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O*NET detailed work activityAdjust positions of patients on beds or tables
Stays humanHands-on care
4 jobs8 tasks
Physical care and clinical work need trained hands, close observation and a person who is accountable at the bedside or chairside.
Part of Assist healthcare practitioners during medical procedures, under the O*NET work activity group Assisting and Caring for Others. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 8 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers.
- 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.
- Position or transport patients in accordance with instructions from medical personnel.
- Turn or reposition bedridden patients, alone or with assistance, to prevent bedsores.