A professional who performs any combination of following duties in care of patients in hospital, nursing home, or other medical facility, under direction of nursing and medical staff. Respnsibilities include:

• Answers signal lights, bells, or intercom system to determine patients' needs.
• Bathes, dresses, and undresses patients.
• Serves and collects food trays and feeds patients requiring help.
• Transports patients, using wheelchair or wheeled cart, or assists patients to walk.
• Drapes patients for examinations and treatments, and remains with patients, performing such duties as holding instruments and adjusting lights.
• Turns and repositions bedfast patients, alone or with assistance, to prevent bedsores.
• Changes bed linens, runs errands, directs visitors, and answers telephone.
• Takes and records temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration rates, and food and fluid intake and output, as directed.
• Cleans, sterilizes, stores, prepares, and issues dressing packs, treatment trays, and other supplies.
• Dusts and cleans patients' rooms.
• May be assigned to specific area of hospital, nursing home, or medical facility.
• May assist nursing staff in care of geriatric patients and be designated Geriatric Nurse Assistant.
• May assist in providing medical treatment and personal care to patients in private home settings and be designated Home Health Aide.