Nursing Assistants

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Nursing assistants help patients bathe, dress, eat and move, take vital signs, and tell nurses about changes. Many students work as aides while training for nursing or other health careers.

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High school courses that build toward it

• Child Development · Career and Technical

  Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.

• Physical Education · Health and PE

  Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.

• English 10 · English

  Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.

• Psychology · Social Studies

  Builds psychology, which this job uses.

• German · World Language

  Builds a second language, which this job uses.

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