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O*NET detailed work activityAdminister non-intravenous medications
Stays humanHands-on care
14 jobs15 tasks
Physical care and clinical work need trained hands, close observation and a person who is accountable at the bedside or chairside.
Part of Administer basic health care or medical treatments, 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, 15 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury in infants and children.
- Administer topical ophthalmic or oral medications.
- Administer, dispense, or prescribe natural medicines, such as food or botanical extracts, herbs, dietary supplements, vitamins, nutraceuticals, and amino acids.
- Administer topical ophthalmic or oral medications.
- Prepare and administer medications, vaccines, serums, or treatments, as prescribed by veterinarians.
- Prescribe or administer topical or systemic medications to treat ophthalmic conditions and to manage pain.
- Prescribe or administer medication, therapy, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
- Prescribe or administer therapy, medication, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
- Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods.
- Prescribe or administer antibiotics, antiseptics, or compresses to treat infection or injury.
- Administer drugs, orally or by injection, or perform intravenous procedures.
- Administer oral medications or hypodermic injections, following physician's prescriptions and hospital procedures.