Nurse Aides, Orderlies and Patient Service Associates

• Answer call signals; supply and empty bed pans; bathe and dress; serve meal trays, and feed patients; weigh, lift, turn, and position patients; shave patients prior to operations; and perform other duties related to patient care and comfort
• Take patients’ blood pressure, temperature and pulse; report or record fluid intake and output; document patient care on charts; collect specimens and perform other procedures as directed by
  nursing and hospital staff
• Administer emergency first aid to injured or ill individuals within the scope of competencies
• Transport patients by wheelchair or stretcher for treatment or surgery or between care facilities.
• May perform maintenance tasks such as assisting with the set-up and maintenance of traction
  equipment, cleaning or sterilizing equipment, maintaining and repairing equipment, and assembling, setting up and operating job-related equipment