grooming & hygiene, bathing or daily living activities; administers topical ointments & solutions, eye, ear &/or nose drops; repositions patients; responds to patient alarms; makes medical appointments for patients; escorts patients & assists with. oxygen; applies sterile dressing, inserts catheters; reinserts gastrotomy tubes, suctions, irrigates wounds; gives enemas, douches; collects specimens; performs dialysis treatments, operates hemodialysis equipment & monitors patient during.