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Orderlies
Helps patients with daily care in hospitals and nursing homes.
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Nursing assistants help patients bathe, dress, eat and move, take vital signs, and tell nurses about changes. Many students work as aides while training for nursing or other health careers.
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High school courses that build toward it
- Physical Education · Health and PE
Builds working with customers and clients, which this job uses.
- Foods and Culinary · Career and Technical
Builds working with customers and clients, which this job uses.
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- German · World Language
Builds a second language, which this job uses.
- Psychology · Social Studies
Builds psychology, which this job uses.
Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.
Orderlies on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.