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Automation Squad

Role

AI for CNAs

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Provide or assist with basic care or support under the direction of onsite licensed nursing staff. Perform duties such as monitoring of health status, feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, or ambulation of patients in a health or nursing facility. May include medication administration and other health-related tasks. Includes nursing care attendants, nursing aides, and nursing attendants.

Nursing Assistants · O*NET 31-1131.00 · Job Zone 3 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

12 of 18tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

19 matched to the tools nursing assistants use. Showing 19.

  • Microsoft Outlook is a web-based suite of webmail, contacts, tasks, and calendaring services.

    Microsoft Outlook

  • Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Youtube MCP or direct API to upload videos, fetch channel analytics, manage playlists, and moderate comments through natural language.

    Make (make.com)

  • Microsoft Excel

    MCP server

    Microsoft's Excel is a spreadsheet application used by millions of users across the world. It is part of the Office ecosystem and is considered the industry standard for spreadsheets. Only files on OneDrive for Business (available with Office 365 and Sharepoint server) are su

    Microsoft Excel

  • Microsoft Word

    MCP server
  • Excel

    Skill
  • Excel

    MCP server
  • Medical Codes

    MCP server
  • Medidata

    Connector

    Medidata provides clinical trial software solutions

    Medidata

  • Make (make.com)

  • PointClickCare's EHR for Senior Living is a cloud-based platform that supports person-centered, coordinated care from independent living to assisted living and memory care.

  • Make (make.com)

  • Telemetryflow

    MCP server
  • Web Browser

    MCP server
  • Youtube

    MCP server

The tools this job actually uses

18 documented for this occupation. Showing 18, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Apache Sparkhot
  • Epic Systemshot
  • MEDITECH softwarehot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft Outlookhot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • Billing software
  • FaceTime
  • GE Healthcare Centricity EMR
  • Health information database software
  • Medical condition coding software
  • Medical procedure coding software
  • Medical record charting software
  • PointClickCare healthcare software
  • Telemetry software
  • Web browser software
  • YouTube

What this job involves

33 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 24.

  1. Turn or reposition bedridden patients.
  2. Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.
  3. Feed patients or assist patients to eat or drink.
  4. Position or hold patients in position for surgical preparation.
  5. Measure and record food and liquid intake or urinary and fecal output, reporting changes to medical or nursing staff.
  6. Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, standing, walking, or exercising.
  7. Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses.
  8. Remind patients to take medications or nutritional supplements.
  9. Review patients' dietary restrictions, food allergies, and preferences to ensure patient receives appropriate diet.
  10. Undress, wash, and dress patients who are unable to do so for themselves.
  11. Observe or examine patients to detect symptoms that may require medical attention, such as bruises, open wounds, or blood in urine.
  12. Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers.
  13. Supply, collect, or empty bedpans.
  14. Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support.
  15. Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff.
  16. Set up treating or testing equipment, such as oxygen tents, portable radiograph (x-ray) equipment, or overhead irrigation bottles, as directed by a physician or nurse.
  17. Gather information from caregivers, nurses, or physicians about patient condition, treatment plans, or appropriate activities.
  18. Wash, groom, shave, or drape patients to prepare them for surgery, treatment, or examination.
  19. Prepare or serve food trays.
  20. Change bed linens or make beds.
  21. Exercise patients who are comatose, paralyzed, or have restricted mobility.
  22. Restock patient rooms with personal hygiene items, such as towels, washcloths, soap, or toilet paper.
  23. Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas.
  24. Administer medications or treatments, such as catheterizations, suppositories, irrigations, enemas, massages, or douches, as directed by a physician or nurse.