Nursing Assistants
Tasks Include:
- Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.
- Assist nurses or physicians in the operation of medical equipment or provision of patient care.
- Change bed linens or make beds.
- Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas.
- Collect specimens, such as urine, feces, or sputum.
- Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support.
- Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses.
- Feed patients or assist patients to eat or drink.
- Gather information from caregivers, nurses, or physicians about patient condition, treatment plans, or appropriate activities.
- Measure and record food and liquid intake or urinary and fecal output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff.
- Observe or examine patients to detect symptoms that may require medical attention, such as bruises, open wounds, or blood in urine.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: No Data
National: +4.7%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$35,760.00
State
$32,620.00
Regional
Nursing Assistants
Description
Career Cluster: | Health Science |
Provide or assist with basic care or support under the direction of onsite licensed nursing staff. Perform duties such as monitoring of health status, feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, or ambulation of patients in a health or nursing facility. May include medication administration and other health-related tasks. Includes nursing care attendants, nursing aides, and nursing attendants.
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Nursing Assistants
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 38.69%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 23.98%
- Some College Courses = 12.20%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 9.82%
- Bachelor's Degree = 6.10%
- First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession. = 3.79%
- Master's Degree = 2.76%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 2.67%
Related Work Experience
- None = 26.73%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 16.73%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 15.72%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 13.64%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 12.29%
- Up to and including 1 month = 12.13%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 2.76%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 61.66%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 23.39%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 6.23%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 5.97%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 2.76%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 60.29%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 23.08%
- None or short demonstration = 5.97%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 5.97%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 4.70%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Nursing Assistants
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.
- Assist nurses or physicians in the operation of medical equipment or provision of patient care.
- Change bed linens or make beds.
- Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas.
- Collect specimens, such as urine, feces, or sputum.
- Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support.
- Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses.
- Feed patients or assist patients to eat or drink.
- Gather information from caregivers, nurses, or physicians about patient condition, treatment plans, or appropriate activities.
- Measure and record food and liquid intake or urinary and fecal output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff.
- Observe or examine patients to detect symptoms that may require medical attention, such as bruises, open wounds, or blood in urine.
- Prepare or serve food trays.
- Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, standing, walking, or exercising.
- Record height or weight of patients.
- Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff.
- Remind patients to take medications or nutritional supplements.
- Restock patient rooms with personal hygiene items, such as towels, washcloths, soap, or toilet paper.
- Review patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences to ensure patient receives appropriate diet.
- Supply, collect, or empty bedpans.
- Transport patients to treatment units, testing units, operating rooms, or other areas, using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds.
- Turn or reposition bedridden patients.
- Undress, wash, and dress patients who are unable to do so for themselves.
- Wash, groom, shave, or drape patients to prepare them for surgery, treatment, or examination.
- Exercise patients who are comatose, paralyzed, or have restricted mobility.
- Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers.
- Provide information, such as directions, visiting hours, or patient status information to visitors or callers.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Administer medications or treatments, such as catheterizations, suppositories, irrigations, enemas, massages, or douches, as directed by a physician or nurse.
- Apply clean dressings, slings, stockings, or support bandages, under direction of nurse or physician.
- Position or hold patients in position for surgical preparation.
- Set up treating or testing equipment, such as oxygen tents, portable radiograph (x-ray) equipment, or overhead irrigation bottles, as directed by a physician or nurse.
- Stock or issue medical supplies, such as dressing packs or treatment trays.
- Explain medical instructions to patients or family members.
- Transport specimens, laboratory items, or pharmacy items, ensuring proper documentation and delivery to authorized personnel.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Nursing Assistants
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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73.00 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
58.50 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
56.75 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
54.00 | Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
53.75 | Medicine and Dentistry | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. |
52.50 | Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
50.50 | Therapy and Counseling | Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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75.00 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
65.50 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
65.50 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
56.25 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
53.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
53.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
53.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
53.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Nursing Assistants
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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72.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
72.00 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
68.75 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
68.75 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
62.50 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
56.25 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
53.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
53.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
53.00 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
53.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
53.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
53.00 | Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
50.00 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
50.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Nursing Assistants
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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89.00 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
79.00 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
78.25 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
76.25 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
73.25 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
70.25 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
68.75 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
67.50 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
65.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
64.75 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
63.75 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
63.50 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
62.50 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
62.25 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
61.50 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
60.00 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
58.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
58.00 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
56.25 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
54.25 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
53.75 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
52.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
52.00 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
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93.25 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
90.25 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
90.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
86.75 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
86.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
86.25 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
86.00 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
85.50 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
82.50 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
81.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
79.75 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
77.50 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
74.00 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
73.50 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
69.50 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
68.75 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
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77.83 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
61.17 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Nursing Assistants
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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96.60 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
93.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
90.80 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
90.80 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
88.20 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
87.60 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
87.20 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
87.20 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
85.00 | Exposed to Disease or Infections | How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections? |
83.20 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
80.80 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
79.40 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
77.80 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
77.00 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
74.60 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
74.20 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
73.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
73.40 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
72.80 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
71.80 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
69.80 | Deal With Physically Aggressive People | How frequently does this job require the worker to deal with physical aggression of violent individuals? |
69.60 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
69.20 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
68.00 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
64.60 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
63.60 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
62.20 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
60.20 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
59.40 | Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance | How much does this job require keeping or regaining your balance? |
58.80 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
57.00 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
55.00 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
52.20 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
50.80 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
50.00 | Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling | How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling? |
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Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants.
- Education
- Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
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United States | $28,030.00 | $35,760.00 | $39,260.00 |
Virginia | $24,130.00 | $32,620.00 | $36,610.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $32,865.52 | $38,793.94 | $42,912.06 |
Bay Consortium | $29,379.75 | $36,958.55 | $39,174.39 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $28,232.11 | $34,149.03 | $37,698.56 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $27,417.90 | $31,500.48 | $34,983.11 |
Crater Area | $25,791.55 | $32,564.50 | $35,623.82 |
Greater Peninsula | $27,317.56 | $32,625.12 | $36,773.55 |
Hampton Roads | $26,166.78 | $32,369.05 | $35,696.99 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $26,754.19 | $31,510.93 | $34,952.80 |
Northern Virginia | $29,731.99 | $37,605.54 | $41,539.70 |
Piedmont Workforce | $29,937.89 | $35,773.29 | $38,941.31 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $25,890.85 | $30,819.00 | $33,872.05 |
Southwestern Virginia | $25,548.02 | $31,342.65 | $34,037.20 |
West Piedmont | $25,658.81 | $31,118.98 | $34,615.20 |
Western Virginia | $27,780.58 | $32,319.92 | $35,418.96 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 1,343,700 | 1,406,400 | +4.7% |
Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Related Schools
- Central School of Practical Nursing
- Chester Career College
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- Virginia Beach City Public Schools School of Practical Nursing
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