Duties:

Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment and taking any necessary action.

Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse or respiration.

Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.

Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressnures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, etc.