The aging of the population places value on health training

The demand for professionals in specialties such as nursing assistants is expected to increase in the coming years.

The population pyramid in Spain is inverted, which means a increase in the number of elderly peoplealso nourished by the numerous retirees from the rest of Europe who decide to enjoy their senior years in our country, given their quality of life, and the optimal healthcare they are guaranteed.

All this implies a greater need for professionals in the field of health care, with particularly required profiles such as those of TCAEor Auxiliary Nursing Care Technician.

This specialization, which is obtained by nursing assistant FP medium degree, is revalued in a context of population aging common to all developed countries, which is still experienced more strongly in nations such as Spain and Italyso an exponential increase in health care services aimed at the elderly, both residential and home, is expected.

Furthermore, it is a multipurpose training that can be used for other professional paths diverse within the field of health, and which would range from child patients to assistance in operating rooms.

The Intermediate Degree of Technician in Auxiliary Nursing Care addresses the basics of healthcarewhich include everything related to basic anatomy and physiology, to know how the human body and organism work.

Likewise, it provides for the acquisition of basic skills by students, such as essential nursing caremonitoring vital signsthe administration of medicines and the sanitation from the patients.

Also, depending on the program, a certain specialized trainingwhich can be from in the own geriatric care that we pointed out, even in intensive care for the care of hospitalized patients in ICU units.

To all this are added a series of transversal skills that are core in this type of profiles. We talk about interpersonal communication skills that are needed to work with colleagues and patients, but also skills of adaptability and flexibility to respond to changing medical situations.

And as it could not be otherwise, the average TCAE grade includes clinical practiceswith the aim that students can apply the theory learned in residential care centers or hospitals, always under the tutorship of expert professionals.

In actuality there are several private vocational training centers that provide the option of study online the qualification of Technician in Auxiliary Nursing Care, a non-face-to-face modality that offers obvious advantages of conciliation or compatibility with jobs, other studies or personal responsibilities.

In these distance trainings, all types of online resources and materials to facilitate the study and performance of exercises, while the health practices They are carried out in residences, clinics or hospitals, just as they occur in person.

The access requirements for this medium TCAE degree are similar to those of other training of this type, since it can be accessed with a minimum ESO qualification, with a PCPI (Initial Professional Qualification Program), a basic FP or Auxiliary Technician degree, passing the Intermediate Grade entrance exam or the University exam for those over 25 years of age.

Each year, more and more students opt for this training, given its excellent employability prospectsfor reasons that are not susceptible to change such as the aging of the population, beyond the fact that there have also been other specializations nursing assistant whose demand is equally permanent.