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O*NET detailed work activityTest patient nervous system functioning
Stays humanHands-on care
4 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 Administer diagnostic tests to assess patient health, under the O*NET work activity group Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials. 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
- Conduct tests or studies such as electroencephalography (EEG), polysomnography (PSG), nerve conduction studies (NCS), electromyography (EMG), and intraoperative monitoring (IOM).
- Perform or interpret the outcomes of procedures or diagnostic tests, such as lumbar punctures, electroencephalography, electromyography, and nerve conduction velocity tests.
- Measure visual, auditory, or somatosensory evoked potentials (EPs) to determine responses to stimuli.
- Perform electrodiagnosis, including electromyography, nerve conduction studies, or somatosensory evoked potentials of neuromuscular disorders or damage.
- Conduct tests to determine cerebral death, the absence of brain activity, or the probability of recovery from a coma.
- Determine brain death using accepted tests and procedures.