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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 Aide”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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