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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 “Hospital Corpsman”

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

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

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