First, the health care sector:
Health care assistants are professionals in the medical and nursing fields, and usually work in hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, home care and other places. Their main duty is to assist doctors, nurses and other medical professionals to provide patients with daily care and basic medical services.
Medical staff have a wide range of tasks, including assisting patients in bathing, dressing and eating, monitoring vital signs, and providing drug and rehabilitation support. They need to have basic medical knowledge and nursing skills, but usually do not need long-term medical professional training.
Second, the traditional care workers:
Traditional nursing workers refer to those who are engaged in nursing work in families, hospitals or other medical institutions. The main duties of nursing workers include assisting patients with self-care training, providing daily care, monitoring patients' vital signs, helping patients with basic rehabilitation exercises and maintaining patients' personal hygiene.
Similar to medical staff, the job scope of nursing staff also includes providing psychological support to remind patients to take medicine on time. Compared with medical staff, the training requirements of nursing staff are usually lower, and their main workplace is in the patient's home.
III. Summary of differences:
Scope of work: medical staff mainly work in medical institutions to provide medical and rehabilitation services; Traditional nursing staff usually work in patients' homes, providing daily care and basic medical services.
Training requirements: medical professionals need to have basic medical knowledge and nursing skills, but do not need long-term medical professional training; However, the training requirements of traditional nursing workers are usually low, and they are mainly trained in practical work.
Responsibilities and service contents: the responsibilities of medical professionals are more professional, including providing medical and rehabilitation services and cooperating with medical professionals; The duties of traditional care workers mainly focus on daily care and provide daily support.
Workplace: Medical staff mainly work in medical institutions, including hospitals and rehabilitation centers. Traditional nursing workers mainly work in patients' families and provide home care services.