_________________________________________________Social Occupations: Rehabilitation Counselorschanges in patients’ conditions. Maintain accurate,
detailed reports and records. Record patients’ med-
ical information and vital signs. Order, interpret,
and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess
patients’ conditions. Modify patient treatment plans
as indicated by patients’ responses and conditions.
Direct and supervise less skilled nursing or health-
care personnel or supervise particular units. Con-
sult and coordinate with health care team members
to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care
plans. Monitor all aspects of patient care, including
diet and physical activity. Instruct individuals, fami-
lies, and other groups on topics such as health educa-
tion, disease prevention, and childbirth, and develop
health improvement programs. Prepare patients for,
and assist with, examinations and treatments. Assess
the needs of individuals, families, or communities,
including assessment of individuals’ home or work
environments to identify potential health or safety
problems. Provide health care, fi rst aid, immuniza-
tions, and assistance in convalescence and rehabili-
tation in locations such as schools, hospitals, and
industry. Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equip-
ment, and supplies, and ensure that stock of supplies
is maintained. Inform physicians of patients’ con-
ditions during anesthesia. Administer local, inha-
lation, intravenous, and other anesthetics. Perform
physical examinations, make tentative diagnoses,
and treat patients en route to hospitals or at disaster
site triage centers. Observe nurses and visit patients
to ensure proper nursing care. Conduct specifi ed lab-
oratory tests. Direct and coordinate infection con-
trol programs, advising and consulting with specifi ed
personnel about necessary precautions. Prescribe or
recommend drugs, medical devices, or other forms
of treatment such as physical therapy, inhalation
therapy, or related therapeutic procedures. Perform
administrative and managerial functions such as tak-
ing responsibility for a unit’s staff , budget, planning,
and long-range goals. Hand items to surgeons dur-
ing operations.
GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 08. Health Science.
Work Group: 08.02. Medicine and Surgery. Other
Jobs in " is Work Group: Anesthesiologists; Fam-
ily and General Practitioners; Internists, General;
Medical Assistants; Medical Transcriptionists;
Obstetricians and Gynecologists; Pediatricians, Gen-
eral; Pharmacists; Pharmacy Aides; Pharmacy Tech-
nicians; Physician Assistants; Psychiatrists; Surgeons;
Surgical Technologists.
Skills: Negotiation; Systems Analysis; Opera-
tion Monitoring; Service Orientation; Systems
Evaluation.
Education and Training Programs: Nursing—
Registered Nurse Training (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN);
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing; Nurse Anesthetist;
Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner; Maternal/
Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing; Nurse
Midwife/Nursing Midwifery; Nursing Science (MS,
PhD); Pediatric Nurse/Nursing; Psychiatric/Men-
tal Health Nurse/Nursing; Public Health/Commu-
nity Nurse/Nursing; others. Related Knowledge/
Courses: Medicine and Dentistry; Psychology; # er-
apy and Counseling; Biology; Philosophy and # eol-
ogy; Sociology and Anthropology.
Work Env ironment : Indoors; noisy; contaminants;
disease or infections; standing; using hands on
objects, tools, or controls.Rehabilitation Counselors
! Personality Code: SI
! Education/Training Required: Master’s
degree
! Annual Earnings: $29,630
! Beginning Wage: $19,610
! Earnings Growth Potential: Low
! Growth: 23.0%
! Annual Job Openings: 32,081
! Self-Employed: 5.9%
! Part-Time: 15.4%Counsel individuals to maximize the indepen-
dence and employability of persons coping with
personal, social, and vocational diffi culties that
result from birth defects, illness, disease, acci-
dents, or the stress of daily life. CoordinateSocial–
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