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Job Description

Provide basic patient care under direction of nursing staff. Perform duties such as feed, bathe, dress, groom, or move patients, or change linens. May transfer or transport patients. Includes nursing care attendants, nursing aides, and nursing attendants.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 31-1014.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 27,650.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 13.00
Currently, there are 1,443,150 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Nursing Assistants”.

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Tasks for “Geriatric Nursing Assistant (GNA)”

Exercise patients who are comatose, paralyzed, or have restricted mobility.
Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas.
Restock patient rooms with personal hygiene items, such as towels, washcloths, soap, or toilet paper.
Apply clean dressings, slings, stockings, or support bandages, under direction of nurse or physician.
Turn or reposition bedridden patients.
Prepare or serve food trays.
Transport specimens, laboratory items, or pharmacy items, ensuring proper documentation and delivery to authorized personnel.
Explain medical instructions to patients or family members.
Supply, collect, or empty bedpans.
Provide information such as directions, visiting hours, or patient status information to visitors or callers.
Gather information from caregivers, nurses, or physicians about patient condition, treatment plans, or appropriate activities.
Observe or examine patients to detect symptoms that may require medical attention, such as bruises, open wounds, or blood in urine.
Record height or weight of patients.
Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff.
Position or hold patients in position for surgical preparation.
Feed patients or assist patients to eat or drink.
Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses.
Set up treating or testing equipment, such as oxygen tents, portable radiograph (x-ray) equipment, or overhead irrigation bottles, as directed by a physician or nurse.
Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers.
Review patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences to ensure patient receives appropriate diet.
Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, standing, walking, or exercising.
Administer medications or treatments, such as catheterizations, suppositories, irrigations, enemas, massages, or douches, as directed by a physician or nurse.
Collect specimens, such as urine, feces, or sputum.
Wash, groom, shave, or drape patients to prepare them for surgery, treatment, or examination.
Transport patients to treatment units, testing units, operating rooms, or other areas, using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds.
Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support.
Remind patients to take medications or nutritional supplements.
Stock or issue medical supplies, such as dressing packs or treatment trays.
Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.
Measure and record food and liquid intake or urinary and fecal output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff.
Assist nurses or physicians in the operation of medical equipment or provision of patient care.
Undress, wash, and dress patients who are unable to do so for themselves.
Change bed linens or make beds.

Related Technology & Tools

Personal computers
Therapeutic cold packs
Oxygen masks
Protective patient restraints
Specimen collection containers
Rectal thermometers
Electronic stethoscopes
Tympanic thermometers
Hydraulic patient lifts
Clinical trapeze traction bars
Therapeutic hot packs
Automated blood pressure cuffs
Patient transport wheelchairs
Desktop computers
Urinals
Urinalysis test strips
Electronic patient thermometers
Bed cradles
Incentive spirometers
Laptop computers
Safety razors
Medical examination protective gloves
Foot boards
Mechanical stethoscopes
Adjustable hospital beds
Steam sterilizers
Oxygen therapy equipment
Oxygen tents
Patient bed scales
Photocopying equipment
Hospital intercom equipment
Automated external defibrillators AED
Crutches
Bladder ultrasounds
Urinary catheters
Patient arm slings
Patient transfer boards
Patient limb restraints
Anti-embolism elastic stockings
Oral thermometers
Hospital bedpans
Walking canes
Multi-line telephone systems
Medical scales
Oxygen tanks
Medical gurneys
Pulse oximeters
Manual blood pressure equipment
Orthopedic splint sets
Oxygen nasal cannulas
Gait belts
Shower chairs
Patient walkers
Blood glucometers

GE Healthcare Centricity EMR
MEDITECH software
Billing software
Medical record charting software
Health information database software
Microsoft Office
Medical condition coding software
Microsoft Excel
Medical procedure coding software
Microsoft Word