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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 “Nursing Care Attendant”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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