Restrain patients to prevent violence or injury or to assist physicians or nurses to administer treatments.

“Restrain patients to prevent violence or injury or to assist physicians or nurses to administer treatments.” is a supplemental task performed by Orderlies. Among the occupation's 24 rated tasks, workers place it 12th by importance (#13 most important). About 60% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Assist healthcare practitioners during medical procedures. in Assisting and Caring for Others

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Lift or assist others to lift patients to move them on or off beds, examination tables, surgical tables, or stretchers. · importance 4.8
• Transport patients to treatment units, testing units, operating rooms, or other areas, using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds. · importance 4.7
• Disinfect or sterilize equipment or supplies, using germicides or sterilizing equipment. · importance 4.7
• Clean equipment, such as wheelchairs, hospital beds, or portable medical equipment, documenting needed repairs or maintenance. · importance 4.7
• Respond to emergency situations, such as emergency medical calls, security calls, or fire alarms. · importance 4.3
• Change soiled linens, such as bed linens, drapes, or cubicle curtains. · importance 4.3
• Clean and sanitize patient rooms, bathrooms, examination rooms, or other patient areas. · importance 4.3
• Collect and transport infectious or hazardous waste in closed containers for sterilization or disposal, in accordance with applicable law, standards, or policies. · importance 4.3
• Transport specimens, laboratory items, or pharmacy items, ensuring proper documentation and delivery to authorized personnel. · importance 4.3
• Collect soiled linen or trash. · importance 4.2
• Provide physical support to patients to assist them to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, standing, walking, or exercising. · importance 4.2
• Separate collected materials for disposal, recycling, or reuse, in accordance with environmental policies. · importance 4.2
• Carry messages or documents between departments. · importance 4.1
• Turn or reposition bedridden patients, alone or with assistance, to prevent bedsores. · importance 4.1

See all tasks on the Orderlies page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-19360,
  title  = {Restrain patients to prevent violence or injury or to assist physicians or nurses to administer treatments.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-19360}
}