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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 “Nursing Technician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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