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

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