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O*NET detailed work activityFeed patients
Stays humanHands-on care
6 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, 0 AI-assist, 7 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Feed patients or assist patients to eat or drink.
- Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets.
- Prepare or serve food trays.
- Prepare feed for animals according to specific instructions, such as diet lists or schedules.
- Serve meals or feed patients needing assistance or persuasion.
- Serve refreshments to donors to ensure absorption of sugar into their systems.
- Serve or collect food trays.