GNA

nursing assistant

NA

An unlicensed nursing staff member who assists with basic patient care such as giving baths, checking vital signs, bedmaking, and positioning. Nursing assistants usually must complete a training course, including classroom instruction and clinical practice under supervision. Each state regulates nursing assistant practice. Nursing assistants who meet specified federal standards are referred to as certified nursing assistants (CNAs).

geriatric nursing assistant

Abbreviation: GNA
An unlicensed caregiver who provides basic care needs, such as bathing and feeding, to residents in nursing homes or other health care facilities. According to federal regulations, GNAs must successfully complete at least a prescribed training course and register in the state in which they are practicing. Geriatric nursing assistants are a specially trained class of certified nursing assistants. See: nursing assistant

geriatric nursing assistant

GNA

Acronym	Definition
GNA➣Ghana News Agency
GNA➣Galanthus Nivalis Agglutinin
GNA➣Global Names Architecture
GNA➣Google News Alert
GNA➣Geriatric Nursing Assistant
GNA➣Georgia Nurses Association
GNA➣Globewide Network Academy
GNA➣Gendarmeria Nacional Argentina (Spanish: Argentina National Gendarmerie; Argentine security force)
GNA➣Good Neighbor Award
GNA➣Grand National Alliance (Pakistan)
GNA➣Grounds for Non-Acceptance
GNA➣Global Needs Assessment (UN High Commissioner for Refugees)
GNA➣Greater Nanticoke Area (school district, Pennsylvania)
GNA➣Gladstein, Neandross & Associates (environmental consulting firm; Santa Monica, CA)
GNA➣Guam Nikkei Association (est. 2007)
GNA➣Grassroots Netroots Alliance (Organic Consumers Fund)
GNA➣Gone No Address (undelivered/returned mail)
GNA➣Gauss-Newton algorithm
GNA➣Grasonia, Nashville, and Ashdown Railroad Company
GNA➣Great North Alliance (Minnesota)
GNA➣Goldwater-Nichols DoD(Department of Defense) Reorganization Act (US DoD)
GNA➣Guru Nanak Academy