Patient Care & Comfort

The compassionate, hands-on skills that define a nursing assistant patients trust. Care of specific needs across body systems and care settings.

Topics in this Category

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Each topic is taught for the nursing assistant role — what you'll notice, what you'll do within scope, and what you'll report to the nurse.

Bathing, back care, perineal care, preventing skin breakdown.

Bedpan, urinal, commode, ostomy awareness, incontinence care.

Assisting with meals, feeding techniques, hydration, dysphagia awareness.

Older adults, post-operative patients, palliative comfort, developmental considerations.

Urine, stool, sputum — collecting accurately and safely within scope.