Scope of CNA role: What CNAs can and can't do to patients

(lively music) - [Voiceover] As you move through this course, you will learn about the range and types of care that CNAs provide to patients. You will also learn how to provide this care. We hope that when you reflect on what you learned in this course, you are amazed by the incredibly wide range of what you know, and are able to do. However, it is important to know that in healthcare, the roles and responsibilities of healthcare workers are clearly defined. In other words, doctors have particular roles and responsibilities for patient's health, as do nurses. Likewise, CNAs have specific roles and limits on what they can and cannot do for a patient. Here is an overview of what CNAs should never do on behalf of patients. Although CNAs are healthcare providers, they are not nurses and should never give drugs or medication to a patient. This includes pills, IV fluids, injections, or drugs administered to the eyes, ears,…