Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) provide intimate, hands-on healthcare to patients in healthcare facilities and home health, helping with bathing, dressing and the basic activities of life. A day in the life of a CNA might also include: Turning or repositioning bedridden patients, taking patients' temperature, blood pressure and other vital signs, answering patient calls, documenting patients' health issues, reporting to nurses, feeding patients, measuring and recording their food and liquid intake, cleaning rooms and bed linens, helping with medical procedures and dressing wounds.