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O*NET detailed work activityAssess physical conditions of patients to aid in diagnosis or treatment
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This is an accountable judgment call. Someone has to weigh the full situation and stand behind the decision, and that's you, often with legal or professional responsibility.
Part of Evaluate patient or client condition or treatment options, under the O*NET work activity group Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 1 AI-assist, 11 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Assess characteristics of patients' pain, such as intensity, location, or duration, using standardized clinical measures.
- Assess clients' soft tissue condition, joint quality and function, muscle strength, and range of motion.
- Observe or examine patients to detect symptoms that may require medical attention, such as bruises, open wounds, or blood in urine.
- Measure patients' range-of-joint motion, body parts, or vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.
- Examine animals to detect behavioral changes or clinical symptoms that could indicate illness or injury.
- Check patients' pulse, temperature, and respiration.
- Measure patient's range-of-joint motion, body parts, or vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.
- Observe ultrasound display screen, and listen to signals to record vascular information, such as blood pressure, limb volume changes, oxygen saturation, and cerebral circulation.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Interview patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight, and height.
- Complete physical checks and monitor patients to detect unusual or harmful behavior and report observations to professional staff.
- Perform annual gynecologic exams, including pap smears and breast exams.
- Perform nursing duties, such as administering medications, measuring vital signs, collecting specimens, or drawing blood samples.