Preferred Label : Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aides;
NCIt definition : Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants provide basic patient care under direction
of nursing staff; performed duties include feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, moving
patients, and changing linens. Psychiatric aides assist mentally impaired or emotionally
disturbed patients, working under direction of nursing and medical staff. Home health
aides provide routine, personal healthcare, such as bathing, dressing, or grooming,
to elderly, convalescent, or disabled persons in the home of patients or in a residential
care facility.;
Origin ID : C122487;
UMLS CUI : C4054326;
Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
