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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 “Medical Attendant”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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