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Job Description

Care for ill, injured, or convalescing patients or persons with disabilities in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, private homes, group homes, and similar institutions. May work under the supervision of a registered nurse. Licensing required.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2061.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 44,840.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 21.00
Currently, there are 702,400 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses”.

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Tasks for “Home Health Care Provider”

Clean rooms and make beds.
Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.
Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.
Wash and dress bodies of deceased persons.
Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.
Assist in delivery, care, or feeding of infants.
Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.
Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.
Record food and fluid intake and output.
Sterilize equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave.
Apply compresses, ice bags, or hot water bottles.
Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.
Provide medical treatment or personal care to patients in private home settings, such as cooking, keeping rooms orderly, seeing that patients are comfortable and in good spirits, or instructing family members in simple nursing tasks.
Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.
Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.
Prepare or examine food trays for conformance to prescribed diet.
Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.
Make appointments, keep records, or perform other clerical duties in doctors' offices or clinics.
Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations.
Set up equipment and prepare medical treatment rooms.
Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.
Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments.
Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.

Related Technology & Tools

Urinary catheters
Compressor tabletop nebulizers
Desktop computers
Needleless intravenous IV withdrawal equipment
Vented intravenous IV catheter tubing
Apnea monitors
Hemoglobinometer machines
Over-the-needle intravenous IV catheters
Wheelchairs
Mercury blood pressure measuring equipment
Oxygen supplies
Pneumatic boots
Evacuated blood collection tubes
Electrocardiography EKG units
Blood transfusion drip regulators
Lancets
Traction equipment
Oxygen masks
Infusion controllers
Air fluidized beds
Walking braces
Knee braces
Enema equipment
Nebulizers
Ultrasonic cardiac output monitors
Walkers
Crutches
Through-the-needle intravenous IV catheters
Intradermal needles
Intubation suctioning kits
Tracheotomy tubes
Oxygen cylinders
Saturation of oxygen SaO2 monitors
Butterfly needles
Oxygen tubing
Respiration monitors
Electronic stethoscopes
Electronic compressor nebulizers
Glucometers
Open infusion systems
Subcutaneous hypodermic needles
Frames
Halo traction equipment
Safety vests
Portable nebulizers
Crutchfield tongs
Pediatric nebulizers
Infusion pumps
Patient lifters
Wheelchair belts
Personal computer PC-based spirometers
Automated spirometers
Intramuscular needles
Neck braces
Balkan frames
Heart monitors
Transfer boards
Filtered intravenous IV catheter tubing
Intravenous IV needles
Fabric body holders
Ankle restraints
Circo-electric beds
Limb restraints
Tablet computers
Mechanical stethoscopes
Digital spirometers
Lap belts
Continuous passive motion CPM equipment
Dialysis machines
Bag infusion systems
Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
Tourniquets
Pulmonary function testing PFT equipment
Gait belts
Pocket spirometers
Needleless intraveneous IV sets
Patient controlled analgesia PCA pumps
Closed infusion systems
Non-invasive cardio respiratory monitors
Non-vented intravenous IV catheter tubing
Hyper/hypothermia blankets
Ultrasonic Doppler equipment
Safety belts
Jackson-Pratt drains
Blood glucometers
Hemovac drains
Restraints
Syringes
Abdominal binders
Intermittent positive pressure breathing IPPB apparatus
Hollow needles
Gastric suction equipment
Needleless glucometers
Suture removal kits
Flexible nasogastric tubes
Canes
Rotating bed
Non-invasive cardiac output monitors
Notebook computers
Capillary tubes
Electronic blood pressure units
Tuberculin TB skin test equipment
Ultrasonic nebulizers
Posey vests
Safety needles
Clinical trapezes
Intermittent infusion sets
Automated external defibrillators AED
Telemetry units
Personal computers
Pulse oximeters
Personal digital assistants PDA
Handheld spirometers
Heparin locks
Traction weights
Safety infusion systems
Wrist restraints
Safety jackets
Ostomy equipment
Infusion sets
Bucks extensions

Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
Spreadsheet software
MedicWare EMR
Medical procedure coding software
Scheduling software
Electronic medical record EMR software
Word processing software
Infusion management software
Microsoft Word
Medical condition coding software
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office
Telephone triage software
Diagnostic and procedural coding software
MEDITECH software