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O*NET detailed work activityAssist patients with hygiene or daily living activities
Stays humanHands-on care
5 jobs7 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 individuals with special needs, 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, 1 AI-assist, 6 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Provide assistance in dressing or changing seriously ill or injured patients or patients with disabilities.
- Bathe animals, clip nails or claws, and brush or cut animals' hair.
- Aid patients in performing tasks, such as bathing or keeping beds, clothing, or living areas clean.
- Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.
- Aid patients in becoming accustomed to hospital routines.
- Wash and dress bodies of deceased persons.