1. Certified nursing assistant:
1.1. Job responsibility in acute care
1.1.1. Tasks include:
1.1.1.1. -Answering call signals from patients
1.1.1.2. -Setting up rooms for new admissions
1.1.1.3. -Keeping patient rooms neat, especially to ensure safety
1.1.1.4. -Delivering messages, supplies, and equipment
1.1.1.5. -Serving and assisting with meals
1.1.1.6. -Assisting with daily personal care
1.1.1.7. -Assisting with toileting
1.1.1.8. -Making beds
1.1.1.9. -Assisting with bathing and/or showering
1.1.1.10. -Providing oral care
1.1.1.11. -Assisting with skin care
1.1.1.12. -Helping with shaving
1.1.1.13. -Taking and reporting vital signs
1.1.1.14. -Reporting any changes in the patient's condition
1.1.1.15. -Helping patients transfer (from bed to chair, for example) and/or ambulate (walk)
1.2. Job responsibility in long-term care
1.2.1. Tasks include:
1.2.1.1. -Emptying bedpans
1.2.1.2. -Cleaning incontinent patients
1.2.1.3. -Reporting significant changes, including changes in mental status or self-care capabilities
1.3. Job responsibility in residential care
1.3.1. Tasks include:
1.3.1.1. -Assisting with medications
1.3.1.2. -Assisting with taking clients shopping or on other outings
1.3.1.3. -Providing assistance with transportation to medical appointments
1.4. Educational requirements:
1.4.1. -75 hours of training
1.4.2. -Passing of a competency evaluation that includes knowledge and skill tests.
2. Home health aide
2.1. Responsibilities and duties:
2.1.1. ❀Performing all tasks outlined for a certified or certificated nursing assistant
2.1.2. ❀Assisting with medications
2.1.3. ❀Assisting with personal care such as cooking meals; helping with eating, bathing, and dressing; light housekeeping; laundry; and changing bed linens
2.1.4. ❀Assisting with shopping and taking clients to medical appointments
2.1.5. ❀Helping the client to remain safe in his or her home
2.2. Educational requirements:
2.2.1. -75 hours of training.
3. Dialysis technician
3.1. Tasks include:
3.1.1. -Preparing the equipment
3.1.2. -Obtaining and recording patients' weight and vital signs before the procedure
3.1.3. -Administering local anesthetics and medications before, during, or after the procedure
3.1.4. -Beginning the procedure
3.1.5. -Monitoring the patient and machine during the procedure
3.1.6. -Observing the patient during the procedure for signs or symptoms of an adverse reaction
3.1.7. -Administering emergency care if there is an adverse reaction to any medication or to the procedure.
3.1.8. -Emergency care may include performance of basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation
3.1.9. -Cleaning the equipment after the procedure
3.1.10. -Training patients to perform their dialysis treatments at home
3.2. Educational requirements:
3.2.1. -16 to 18 weeks of training
4. Surgical technecian
4.1. Tasks include:
4.1.1. -Performing sterilization procedures to maintain the environment required for safe surgery
4.1.2. -Maintaining knowledge of what surgical tools are required during surgery
4.1.3. -Knowing the order in which surgical tools are required during surgery
4.1.4. -Setting up and testing non-sterile equipment
4.1.5. -Preparing patients' surgical sites by shaving, cleaning, and disinfecting
4.1.6. -Taking patients' vital signs
4.1.7. -Checking medical charts to provide information to the surgeon or surgical team
4.1.8. -Transporting patients to a recovery room
4.1.9. -Cleaning and restocking surgical suites after procedures
4.2. Educational requirements:
4.2.1. -9 to 24 months' training
4.2.2. -education in a accredited program
5. Patient care technician
5.1. Responsibilities and duties:
5.1.1. ❀Providing basic nursing care duties
5.1.2. ❀Taking and recording health information such as weight, height, and vital signs
5.1.3. ❀Performing electrocardiograms (ECGs)
5.1.4. ❀Inserting and removing urinary catheters
5.1.5. ❀Obtaining blood specimens
5.2. Educational requirements:
5.2.1. -40 hours of clinical experience
5.2.2. -program's completion.