Many job hunters came to our site looking for caregiver jobs.\u00a0Caregiver is a broad term,\u00a0qualification requirement ranging from no formal education credential required, such as Home Health Aide (HHA), to\u00a0bachelor’s degree, such as Registered Nurse (RN). Below are requirement\u00a0for several common caregiver jobs.<\/p>\n
Median salary for\u00a0HHA in 2015 was $21,920\/year, or $10.54\/hr.\u00a0Employment of home health aides is expected\u00a0to grow 38 percent from 2014 to 2024. There is no formal education requirement for home health aides. Many home health aides work for certified home health or hospice agencies that receive government funding, and are required to complete formal training and pass a standardized test.<\/p>\n
Typical duties of a HHA are: assisting clients in their daily personal tasks, such as bathing or dressing; light housekeeping, such as laundry, washing dishes; shopping for groceries and preparing meals; helping to organize a client\u2019s schedule and plan appointments; arranging transportation. Depending on the state laws, home health aides may also occasionally dispense medication or check their client\u2019s vital signs under the direction of a nurse or healthcare practitioner.<\/p>\n
Median salary for PCA in 2015 was $20,980\/year, or $10.09\/hr.\u00a0Employment of personal care\u00a0aides is expected\u00a0to grow 26\u00a0percent from 2014 to 2024.\u00a0There are no formal education requirements for personal care aides. Most personal care aides are trained on the job. Many personal care aids\u00a0are employed by organizations or agencies that provide in-home services or support,\u00a0some\u00a0are hired directly by the client or the client’s family.<\/p>\n
Personal care aides help clients with self-care and daily activities. They\u00a0perform tasks that are similar to those of home health aides. However, personal care aides cannot provide any medical services, whereas home health aides may provide basic medical services.<\/p>\n
Median salary for CNA\u00a0in 2015 was $25,710\/year, or $12.36\/hr.\u00a0Employment of nursing assistants\u00a0is expected\u00a0to grow 17\u00a0percent from 2014 to 2024.\u00a0Nursing assistants must complete a state-approved education program and must pass their state\u2019s competency exam to become certified.\u00a0Nursing assistants work in nursing and residential care facilities and in hospitals.<\/p>\n
Also called nursing aide, a nursing assistant’s main role\u00a0is to provide basic care to patients, as well as assist them in daily activities they might have trouble with on their own. Typical duties of a CNA are:\u00a0assisting patients bathing, dressing, toileting; serving meals and helping patients eat; turning and repositioning bedridden patients; taking vital signs; recording patients’ health concerns and reporting to nurses.<\/p>\n
Median salary for LPN\u00a0in 2015 was $43,170\/year, or $20.76\/hr.\u00a0Employment of licensed practical nurses\u00a0is expected\u00a0to grow 16\u00a0percent from 2014 to 2024.\u00a0Licensed practical nurses must complete a state-approved educational program, which typically takes about 1 year to complete. They must also be licensed.\u00a0Licensed practical nurses work in nursing homes and extended care facilities, hospitals, and private homes.<\/p>\n
Typical duties of a LPN are:\u00a0monitoring vital signs; giving injections\u00a0and medications; changing bandages; inserting catheters; helping patients bathing, dressing; taking medical histories.<\/p>\n
Registered nurses are the largest healthcare occupation. Median salary for RN in 2015 was $,67,490\/year, or $32.45\/hr.\u00a0Employment of registered nurses is expected\u00a0to grow 16\u00a0percent from 2014 to 2024.\u00a0Registered nurses must be licensed. An\u00a0associate\u2019s degree in nursing (ADN), or a diploma from an approved nursing program (RN diploma), is generally qualified for entry level staff nurse positions. Hospital employers, however, may\u00a0require a bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN).\u00a0Registered nurses work in hospitals, physicians\u2019 offices, home healthcare services, and nursing care facilities.<\/p>\n
Registered nurses working\u00a0in nursing care facilities hold the highest nursing position in nursing homes, as they oversee the activities of the rest of the nursing staff. RNs are responsible for overseeing each patient’s overall health and medical histories. In addition to the basic duties performed by nursing assistants and LPNs, RNs are also responsible for advanced activities such as starting intravenous infusions, administering oxygen, monitoring blood sugar levels and consulting with the supervising physicians.<\/p>\n
Registered nurses need to pass the Home Health Care Nurse certification through an American Nurses Credentialing Center before they are allowed to work as home care nurses.\u00a0Typical duties of home health nurses are administering medications, taking vital signs assessing health progress and needs, and educating patients on health care.<\/p>\n
CNA<\/a> is one of the most sought-after caregiver job types on our site. At 38% growth rate with no formal education required,\u00a0HHA<\/a>\u00a0is another popular\u00a0caregiver job type on our site. \u00a0To find caregiver jobs<\/a>\u00a0,\u00a0check out our job listing<\/a> page.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many job hunters came to our site looking for caregiver jobs.\u00a0Caregiver is a broad term,\u00a0qualification requirement ranging from no formal education credential required, such as Home Health Aide (HHA), to\u00a0bachelor’s degree, such as Registered Nurse (RN). Below are requirement\u00a0for several common caregiver jobs. Home Health Aide (HHA) Median salary for\u00a0HHA in 2015 was $21,920\/year, or $10.54\/hr.\u00a0Employment of home health aides is expected\u00a0to grow 38 percent from 2014 to 2024. There is no formal education requirement for home health aides. Many home health aides work for certified home health or hospice agencies that receive government funding, and are required to complete <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[46,49,47,10,50,48,51],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-job-vacancies","tag-caregiver","tag-cna","tag-hha","tag-how-to-find-a-job","tag-lpn","tag-pca","tag-rn","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classifieds.craigclassifiedads.com\/dealnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classifieds.craigclassifiedads.com\/dealnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classifieds.craigclassifiedads.com\/dealnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classifieds.craigclassifiedads.com\/dealnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classifieds.craigclassifiedads.com\/dealnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/classifieds.craigclassifiedads.com\/dealnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135,"href":"https:\/\/classifieds.craigclassifiedads.com\/dealnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions\/135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classifieds.craigclassifiedads.com\/dealnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classifieds.craigclassifiedads.com\/dealnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classifieds.craigclassifiedads.com\/dealnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classifieds.craigclassifiedads.com\/dealnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}