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O*NET detailed work activityPosition patients for treatment or examination
Stays humanHands-on care
13 jobs14 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 healthcare practitioners during medical procedures, 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, 14 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Prepare patients for surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
- Position patients for treatment with accuracy, according to prescription.
- Restrain animals during exams or procedures.
- Position patient on operating table to maximize patient comfort and surgical accessibility.
- Position patients on cradle, attaching immobilization devices, if needed, to ensure appropriate placement for imaging.
- Prepare and position patients for testing.
- Assist maternal patients to find physical positions that will facilitate childbirth.
- Restrain violent, potentially violent, or suicidal patients by verbal or physical means as required.
- Immobilize patient for placement on stretcher and ambulance transport, using backboard or other spinal immobilization device.
- Position radiation fields, radiation beams, and patient to allow for most effective treatment of patient's disease, using computer.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Select appropriate equipment settings and adjust patient positions to obtain the best sites and angles.
- Prepare patient for exam by explaining procedure, transferring patient to ultrasound table, scrubbing skin and applying gel, and positioning patient properly.
- Position patient on examining table and set up and adjust equipment to obtain optimum view of specific body area as requested by physician.
- Coordinate or participate in the positioning of patients, using body stabilizing equipment or protective padding to provide appropriate exposure for the procedure or to protect against nerve damage or circulation impairment.