Nursing technician - Salary, Career

How much does an Nursing technician earn

A Nursing technician earns between $1.227 and $3.725 per month, with an average monthly salary of $1.838 and a median salary of $1.655 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 411.650 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Salary ranges for the Nursing technician
	Monthly Salary	Annual Salary	Salary Per Week	Hourly Salary
Average wage	1.838	22.052	459	10
1º Quartile	1.227	14.720	307	6
Median Salary	1.655	19.860	414	9
3º Quartile	2.841	34.092	710	15
Higher Salary	3.725	44.703	931	19

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 Nursing technician

Nursing technicians and assistants must:

work with biosafety and safety;

demonstrate personal skills;

communicate;

care for the patient;

care patient;

give continuity to shifts;

providing patient care;

organize work environment;

provide patient care;

working with biosafety and safety;

work with biosafety and security;

perform admission procedures;

promoting family health;

administer prescription medication;

promote family health;

administer prescribed medication;

promote mental health;

assist the technical team in specific procedures;

assist technical team in specific procedures;

perform surgical instrumentation;

working with biosafety and security;

provide patient assistance;

Activities

demonstrate ability to provide humanized care;

forward material to the operating room;

coordinating the care of users;

conduct patient to social activities;

arrange clothes;

limit patient circulation space;

providing concurrent and terminal cleaning;

list patient's belongings;

demonstrate understanding;

record intercurrences and procedures performed;

check route of administration;

assist in patient resuscitation;

mark type of hamper and garbage contamination;

interpret skin tests;

serving users in ubs, homes or community spaces;

wash hands before and after each procedure;

install blood products;

demonstrate fine motor skills;

preventing against adverse effects of the products;

calculate medication dosage;

tag patient belongings;

get vaccinated;

punch venous access;

make personal belongings available to patient (identity preservation);

follow protocol in case of contamination or accident;

identify users' needs;

identify groups, families and individuals exposed to risks;

vaccinating yourself;

discard contaminated material;

apply enema (intestinal wash);

participate in team evaluations;

provide linen;

beware of adverse effects of products;

check sterilization result and validity;

organizing health promotion groups;

collect material for exams;

forward material for exams;

registering activities in information systems;

recommend disembarkation of sick and injured person;

assist the team in invasive procedures;

contain sharps for disposal;

changing dressings;

vaccinate yourself;

inspect each patient;

remove patient;

administer incompatible medication separately;

administer incompatible medications separately;

inspect cardiopulmonary arrest cart (pcr);

position patient for surgery;

call doctor in case of complications;

write down surgery expenses;

help the patient to eat;

paramentar-se;

inspect facilities and workers;

control periodic examinations of employees;

stimulate patient expression;

check quantity of implant parts;

wearing;

protect bony prominences;

install induced power;

apply ice pack and wet and dry heat;

supply the team's demands;

ready the patient for examination and surgery;

pass instruments to the surgical team;

advise family and patient;

transporting clothes and materials for purge;

contain patient in bed;

educate family about mental illness;

sanitize patient;

encouraging community participation;

define actions according to local priorities;

stimulate the patient to express feelings;

check received medications;

record events and procedures performed;

demarcate behavioral boundaries;

demonstrate attention ability;

participate in public health campaigns;

dismiss the sick or injured employee and crew from work;

activate security team;

perform tests and exams;

stimulate patient to express feelings;

identify partners and resources available in the community;

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

promote comprehensive care;

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

using personal protective equipment (ppe);

disinfect devices and materials;

massage patient;

remove the patient;

participate in planning activities;

prepare prescription medication;

updating registration information;

make beds;

seal the operating room;

mark type of contamination of hamper and garbage;

recommend abstaining from decisions during mental breakdown;

check the sufficiency of equipment, surgical material and compresses;

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

check amount of psychotropic drugs;

exchange technical information;

implement prescribed therapeutic activities;

define territory of action;

mapping area of operation;

check quantity of psychotropic drugs;

use personal protective equipment (ppe);

report adverse drug effects to the physician;

sterilize instruments;

demonstrate empathy;

record medication administration;

participate in the management of supplies;

prepare patient for medication;

perform an active search for local situations;

demonstrate ability to listen;

watch for temperature and patient reactions in transfusions;

position electric scalpel plate;

prepare a patient report;

monitor patient progress;

participate in case discussion;

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

care for the body after death;

perform blood glucose tests;

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

replace material in the operating room;

offer bedpan and parrot;

package sharps for disposal;

demonstrate understanding;

carry out disease prevention and curative actions;

organize medications and materials for patient and nursing use;

introduce nasogastric and vesical catheter;

introduce yourself by placing the patient in the environment;

demonstrate persuasiveness;

administer chemotherapy products;

stimulate patient (active and passive movements);

control vaccine administration;

notify diseases, injuries and situations of local importance;

aspirate orotracheal and tracheostomy cannula;

place side rails on the bed;

control vital signs;

monitor serum and medication administration time;

protect patient during crises;

participate in continuing education activities;

change position in bed;

proceed to inhalation therapy;

record complications and procedures performed;

stimulate vesico-intestinal function;

organize medications and materials for patient use and nursing station;

caring for the body after death;

request the presence of other professionals in the surgical center;

perform trichotomy;

control water balance;

prevent suicide attempts and risk situations;

inspect validity of materials and medicines;

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

accompany patient in medication intake;

perform antisepsis;

provide consumables;

give lectures;

measure patient (weight, height);

check quantity and functionality of material and equipment;

check the number of surgical compresses;

arrange clothes;

Sectors that hire Nursing technician the most in the job market

hospital care activities
service activities in emergency room and hospital units for emergency care
health management support activities
temporary labor lease
activities of associations for the defense of social rights
nursing activities
outpatient medical activity with resources for performing complementary exams
outpatient medical activity restricted to consultations
general public administration
dialysis and nephrology services

Nursing technician - Career description, activities, functions and salary