Will “Nursing Home Aide” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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