National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Nursing Assistant

Synonyms

Personal Care Assistant

NURSING ASSISTANT

Nursing Assistant

Nurse Aide

Definitions

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.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C53431

code

C53431

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C54584

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C54585

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C54447

Contributing_Source

FDA

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.

FULL_SYN

Personal Care Assistant

NURSING ASSISTANT

Nursing Assistant

Nurse Aide

label

Nursing Assistant

Legacy Concept Name

Nursing_Assistant

Preferred_Name

Nursing Assistant

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C53431

Semantic_Type

Occupation or Discipline

UMLS_CUI

C0028663

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C20861

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