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.
<ul><li>Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.</li><li>Turn or reposition bedridden patients.</li><li>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.</li><li>Review patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences to ensure patient receives appropriate diet.</li><li>Gather information from caregivers, nurses, or physicians about patient condition, treatment plans, or appropriate activities.</li><li>Measure and record food and liquid intake or urinary and fecal output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff.</li><li>Observe or examine patients to detect symptoms that may require medical attention, such as bruises, open wounds, or blood in urine.</li><li>Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff.</li><li>Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses.</li><li>Feed patients or assist patients to eat or drink.</li><li>Remind patients to take medications or nutritional supplements.</li><li>Supply, collect, or empty bedpans.</li><li>Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support.</li><li>Undress, wash, and dress patients who are unable to do so for themselves.</li><li>Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers.</li><li>Prepare or serve food trays.</li><li>Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas.</li><li>Record height or weight of patients.</li><li>Apply clean dressings, slings, stockings, or support bandages, under direction of nurse or physician.</li><li>Collect specimens, such as urine, feces, or sputum.</li><li>Change bed linens or make beds.</li><li>Restock patient rooms with personal hygiene items, such as towels, washcloths, soap, or toilet paper.</li></ul>