Description:
Provide basic patient care under direction of nursing staff.
Duties:
• Apply clean dressings, slings, stockings, or support bandages, under direction of nurse or physician.
• Change bed linens or make beds.
• Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas.
• Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support.
• Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities.
• Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff.
Where and When:
• Work in hospital or other inpatient settings.
• May work irregular hours.
What or Who They Work With:
• Work with nurses and doctors to coordinate patient services.
Education and Training:
• Most have a High School Diploma.
• Some have related work experience.
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Related School Subjects:
Science, Health and P.E.
Print:
Read:
The Berenstain Bears Visit the Doctor by Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain
Inside Your Outside: All About the Human Body by Tish Rabe
How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? By Jane Yolen
Goodbye Tonsils! by by Craig Hatkoff, Juliana Hatkoff, and Marilyn Mets
The Skeleton Inside You (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) by Philip Balestrino and True Kelley
You Wouldn’t Want to be Sick in the 16th Century! by Kathryn Senior
Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine (Graphic Library: Inventions and Discovery) by Katherine E. Krohn
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