Nursing assistants provide 24-hour care to 1.2 million facility residents, it noted. “Low wages, heavy workloads, and long work hours — driven by chronic understaffing and greatly exacerbated ...

Thanks to our aging population, nursing assistants and home health aides are among the fastest-growing, most in-demand health care jobs in California and nationwide.

A woman living with multiple sclerosis notes how feeling an affinity with her certified nursing assistant helps a lot in the experience of caregiving.

For the more than 75,000 residents of Ohio's 960 nursing homes, nursing assistants provide nearly all of the hands-on care. It is a job that comes with a serious cost: One of the highest reported ...

Nursing assistants qualify once the sum of their time working at a government facility and their age comes to around 100 years. This means that Soldier’s Home caretakers only get their full ...

United Healthcare Workers East’s (1199SEIU) demands for increased certified nursing assistant-to-resident ratios will cost centers an additional $95 million annually, Jon Dolan says.

Sandri struggles to get certified nursing assistants, who typically start at $15.20 an hour, in the door. Four out of 5 who initially express interest in a job don't come in for interviews.

Certified nurse assistants provide a wide range of care — everything from helping patients eat to supporting them with other necessities, such as bathing, grooming, and using the restroom.

The number of nurse practitioners in New York has more than quadrupled between 2000 and Jan. 1, from 8,948 to 41,160, according to the state Education Department, which licenses the profession.