| Certified Nursing Assistants or CNA's are an | | | | need for the CNA to cultivate this virtue. |
| important part of the healthcare system. They | | | | The CNA is charged with a variety of duties in |
| have been described as the link between the | | | | their workplace. These duties include responding to |
| health care given by the health care professionals | | | | patients' calls, turning and repositioning patients, |
| and the patient's day to day needs. In the health | | | | observation of patients and giving a detailed |
| care setting, they play a complementary role to | | | | report to the supervising health professional, |
| all other health care professionals in the health | | | | assisting patients in their daily requirements such |
| center. The CNA interacts with the patients on a | | | | as walking and exercising, in addition to many |
| regular basis in the course of their duties. | | | | other duties. In all these duties one thing stands |
| Becoming a CNA requires certain characteristics | | | | out; that it is all about the patients. When the |
| and competencies in order for the CNA to be | | | | CNA understands and accepts that it is never |
| effective in the discharge of their duties. At the | | | | about the CNA but about the patient, this |
| top of the list of characteristics of effective | | | | engenders humility in the CNA. |
| CNA's is humility. | | | | To be able to serve the patients effectively, |
| Interacting with numerous people on a daily basis | | | | humility enables the CNA to attend to the |
| means the CNA will encounter different people | | | | patients, to whatever extent, without wondering |
| with diverse personalities and characters. In order | | | | why the patient was getting all the attention. |
| for the CNA to be effective in the dispensation of | | | | These two instances demonstrate why humility is |
| their duties, humility is a critical characteristic and | | | | an important and essential characteristic of |
| virtue they must have. From ungrateful patients | | | | effective CNA's. It enables this health care |
| to patients with abrasive personalities, the | | | | provider to discharge their duties professionally |
| Certified Nursing Assistant must be able to | | | | and also add that extra bit of personal virtue that |
| accommodate them all within their professional | | | | tends to augur well for the patient's recovery |
| responsibilities. Dealing with this diverse set of | | | | process. |
| patients can therefore be challenging and thus the | | | | |