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7 MIN · Module

Your Role and Why It Has Limits

Learn the main roles and lines of responsibility in an Irish care setting. Understand why some tasks belong to nurses or trained staff, why limits around medication, restraint, equipment and lifting protect residents and staff, and how to escalate a concern appropriately.

Know who does what

A care setting contains people with different responsibilities. Understanding those roles helps you know who to ask and when something needs to be passed to somebody else. You may work as an HCA, or Healthcare Assistant. You may report to a Nurse in Charge. You may also hear the titles CNM1 and CNM2, meaning Clinical Nurse Manager 1 and Clinical…

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