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O*NET detailed work activityProvide health and wellness advice to patients, program participants, or caregivers
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25 jobs29 tasks
This depends on human connection: empathy, trust, being physically present and responding to someone in real time. People can tell the difference.
Part of Advise patients or clients on medical issues, under the O*NET work activity group Providing Consultation and Advice to Others. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 29 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Advise patients about therapeutic exercise and nutritional medicine regimens.
- Advise patients, parents or guardians, and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
- Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
- Instruct and counsel patients about prescribed therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development, family planning, emotional problems of daily living, and health maintenance.
- Educate patients about maintenance and promotion of healthy vision.
- Educate patients and family members regarding prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, newborn, or interconception care.
- Counsel patients about nutrition, exercise, sleeping habits, stress management, or other matters.
- Provide clinical services or health education to improve and maintain the oral health of patients or the general public.
- Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
- Provide education and counseling on illness and injury prevention.
- Counsel individuals and groups on basic rules of good nutrition, healthy eating habits, and nutrition monitoring to improve their quality of life.
- Advise animal owners regarding sanitary measures, feeding, general care, medical conditions, or treatment options.
- Recommend interventions to modify behavior associated with health risks.
- Recommend methods to increase lifestyle physical activity.
- Advise patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans, diet modifications, and food selection and preparation.
- Counsel and encourage patients to develop leisure activities.
- Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
- Counsel women regarding the nutritional requirements of pregnancy.
- Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
- Provide information or counseling regarding issues such as animal health care, behavior problems, or nutrition.
- Recommend the use of vitamin and mineral supplements to enhance the health of patients and children.
- Advise pet owners on how to care for their pets' health.
- Provide individual support or counseling in general wellness or nutrition.
- Instruct individuals and groups on ways to preserve health and prevent disease.
- Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, or disease prevention.
- Answer questions that patients have about their health and well-being.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Plan menus or diets or guide individuals or families in food selection, preparation, or menu planning, based upon nutritional needs and established guidelines.
- Provide, or refer patients to other providers for, education or counseling on topics such as genetic testing, newborn care, contraception, or breastfeeding.
- Educate patients regarding treatment plans, physiological reactions to treatment, or post-treatment care.