1.   Sitters or certified nursing assistants do not give medications or insert IVs.

2.   Another sticking point is language that requires the nurses to take responsibility for any work they assign to unlicensed nursing assistants.

3.   A nursing assistant left the room in the middle of feeding a resident and, while she was gone, the resident changed chairs.

4.   A few years ago, each nursing assistant cared for seven patients.

5.   But one medical professional who did speak to a reporter was Gloria Wiley, a nursing assistant from Staten Island, who was visiting a friend at the hospital.

6.   Dr. Kizer has relieved a nurse and a nursing assistant involved in the incident from patient care duties until the review is finished.

7.   Frances Daniels, a nursing assistant, said she saw him do this as she was on her way home from her evening shift.

8.   He allowed only doctors, nurses and nursing assistants to go near them.

9.   Having single task employees on hand allows the nursing assistants to work with residents who need more extensive help, Sauer said.

10.   He tried to reassure nurses and nursing assistants that the risk was tolerable.