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- General Patient Care - Provide basic patient care under the direction of nursing staff - ex: bathing, bed making, catheter care, transfer, assisting with ALDs Provide emotional support for patients and their families while performing patient care - Support the coping mechanisms of patients and their families who are dealing with grief, death, or are dying. - Set up equipment to be used by the patient - ex: oxygen, alternating pressure mattresses Provide patient care for a patient with a feeding tube - ex: aspiration precautions, observe tubing for kinks or problems Perform care related to the special needs patient - ex: physically, sensory, cognitively, or mentally impaired Report any new changes in a patients' condition - ex: level of consciousness, shortness of breath