healthcare assisstant

Question 1

what age individuals do healthcare assistants work with?

Answer 1

birth to adolescents

Question 2

who do healthcare assistants work with?

Answer 2

infants
children
young people

Question 3

what are the roles and responsibilities of a healthcare assistant?

Answer 3

measuring and recording an individuals temperature and pulse
weighing individual and recording that
helping with personal hygiene
. taking individual to the toilet
. washing and dressing individuals
. making beds
. serving meals and assisting with feeding when necessary

Question 4

what professionals do healthcare assistants support?

Answer 4

registered nurses in the delivery of nursing care.

Question 5

where do healthcare assistants work?

Answer 5

alongside nurses in hospitals or midwives in maternity services or in mental health, community or General Practice surgeries