Home Health Aide

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Change dressings.

 Perform a variety of duties as requested by client, such as obtaining household supplies and running errands.
Accompany clients to doctors' offices and on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, assistance and companionship.
Administer prescribed oral medications under written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse and aide.
Care for children who are disabled or who have sick or disabled parents.
Massage patients and apply preparations and treatments, such as liniment, alcohol rubs, and heat-lamp stimulation.

Salary:

They get paid around  $20,170

Education:

The hours for a home health aide job can range drastically depending on individual circumstances. Most of the employees will be full time. These people can work with one or multiple patients each day. Most of them assist people who are terminally ill or require long-term care due to their age.

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Reflection: Do you think you would want to be a Home Health Aide? Why? Why not?

I think that I wouldn’t want to be a home health aide because they don’t get paid enough money and it’s not my interest.

Dialysis Technician

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Dialysis technicians operate machines that remove waste and excess fluids from the blood of patients whose kidneys can no longer carry out those functions. Dialysis technicians are also referred to as renal dialysis technicians, hemodialysis technicians, or nephrology technicians. They work under the supervision of physicians, primarily in hospitals and clinics. Dialysis technicians must fully understand the operation of the kidney dialysis machines. They are responsible for their operation, cleaning, and sterilization.

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