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O*NET detailed work activityPrescribe assistive medical devices or related treatments
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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 Prescribe medical treatments or devices, under the O*NET work activity group Monitoring and Controlling Resources. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 6 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Prescribe corrective lenses such as glasses or contact lenses.
- Prescribe orthotic and prosthetic applications and adaptive equipment, such as wheelchairs, bracing, or communication devices, to maximize patient function and self-sufficiency.
- Prescribe orthotics, prosthetics, and adaptive equipment.
- Prescribe or recommend drugs, medical devices, or other forms of treatment, such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.