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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 “Certified Nurse Aide (CNA)”

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

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