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Job Description

Care for ill, injured, or convalescing patients or persons with disabilities in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, private homes, group homes, and similar institutions. May work under the supervision of a registered nurse. Licensing required.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2061.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 44,840.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 21.00
Currently, there are 702,400 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses”.

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Tasks for “Private Duty Nurse”

Sterilize equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave.
Wash and dress bodies of deceased persons.
Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations.
Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.
Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.
Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.
Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.
Set up equipment and prepare medical treatment rooms.
Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.
Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.
Record food and fluid intake and output.
Clean rooms and make beds.
Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.
Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.
Prepare or examine food trays for conformance to prescribed diet.
Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments.
Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.
Provide medical treatment or personal care to patients in private home settings, such as cooking, keeping rooms orderly, seeing that patients are comfortable and in good spirits, or instructing family members in simple nursing tasks.
Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.
Assist in delivery, care, or feeding of infants.
Make appointments, keep records, or perform other clerical duties in doctors' offices or clinics.
Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.
Apply compresses, ice bags, or hot water bottles.

Related Technology & Tools

Tracheotomy tubes
Oxygen masks
Fabric body holders
Telemetry units
Needleless intravenous IV withdrawal equipment
Nebulizers
Ultrasonic cardiac output monitors
Ultrasonic Doppler equipment
Subcutaneous hypodermic needles
Through-the-needle intravenous IV catheters
Wheelchair belts
Halo traction equipment
Limb restraints
Hyper/hypothermia blankets
Respiration monitors
Intermittent infusion sets
Jackson-Pratt drains
Restraints
Neck braces
Mercury blood pressure measuring equipment
Pulmonary function testing PFT equipment
Tuberculin TB skin test equipment
Posey vests
Intramuscular needles
Filtered intravenous IV catheter tubing
Open infusion systems
Safety belts
Tablet computers
Wrist restraints
Personal computers
Infusion sets
Pocket spirometers
Non-vented intravenous IV catheter tubing
Oxygen tubing
Ostomy equipment
Personal computer PC-based spirometers
Electronic compressor nebulizers
Knee braces
Digital spirometers
Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
Butterfly needles
Rotating bed
Dialysis machines
Flexible nasogastric tubes
Pulse oximeters
Safety infusion systems
Gastric suction equipment
Syringes
Urinary catheters
Lap belts
Patient lifters
Safety jackets
Ultrasonic nebulizers
Electronic blood pressure units
Bucks extensions
Crutchfield tongs
Portable nebulizers
Needleless glucometers
Capillary tubes
Transfer boards
Pediatric nebulizers
Hemoglobinometer machines
Pneumatic boots
Non-invasive cardiac output monitors
Blood transfusion drip regulators
Infusion pumps
Desktop computers
Clinical trapezes
Glucometers
Oxygen cylinders
Traction equipment
Intradermal needles
Evacuated blood collection tubes
Traction weights
Air fluidized beds
Intravenous IV needles
Frames
Oxygen supplies
Automated external defibrillators AED
Patient controlled analgesia PCA pumps
Continuous passive motion CPM equipment
Suture removal kits
Intermittent positive pressure breathing IPPB apparatus
Saturation of oxygen SaO2 monitors
Enema equipment
Ankle restraints
Closed infusion systems
Crutches
Lancets
Bag infusion systems
Automated spirometers
Tourniquets
Over-the-needle intravenous IV catheters
Needleless intraveneous IV sets
Wheelchairs
Intubation suctioning kits
Walking braces
Handheld spirometers
Safety needles
Blood glucometers
Circo-electric beds
Compressor tabletop nebulizers
Safety vests
Notebook computers
Mechanical stethoscopes
Heparin locks
Infusion controllers
Balkan frames
Heart monitors
Abdominal binders
Apnea monitors
Electronic stethoscopes
Vented intravenous IV catheter tubing
Non-invasive cardio respiratory monitors
Hemovac drains
Hollow needles
Gait belts
Personal digital assistants PDA
Canes
Electrocardiography EKG units
Walkers

Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
Diagnostic and procedural coding software
Scheduling software
Telephone triage software
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Excel
Medical condition coding software
Electronic medical record EMR software
Infusion management software
MEDITECH software
Word processing software
Medical procedure coding software
Spreadsheet software
MedicWare EMR
Microsoft Word