Ebony M.

Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times andamounts on patients' charts.Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such asadverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or bloodpressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbingwith alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations.Sterilize equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave.Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, andimplement interventions.Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routinelaboratory tests on samples.Make appointments, keep records, or perform other clerical duties in doctors' officesor clinics.Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.Provide medical treatment or personal care to patients in private home settings, suchas cooking, keeping rooms orderly, seeing that patients are comfortable and in goodspirits, or instructing family members in simple nursing tasks.Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, orstanding and walking.