nurse assistant
Code 5321.1.1
The nurse assistant (TENS o técnico en enfermería) supports basic care, comfort and delegated tasks under nursing professional supervision. Use this Job Dictionary profile to use the Chilean TENS term in search and ads.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- person centred care
- disability care
- nursing science
- hygiene in a health care setting
- health care legislation
- nursing principles
Skills and competences
- Atender a pacientes con enfermedades crónicas
- Considerar las preferencias y valores del paciente en la toma de decisiones
- implement fundamentals of nursing
- apply nursing care in long-term care
- accept own accountability
- communicate with nursing staff
- communicate in healthcare
- contribute to continuity of health care
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- empathise with the healthcare user
- identify abnormalities
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- plan nursing care
- apply person-centred care
- listen actively
- promote inclusion
- provide basic support to patients
- provide professional care in nursing
- implement nursing care
- interact with healthcare users
- follow clinical guidelines
- work with nursing staff
- monitor basic patients signs
Transversal competences
- respond to changing situations in health care
- address problems critically
- apply sustainability principles in health care
- support nurses
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- first aid
- solve problems in healthcare
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
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What to assess for this role
Assess care, protocol follow-through and shift work with patients.
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Common questions about this role when you are hiring or writing the job profile.
- What does a nurse assistant do?
- Supports hygiene, mobilisation, protocol vital signs and unit logistics under supervision.
- Is TENS the same as nurse aide?
- In Chile TENS is the most used technical title; it overlaps with nurse assistant in many ads.
- What to measure when hiring?
- Patient orientation, teamwork and biosafety adherence.
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Sources
This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences