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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 “Patient Care Associate”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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