Nursing Assistants
Provide or assist with basic care or support under the direction of onsite licensed nursing staff.
About the profession
Provide or assist with basic care or support under the direction of onsite licensed nursing staff. Perform duties such as monitoring of health status, feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, or ambulation of patients in a health or nursing facility. May include medication administration and other health-related tasks. Includes nursing care attendants, nursing aides, and nursing attendants.
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Based on the Nursing Assistants role, here are the RIASEC personality types that tend to thrive in this career. While these alignments are common, individual success depends on motivation, skill development, and finding the right work environment.
Enterprising
Leading, persuading, business
Social
Helping, teaching, working with people
Conventional
Organizing, detail-oriented, structured
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Career Path
Your career progression roadmap with salary growth at each level
Career Ladder
Junior Nursing Assistant → Practitioner Nursing Assistant → Senior Practitioner Nursing Assistant → Lead Nursing Assistant
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Salary Growth
4
Levels
49K
Top Salary
8+
Years
Learning Path
Skills you need to develop and courses to get there
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Timeline: 0-2 | Entry Level Base: $30,020 - $34,710/year With equity/bonuses: $33,022 - $41,652 Top markets (SF/NYC): $34,523 - $41,652 Execute core tasks using Service…
Day in Life
Junior vs Senior, daily schedule breakdown
9am, Measure and record food and liquid intake or urinary and fecal output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff.
Income Dynamics
Conservative and aggressive scenarios for 10–15 years
Year 1: Entry level $21,014 - $31,239 Year 2-3: Junior level $34,710 - $37,430 Year 4-6: Mid level $37,430 - $40,582 Year 7-10: Senior level $40,582 - $46,295 Year 10+:…
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You find the craft of a Nursing Assistant genuinely interesting, not just a paycheck You enjoy working with Service Orientation and Active Listening You communicate clearly with…
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