Yes, it is. (And I can say this because I'm still a nurse) Because who else is supposed to care for the cleanliness of their patient? The problem is, that nurses don't 'nurse' anymore - they write assessments, evaluations, reports. They do research and plan care. They write the care-plan that says "Patient needs assistance with washing", but they won't be the ones actually washing the patient. They do all the other stuff, and now it seems that no-one 'nurses'. That's what HCAs are for? So nurses become administrators, while HCAs take up the nurses role. Which is why some nurses 'leave' nursing and become HCAs, because that is the job that they want to do. But now this comment could start to turn into a post all on it's own...