care for the body after death;

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

check received medications;

change position in bed;

preventing against adverse effects of the products;

record complications and procedures performed;

organize medications and materials for patient and nursing use;

participate in planning activities;

limit patient circulation space;

make personal belongings available to patient (identity preservation);

aspirate orotracheal and tracheostomy cannula;

check the number of surgical compresses;

implement prescribed therapeutic activities;

perform blood glucose tests;

stimulate patient expression;

perform tests and exams;

participate in team evaluations;

record medication administration;

administer incompatible medication separately;

assist the team in invasive procedures;

demarcate behavioral boundaries;

notify diseases, injuries and situations of local importance;

inspect validity of materials and medicines;

control periodic examinations of employees;

check quantity of implant parts;

forward material for exams;

remove patient;

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

control vital signs;

protect patient during crises;

recommend disembarkation of sick and injured person;

caring for the body after death;

inspect cardiopulmonary arrest cart (pcr);

inspect each patient;

promote comprehensive care;

perform an active search for local situations;

proceed to inhalation therapy;

sanitize patient;

inspect facilities and workers;

administer chemotherapy products;

pass instruments to the surgical team;

calculate medication dosage;

changing dressings;

punch venous access;

check route of administration;

participate in the management of supplies;

apply enema (intestinal wash);

activate security team;

monitor patient progress;

transporting clothes and materials for purge;

control vaccine administration;

identify partners and resources available in the community;

define actions according to local priorities;

prepare patient for medication;

assist in patient resuscitation;

install induced power;

replace material in the operating room;

perform trichotomy;

organizing health promotion groups;

demonstrate persuasiveness;

perform antisepsis;

get vaccinated;

package sharps for disposal;

stimulate patient (active and passive movements);

record events and procedures performed;

position electric scalpel plate;

stimulate the patient to express feelings;

forward material to the operating room;

use personal protective equipment (ppe);

stimulate patient to express feelings;

participate in public health campaigns;

apply ice pack and wet and dry heat;

prepare a patient report;

Sectors that hire Nursing assistant at home care 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

Nursing assistant at home care - Career description, activities, functions and salary