Assistants take on their role for a variety of reasons, some people decide they would like a career change; other people are under the misapprehension that the work is glamorous and they may meet a handsome doctor or two (Believe it)!!! Still others decide to work as a nursing assistant because they care and they want to help people.

Becoming a nursing assistant is not everyone’s cup of tea though and it is important that any prospective employer emphasizes to a potential employee that the work is hard and often unrecognized, especially by the people whom they will be caring for. There are a few people who enter this type of job wearing rose colored spectacles, and then receive a shock when they hit the actual reality of the job.   More detail...