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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 Home Aide”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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