Nursing Assistant

Preferred Label : Nursing Assistant;

NCIt synonyms : Nurse Aide; Personal Care Assistant;

NCIt definition : Nursing auxiliary whose primary responsibility is personal patient care and education, support of diagnostic procedures, technical nursing work, and patient charting which does not require a full professional nurse education or knowledge and skills represented by licensure. The performance of these tasks involves direct work relationships with patients and participation as a member of the treatment or nursing care team in direct service to patients.;

Details

Origin ID

C53431;

UMLS CUI

C5441787;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Licensed Practical Nurses [MeSH Descriptor]
- Nursing Assistants [MeSH concept]
- Nursing aid (occupation) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Nursing assistant (occupation) [SNOMED CT concept]
- nurses aide [NCCMERP Descriptor]
- nurses aide [NCCMERP Descriptor]
- nurses aide [NCCMERP Descriptor]
- nursing aid [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Professional or Occupational Group [UMLS semantic type]
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- FDA Individual Case Safety Report Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Occupation ICSR Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Operator of Medical Device ICSR Terminology [NCIt concept]

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